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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Ernst Lubitsch</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/ernst-lubitsch/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>Janet Gaynor-Charles Farrell 7TH HEAVEN, Fragment of Lost Academy Award Winner THE PATRIOT Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/janet-gaynor-charles-farrell-7th-heaven-the-patriot/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/janet-gaynor-charles-farrell-7th-heaven-the-patriot/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 06:59:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27497</guid> <description><![CDATA[Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, 7th Heaven Frank Borzage's 7th Heaven, starring late '20s lovebirds Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, was the 1927 Photoplay Magazine Medal of Honor winner and will thus be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Summer of Silents” series on Monday, August 1, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The 7th [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/janet-gaynor-charles-farrell-7th-heaven-the-patriot/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>ROYAL WEDDING, Ramon Novarro, Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Grace Kelly on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/royal-wedding-ramon-novarro-audrey-hepburn-gregory-peck-grace-kelly/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/royal-wedding-ramon-novarro-audrey-hepburn-gregory-peck-grace-kelly/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 02:09:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26944</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer in Ernst Lubitsch's The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg As a William &#38; Kate tie-in, Turner Classic Movies is showing several royal weddings, romances, escapades, and heartbreaks this evening. Stanley Donen's Royal Wedding (1951), starring Jane Powell, Fred Astaire, and Peter Lawford, is just about over. The best thing about the film is Fred Astaire dancing on walls and ceilings, a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/royal-wedding-ramon-novarro-audrey-hepburn-gregory-peck-grace-kelly/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE MERRY WIDOW Review &#8211; Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier d: Ernst Lubitsch</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/the-merry-widow-ernst-lubitsch-chevalier-macdonald/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/the-merry-widow-ernst-lubitsch-chevalier-macdonald/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 22:46:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10214</guid> <description><![CDATA[THE MERRY WIDOW (1934) Direction: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, Una Merkel, George Barbier, Minna Gombell, Sterling Holloway Screenplay: Ernest Vajda and Samson Raphaelson; from Franz Lehár's operetta Oscar Movies Highly Recommended Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier, The Merry Widow The Merry Widow is neither one of Ernst Lubitsch's most discussed nor best-liked films. Film critics and historians generally tend to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/the-merry-widow-ernst-lubitsch-chevalier-macdonald/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer&#039;s THE STUDENT PRINCE, Pedro Infante&#039;s MEXICANOS AL GRITO DE GUERRA on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ramon-novarro-the-student-prince-pedro-infante-mexicanos-al-grito-de-guerra/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ramon-novarro-the-student-prince-pedro-infante-mexicanos-al-grito-de-guerra/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 03:23:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25151</guid> <description><![CDATA[Norma Shearer, Ramon Novarro, Jean Hersholt in Ernst Lubitsch's The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg Turner Classic Movies' Hispanic Heritage Month celebration continues with the showing of one silent film starring Mexican heartthrob Ramon Novarro, The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927), and the Mexican period drama Mexicanos al grito de guerra (1943), starring Mexican cinema's superstar Pedro Infante. Deftly directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ramon-novarro-the-student-prince-pedro-infante-mexicanos-al-grito-de-guerra/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Norma Shearer on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/norma-shearer-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/norma-shearer-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:18:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24960</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer in Ernst Lubitsch's The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (top); Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, second husband Martin Arrouge (bottom) Norma Shearer may not be a household name today, but back in the late 1920s and throughout the 1930s all the way to the early 1940s, Shearer's star shone brighter than most. Turner Classic Movies is dedicating Thursday, Aug. 12, to the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/norma-shearer-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bruce LaBruce, Christophe Honoré, Ernst Lubitsch at Locarno Film Festival 2010</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/bruce-labruce-locarno-film-festival-2010/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/bruce-labruce-locarno-film-festival-2010/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:11:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24810</guid> <description><![CDATA[Christophe Honoré's Homme au bain / Man at Bath, Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond's La Petite chambre / The Little Room, and Bruce LaBruce's L.A. Zombie are three of the movies in competition for the Golden Leopard at the 2010 Locarno Film Festival. Singaporean filmmaker Eric Khoo will preside the international competition's six-person jury. Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass' Cyrus, Valdis Óskarsdóttir's King's Road, Cédric [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/bruce-labruce-locarno-film-festival-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE STUDENT PRINCE IN OLD HEIDELBERG &#8211; Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer d: Ernst Lubitsch</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/the-student-prince-ramon-novarro-norma-shearer/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/the-student-prince-ramon-novarro-norma-shearer/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 08:20:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Danny Fortune</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=23895</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg / Old Heidelberg (1927) Direction: Ernst Lubitsch Screenplay: Hans Kräly; titles by Ruth Cummings and Marian Ainslee; from Sigmund Romberg and Dorothy Donnelly's operetta The Student Prince, based on Wilhelm Meyer-Förster's novel Karl Heinrich and play Old Heidelberg Cast: Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer, Jean Hersholt, Philippe de Lacy, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Edgar Norton, Bobby Mack, Edward Connelly &#160; Ramon [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movies-431/the-student-prince-ramon-novarro-norma-shearer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Shadows of Russia: Communism on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/shadows-of-russia-communism-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/shadows-of-russia-communism-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:28:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18278</guid> <description><![CDATA[Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas in Ninotchka (top); Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford in The Way We Were (bottom) From the Romanovs' last stand to Warren Beatty's first solo directorial effort: On every Wednesday in January 2010, Turner Classic Movies will present the 20-film festival &#34;Shadows of Russia,&#34; a showcase of Hollywood movies portraying Russia (and/or the Soviet Union) and the sociopolitical reverberations of Communism throughout the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/shadows-of-russia-communism-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</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>Greta Garbo&#039;s NINOTCHKA Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/greta-garbo-ninotchka-ernst-lubitsch/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/greta-garbo-ninotchka-ernst-lubitsch/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:10:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=14681</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ernst Lubitsch's delightful Ninotchka, starring Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas, will be screened as the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ series &#34;Hollywood’s Greatest Year: The Best Picture Nominees of 1939” on Monday, July 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The evening will begin at 7 p.m., with the ninth chapter of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/greta-garbo-ninotchka-ernst-lubitsch/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
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11620</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Rules of the Game by Jean Renoir FILM Gone with the Wind d: Victor Fleming; scr: Sidney Howard Le Jour se lève / Daybreak d: Marcel Carné; scr: Jacques Viot, Jacques Prévert Midnight d: Mitchell Leisen; scr: Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett Mr. Smith Goes to Washington d: Frank Capra; scr: Sidney Buchman Ninotchka d: Ernst Lubitsch; scr: Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1939/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1938</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1938/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1938/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:16:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11619</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold in You Can't Take It with You FILM The Adventures of Robin Hood d: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley; scr: Seton I. Miller, Norman Reilly Raine Bringing Up Baby d: Howard Hawks; scr: Dudley Nichols, Hagar Wilde Dramatic School d: Robert B. Sinclair; scr: Ernest Vajda, Mary McCall Jr. L'Etrange Monsieur Victor d: Jean Grémillon; scr: Albert Valentin, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1938/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1934</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1934/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1934/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:57:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4329</guid> <description><![CDATA[Norma Shearer in The Barretts of Wimpole Street FILM The Barretts of Wimpole Street d: Sidney Franklin; scr: Ernest Vajda, Claudine West, Donald Ogden Stewart The Count of Monte Cristo d: Rowland V. Lee; scr: Philip Dunne, Dan Totheroh, Rowland V. Lee The Gay Divorcee d: Mark Sandrich; scr: George Marion Jr., Dorothy Yost, Edward Kaufman Hide-out d: W. S. Van Dyke; scr: Albert Hackett, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1934/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1932</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1932/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1932/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:53:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4327</guid> <description><![CDATA[Boris Karloff, Gloria Stuart in The Old Dark House FILM Beauty and the Boss d: Roy del Ruth; scr: Joseph Jackson Blessed Event d: Roy del Ruth; scr: Howard J. Green Jewel Robbery d: William Dieterle; scr: Erwin S. Gelsey The Most Dangerous Game / The Hounds of Zaroff d: Ernest B. Schoedsack, Irving Pichel; scr: James Ashmore Creelman The Old Dark House d: James [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1932/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1931</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1931/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1931/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:51:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4325</guid> <description><![CDATA[Willi Fritsch and Lilian Harvey in Congress Dances FILM À nous la liberté / Liberty for Us d, scr: René Clair City Streets d: Rouben Mamoulian; scr: Max Marcin, Oliver H. P. Garrett, Dashiell Hammett Daybreak d: Jacques Feyder; scr: Ruth Cummings, Cyril Hume, Zelda Sears Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde d: Rouben Mamoulian; scr: Samuel Hoffenstein, Percy Heath Five Star Final d: Mervyn LeRoy; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1931/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1929</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/best-films-of-1929/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/best-films-of-1929/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:26:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10066</guid> <description><![CDATA[Alexandra Schmidt in Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness FILM Eternal Love d: Ernst Lubitsch; scr: Hans Kräly; titles: H. H. Caldwell, Katherine Hilliker The Last of Mrs. Cheyney d: Sidney Franklin; scr: Hans Kräly, Claudine