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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Barbara Stanwyck</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/barbara-stanwyck/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 11:31:06 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Peter Breck</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-breck-the-big-valley/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-breck-the-big-valley/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:30:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=37194</guid> <description><![CDATA[Actor Peter Breck (right, in Shock Corridor), best known for his role as the short-tempered Nick Barkley in the 1960s television series The Big Valley, died Monday, Feb. 6, in Vancouver. Breck, who had been suffering from dementia, was 82. Though mostly a TV actor (Black Saddle, Maverick, The Fall Guy), Breck also appeared in about 20 movies. The most notable among those was probably [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/peter-breck-the-big-valley/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Charles Chaplin, Bette Davis, Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep: Film Society of Lincoln Center Chaplin Award Recipients</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/charlie-chaplin-meryl-streep-film-society-of-lincoln-center-chaplin-award/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/charlie-chaplin-meryl-streep-film-society-of-lincoln-center-chaplin-award/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:41:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36565</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Film Society of Lincoln Center's annual fundraising gala began in 1972. It first honoree was Charles Chaplin, returning to the United States after two decades in exile. Since then, the award has been renamed for Chaplin. That same year, Chaplin was saluted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with his second Honorary Oscar. The first such award for Chaplin had taken [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/charlie-chaplin-meryl-streep-film-society-of-lincoln-center-chaplin-award/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Edwige Fenech, Barbara Stanwyck, Lee Patrick: Top Ten Scream Queens</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/edwige-fenech-mrs-wardh-barbara-stanwyck-lee-patrick/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/edwige-fenech-mrs-wardh-barbara-stanwyck-lee-patrick/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:20:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35664</guid> <description><![CDATA[Edwige Fenech, The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh Janet Leigh, Fay Wray: Top Ten Scream Queens Pt.3 3 &#8211; Edwige Fenech, The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1972). A mix of kinky sex, suspense thriller, and more kinky sex, Sergio Martino's giallo The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh makes most Alfred Hitchcock movies feel as thrilling as a Mickey Mouse cartoon. The scene in which [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/edwige-fenech-mrs-wardh-barbara-stanwyck-lee-patrick/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Los Angeles Film Critics Career Achievement Award Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/los-angeles-film-critics-career-achievement-award-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/los-angeles-film-critics-career-achievement-award-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 03:47:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35604</guid> <description><![CDATA[Los Angeles Film Critics' Macho Career Achievement Award Choices. [Photo: Rouben Mamoulian.] 1976: Allan Dwan 1977: King Vidor 1978: Orson Welles 1979: John Huston 1980: Robert Mitchum 1981: Barbara Stanwyck 1982: Robert Preston 1983: Myrna Loy 1984: Rouben Mamoulian 1985: Akira Kurosawa 1986: John Cassavetes 1987: Joel McCrea and Samuel Fuller 1988: Don Siegel 1989: Stanley Donen 1990: Chuck Jones and Blake Edwards 1991: Elmer [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/los-angeles-film-critics-career-achievement-award-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Los Angeles Film Critics Macho Career Achievement Award Choices</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/myrna-loy-la-film-critics-career-achievement-award-women/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/myrna-loy-la-film-critics-career-achievement-award-women/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 03:46:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35603</guid> <description><![CDATA[This year's Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) Career Achievement Award recipient Doris Day is only the fourth woman to be so honored, following Barbara Stanwyck (1981), Myrna Loy (right, 1983), and Dede Allen (1999). [Los Angeles Film Critics Career Achievement Award Winners.] The selection of Doris Day for the 2011 Career Achievement Award is unusual for a couple of reasons. First of all, Day [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/myrna-loy-la-film-critics-career-achievement-award-women/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AFI Life Achievement Award Winners: From John Ford to Shirley MacLaine</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/afi-life-achievement-award-winners/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/afi-life-achievement-award-winners/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:00:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25312</guid> <description><![CDATA[Orson Welles in Welles' own Citizen Kane (top); Gregory Peck, Brock Peters in Robert Mulligan's To Kill a Mockingbird (middle); Barbra Streisand in William Wyler's Funny Girl (bottom) This list of AFI Life Achievement Award winners was culled from Wikipedia. The number on the right represents the honorees' age at the time of the award. Shirley MacLaine will be 78 next June 7. 