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Tag Archives: In a Lonely Place
Movie Marathon on Block Island
While I had tons of time to read, and walk, and have visitors, and write, and dream, I also had an orgy of movie-watching out on the Island. I brought some movies with me, but for the most part, I … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged A Place in the Sun, A Woman's Face, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Cyd Charisse, Deborah Kerr, Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Astaire, Fredric March, George Sanders, Gloria Grahame, Hedy Lamarr, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, In a Lonely Place, Ingrid Bergman, Jimmy Stewart, Joan Crawford, John Ford, Johnny Guitar, Josef von Sternberg, Karl Malden, Katharine Hepburn, Kay Francis, Loretta Young, Marlene Dietrich, mirrors, Montgomery Clift, Philadelphia Story, Robert Duvall, Robert Mitchum, Rosalind Russell, Shelley Winters, Tennessee Williams, The Darjeeling Limited, The Double Life of Veronique, Wes Anderson
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Some Island snapshots
— “I cannot imagine how a casual reference to Suetonius and Petronius Arbiter can be construed into evidence of a desire to impress by an assumption of superior knowledge. I should fancy that the most ordinary of scholars is perfectly … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged Andrei Tarkovsky, Block Island, Christopher Walken, Deborah Kerr, E.E. Cummings, Emily Dickinson, Evelyn Waugh, Frank Capra, Gary Cooper, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Hope, In a Lonely Place, Keri Hulme, Oscar Wilde, Patricia Neal, snapshots, T.S. Eliot, The Bone People
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Movies about Hollywood:
Kim Morgan counts 11 of her favorites. I love that she chose Mulholland Drive, a movie I love. So there are some surprises in her list, but also the usual suspects. I’d include In a Lonely Place in my list … Continue reading
Bogart in In a Lonely Place
In a Lonely Place has been coming up quite a bit lately – here’s one of the posts – and now Kim Morgan has written a typically insightful review of the film (and my favorite Bogart performance). It’s Peter Bogdonavich’s … Continue reading
In A Lonely Place: Bogart’s Best Performance
A post that made me happy to read. Good screenshots, snippets of dialogue … It’s a favorite of mine- not as well-known as i think it should be. I think it’s Bogart’s finest acting. Seriously – even with all the … Continue reading
Bogart in In a Lonely Place
There are a couple of interesting stories behind In a Lonely Place. It shows another side to Bogart, something he rarely got to show: his intellect, his braininess. Bogart was a well-read man. Most of his best friends were writers. … Continue reading
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Tagged Gloria Grahame, Humphrey Bogart, In a Lonely Place, Nicholas Ray
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