Cactus Flower was a stage play before it became a movie. One of the most interesting facts I learned about it was the fact that Lauren Bacall had played the part of Stefanie Dickinson on stage and, quite naturally, expected…
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For this latest Create-A-Caption, we are paying tribute to writer William Goldman (who died last year at the age of 87). Perhaps his best script was his Oscar-winning effort for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969’s formula-shattering Western starring…
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It’s Create-A-Caption time again, and this week we are traveling back to 1965 to focus on The Sound of Music. The family favorite musical from Rodgers and Hammerstein that has enchanted generations of moviegoers for more than five decades features…
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Dean Martin was a singer who successfully made the transition from singer to actor. For every success in this endeavor (like Mark Walberg), there are probably at least ½ dozen who proved that it wasn’t always easy. And some who…
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1961. It was the most important year in history: John F. Kennedy became the President of the United States! The Beatles played their first gig! The failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba began! Ernie Davis became the first African-American…
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On this day where we celebrate Hollywood’s greatest, let us look back at a true great, the Best Picture-winning In the Heat of the Night. This groundbreaking 1967 drama based on John Ball’s novel stars Sidney Poitier as Philadelphia homicide…
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Often when a film becomes a smashing box office success, the production studio that made it believes they can replicate its ticket sales with the next generation, and so, every 15-20 years the same titles crop up with new casts…
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In the 1967 Oscar-winning favorite Thoroughly Modern Millie, the “Roaring Twenties” live on in a musical comedy of innocent girls, wild flappers, romance, and crime. Julie Andrews stars as Millie, whose plan to get a job with─and then marry─a wealthy…
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Let’s travel back in time to 1962 for this week’s Create-A-Caption, shall we? For that was the year that the first James Bond motion picture, Dr. No, was released. The enduring film series featuring Ian Fleming‘s suave British secret agent…
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On August 3, 1968, Hang ‘Em High originally hit theaters. The film starred Clint Eastwood — back in America and fresh off of his success with the “Dollars” trilogy that established him as a global superstar — as Jed Cooper,…
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