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Tag Archives: Carole Lombard
Nothing Sacred; (1937), Dir: William Wellman
Nothing Sacred has themes very familiar to present-day audiences, with its spoofing of celebrity culture and ridiculous fame-hungry journalists who participate in “human interest” stories, sometimes at the expense of truth, good taste, or logic. From 1937, starring the blonde … Continue reading →
Sergio Leone presents:
Professor Serverus Snape’s Sorcerer-Tastic, Muggalicious Mid-Summer Movie Quiz. Long anticipated. Questions are awesome, thought-provoking (your SECOND favorite Francis Ford Coppola movie? Love it!) – and the answers are even better. I was unable to participate in the last two quizzes … Continue reading →
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Tagged Andrei Tarkovsky, Brian De Palma, Buster Keaton, Carole Lombard, Cary Grant, Francis Ford Coppola, Gloria Swanson, Howard Hawks, James Cagney, Katharine Hepburn, Lady From Shanghai, Master & Commander, Paul Thomas Anderson, Peter Lorre, Richard Widmark, Robert Altman, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, William Shakespeare, Woody Allen, Zodiac
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20 Favorite Actresses: Part 2
If I had to choose, here are my favorite performances of my 20 choices – the performance may not be what they are most famous for, but that’s no matter. Gena Rowlands: Opening Night Barbara Stanwyck: Ball of Fire Sissy … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barbara Stanwyck, Carole Lombard, Catherine O'Hara, Charlotte Rampling, Diane Keaton, Gena Rowlands, Hediyeh Tehrani, Ingrid Bergman, Isabelle Adjani, Jean Arthur, Joanne Woodward, Julie Christie, Kate Winslet, Madeline Kahn, Maggie Cheung, Marilyn Monroe, Meryl Streep, Rosalind Russell, Sanaa Lathan, Sissy Spacek
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20 Favorite Actresses
Where does my heart lie? The meme going around now is 20 favorite actresses. Please go here to see the compilation of links as well as Nathaniel’s choices. I had a hard time with the “all time” part of things … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barbara Stanwyck, Carole Lombard, Catherine O'Hara, Charlotte Rampling, Diane Keaton, Gena Rowlands, Hediyeh Tehrani, Ingrid Bergman, Isabelle Adjani, Jean Arthur, Joanne Woodward, Julie Christie, Kate Winslet, Madeline Kahn, Maggie Cheung, Marilyn Monroe, Meryl Streep, Sanaa Lathan, Sissy Spacek
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Carole Lombard Double Feature
Last night at the Film Forum. 8 p.m.: 9:45 p.m.: It did my heart good to see that both shows were sold out. The line was down the block, and last night was a pretty bitter windy night, so to … Continue reading →
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Tagged Carole Lombard, Howard Hawks, John Barrymore, My Man Godfrey, Twentieth Century, William Powell
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Twentieth Century Clip:
As accompaniment to the post below this one – here is the opening sequences of Howard Hawks’s brilliant Twentieth Century: It just makes me LAUGH – every second: it’s broad, it’s specific, it’s completely ludicrous … yet in that world, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Carole Lombard, Howard Hawks, John Barrymore, Twentieth Century
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The Books: “Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood” (Todd McCarthy)
Next book on my “entertainment biography” shelf: Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood, by Todd McCarthy Howard Hawks is my favorite director (one of my big posts on him here), and this book is fantastic. It’s enormous, only true … Continue reading →
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Tagged Carole Lombard, entertainment biography, Howard Hawks, John Barrymore, Twentieth Century
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Gable and Lombard: Romance
In keeping with the book excerpt today. I love this photo so much. One of my happy place posts was about Carole Lombard. Love that lady. So did he. Gable did eventually marry again (twice, actually!), but he had it … Continue reading →
Archie Leach day: Cary Grant’s streetcar
Cary Grant and Peter Bogdanovich were very good friends, despite the age difference, and also their wildly different ways of handling celebrity status. Cary Grant kept as low a profile as he possibly could, and did his best to avoid … Continue reading →
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Tagged Carole Lombard, Cary Grant, Fred Astaire, Gary Cooper, Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Peter Bogdanovich
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Weekend snapshots
— I washed my walls. They are a lovely pale yellow color and I was horrified at how black my damn Melaleuca cloth was when I was done. City air. Filthy. Invisible and filthy. Horrors. I cleaned like a whirling … Continue reading →
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Tagged Carole Lombard, George Clooney, Howard Hawks, John Barrymore, Persona, snapshots, Sylvester Stallone, Twentieth Century
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