Edward G. Robinson starred as the 19th-century German researcher who fought stigma and skeptics as he sought a cure for syphilis in Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet. For the Movie Scientist Blogathon, we review the 1940 Warner Bros. biodrama.
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Feud may be over, but interest in Joan Crawford is greater than ever. This past week saw the release of the “Hollywood Royalty Edition” of Mommie Dearest. Based on the best-selling (and still scandalous) biography by Christina Crawford, this compelling…
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What can Salma Hayek and Julie Taymor’s beautiful 2002 biopic of Frida Kahlo reveal to us about the “suffering artist” cliché? A lot, as it turns out…especially if you wind up struggling to provide a decent answer to that question.
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