West The Love Parade d: Ernst Lubitsch; scr: Ernest Vajda, Guy Bolton Lucky Star d: Frank Borzage; scr: Sonya Levien; dialogue: John Hunter Booth; titles: H. H. Caldwell, Katherine Hilliker [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/best-films-of-1929/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1927</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/best-films-of-1927/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/best-films-of-1927/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:32:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10047</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer in The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg FILM Breakfast at Sunrise d: Malcolm St. Clair; scr: Fred De Gresac, Gladys Unger The Enemy d: Fred Niblo; scr: Willis Goldbeck, Agnes Christine Johnston; titles: John Colton The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg d: Ernst Lubitsch; scr: Hans Kräly; titles: Marion Ainslee, Ruth Cummings The Unknown d: Tod Browning; scr: Waldemar Young; titles: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/best-films-of-1927/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>LADY WINDERMERE&#039;S FAN &#8211; Ronald Colman &#8211; d: Ernst Lubitsch</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/lady-windermeres-fan-ernst-lubitsch-colman/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/lady-windermeres-fan-ernst-lubitsch-colman/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:25:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=9615</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lady Windermere's Fan (1925) Direction: Ernst Lubitsch Screenplay: Julien Josephson; titles: Maude Fulton and Erik Yorke; from Oscar Wilde's play Cast: Ronald Colman, May McAvoy, Bert Lytell, Irene Rich, Edward Martindel &#160; Bert Lytell is the nice husband, May McAvoy the jealous wife, Ronald Colman the other man, and Irene Rich (above) the scene stealer in Ernst Lubitsch's delightful film version of Oscar Wilde's play [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-reviews/lady-windermeres-fan-ernst-lubitsch-colman/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>Lost Pola Negri Film Found</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/pola-negri-film-discovered/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/pola-negri-film-discovered/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:29:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=6137</guid> <description><![CDATA[The News/Polskie Radio reports that an early (and thus far unnamed) Pola Negri vehicle has been discovered at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia by the husband-and-wife team of Marek and Malgorzata Hendrykowski from Poznan University. Dating from the 1910s, the Polish production is a detective story set in Warsaw. The print has Italian subtitles and is said to be in good condition. Born (Barbara) Apolonia [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/pola-negri-film-discovered/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rouben Mamoulian Retrospective at Film Forum</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/rouben-mamoulian-film-forum/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/rouben-mamoulian-film-forum/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:06:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/rouben-mamoulian-film-forum/</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#34;Mamoulian,&#34; a complete retrospective of Hollywood director Rouben Mamoulian (1897-1987), one of cinema's greatest stylists and innovators, will run at the Film Forum from Friday, September 7 through Tuesday, September 18. As per the Film Forum's press release, Mamoulian was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, to an Armenian family. He worked at the Moscow Art Theater while attending university, and, following a chance meeting with industrialist/philanthropist [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/rouben-mamoulian-film-forum/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</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>San Sebastián 2006: Ernst Lubitsch Retrospective</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/ernst-lubitsch-retrospective-at-san-sebastian/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/ernst-lubitsch-retrospective-at-san-sebastian/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 07:42:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/09/26/ernst-lubitsch-retrospective-at-san-sebastin/</guid> <description><![CDATA[One of the highlights of this year's San Sebastián International Film Festival is a mouth-wateringly thorough Ernst Lubitsch Retrospective. Besides the obligatory titles, such as the witty 1939 comedy of bright lights and Communism, Ninotchka, and the delightful 1934 version of The Merry Widow, the retrospective is also showcasing a large number of Lubitsch rarities (including a few fragments of mostly lost films), ranging from [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/ernst-lubitsch-retrospective-at-san-sebastian/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1943</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1943/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1943/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:03:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4343</guid> <description><![CDATA[Set in a 17th-century Danish village, Carl Theodor Dreyer's masterful Vredens dag / Day of Wrath is a stark, but deeply felt indictment against religious fanaticism and intolerance. Moving performances by ingénue Lisbeth Modin and accused witch Anna Svierkier add a touch of humanity to the horrors shown on screen. It is not a coincidence that Vredens Dag was made in 1943, a time when [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1943/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1925: Fred Niblo&#039;s BEN-HUR, Ernst Lubitsch&#039;s LADY WINDERMERE&#039;S FAN</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1925/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1925/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2004 12:25:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4315</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ramon Novarro and May McAvoy in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ BEST FILM Ben-Hur d: Fred Niblo (assisted by Christy Cabanne, Alfred L. Raboch, B. Reeves Eason); scr: Carey Wilson, Bess Meredyth, June Mathis; titles: Katherine Hilliker, H. H. Caldwell The Big Parade d: King Vidor; scr: Laurence Stallings, Harry Behn; titles: Joseph W. Farnham Her Sister from Paris d: Sidney Franklin; scr: Hans [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1925/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
