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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Claude Rains</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/claude-rains/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>Vivien Leigh, Ronald Colman, Kathryn Grayson, Arab Magicians on TCM: Arabs in Hollywood Movies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/vivien-leigh-ronald-colman-kathryn-grayson/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/vivien-leigh-ronald-colman-kathryn-grayson/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:18:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27422</guid> <description><![CDATA[Turner Classic Movies' look at Arabs in Hollywood movies continues this evening with six movies. Why exactly Gabriel Pascal's film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) is one of the six, I don't know. Caesar was a Roman-born emperor; Cleopatra, a descendant of Greek royalty, was an Egyptian queen long before the Arab conquest of Egypt. Now, I may be puzzled about [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/vivien-leigh-ronald-colman-kathryn-grayson/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CASABLANCA Review Pt.6 &#8211; Lack of Great Themes</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/casablanca-review/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/casablanca-review/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:18:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16034</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart in Michael Curtiz's Casablanca CASABLANCA Review Part V &#8211; DVD: Lauren Bacall Documentary BACALL ON BOGART Now, the biggest mistake that prevents Casablanca from reaching greatness is its lack of great themes. There is nothing in the film that is so overwhelmingly majestic, technically or performance-wise, that can put it in a class with many of the other highly praised motion [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-movies/casablanca-review/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CASABLANCA Review Pt.4 &#8211; Ingrid Bergman</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/casablanca-ingrid-bergman/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/casablanca-ingrid-bergman/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:12:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16032</guid> <description><![CDATA[Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman in Michael Curtiz's Casablanca CASABLANCA Review Part III &#8211; Humphrey Bogart Now, compare scenes where Humphrey Bogart tries to act with his eyes the way Paul Henreid does, and one notices Bogart's utter limitations &#8212; he could do cynicism well, and pain ok (aided by a drink in hand), but that's about it. This is not because Rick is constricted emotionally [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/hollywood/casablanca-ingrid-bergman/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CASABLANCA Review Pt.2 &#8211; Paul Henreid</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/casablanca-paul-henreid/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/casablanca-paul-henreid/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:10:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16030</guid> <description><![CDATA[Paul Henreid, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Humphrey Bogart in Michael Curtiz's Casablanca CASABLANCA Review Part I Once again, this is not to say that the Casablanca screenplay &#8212; credited to Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch &#8212; lacks charm; the comic scenes in the film, such as those involving the pickpocket, are good, but compare them with the deeper and blacker humor [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/casablanca-paul-henreid/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CASABLANCA Review d: Michael Curtiz</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/casablanca-d-michael-curtiz/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/casablanca-d-michael-curtiz/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:09:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Schneider</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=6005</guid> <description><![CDATA[CASABLANCA (1942) Direction: Michael Curtiz Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Conrad Veidt, S. Z. Sakall, Dooley Wilson, Joy Page Screenplay: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch; from Murray Burnett and Joan Alison's unproduced play &#34;Everybody Comes to Rick's&#34; Oscar Movies Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Casablanca By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: About three years ago, I [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/casablanca-d-michael-curtiz/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>George Bernard Shaw on TCM: PYGMALION, CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA, THE MILLIONAIRESS</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/george-bernard-shaw-tcm-pygmalion-caesar-and-cleopatra/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/george-bernard-shaw-tcm-pygmalion-caesar-and-cleopatra/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:45:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23952</guid> <description><![CDATA[Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw is tonight's star on Turner Classic Movies. Major Barbara (1941), directed by Gabriel Pascal, and starring Rex Harrison and Wendy Hiller, is on right now. I've watched it a couple of times, but I haven't been able to really get into it. Even so, I thoroughly enjoyed both Robert Morley and Marie Lohr in supporting roles. Also [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/george-bernard-shaw-tcm-pygmalion-caesar-and-cleopatra/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Claude Rains on TCM: CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA, JUAREZ</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/claude-rains-caesar-and-cleopatra-juarez/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/claude-rains-caesar-and-cleopatra-juarez/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:18:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16246</guid> <description><![CDATA[Claude Rains, Gale Sondergaard in Anthony Adverse Turner Classic Movies will be showing eight movies featuring Claude Rains, TCM's Star of the Month of September, beginning at 5PM Pacific Time. Of those, I've seen only three: Juarez (1939) could have been a good historical biopic, but things go wrong from the start thanks to the miscasting of Paul Muni as Benito Juárez. Even Bette Davis, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/claude-rains-caesar-and-cleopatra-juarez/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Claude Rains on TCM: HERE COMES MR. JORDAN, DECEPTION</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/claude-rains-here-comes-mr-jordan/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/claude-rains-here-comes-mr-jordan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:50:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15830</guid> <description><![CDATA[Claude Rains returns this Wednesday, Sept. 9, in more films featuring Turner Classic Movies' Star of the Month. Every single one of the titles listed below is worth watching if only because of Rains' presence. That said, a couple of them actually have considerably more to offer: Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) and Deception (1946). Here Comes Mr. Jordan is a witty, romantic comedy about [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/claude-rains-here-comes-mr-jordan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Claude Rains on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/claude-rains-movies-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/claude-rains-movies-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:54:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=14658</guid> <description><![CDATA[A newly restored print of Frank Capra's 1939 Best Picture nominee Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, starring Jean Arthur, James Stewart, and Claude Rains, will be screened tonight, July 20, as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ series “Hollywood’s Greatest Year: The Best Picture Nominees of 1939.” The screening will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/mr-smith-goes-to-washington-capra-stewart/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</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; 1939</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1939/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1939/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:26:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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