Alice Joyce Articles
Harrison Ford, Lillian Gish, Elvis Presley, Judy Garland: Packard Campus Screenings
From Lillian Gish to Monty Python. From Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney to Harrison Ford and Rutger Hauer. From Audie Murphy in the Civil War to Elvis Presley in concert. All that — and more — is what's in store at the Library of Congress' Packard Campus in Culpeper, VA, in May 2011. [Full Packard Campus May 2011 schedule.] Highlights include Glenn Ford trying to [...]
SORRELL AND SON Review – H. B. Warner, Nils Asther, Anna Q. Nilsson d: Herbert Brenon
SORRELL AND SON (1927) Direction: Herbert Brenon Cast: H. B. Warner, Nils Asther, Anna Q. Nilsson, Alice Joyce, Carmel Myers, Mary Nolan, Mickey McBan, Louis Wolheim, Norman Trevor, Lionel Belmore Screenplay: Elizabeth Meehan; from Warwick Deeping's novel Oscar Movies Recommended H. B. Warner, Alice Joyce, Sorrell and Son A skilled melodrama about paternal devotion in the face of both personal and social adversity, Sorrell and [...]
Women's Picture Vs. Chick Flick
Ruth Chatterton knew better than most how to succeed in a man's world. Robert Allen is the guy in the picture. The film is The Lady of Secrets (1936). In his Vanity Fair piece "The Right Fluff: A Guy's Guide To Chick Flicks," James Wolcott quotes Joseph McBride, whose highly detailed biography of Frank Capra I'm currently reading. "Film biographer Joseph McBride explains: 'Until recently, [...]
Best Films – 1925: John Gilbert, Norma Shearer, Constance Talmadge, Renée Adorée
Renée Adorée, John Gilbert in King Vidor's The Big Parade Best Films – 1925: Film, Cinematography BEST ACTOR John Gilbert The Big Parade Norma Shearer (sitting), Gwen Lee (left), Betty Morrissey in Monta Bell's Lady of the Night (top); Florence Vidor, Betty Bronson, Adolphe Menjou in Malcolm St. Clair's Are Parents People? (bottom). Photos: Courtesy of Derek Boothroyd. BEST ACTRESS Belle Bennett Stella Dallas [...]