1973 John [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/afi-life-achievement-award-winners/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Amoral Barbara Stanwyck/BABY FACE, Kay Francis, Frank Capra: TCM Library of Congress Tribute</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/barbara-stanwyck-baby-face-kay-francis-will-rogers-frank-capra/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/barbara-stanwyck-baby-face-kay-francis-will-rogers-frank-capra/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:59:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=35265</guid> <description><![CDATA[Silent ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT: TCM's Library of Congress Tribute [Photo: Kay Francis, Leslie Howard in British Agent.] Schedule (ET) and synopses from the TCM website: 8:00 PM THE CONSTANT NYMPH (1943). A composer finds inspiration in his wife's romantic cousin. Dir: Edmund Goulding. Cast: Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine, Alexis Smith. BW-112 mins. 10:00 PM BABY FACE (1933). A beautiful schemer sleeps her [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/barbara-stanwyck-baby-face-kay-francis-will-rogers-frank-capra/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>SAG Life Achievement Award Winners</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/screen-actors-guild-lifetime-achievement-award/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/screen-actors-guild-lifetime-achievement-award/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:47:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Steve Montgomery</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=366</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Earl Jones, 2008 SAG Life Achievement Award recipient 1962 Eddie Cantor 1963 Stan Laurel 1965 Bob Hope 1966 Barbara Stanwyck 1967 William Gargan 1968 James Stewart 1969 Edward G. Robinson 1970 Gregory Peck 1971 Charlton Heston 1972 Frank Sinatra 1973 Martha Raye 1974 Walter Pidgeon 1975 Rosalind Russell 1976 Pearl Bailey 1977 James Cagney 1978 Edgar Bergen 1979 Katharine Hepburn 1980 Leon Ames 1982 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/screen-actors-guild-lifetime-achievement-award/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Barbara Stanwyck&#039;s BABY FACE, Ermanno Olmi&#039;s IL POSTO, Renée Adorée on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/barbara-stanwyck-ermanno-olmi-renee-adoree-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/barbara-stanwyck-ermanno-olmi-renee-adoree-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:34:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26093</guid> <description><![CDATA[Barbara Stanwyck, John Wayne in Alfred E. Green's Baby Face (top); Sandro Panseri in Ermanno Olmi's Il Posto (bottom) In the next few hours, Turner Classic Movies will present one of MGM's last silent films (with synchronized score), one of the best movies of the 1960s, one of the most outrageous pre-Code releases of the early 1930s, and a documentary about the portrayal of women [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/barbara-stanwyck-ermanno-olmi-renee-adoree-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Henry Fonda on TCM: THE WRONG MAN, 12 ANGRY MEN, THE LADY EVE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/henry-fonda-tcm-the-wrong-man-12-angry-men-the-lady-eve/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/henry-fonda-tcm-the-wrong-man-12-angry-men-the-lady-eve/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:07:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25072</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; Henry Fonda, like James Stewart and Gary Cooper, was one of the prototypical &#34;All-American&#34; actors of the studio era. But if you believe that Fonda's generally one-dimensional characters represented the average American male, then my guess is that you've just landed on planet Earth and you've never met an American &#8212; or any human being, for that matter. Poor Henry Fonda was stuck playing [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/henry-fonda-tcm-the-wrong-man-12-angry-men-the-lady-eve/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Walter Pidgeon on TCM: FORBIDDEN PLANET, EXECUTIVE SUITE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/walter-pidgeon-tcm-forbidden-planet-executive-suite/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/walter-pidgeon-tcm-forbidden-planet-executive-suite/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:40:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25003</guid> <description><![CDATA[Walter Pidgeon, Greer Garson in William Wyler's Mrs. Miniver I mentioned dignified, gentlemanly, and usually a little dull Walter Pidgeon the other day, wishing he had been cast as Jane Powell's grandfather in A Date with Judy (1948) so he could (more or less) have dated Carmen Miranda on-screen. Had that happened, you could forget Greer Garson &#8212; and Tracy-Hepburn, Ladd-Lake, Loy-Powell, Flynn-de Havilland, Garbo-Gilbert, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/walter-pidgeon-tcm-forbidden-planet-executive-suite/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson: DOUBLE INDEMNITY Academy Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/barbara-stanwyck-edward-g-robinson-double-indemnity-screening/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/barbara-stanwyck-edward-g-robinson-double-indemnity-screening/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:28:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24381</guid> <description><![CDATA[Double Indemnity (1944), Billy Wilder's quintessential film noir starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray (right), and Edward G. Robinson, will be screened as the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ series “Oscar Noir: 1940s Writing Nominees from Hollywood’s Dark Side” on Monday, June 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Double Indemnity will be introduced [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/barbara-stanwyck-edward-g-robinson-double-indemnity-screening/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Robert Taylor on TCM: WATERLOO BRIDGE, ESCAPE, WHEN LADIES MEET</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/robert-taylor-waterloo-bridge-escape-when-ladies-meet/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/robert-taylor-waterloo-bridge-escape-when-ladies-meet/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 04:17:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23894</guid> <description><![CDATA[Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor Waterloo Bridge Robert Taylor is April's Star of the Month on Turner Classic Movies. The Robert Taylor Tuesday evening has already begun: Camille (1937), in which he co-stars with Greta Garbo, is on right now. The little-seen (in the last several decades) Magnificent Obsession (1935), with Irene Dunne, was shown before that. (The John M. Stahl-directed melodrama is currently available on [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/robert-taylor-waterloo-bridge-escape-when-ladies-meet/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Susan Sarandon &amp; BIG VALLEY?