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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Allan Ellenberger</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/allan-ellenberger/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Ramon Novarro III: Anita Page, Murder, Life As a Gay Man</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/ramon-novarro-ellenberger-interview/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/ramon-novarro-ellenberger-interview/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:35:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18018</guid> <description><![CDATA[Anita Page, Ramon Novarro in The Flying Fleet Ramon Novarro: Allan Ellenberger Interview II Ramon Novarro and Anita Page. Do you believe he actually asked her hand in marriage as she claimed later in life? I do, and the main reason is that I knew Anita Page and interviewed her extensively for over a year before her health really began to decline. At that point, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/gay/ramon-novarro-ellenberger-interview/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ramon Novarro II: Best Films, Rex Ingram</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/ramon-novarro-interview/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/ramon-novarro-interview/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:34:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18017</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jeanette MacDonald, Ramon Novarro in The Cat and the Fiddle. Photo: Courtesy Matias Bombal Collection. Ramon Novarro: Allan Ellenberger Interview I How would you describe Ramon Novarro the actor? Novarro was a first-rate actor – maybe not an Olivier, but a good solid actor. Even in bad films such as Laughing Boy (1934), he had his moments. He was excellent in dramatic roles such as [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/ramon-novarro-interview/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ramon Novarro: Q&amp;A with Author Allan Ellenberger</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/ramon-novarro-allan-ellenberger/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/ramon-novarro-allan-ellenberger/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:34:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18015</guid> <description><![CDATA[I first contacted author Allan Ellenberger shortly before the publication of his book on Old Hollywood star Ramon Novarro, as at the time I was working on my own Novarro bio. Instead of treating me like a pesky rival, Allan generously shared the information he'd amassed throughout about a decade of research &#8212; and for that I was very thankful. We've since become good friends [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/ramon-novarro-allan-ellenberger/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Karl Dane Biographer Interview</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/karl-dane-biographer-interview/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/karl-dane-biographer-interview/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:45:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17467</guid> <description><![CDATA[Allan Ellenberger interviews biographer Laura Petersen Balogh, whose book on silent-film comedian Karl Dane has just been published by McFarland. Here's a brief snippet: Why Karl Dane? What is it about him and his story that moved you to write a biography? I had always known who Karl Dane was, being a silent film buff my whole life, but he never really made that much [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/karl-dane-biographer-interview/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Miriam Hopkins on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/miriam-hopkins-movies-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/miriam-hopkins-movies-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:53:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15156</guid> <description><![CDATA[An early photo of Miriam Hopkins. Photos in this article: courtesy of Allan Ellenberger Miriam Hopkins, one of the most underrated performers of the studio era, will have her &#34;Summer Under the Stars&#34; day on Thursday, Aug. 20. Turner Classic Movies will present fourteen Miriam Hopkins films, including one TCM premiere &#8212; the Samuel Goldwyn production of Barbary Coast &#8212; and three of Hopkins' saucy [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/miriam-hopkins-movies-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Marsha Hunt Discusses Anthony Dexter</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/marsha-hunt-anthony-dexter/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/marsha-hunt-anthony-dexter/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:38:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15085</guid> <description><![CDATA[In his blog, Allan Ellenberger speaks with Marsha Hunt about Anthony Dexter, who played Rudolph Valentino in the 1951 biopic Valentino (right), and with whom Hunt co-starred in a stage production of The King and I. Here are a couple of quotes: &#34;Of course I remember Valentino. By the age of eight I had already seen The Sheik and his films with Vilma Banky. Valentino [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/marsha-hunt-anthony-dexter/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>10</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Miriam Hopkins and Kate Morton&#039;s THE SHIFTING FOG</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/miriam-hopkins-the-shifting-fog/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/miriam-hopkins-the-shifting-fog/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:17:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=6911</guid> <description><![CDATA[Australian author Kate Morton's bestselling novel The Shifting Fog (The House at Riverton in the US and the UK &#8212; see comment below) chronicles the emotional and romantic travails of two beautiful sisters from a declining aristocratic British family during the early 20th century. The reason I'm posting a mention of The Shifting Fog has nothing to do with the plot or with author Morton [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/miriam-hopkins-the-shifting-fog/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Miriam Hopkins IV: Hollywood Blacklist, Bette Davis</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/miriam-hopkins-hollywood-blacklist-bette-davis/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/miriam-hopkins-hollywood-blacklist-bette-davis/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:01:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16298</guid> <description><![CDATA[Miriam Hopkins III: BECKY SHARP Miriam Hopkins blacklisted during the post-war anti-Red hysteria? Why? And how come that fact &#8212; to the best of my knowledge &#8212; has never been discussed anywhere? During the late '30s and throughout the '40s, Hopkins was involved with several political and social groups that were considered fronts for the Communist Party. These groups included the Motion Picture Democratic Committee [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/miriam-hopkins-hollywood-blacklist-bette-davis/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Miriam Hopkins III: BECKY