CelluloidKid
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My favorite horror classics:
Halloween (1978)
Ghost Story (1981) W./Fred Astaire, Melvyn Dougla & Douglas Fairbanks Jr!
The Fog (1980)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
Dracula (1931) W/.Bela Lugosi!
Friday the 13th (1980)
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
The Abominable Dr. Phibes W./Vincent Price & Joseph Cotten!
House on Haunted Hill (1959) W./Vincent Price!
House of Wax (1953) ./Vincent Price!
13 Ghosts (1960)
The Haunting (1963)
Terror Train (1980)
Theater of Blood (1973) W./Vincent Price!
Rosemary's Baby
Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
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Rosario Prestopino (1950-2008) - Makeup Artist, Special Effects Artist. Worked on Italian horror filmmaker Lucio Fuci's Zombie, City of the Living Dead, The Black Cat, The New York Ripper and The New Gladiators, as well as Lamberto Bava's DemonsDemons 2, Dario Argento's Terror at the Opera, Michele Soavi's The Church, Philip Haas' Up at the Villa and Mario Girolami's Zombie Holocaust. He died of a heart attack May 13, in Rome. (IMDb)
Rosario Prestopino (make-up)
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Rosario Prestopino (1950-2008) - Makeup Artist, Special Effects Artist. Worked on Italian horror filmmaker Lucio Fuci's: "Zombie", "City of the Living Dead", "The Black Cat", "The New York Ripper" and "The New Gladiators", as well as Lamberto Bava's "Demons", "Demons 2", Dario Argento's "Terror at the Opera", Michele Soavi's "The Church", Philip Haas' "Up at the Villa" and Mario Girolami's "Zombie Holocaust". He died of a heart attack May 13, in Rome. (IMDb)
Danton Burroughs (1944-2008) - Chairman of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Handled licensing of properties created by his grandfather, Edgar Rice Burroughs, to films, television and other media. We can probably thank him for such adaptations as Disney's animated Tarzan and the studio's upcoming "John Carter of Mars". He died of heart failure May 1, in Tarzana, California. (Variety)
Carlo Colombaioni (c.1933-2008) - Clown. A favorite of Federico Fellini's, he acted in and advised on circus sequences directed by the filmmaker. He contributed to Fellini's "La Strada", "The Clowns", "Amarcord", "Roma and Casanova". He also appears in Claude Goretta's "The Wonderful Crook" and Yvan Le Moine's "The Red Dwarf". He died May 16 in France. (Telegraph)
Warren Cowan (1921-2008) - Publicist. Legendary in Hollywood, he co-founded PR firm Rogers & Cowan and represented Kirk Douglas, Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis, Lucille Ball, Judy Garland, Steve McQueen, Natalie Wood, Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn and the Doors, among others. He also pioneered the idea of independent Oscar campaigns, beginning with the push for Joan Crawford's performance in "Mildred Pierce", for which she ended up winning the Best Actress trophy. Recent films for which he's credited as unit publicist include The Secret Agent, Shade, Metroland and One Man's Hero. He died of cancer May 14, in Los Angeles. Read Valerie Van Galder's (President of Marketing at Sony) moving tribute to Cowan over at MCN. (LA Times)
Chris Gampel (1921-2008) - Actor. Played a doctor in Annie Hall and appears in Death Wish and Hitchcock's The Wrong Man. He died sometime in May in New York City. (NY Times)
Theodore Gershuny (1933-2008) - Filmmaker. Co-wrote and directed the horror films "Silent Night, Bloody Night" and Sugar Cookies and wrote the story for Far From Home, which starred a young Drew Barrymore. He also appears in Otto Preminger's Rosebud and authored a book titled "Soon to Be a Major Picture", which was about the production of that film. It was recently confirmed by his ex-wife, actress Mary Woronov, that he is dead. The likely date of his demise is May 16, 2007. (Hollywood Bitchslap and alt.obituaries)
Oakley Hall (1920-2008) - Novelist. Authored the books that became Edward Dmytryk's Warlock and Michael Ritchie's Downhill Racer. He also appears in the documentary The Loss of Nameless Things, which is about his playwright son. (SF Chronicle)
Sandy Howard (c.1927-2008) - Producer, Writer, Director. Produced the 1970 western "A Man Called Horse", "Man in the Wilderness", "City of Iron" and Penelope Spheeris' "Hollywood Vice Squad" and "The Boys Next Door". He was executive producer of "The Return of a Man Called Horse", The Triumphs of a Man Called Horse, Meteor, the 1977 version of The Island of Dr. Moreau and Vice Squad, which he also co-wrote. He co-directed 1958's Tarzan and the Trappers and 1966's Gamera the Invincible. He died of complications from Alzheimer's disease May 16, in Woodland Hills, California. (Variety)
John Phillip Law (1937-2008) - Actor. Played the blind angel "Pygar" in Barbarella and the title characters in Danger: Diabolik, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad and Roger Corman's The Red Baron. He also co-starred in The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming, Death Rides a Horse, Otto Preminger's Hurry Sundown and Skidoo, 1981's Tarzan, the Ape Man and 2003's Curse of the Forty-Niner, for which he was an associate producer.
