Your blogger spent hours upon hours re-watching four films from 1944 in order to take part in The Film Experience blog's smackdown among film buffs deciding who really deserved the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress that year. (more…)
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Jon-Erik Hexum Would Have Turned 60 Today: A Look Back
Jon-Erik Hexum, a handsome, strapping actor who had starred in the series Voyagers! (1982-1983), in the pecsploitation classique TV flick Making of a Male Model with an overheated Joan Collins (b. 1933), and in the Bear Bryant (1913-1983) bipioc The Bear (1984), would have turned 60 today, November 5. (more…)
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‘A Tad Overweight, but with Violet Eyes to Die For’: Elizabeth Taylor’s Middle Age
Garry Trudeau (b. 1948) immortalized Elizabeth Taylor's (1932-2011) mid-life dilemma in Doonesbury with a series of strips lampooning her role as a politician's wife during her marriage to future Sen. John Warner (b. 1927), a Virginia Republican. (more…)
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Lois Smith Joins Twitter … at 87!
Perhaps smelling blood in the water after Rose Marie joined Twitter at age 94 and gained over 100,000 followers just like that, acclaimed actress Lois Smith (b. 1930) has now joined the social network in honor of turning 87. Her attitude upon joining Twitter is to be admired: "I don't know what I'm doing here, but…
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What’s a Rose Marie? A Review of ‘Wait for Your Laugh’
I first experienced Rose Marie (b. 1923) when I stumbled upon the 1933 pre-Code film International House on TV back when I was a kid in the '70s. Watching this cute little girl, whose career predates that of Shirley Temple (1928-2014), belting "My Bluebird's Singing the Blues" — not to mention suggestive elements like racy…
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Reliving ‘A Nightmare’: New Doc’s Claws Are Out!
Below, check out the new limited-edition poster for Scream, Queen!: My Nightmare on Elm Street! (more…)
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Supporting Actress Smackdown: 1944 Edition!
In two weeks, your humble blogger will join Molly Pope, Farran Nehme, Loren King, Mark Harris and host Nathaniel R of The Film Experience for a podcast smackdown pitting the Best Supporting Actress nominees of 1944 against each other! (more…)
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‘Anything Can Be Rented These Days’: Inside the Hollywood Show
I just returned from my latest trip to the Hollywood Show, the venerable autograph fest which hosts venerable celebs and their increasingly venerable fans (us!) (more…)
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‘Suspiria’ 40th Anniversary Soundtrack Set Materializes
Suspiria, the classic 1977 horror flick by Dario Argento (b. 1940) that starred Jessica Harper, Joan Bennett (1910-1990) and Alida Valli (1921-2006) is back from the dead — and this time, it's ready to extract $240 from its victims. (more…)
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Danielle Darrieux, French Film Grande Dame, Dies @ 100
One of the most important movie figures ever to live to the age of 100, French actress Danielle Darrieux, died Tuesday in Bois-le-Roi, France. (more…)
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