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	<title>Alternative Film Guide &#187; Allan Ellenberger</title>
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		<title>INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL d: Steven Spielberg</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 07:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Ellenberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Direction: Steven Spielberg. Screenplay: David Koepp; story by George Lucas and Jeff Nathanson. Cast: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent, Igor Jijikine, Alan Dale
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After reading the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull reviews coming out of Cannes, my expectations for Steven Spielberg&#8217;s latest effort were considerably lowered. But I shouldn&#8217;t have worried. Overall, the fourth installment in the Indiana Jones saga delivers the goods.
The film&#8217;s late-1950s time period is identified in the opening sequence as a teenage hot-rod drag race takes place on screen while Elvis Presley&#8217;s &#34;Hound Dog&#34; plays over the soundtrack. From then on, true to the original, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE JAZZ SINGER Academy Screening</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 06:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Ellenberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the American Cinematheque presented a tribute to the 80th anniversary of The Jazz Singer at the Academy&#8217;s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
There were several celebs in attendance, including Rose Marie, Forrest Ackerman, Judy Lewis, Julie Newmar, and Michele Lee, in addition to a nice pre-screening buffet for select guests. (I just happened to get invited by a VIP who had an extra ticket.)
The screening began with an amusing theatrical trailer for The Jazz Singer, hosted by silent-film actor John Miljan. Curiously, there was more talking in the trailer than in the entire film it was promoting. As a plus, the trailer offered a fascinating look at the Jazz [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rudolph Valentino Memorial Service 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Ellenberger</dc:creator>
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Rudolph Valentino Memorial Service in the early 1950s
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Scores Turn Out to Remember Silent Film Idol
It was standing room only yesterday at Hollywood Forever Cemetery&#8217;s Cathedral Mausoleum where around 200 mourners gathered to memorialize silent film heartthrob Rudolph Valentino on the 81st anniversary of his death. 
On August 23, 1926, at 12:10 pm, Rudolph Valentino breathed his last in a New York hospital. For days to follow, fans rioted in the streets in an attempt to view his body. The five-day train trip to Hollywood brought a second funeral, and finally entombment in a borrowed crypt &#8212; belonging to screenwriter-producer June Mathis &#8212; at Hollywood Cemetery. The following year, hundreds attended the first memorial, and every year since mourners have made [...]]]></description>
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