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Category Archives: Actors
Tony Curtis in Sweet Smell of Success
I’ve been looking for a quote from the actor in question – where he talks about the breakthrough he experienced in playing this part – but I have yet to find it. It’s in a book I have – one … Continue reading
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Marilyn Monroe’s Up-Sweep
Restless night where I had terrible dreams and kicked all of the covers off, and must have been thrashing about so much for HOURS that I woke up with my hair looking exactly like this. Granted, I was in plaid … Continue reading
Uhm … Tallulah?
How you doing? You need to … talk about anything? Or … are you all set? Because frankly I’m a little concerned. Continue reading
“I was auditioning for Chewbacca.”
Alex, You kill me. And I love the ending of that ridiculous story. Sometimes revenge is sweet.
When Love Goes Wrong… Nothing Goes Right.
Clip of Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe singing “When Love Goes Wrong” in Gentleman Prefer Blondes below the jump. I love when the va-va-voom section of the song kicks in. It seems like we’re in for a melancholy ballad, but … Continue reading
John Wayne’s First Entrance in Stagecoach
Girish’s fascinating post about “narrative synthesis” includes a discussion of John Wayne’s first appearance in John Ford’s Stagecoach, one of my favorite “first appearances” of all time. Make sure to read the whole thing, but Girish writes: John Wayne’s first … Continue reading
John Garfield: A Natural
His debut in Four Daughters is one of those moments in American cinema – a sea-change – a new kind of acting coming to the forefront … the full fruition of it being Marlon Brando in Streetcar in 1951 – … Continue reading
5 for the day: Ruth Gordon
A wonderfully written and insightful analysis of 5 of Ruth Gordon’s roles, by Dan Callahan. Excerpt: Witch or free spirit, lunatic or sage, Gordon was great at keeping us all off guard; even when she was just phoning it in … Continue reading
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