November 7, 1902: French inventor/film executive Leon Gaumont demonstrates his Chronophone system of showing films with synchronized phonograph cylinders. November 13, 1921: After gaining fame in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Italian-born leading man Rudolph Valentino mesmerizes female filmgoers…
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Greta Garbo in “Ninotchka”
Guest blogger Fritz writes: “Garbo laughs!” It’s a slogan that is as fascinating today as it was 70 years ago. In Ninotchka, the legendary Greta Garbo plays Nina Yakushova Ivanoff, a no-nonsense Russian Comrade doing Soviet business in Paris. But very soon,…
Read more →Clint Walker: Why Everyone Loves This Guy
Clint Walker parlayed his success as TV’s Cheyenne into starring roles in Fort Dobbs, Yellowstone Kelly, The Dirty Dozen and The Night of the Grizzly. Which is your favorite Clint walker appearance?
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Whoa! Take it easy. I’m not here to grandstand about what an amazing and talented thespian Keanu Reeves is. It’s quite the opposite, actually. In fact, it probably wouldn’t be reaching very far to assume that a majority of film…
Read more →Celebrity Crushes III: My New Boyfriend(s)
Guest blogger Miss Andie Gottfried writes: My parents were both movie lovers, so growing up, they always took us kids to the movies. And at home, UHF television stations were great babysitters. And when you’ve got movies, you know what…
Read more →An Actor Prepares (To Drive His Director Crazy!)
It’s no secret that the late Klaus Kinski was often difficult to work with on the sets of his many, many films. Werner Herzog made an entire feature about his tempestuous relationship with Kinski, My Best Fiend, in which he refers…
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Read more →Toy Story 3: An Interview With Screenwriter Michael Arndt
Michael Arndt has related his ascendency in Hollywood to dreaming about “batting leadoff for the New York Yankees,” then it actually happening. The screenwriter, who once worked as an assistant for actor Matthew Broderick, has an Academy Award for Best…
Read more →The Awful Truth: The Name Is Grant, Cary Grant
If you are interested in a great romantic comedy, please skip the truly ugly The Ugly Truth that played in theaters last year, and check out Leo Mc Carey’s The Awful Truth (1937), starring Cary Grant, Irene Dunne and Ralph Bellamy….
Read more →Director Danny Boyle Talks About His Film 127 Hours
Danny Boyle! You’ve just won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture for Slumdog Millionaire! Now, what are you going to do? Um…make a movie about a guy stuck in a cave. You got to, er, hand it…
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