[A to Z of Characters]

Wondrous, Gloria - Elizabeth Taylor in Butterfield 8

[The Men Have It]

Lee J. Cobb was in The Three Faces of Eve with David Wayne

[Actor/Movie Association Game]

A Place in the Sun

[ClassiCategories]

Goin' South

[A United Artists Retrospective Yearbook: 1937]

Some very good movies this year. I only wish I was familiar with more of them.

Dead End is among the best movies William Wyler directed.

Fredric March gave a great performance in A Star is Born, and the ending of Stella Dallas is not to be missed.

I also like Nothing Sacred; I think this was the first movie with Carole Lombard that I ever saw.

[Valentina Cortese (1923-2019)]

Nobody could open the wrong door like Séverine.

Rest in peace.

[Rip Torn]

We just recently watched an episode of Columbo with Rip Torn, and he was great as the jeweler.

Rest in peace.

[*A to Z of actresses and actors*:)]

Irving, Amy

[*A to Z of Movies*]

Never on Sunday

[Cinema Segue]

No Time to Be young and Willing

[The Seven Degrees of Paul Newman]

Mala Powers was in Cyrano de Bergerac with José Ferrer

José Ferrer was in Voyage of the Damned with Faye Dunaway

Fay Dunaway was in The Towering Inferno with Paul Newman

Next: Ruth Chatterton

[*A to Z of Filmmakers*]

Daves, Delmer - Director (Dark Passage)

[Name a Celebrity - Name a Movie]

Lucille Ball was in Yours, Mine, and Ours with Henry Fonda

[A United Artists Retrospective Scrapbook: 1936]

Modern Times is indeed one of the best films ever made.

Dodsworth is among my favorite films of all time. Walter Huston gives one of his best performances of his career. The last exchange between Huston and Ruth Chatterton is smashing.

I've read nothing but good reviews for Things to Come, but I haven't seen it yet.

[The New York City Subway]

Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey in The French Connection

 

 

[*A to Z of Filmmakers*]

Bretton, Raphael - Art Director (The Poseidon Adventure)

[*A to Z of Filmmakers*]

Zsigmond, Vilmos - Cinematographer (Deliverance)

[The Seven Degrees of Paul Newman]

Jack Elam was in Once Upon a Time in the West with Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda was in Sometimes a Great Notion with Paul Newman

next: Lionel Stander

[Cinema Segue]

The Thrill of it All is Lost in Translation

[*A to Z of Filmmakers*]

Walker, Joseph - Cinematographer (It Happened One Night)

[ClassiCategories]

The Hidden Hand

 

The Twelve Chairs

 

Baby Boom

[A to Z of Characters]

Johnson, Hildy - Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday

[Name a Celebrity - Name a Movie]

Rosalind Russell was in My Sister Eileen with Brian Aherne

[A United Artists Retrospective Scrapbook: 1933]

I've seen only The Private Life of Henry VIII, a very good film with great performances by Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester.

[Your Choice For 1968 Best Director Oscar]

My favorite director that year, John Cassavetes, Ingmar Bergman, and Paul Newman, were not nominated.

Among the nominated directors, I would pick Anthony Harvey, with apologies to Carol Reed and Stanley Kubrick.

Anthony Harvey directs The Lion in Winter as a sharp, fast paced historical drama, not a lecture on English History. The characters wage war and wield swords, but their deadliest weapons are their wit and tongues. The movie is also an acting piece, and Harvey elicits fiery performances from most of the cast.