</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/susan-sarandon-big-valley-barbara-stanwyck-94859/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/susan-sarandon-big-valley-barbara-stanwyck-94859/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:57:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21897</guid> <description><![CDATA[Susan Sarandon as Victoria Barkley. Sarandon won't make me forget Barbara Stanwyck, but that would be a great casting coup. I'm talking about a big-screen remake of the 1960s Western series Big Valley, in which Stanwyck played the widow matriarch of the Barkley Ranch in California's San Joaquin Valley of the 1870s. Her grown children were Richard Long, Peter Breck, and a pre-Dynasty Linda Evans, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/susan-sarandon-big-valley-barbara-stanwyck-94859/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>REMEMBER THE NIGHT &#8211; Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/remember-the-night-barbara-stanwyck-fred-macmurray-4984/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/remember-the-night-barbara-stanwyck-fred-macmurray-4984/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:10:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Doug Johnson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19823</guid> <description><![CDATA[Remember the Night (1940) Direction: Mitchell Leisen Screenplay: Preston Sturges Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson, Willard Robertson, Sterling Holloway &#160; Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck in Remember the Night &#160; A holiday delight that resonates from a Preston Sturges screenplay, Remember the Night assays familiar moral territory inconspicuously. As he did with the scripter’s classic Easy Living (1937), Mitchell Leisen directs. In [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/remember-the-night-barbara-stanwyck-fred-macmurray-4984/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Christmas Movies on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/christmas-movies-on-tcm-485/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/christmas-movies-on-tcm-485/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:42:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19262</guid> <description><![CDATA[Joan Bennett, Spring Buyington, Frances Dee, Jean Parker, Katharine Hepburn in Little Women (top); Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck in Remember the Night (bottom) The digitally remastered Remember the Night (1940), written by Preston Sturges, directed by Mitchell Leisen, and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray, is the highlight of Turner Classic Movies' Christmas movie series this month. But there are other goodies &#8212; or potential [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/christmas-movies-on-tcm-485/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray in REMEMBER THE NIGHT on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/stanwyck-macmurray-remember-the-night-493/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/stanwyck-macmurray-remember-the-night-493/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:43:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=19232</guid> <description><![CDATA[A digitally restored version of Remember the Night, the 1940 classic written by Preston Sturges, directed by Mitchell Leisen, and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray, is one of Turner Classic Movies' Christmas presentations this December. Remember the Night will air several times throughout the month, including on Christmas Eve at 5 p.m. (PT). “It’s one of those quirky twists of fate that a film [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/stanwyck-macmurray-remember-the-night-493/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1941</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1941/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1941/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:57:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4332</guid> <description><![CDATA[Orson Welles in Citizen Kane FILM Cheers for Miss Bishop d: Tay Garnett; scr: Sheridan Gibney, Adelaide Heilbron Citizen Kane d: Orson Welles; scr: Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles The Devil and Miss Jones d: Sam Wood; scr: Norman Krasna Dumbo d: Ben Sharpsteen; scr: Joe Grant, Dick Huemer and others The Great Lie d: Edmund Goulding; scr: Lenore J. Coffee Here Comes Mr. Jordan [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1941/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1933</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1933/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1933/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:57:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4328</guid> <description><![CDATA[Greta Garbo in Queen Christina FILM Baby Face d: Alfred E. Green; scr: Gene Markey, Kathryn Scola The Barbarian d: Sam Wood; scr: Anita Loos, Elmer Harris Dinner at 8 d: George Cukor; scr: Frances Marion, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Donald Ogden Stewart Gold Diggers of 1933 d: Mervyn LeRoy; scr: Erwin Gelsey, James Seymour, David Boehm, Ben Markson I'm No Angel d: Wesley Ruggles; scr: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1933/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Women&#039;s Picture Vs. Chick Flick</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/womens-picture-vs-chick-flick/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/womens-picture-vs-chick-flick/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:21:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/womens-picture-vs-chick-flick/</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 &#34;The Right Fluff: A Guy's Guide To Chick Flicks,&#34; James Wolcott quotes Joseph McBride, whose highly detailed biography of Frank Capra I'm currently reading. &#34;Film biographer Joseph McBride explains: 'Until recently, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/womens-picture-vs-chick-flick/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Barbara Stanwyck/BABY FACE: London Film Festival</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/baby-face-at-london-film-festival/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/baby-face-at-london-film-festival/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2004 20:12:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4353</guid> <description><![CDATA[Considered by many one of Joseph L. Mankiewicz's lesser films, The Barefoot Contessa is a classy, intelligently written, and generally well acted morality tale. Inspired by the life of Rita Hayworth (née Margarita Cansino), the film's plot revolves around the tragic fate of Maria Vargas, a great, earthy beauty who becomes a Hollywood movie star. Besides Jack Cardiff's beautiful cinematography and Mario Nascimbene's melancholy score, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1954/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
