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Tag Archives: Twentieth Century
“I never made a message picture, and I hope I never do.” — Howard Hawks
It’s his birthday today. My favorite director. I’ve written so much about his movies, here and elsewhere, it’d be too much to link to all of it. I’ve seen it all. Only Angels Have Wings is my favorite movie ever … Continue reading →
Posted in Directors, Movies, On This Day
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Tagged Bringing Up Baby, Carole Lombard, crime movies, film noir, His Girl Friday, Howard Hawks, Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Montgomery Clift, Only Angels Have Wings, Red River, Rio Bravo, screwball comedy, Twentieth Century, westerns
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For Liberties: on Carole Lombard
My second article for my Liberties column is now live: Lombard: Queen of Screwball. The column has a Lombard-inspired name and logo – Movies Before Breakfast – which we chose before I even knew I’d write about her. And the … Continue reading →
Posted in Actors, Movies
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Tagged Carole Lombard, Howard Hawks, Liberties, My Man Godfrey, screwball comedy, Twentieth Century, William Powell
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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 →
Posted in Movies
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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 →
Posted in Books, Directors
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Tagged Carole Lombard, entertainment biography, Howard Hawks, John Barrymore, Twentieth Century
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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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