With a career as impressive as Orson Welles‘ was, he was bound to have some stories to tell. In a fascinating interview with British broadcasting legend Michael Parkinson in 1974 (the entirety of which can be viewed here), Welles shared…
Read more →Greta Garbo
The Painted Veil (1934): Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Husband
In 1920s Hong Kong, Greta Garbo is torn between her husband, doctor Herbert Marshall, and British attache George Brent in The Painted Veil. Guest writer Danny Reid examines the 1934 MGM melodrama, based on a W. Somerset Maugham novel.
Read more →This Week In Film History, 04.08.12
April 12, 1911: Cartoonist Winsor McCay brings his popular Little Nemo in Slumberland characters to animated life in Little Nemo and the Princess. April 10, 1915: The controversy over D.W. Griffith‘s portrayal of blacks in The Birth of a Nation…
Read more →Movie Poll: Who’s Your Favorite “Golden Age” (1930-60) Actress?
To see a complete list of all movie polls, click here 13 Articles about Bette Davis 9 Articles about Barbara Stanwyck
Read more →Women in Early Hollywood
One of my favorite books as a child was Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, and my favorite character, without question, was Jo March. Jo spent her days in the attic, “scribbling” out stories and poems and plotting how best to get…
Read more →Who’s Your Favorite Non-Winning Multiple Best Actress Nominee?
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 →