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Category Archives: Actors
Gena Rowlands, Staring You Down.
Just look at that screenshot. Gena Rowlands stops me in my tracks. Time and time again. There’s something jagged in her. Something ultimately unresolved. Catharsis – in its classic sense – does not exist for her (or for us, in … Continue reading
Jeffrey Donovan, This Is Getting Ridiculous
Over our family vacation – we were all joking about how Jeff Donovan and promotions of Burn Notice were everywhere. Commercials on television, ads in magazines … Jeff Jeff Jeff Jeff Jeff. You could not (and cannot) escape. People would … Continue reading
Holden:
More on William Holden and the Holden retrospective going on at Lincoln Center in July. Liam, Lydia, Kerry and I are going to see Stalag 17 on Monday. Can’t wait!
At Long Last: William Holden
That project I have kept alluding to over the past 2 or 3 weeks: My William Holden tribute is up at House Next Door! Go check it out!
“And I will create toilets in French camping sites …”
Eddie Izzard on God creating the world. (I adore how God continues to be James Mason.) He just sold out Radio City. Amazing! He did much of the material he did back in February when Caitlin and I went to … Continue reading
Marilyn Monroe: A Natural Beauty
An early photo of Marilyn Monroe. I like the light, the messiness of her hair.
Judy Holliday: “She Dominates”
David Thomson wrote: The story goes that Adam’s Rib was a conspiracy between Cukor, Katharine Hepburn, and Garson Kanin to convince Harry Cohn, the boss of Columbia, that Judy Holliday should play the dumb blonde in the film of Born … Continue reading
Holden’s Death Scene In Sunset Boulevard:
Holden has to be shot three times – stagger forward – turn back – turn the other way – be shot one last time and fall face first into the pool. One take. That takes not only acting chops and … Continue reading
Carlin’s 7 words you cannot say
Stevie shares his memory of seeing Carlin in Vegas in the 70s, with his parents – a couple months after Carlin had been arrested for obscenity. Not to be missed. The next day, after a lox-and-bagel buffet breakfast and a … Continue reading
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