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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Paul Muni</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/paul-muni/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 04:26:24 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Ann Dvorak Pt.4: Warner Bros. Co-Stars, THREE ON A MATCH</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-dvorak-three-on-match-pre-code-hollywood/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-dvorak-three-on-match-pre-code-hollywood/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:42:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27556</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ann Dvorak, Paul Muni, Dr. Socrates Ann Dvorak Pt.3: SCARFACE, Warner Bros. Leading Lady, But Never a Star Ann Dvorak played opposite most big names at Warner Bros. in the 1930s. In addition to the aforementioned Joan Blondell and Bette Davis, there were Warren William, Paul Muni, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., James Cagney, Dick Powell, Pat O'Brien, and Richard Barthelmess, among others. How did she get [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ann-dvorak-three-on-match-pre-code-hollywood/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable on TCM: Moguls &amp; Movie Stars</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/edward-g-robinson-james-cagney-jean-harlow-clark-gable-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/edward-g-robinson-james-cagney-jean-harlow-clark-gable-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:19:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25587</guid> <description><![CDATA[Edward G. Robinson in Mervyn LeRoy's Little Caesar Turner Classic Movies' Moguls &#38; Movie Stars, A History of Hollywood continues this evening with &#34;Brother, Can You Spare a Dream?&#34; which takes us to the beginning of the talkie era and the Great Depression. That was the time when most studios faced bankruptcy; directors, screenwriters, and actors formed unions; the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/edward-g-robinson-james-cagney-jean-harlow-clark-gable-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ethnicity in Film: Ramon Novarro</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/ramon-novarro-mexican-star-44876/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/ramon-novarro-mexican-star-44876/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:28:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22136</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ethnicity in Film: Luise Rainer, Nancy Kwan The issue of ethnicity and movie roles came up to me a few years ago, while I was working on a biography of Mexican-born actor Ramon Novarro (above), Beyond Paradise. I'd read much about white performers playing non-white roles, but basically nothing about non-white actors playing white roles. Yet, back in those days it wasn't that uncommon. Although [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/ramon-novarro-mexican-star-44876/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ethnicity in Film: Luise Rainer, Nancy Kwan</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/ethnicity-film-luise-rainer-nancy-kwan-91110/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/ethnicity-film-luise-rainer-nancy-kwan-91110/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:27:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=22124</guid> <description><![CDATA[Paul Muni, Luise Rainer in The Good Earth The ethnic controversy surrounding the casting of Gérard Depardieu as Alexandre Dumas in Safy Nebbou's The Other Dumas reminded me of Arthur Dong's 2007 documentary Hollywood Chinese, which discusses how Caucasian actors usually played major Chinese roles in American movies up to the not-too-distant past. Among those featured in Hollywood Chinese, whether in clips or as talking [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/ethnicity-film-luise-rainer-nancy-kwan-91110/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Jane Bryan</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/jane-bryan/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/jane-bryan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:12:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10041</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jane Bryan, who played ingenues in several Warner Bros. productions of the late 1930s, died on April 8 at her home in Pebble Beach, California, following a long illness. She was 90. The Los Angeles-born (on June 11, 1918) Jane O'Brien had her name changed to Jane Bryan after landing a Warners contract in the mid '30s. Bryan's most notable role at the studio was [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/jane-bryan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
