CelluloidKid
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*_The Box_ (2009/I)* - Sad to see Frank Langella in this mess!
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*I would Q/A Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about his role in: _Airplane! (_1980)!*
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*Peirce, Kimberly* - An American film director, notable for her debut feature film, Boys Don't Cry (1999). Her second feature, Stop-Loss, has been released by Paramount Pictures on March 28, 2008 in the USA and in Canada.
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*_Airplane!_ (1980)* - Fri. Mar. 5, 2010: 10:00 PM Arizona Time!
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To audition for the role of Linda Nordley in MGM's production of _Mogambo_, the studio had Grace Kelly flown to Los Angeles in September 1952. Gene Tierney was initially cast in the role, but due to emotional problems dropped out at the last minute.
*Celebri-links ...... Gene Tierney!*
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*Sun, Mar 7, 2010: 8:00 AM - The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) - All Times Arizona (MT). Check Local Schedules!*
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*I found this great book at a used bookstore called: _Born to Be Hurt: The Untold Story of Imitation of Life_ . Great read. I highly recommend it.*
_Born to Be Hurt: The Untold Story of Imitation of Life_
By: Sam Staggs
*_From Publishers Weekly_*
Douglas Sirk's film Imitation of Life sparks another beguiling celebration of Old Hollywood for Staggs, author of All About All About Eve. Staggs sections the 1959 melodramas subplots into a campy blonde side (Lana Turner and Sandra Dee as a Broadway star and her daughter, battling over a man), and a tragic dark side (Juanita Miller and Susan Kohner as a black maid and the light-skinned daughter who repudiates her).
Refracting themes of racial anxiety, confused identity and the mutual wounds parents and children inflict through Sirks subtly ironic direction, the movie, Staggs writes, is a florid valentine with a deaths-head where Cupid ought to be. Staggs's luxuriously digressive account ranges far beyond the featured attraction.
Drawing on chatty interviews with those who worked on or in the film, he profiles studio executives, stars and makeup men alike, assesses their oeuvre and gossips about their scandals, and takes extraneous potshots at everything from modern-day starlets (nasal-voiced and rather dim overall) to the Catholic Church (a monolithic theocracy verging on fascism). Staggs is an often incisive critic, but one who leaves himself raptly open to the emotional impact of movies; he shows readers how compelling Hollywoods imitation of life can be.
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Laraine Day was in: _The Locket_ (1946) with Robert Mitchum.
*NEW STAR: Robert Mitchum!*
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Laraine Day was in: _The Locket_ (1946) with Robert Mitchum.
*NEW STAR: Robert Mitchum!*
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carnation ..... _Death at a Funeral_ (2007)
*NEW WORD: Sexual napalm!*
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*Paxton, Bill*
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The film was nothing to jump up and shout about!
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*_Barbary Coast_ (1935)*
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Greta Scacchi was in: _The Coca-Cola Kid_ (1985) directed by Du?an Makavejev!
*NEW DIRECTOR: Du?an Makavejev!*
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Sociopath ... *_M_ (1931)*
*NEW WORD: March is: _Red Cross_ Month!*
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*_Niagara_ (1953)*
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*Per IMBD: Alternate versions for _Alice in Wonderland_ (1933):*
The film was previewed at 90 minutes and featured scenes with Julie Bishop as Alice's sister, Harvey Clark as Father William, and Lucien Littlefield as Father William's son. These scenes were deleted and the general release version runs 75 minutes.
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*_Alice in Wonderland_ (1933)* - Strange ....strange ....but very imaginative!!
Ingenious F/X for the 1930's .....this must have been a real eye treat for the depression era crowd!
Hard to imagine a world W./out internet, T.V et.,....Just radio, film and newspaper!
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*_Funny Games_ U.S. (2007)* - Naomi Watts should have received a Razzie for Worst Actress for this mess!
*_Halloween_ (2007)* Remake trash!!!
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Anna Robinson | Mar 3, 2010
Alt Film Guide (blog)
*Turner Classic Movies: Campaign to Save Los Angeles? Cahuenga Peak*
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is joining efforts to save the land surrounding one of the nation?s most iconic landmarks ? the famous Hollywood sign. TCM will help raise awareness for the Campaign to Save Cahuenga Peak through a multi-faceted plan that will leverage the excitement for the first-ever TCM Classic Film Festival, which takes place in Hollywood April 22-25.