SHARP</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/miriam-hopkins-becky-sharp/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/miriam-hopkins-becky-sharp/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:00:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16297</guid> <description><![CDATA[Miriam Hopkins: Q&#38;A with Allan Ellenberger Part II Becky Sharp was the first feature film in three-strip Technicolor. Why was Miriam Hopkins selected for the title role? And what was filming like? Hopkins was producer Jock Whitney’s choice for the role from the beginning; I’m not aware of anyone else being mentioned. However, she almost lost it when she couldn’t come to an agreement with [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/miriam-hopkins-becky-sharp/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Miriam Hopkins: Q&amp;A with Allan Ellenberger, Part II</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/miriam-hopkins-allan-ellenberger/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/miriam-hopkins-allan-ellenberger/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:59:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=6893</guid> <description><![CDATA[Miriam Hopkins: Allan Ellenberger Interview Part I I understand that Miriam Hopkins turned down a large number of parts. Could you name a few of those? And was there anything she felt sorry she missed out on &#8212; any part she rejected but then came to regret her decision, or any part she wanted to play but lost out to someone else? [Photo: One role [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/miriam-hopkins-allan-ellenberger/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Miriam Hopkins: Allan Ellenberger Interview I</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/interviews/miriam-hopkins-allan-ellenberger-interview-i/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/interviews/miriam-hopkins-allan-ellenberger-interview-i/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:56:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16288</guid> <description><![CDATA[Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins in All of Me Miriam Hopkins: Allan Ellenberger Interview Intro First of all, why Miriam Hopkins? The films she made with Bette Davis &#8212; The Old Maid (1939) and Old Acquaintance (1943) &#8212; first attracted me to Miriam Hopkins. Also, the stories of their purported feud and Davis’ virulent comments that she spouted forth during her last days piqued my interest. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/interviews/miriam-hopkins-allan-ellenberger-interview-i/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Miriam Hopkins: Q&amp;A with Author Allan Ellenberger</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/miriam-hopkins-interview/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/miriam-hopkins-interview/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:55:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=6881</guid> <description><![CDATA[Miriam Hopkins in a publicity shot for Becky Sharp Miriam Hopkins. If mentioned at all today, Miriam Hopkins' name pops up in the media for two reasons: One of her movies is being shown on cable or at some retrospective or other, and someone says or writes that Old Hollywood's Miriam Hopkins was a selfish, self-centered, megalomaniacal, scene-stealing, temperamental, fire-spitting Bitch from Hell who made [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/miriam-hopkins-interview/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CELEBRITIES IN THE 1930 CENSUS II</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/interviews/celebrities-in-the-1930-census-ii/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/interviews/celebrities-in-the-1930-census-ii/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:40:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18294</guid> <description><![CDATA[CELEBRITIES IN THE 1930 CENSUS Q&#038;A: Part I What does the 1930 census tell us about those people? Specifically, it's a snapshot of each celebrity's life on one specific day &#8212; April 1, 1930. As I put this book together, I had to decide which information I would include from the census. I realized that listing the answers to all 32 questions would not be [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/interviews/celebrities-in-the-1930-census-ii/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CELEBRITIES IN THE 1930 CENSUS: Q&amp;A with Author Allan R. Ellenberger</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/celebrities-in-the-1930-census-ellenberger/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/celebrities-in-the-1930-census-ellenberger/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:39:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/celebrities-in-the-1930-census-ellenberger/</guid> <description><![CDATA[As it says on the cover, Allan R. Ellenberger's Celebrities in the 1930 Census (McFarland, 2008, US$49.95) is a compilation of household data &#8212; as collected by 1930 census takers &#8212; of more than 2,000 &#34;U.S. actors, musicians, scientists, athletes, writers, politicians and other public figures.&#34; (The woman in the photo is aviatrix Amelia Earhart.) The book, of course, doesn't offer any saucy insights into [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/celebrities-in-the-1930-census-ellenberger/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Miriam Hopkins Biography in the Works</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/miriam-hopkins/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/miriam-hopkins/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2006 08:22:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/12/03/miriam-hopkins-biography-in-the-works/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Though relatively forgotten and, when remembered, usually dismissed as a second-rate talent (quite possibly by those who have never seen her on film), Miriam Hopkins was actually a highly capable performer who worked with some of the most renowned directors in Hollywood history &#8212; Rouben Mamoulian, Ernst Lubitsch, and William Wyler, among them. Hopkins was also a household name in the 1930s, a time when [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/miriam-hopkins/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>26</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rudolph Valentino Death and Legacy: THE VALENTINO MYSTIQUE by Allan Ellenberger</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/the-valentino-mystique-by-allan-ellenberger/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/the-valentino-mystique-by-allan-ellenberger/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2005 00:19:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/the-valentino-mystique-by-allan-ellenberger/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Allan R. Ellenberger's meticulously researched The Valentino Mystique: The Death and Afterlife of the Silent Film Idol (McFarland &#38; Company) describes in great detail the circumstances surrounding Rudolph Valentino's death in 1926. The star of the blockbusters The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and The Sheik was only 31 years old. Allan &#8212; I've known him for quite some time &#8212; also discusses the aftermath [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/the-valentino-mystique-by-allan-ellenberger/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
