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Category Archives: Actors
R.I.P. Barbara Meek
Growing up in Rhode Island, the Tony-Award-winning regional theatre Trinity Repertory Company, located in Providence, was an engrained part of my childhood. I saw productions there every year. Every year they put on a production of A Christmas Carol, with … Continue reading
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Sometimes a Gif Says It All
This is a perfect response to so many situations.
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Persistence
It’s not the most talented who “make it”. Those who “make it” (in whatever field it might be) are those who are the most persistent. Those who fall down and then get right back up. Those who are not stopped … Continue reading
Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire: You’ll Never Get Rich (1941)
Fred Astaire was once asked who was his favorite dance partner, in all his years performing. He didn’t want to answer (because he knew Ginger would probably be pissed and hurt) but finally he caved and said, “All right, I’ll … Continue reading
Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly: “Put Me to the Test”
From Cover Girl (1944). Directed by Charles Vidor (same director as Gilda). Starring Gene Kelly and Rita Hayworth. It is, putting it mildly, NOT a film noir. It’s a musical comedy, having to do with high-fashion, Broadway, class differences, Brooklyn … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Vidor, dance, dance movies, musicals, Rita Hayworth
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Rita Hayworth in Gilda: Take Off That Glove
All Rita Hayworth has to do is take off her glove … … and men are hers forever. Women too, I reckon. Even with all the explicit sex stuff in films today, there’s very little that can compete with her … Continue reading
R.I.P. Dean Jones
Dean Jones was a Disney star who appeared in all of the movies I watched as a kid. He was a familiar face by the time I was 7 years old. Herbie the Love Bug, I mean, come on. That … Continue reading
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S/He & Me: A Theatrical Cabaret, by Alexandra Billings
My great friend Alexandra Billings, who has a great supporting role in the Golden-Glove-award-winning Amazon series Transparent, who is a professor of acting, my partner-in-crime in all things Celebrity Cult (you know the one I mean), a brilliant cabaret performer … Continue reading
Gena Rowlands to Receive 2015 Governors Award
The announcement just came in that the 2015’s Governor Awards will be going to Gena Rowlands and Spike Lee (what a pairing – although it seems to me Spike Lee is damn young for an Honorary Award. Strange.), and the … Continue reading
“She would always say, ‘People have to make sense.’” – Ingrid Rossellini on her mother, Ingrid Bergman
This year is the centenary of Ingrid Bergman’s birth, and there is a huge retrospective happening at MoMA and BAM here in New York, programmed by her three children, Isabella and Ingrid Rossellini, and Pia Lindstrom. My friend Dan Callahan … Continue reading