Wilfred Mellers (1914-2008) - Musicologist, Composer, Academic. Appears as himself in the documentary The Compleat Beatles. He died May 16 in North Yorkshire, England. (Independent)
Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) - Artist. He appears as himself in the documentaries Who Gets to Call It Art?, Painters Painting, The Fall, Robert Rauschnberg: Inventive Genius and Robert Rauschenberg: Man at Work. He is also thanked in the credits of Vanilla Sky and The Ice Storm, the latter for which he apparently contributed artwork. He died of heart failure May 12, in Florida. (NY Times)
Harvey Schein (1927-2008) - Former President of Sony Corporation of America. As head of the Japanese company's American subsidiary from 1972-1978, he was directly involved in the unfortunate launch of Betamax and the beginnings of a subsequent lawsuit (Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.) that hurt the videocassette machine's competition against market-winner VHS. He died of lymphoma May 14, in New York City. (NY Times)
Hiroko Seki (1929-2008) - Actress. Voiced characters in Hayao Miyazaki's Porco Rosso and Kiki's Delivery Service (in the U.S. dub of the latter, her voice is replaced by Edie McClurg's). She died of pneumonia May 11, in Tokyo. (IMDb)
Vijay Tendulkar (1925-2008) - Playwright, Screenwriter. Co-scripted the Indian films Aakrosh, Ardh Satya, Nishaant, Umbartha, Manthan and Kimla, which was based on his play. He died May 19 in Pune, India. (BBC)
George Tyne (1911-2008) - Character Actor, Television Director. Played military characters in "A Walk in the Sun", "Sands of Iwo Jima" and "Decision Before Dawn" and had bit parts in many other films, including Jules Dassin's "Thieves' Highway", before being blacklisted in the 1950s. He was also a dialogue coach on "The Fall of the Roman Empire" and "Circus World". He died March 7 in Los Angeles. (DGA Monthly via alt.obituaries)
Burton Zucker (c.1917-2008) - Father of filmmakers David and Jerry Zucker. He had great influence on his sons' brand of humor and appears in some of their films, including "Top Secret!", "The Kentucky Fried Movie", "First Night", "High School High", "My Best Friend's Wedding" and all three "Naked Gun" movies. He died May 12. (Journal Sentinel)
Thanks,
Cinematical
Christopher Campbell
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Joan Crawford remarked on "The Hollywood Revue of 1929":
"Revue was one of those let's-throw-everyone-on-the-lot-into-a musical things, but I did a good song-and-dance number."!
Joan Crawford sings and dances!
Many of the faces in this cast were doomed by sound, so one can only imagine the trepidation of these stars, although they perform with spirit.
Few of them survive in memory today, Joan Crawford among the exceptions.
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New Word.....Sunday Brunch
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Mildew....Flowers in the Attic.
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When author James M. Cain wrote his 1st novel "The Postman Always Rings Twice" at the age of 42, he was tried for obscenity in Boston!
Did you ever hear anyone say, "That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very damaging to me?" ~Joseph Henry Jackson
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Conrad Nagel, interviewed for the book "The Real Tinsel," recalled, "Everybody thought Harry Rapf was crazy for making it"!!
Per Wikipedia:
The "Hollywood Revuew of 1929" includes performances by once and future stars, including Joan Crawford singing and dancing on stage.
Segments feature: Lionel Barrymore, Marion Davies, John Gilbert, Buster Keaton, Marie Dressler, Anita Page, Norma Shearer, and the comedy team of Karl Dane and George K. Arthur.
Highlights of the film are musical performances (including the debut of "Singin' in the Rain") performed initially by Cliff Edwards ("Ukelele Ike'") and later performed at the end of the film by the entire cast) and a comedy routine starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as inept magicians.
