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Category Archives: Actors
Boys Minute: Peter Giles on The Art of Voiceover Acting
This is awesome and very funny. Peter Giles is a “celebrated voiceover artist” – “but you knew that the moment I said ‘Oh, hey.’” Peter Giles makes a great living doing voiceovers (and when you hear his fabulous voice, you … Continue reading
Elvis Presley: Live a Little, Love a Little, A Performance Ripe For Rediscovery
Elvis Presley and Michelle Carey in 1968’s “Live a Little, Love a Little” Jeremy Richey, over at the wonderful Moon in the Gutter, has been running an awe-inspiring series called “Performances Ripe for Rediscovery”. It is a goldmine. Jeremy and … Continue reading
Advice For a Young Actor
“If a kid came to ask me how to prepare for a screen career, I guess what I’d say would be to go to school, learn to handle liquor, mix with people, get into trouble, work in lots of different … Continue reading
“A consummate pro. He was no prima donna. He was all right.” – Dabney Coleman on Elvis Presley
The A.V. Club has a juicy terrific interview with Dabney Coleman up that is one of the best things I have read in ages. I will leave a couple of choice excerpts here, but it really must be read in … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Montgomery Clift
Kim Morgan writes in her not-to-be-missed essay on Clift: Clift’s eyes held secrets, and not merely the secrets we know about after discovering his real life. There’s more to Clift than hiding homosexuality, thereâs pain and romance and passion and … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Rita Hayworth
She was a newbie when she appeared as Judith, the wife of the hated flier MacPherson (the fantastic Richard Barthelmess), in Only Angels Have Wings (directed by Howard Hawks), but she’s terrific in the part. The part seems like it … Continue reading
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Certainty (2011): A QA with Screenwriter Mike O’Malley
Mike O’Malley is well-known to television audiences for his long-running sitcom Yes, Dear, his Emmy-nominated performance as Burt Hummel on Glee, the short-lived but well-loved series My Own Worst Enemy (and, to a couple of friends of mine of a … Continue reading
Lawrence of Arabia Writ Large
Seeing David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia on the big screen in a packed huge movie theatre was awe-inspiring and also quite interesting. I know the movie quite well, and have seen it and studied it at home. I recognize its … Continue reading
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The Eyes Have It
The sweater. The twisted pose. The cigarette. Her plain hair. The look in her eyes. The wrinkle of consternation in her brow. I could look at this photo forever and never quite be done with it.