?The Hollywood sign is an iconic symbol known the world over, but the land surrounding it is in grave danger of being developed in a way that could destroy its appearance,? said TCM host Robert Osborne. ?As we?re about to celebrate the history of Hollywood with our first-ever TCM Classic Film Festival, we are eager and proud to help preserve an important aspect of that history through this important initiative.?
The Campaign to Save Cahuenga Peak is an ongoing initiative to buy and preserve land surrounding the Hollywood sign. The Trust for Public Land (TPL), one of the partnering groups on the campaign, needs to raise $12.5 million by April 14 to buy the 138 acres on Cahuenga Peak, located behind and to the left of the "H" in the iconic sign. Land purchased through the Campaign to Save Cahuenga Peak will be protected and added to Griffith Park.
Will Rogers, president of TPL, said, ?We are very happy that Turner Classic Movies is joining this campaign. This partnership is a very good fit; nothing says Hollywood like the Hollywood sign, and for people who care about the movies, TCM is the first place they turn. We look forward to working with TCM and its fans to protect the view of the sign. And we will continue our efforts to protect open spaces in Los Angeles, which has long been the movie capital of the world.?
TCM?s plans to help raise awareness for the Campaign to Save Cahuenga Peak include the following:
*_On-air_:*
A report on the campaign will be featured on TCM?s Classic Movie News, a regular feature on TCM and tcm.com that runs down the latest news about classic cinema.
*_Online_:*
TCM weekend daytime host Ben Mankiewicz will be featured in a special video message about the campaign, including information about how to donate. The video message will run on tcm.com and savehollywoodland.org, as well as on TCM?s Facebook page and YouTube channel. In addition, the tcm.com homepage will feature a banner about the campaign, including a link to www.savehollywoodland.org. TCM will also include information in its weekly email newsletter to fans. And TCM will invite its Facebook friends to post pictures of themselves posing in front of the Hollywood sign.
Donation of 10 TCM Classic Film Festival Passes: TCM will donate 10 Classic-level passes to TPL for the purpose of auctioning them off to raise money for the campaign. Each pass will provide access to the more than 50 TCM Classic Film Festival screenings; admission to Club TCM, the location of the festival headquarters, a lounge, a boutique, live panel discussions, social events and a poolside screening; entrance to the Opening Night welcome party on Thursday, April 22 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel; admission to Friday and Saturday night passholder gatherings; attendance at the Closing Night event on Sunday, April 25; and a special commemorative festival program.
*About the Campaign to Save Cahuenga Peak*
The land surrounding the Hollywood sign was originally bought by industrialist Howard Hughes in 1940 to build a home for movie star Ginger Rogers, his intended bride. When that relationship ended, Hughes kept the land, and in 2002, his estate sold it to the investors who now own it. Two years ago, they put it on the market for $22 million, but it hasn?t sold. It is currently zoned for four luxury home sites.
The Cahuenga Peak partnership includes TPL, Los Angeles City Council member Tom LaBonge, the Hollywood Sign Trust, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, the Los Angeles Parks Foundation, and the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.
For additional information about the campaign or to make a donation, go to www.savehollywoodland.org.
*_Cahuenga Peak in the 1920s_*
This is a view looking north, toward the new "Hollywoodland" subdivision, which is visible as the graded terrain below the Hollywoodland sign (later shortened to Hollywood). The San Gabariel mountinas are in the background, and what would become the town of Burbank is in the middle distance.
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*Ledger, Heath*
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vault .... _Flawless_ (2007)
*NEW WORD: Hobgoblin!*
Lost John Hughes' movie to be made!! Very ...Very Cool!
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*Lost John Hughes' movie to be made*
March 4, 2010
*WENN -- One of John Hughes' lost movies is reportedly set for a posthumous release.*
Bosses at Paramount Pictures have purchased the rights to Hughes' unfilmed script "Grisby's Go Broke," about a dysfunctional Chicago family who lose all their money when the economy slumps.
Hughes quit Hollywood in 1994, but is said to have left behind boxes of notebooks and computer files containing film ideas and screenplays after his death last year.
Now "The Breakfast Club" director's lost script is set to go into production posthumously, with movie chiefs looking for a writer/director to update the screenplay and begin filming, according to Slashfilm.com.