The only major M-G-M stars missing from the revue are: Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, and Lon Chaney, Sr. (although Chaney is referred to by name in one of the songs performed).
The film was popular with audiences and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture!
The circulating print of The Hollywood Revue of 1929 runs as follows:
ACT I:
The Palace of Minstrel sung and danced by a minstrel chorus
Masters of Ceremonies Jack Benny introduces Conrad Nagel. Cliff Edwards interferes
Got a Feeling for You sung by Joan Crawford
"Old Folks at Home" sung by chorus
Old Black Joe sung by chorus
Low-Down Rhythm sung and danced by June Purcell
Your Mother and Mine sung by Charles King
You Were Meant for Me "sung" by Conrad Nagel (whose voice was dubbed by Charles King) to Anita Page
Nobody but You sung by Cliff Edwards
Your Mother and Mine played by Jack Benny on his violin
Cut Up comedy skit featuring William Haines ripping up Jack Benny's suit
I Never Knew I Could Do a Thing Like That sung by Bessie Love
For I'm the Queen sung by Marie Dressler, assisted by Polly Moran
Magic Act introduced by Jack Benny, featuring Laurel and Hardy as magicians in a comedy skit
Military March with Marion Davies singing "Oh, What a Man" and "Tommy Atkins on Parade" followed by military drill and dancing. The Brox Sisters conclude this number singing "Strike Up the Band"
Intermission:
Intermission -- During this five-minute break, the orchestra is seen playing to the tunes of "Nobody But You", "Your Mother and Mine" and "I've Got A Feeling for You" in front of the closed curtain.
ACT II:
The Pearl Ballet sung by James Burrows, danced by Beth Laemmle and the Albertina Rasch ballet
The Dance of the Sea, an "underwater" dance performed by Buster Keaton
Lon Chaney's Gonna Get You If You Don't Watch Out sung by Gus Edwards
The Adagio Dance with the Natova Company
Romeo and Juliet (in Technicolor) with John Gilbert and Norma Shearer, with Lionel Barrymore as director
Singin' in the Rain introduced by Cliff Edwards
Charlie, Gus, and Ike with Charles King, Gus Edwards, and Cliff Edwards
Marie, Polly, and Bess with Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, and Bessie Love
Orange Blossom Time (in Technicolor) sung by Charles King to Myrtle McLaughlin, danced by the Albertina Rasch Ballet
Singin' in the Rain (finale) (in Technicolor), sung by entire cast
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Who doesn't remember Jacqueline Susann...? Miss Susann's "MOST" notable work was "Valley of the Dolls", a book that broke sales records and spawned a 1967 movie staring Sharon Tate among others!
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Criterion has announced an August 2008 release date (exact date yet unknown) for "The Small Back Room" (1949).
Also announced from Criterion for August 2008 release is the Japanese classic "Twenty-Four Eyes" (1954).
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I always thought Mae West had "IT"!!!
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New Word....Memorial Day
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itinerant....The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
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We can't leave by boat..they are eating the boat!!!
Empire of the Ants!
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Kathleen Turner as Beverly R. Sutphin!
Fav Movie Moms...
Alice Doesnt Live Here Anymore W./Ellen Burstyn!
Mermaids W./Cher
Mask W./Cher
Imitation of Life W./Lana Turner
Mother W./Debbie Reynolds
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"The Hollywood Revuew of 1929" will shown on TCM on August 4, 2008 at 06:00am Eastern Time!!
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I had always heard your entire life flashes in front of your eyes the second before you die. First of all, that one second isn't a second at all, it stretches on forever, like an ocean of time... For me, it was lying on my back at Boy Scout camp, watching falling stars... And yellow leaves, from the maple trees, that lined my street... Or my grandmother's hands, and the way her skin seemed like paper... And the first time I saw my cousin Tony's brand new Firebird... And Janie... And Janie... And... Carolyn. I guess I could be pretty **** off about what happened to me... but it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life... You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will someday.
American Beauty!
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Yeah...just found this info...........More Joan Crawford in August 2008...Thank God! :LO)
All Times Eastern!
August 4
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 6am.
August 7
Grand Hotel. 12am.
August 14
When Ladies Meet. 4pm.
August 15
Susan and God. 6am.
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Pre Wikipedia...
In October 2002, AMC changed its format from a classic movie network to a more general movie network, airing movies from the 1970's onwards in order to appeal to a wider audience.
It is argued that the format change has led newer films to have higher priority to be shown on the network than are older films.
