Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, The Village People, Valerie Perrine: Out at the Pictures
Julie Harris, Claire Bloom in The Haunting (top); The Village People in Can’t Stop the Music (bottom)
"Out at the Pictures" at London’s bfi Southbank:
Robert Wise’s horror-house classic The Haunting (1963), starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, and Russ Tamblyn
Nancy Walker’s costly box-office disaster Can’t Stop the Music (1980), starring a rollerblading Steve Guttenberg (in some tight, tight shorts that would get him arrested today for indecent underexposure), Valerie Perrine, and The Village People
The Haunting is one the best horror movies ever made. Julie Harris is sensational, and Claire Bloom is almost as good in a less showy role — a Lesbian. Now, who’s that knocking at the door?
Can’t Stop the Music would have been better had the [...]
by Andre Soares | December 7, 2009
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Tags: bfi Southbank, Can't Stop the Music, Claire Bloom, Classic Movies, Gay Interest, Julie Harris, London Screenings, Nancy Walker, Robert Wise, The Haunting, The Village People, Valerie Perrine
Top Ten Movie Screamers
Doctor X directed by Michael Curtiz (top); Janet Leigh in Psycho (bottom)
Halloween Time. So, here’s my list of the Top Ten Movie Screamers of All Time.
Well, at least the Top Ten Movie Screamers of All Time That I Can Think of Right Now.
You won’t find any new movies here because I tend to avoid most recent horror movies — partly because most of the recent ones I’ve seen are total crap; partly because there’s enough horror in the world out there and I see no need for me to go looking for more at the movies.
Also, most of the screaming newcomers don’t have the vocal flair of their predecessors. Even Naomi Watts, a really good actress, pales next to [...]
by Andre Soares | October 30, 2009
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Tags: Claire Bloom, Classic Movies, Denise Cheshire, Horror Movies, Jane Wyman, Jaws, Johnny Belinda, Julie Harris, Mary Philbin, Patricia Owens, The Phantom of the Opera
Claire Bloom on TCM
Claire Bloom, Julie Harris in The Haunting. Photo: Courtesy of Turner Classic Movies.
Claire Bloom, one of the most talented and stunning-looking actresses of her generation, will have her "Summer Under the Stars" day on Monday, Aug. 31.
Handpicked by Charles Chaplin to be her young leading lady in the 1952 melodrama Limelight, the British-born Claire Bloom developed into a fantastic actress; one who should have become an international film superstar. That never happened, perhaps because Bloom was more enamored of the stage (A Streetcar Named Desire, The Cherry Orchard, A Doll’s House) than she was of film, and wasn’t as discerning in her film choices as she should have been.
I knew of her, but was mostly unfamiliar with her work [...]