The channel now tends to present widescreen films in a pan and scan format, as opposed to the letterbox format it once favored. The commercial-free format has also been abandoned, although the network has claimed to air fewer commercials per hour than any other basic cable channel
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I know this was answered, but I found this info on Wikipedia..
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner Bros. film libraries, which include many MGM, United Artists, RKO and Warner Bros. titles!
Besides MGM and United Artists releases, TCM also shows films under license from Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney Productions and Columbia Pictures. Most pre-1950 Paramount releases are owned by Universal, today a division of NBC Universal, while Paramount (currently owned by Viacom) holds on to most of its post-1950 releases, which are handled for television by CBS Television Distribution. Columbia is owned by Sony, and 20th Century Fox is owned by the News Corporation
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For they shall inherit the earth... sooner than you think!!!!
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Story Highlights:
John Phillip Law played angel in "Barbarella"
Actor also starred in "The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming"
Law was known for good looks; was very popular in '60s and '70s
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- John Phillip Law, the strikingly handsome 1960s movie actor who portrayed an angel in the futuristic "Barbarella" and a lovesick Russian seaman in "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming," died Tuesday. He was 70.
Law died at his Los Angeles home, his former wife, Shawn Ryan, told the Los Angeles Times. The cause of death was not announced.
With vivid eyes, blond hair and imposing physique, Law was much in demand by filmmakers in the late 1960s and early '70s.
He gained wide notice in 1966 with Alan Arkin, Carl Reiner and Theo Bikel in "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming," Norman Jewison's Cold War comedy in which a Soviet submarine runs aground off a peaceful New England island town.
He played the sweet Russian youth who falls in love with a local American girl in the film, which was nominated for four Oscars including best picture, actor (Arkin) and director.
French director Roger Vadim put Law's looks to good use in his 1968 science fiction film, "Barbarella," which starred Vadim's then-wife, Jane Fonda, as a sexy space traveler in the faraway future. Law wore wings to portray Pygar, a blind angel.
"I've had more kicks out of playing far-out things," Law told the Los Angeles Times in 1966. "It's like putting on a funny face and going out in front of people and going, 'yaaaaaa.' "
Messages left Thursday for Fonda's New York publicist were not immediately returned.
Law was World War I ace Baron Manfred von Richtofen in the 1971 "The Red Baron" and Charlton Heston's son in "The Hawaiians," a 1970 sequel to "Hawaii," based on James Michener's sprawling novel; Law also starred as the ruthless Robin Stone in "The Love Machine," a 1971 version of Jacqueline Susann's pulp novel. The movie flopped.
Law, who mastered Italian and Spanish in his European travels, worked steadily in Hollywood and abroad, appearing in such action-adventure movies as "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad" (1974), "The Cassandra Crossing" (1977) and "Tarzan the Ape Man" (1981), among others. He also had a stint playing Jim Grainger on the daytime television drama "The Young and the Restless."
In Otto Preminger's 1967 film, "Hurry Sundown," he was a war veteran struggling to preserve his farm against a land speculator played by Michael Caine. Fonda played Caine's wife.
He continued his career in a variety of U.S. and foreign films and television over the past 30 years, including appearances in "The Young and the Restless" and "Murder, She Wrote."
Law was a California native, born in 1937 to actress Phyllis Sallee and her husband, a police officer. He told the Los Angeles Times he did some extra work in films as a child. He said he put acting ambitions aside in his teens, but his interest was renewed in a college drama class.
He worked in the theater in New York for a while before breaking into the movies, spending some time in the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, whose directors included the great Elia Kazan.
At the beginning of his career in the '60s, Law lived in a 1924 Los Feliz mansion with his brother, Tom, who had been the road manager for Peter, Paul and Mary.
The brothers rented rooms to up-and-coming singers and artists, including Bob Dylan, Andy Warhol and Tiny Tim, turning the home into a vibrant salon of emerging pop-culture icons. Life at the Castle, as it was known, was documented in ?Flashing on the Sixties,? a 1987 collection of photos and text by Tom's former wife, Lisa Law.
Besides his brother, Law is survived by a daughter, Dawn, and a grandson.
Services will be private.
OCTOBER 2008...31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN!
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I would love to see TCM Play either "Terror in the Wax Museum" W./Ray Milland & Elsa Lanchester or "I Saw What You Did" W./Joan Crawford directed by William Castle...or even "Persecution" W./Lana Turner!