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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Tennessee Williams</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/tennessee-williams/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>James Franco Drops Out of Broadway&#039;s SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-franco-sweet-bird-of-youth-broadway-debut/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-franco-sweet-bird-of-youth-broadway-debut/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:54:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27655</guid> <description><![CDATA[James Franco's Broadway debut will have to wait. Franco has dropped out of a planned revival of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth. Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman is still on board and so is director David Cromer. Sweet Bird of Youth revolves around an aging, hard-drinking movie actress, Alexandra Del Lago, who leaves town with an aging (35?), small-town escort/drifter, Chance Wayne. Wayne, in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/james-franco-sweet-bird-of-youth-broadway-debut/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BOOM! Review Pt. II: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Noel Coward</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/boom-review-elizabeth-taylor-richard-burton-noel-coward/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/boom-review-elizabeth-taylor-richard-burton-noel-coward/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:29:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Danny Fortune</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25855</guid> <description><![CDATA[Joseph Losey's BOOM! Review Pt. I That evening, the Witch is seen roaming around at night howling &#34;Sissy! Sissy!&#34; He ends up in Chris' bedroom, pleading that Chris go home with him to Capri. The Witch then collapses on the bed. At that point, it's Chris' turn to wander around. He ends up in Miss Black's bedroom. When he leaves, he is confronted by a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/boom-review-elizabeth-taylor-richard-burton-noel-coward/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BOOM! d: Joseph Losey Scr: Tennessee Williams</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/boom-joseph-losey-tennessee-williams/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/boom-joseph-losey-tennessee-williams/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:24:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Danny Fortune</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25854</guid> <description><![CDATA[Boom! (1968) Direction: Joseph Losey Screenplay: Tennessee Williams; from his play The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Noel Coward, Joanna Shimkus, Michael Dunn, Romolo Valli Elizabeth Taylor, Boom! If you've never seen Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's 1968 vanity production Boom!, don't feel singled out. Boom! bombed at the box office almost as soon as it blasted on the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/boom-joseph-losey-tennessee-williams/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>5</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Vivien Leigh on TCM: THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE, ANNA KARENINA, SHIP OF FOOLS</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/vivien-leigh-the-roman-spring-of-mrs-stone-anna-karenina-ship-of-fools/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/vivien-leigh-the-roman-spring-of-mrs-stone-anna-karenina-ship-of-fools/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:18:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25222</guid> <description><![CDATA[Vivien Leigh, Anna Karenina Turner Classic Movies' Vivien Leigh series comes to a close on Tuesday, Sept. 28, with four movies from Leigh's post-Gone with the Wind period, in addition to a rerun of Gene Feldman's 1990 documentary Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond, narrated by Jessica Lange. TCM's four last Leigh movies are José Quintero's The Roman Springs of Mrs. Stone (1961), Julien Duvivier's Anna [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/vivien-leigh-the-roman-spring-of-mrs-stone-anna-karenina-ship-of-fools/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND &#8211; Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/the-loss-of-a-teardrop-diamond-bryce-dallas-howard-887/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/the-loss-of-a-teardrop-diamond-bryce-dallas-howard-887/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:29:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Doug Johnson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20273</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2009) Direction: Jodie Markell Screenplay: Tennessee Williams Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret, Will Patton, Mamie Gummer, Jessica Collins &#160; Bryce Dallas Howard in The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond &#160; A new production of a little-known, decades-old screenplay from a celebrated &#8212; indeed, legendary &#8212; writer invites cautious response. After all, if a work is [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/reviews/the-loss-of-a-teardrop-diamond-bryce-dallas-howard-887/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND Interview II</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/the-loss-of-a-teardrop-diamond-interview-dallas-howard-111/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/the-loss-of-a-teardrop-diamond-interview-dallas-howard-111/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:46:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20155</guid> <description><![CDATA[Bryce Dallas Howard in The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND Q&#038;A with Jodie Markell: Part I You come from a stage background. But what was it like directing actors for film? Having worked as an actress in both mediums, I understand the similarities and the differences. The craft of acting for both film and theater is rooted in the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/the-loss-of-a-teardrop-diamond-interview-dallas-howard-111/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND: Q&amp;A with Jodie Markell</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/interviews/the-loss-of-a-teardrop-diamond-jodie-markell-898/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/interviews/the-loss-of-a-teardrop-diamond-jodie-markell-898/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:45:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20153</guid> <description><![CDATA[Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn, and Ann Margret star in Jodie Markell's handsome production of a long &#34;lost&#34; Tennessee Williams screenplay, The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, which opens tomorrow in New York City at the Quad Theater and in the Los Angeles area at the Laemmle 4 in Santa Monica and the Laemmle 5 in West Hollywood. The story of a young, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/interviews/the-loss-of-a-teardrop-diamond-jodie-markell-898/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Joseph L. Mankiewicz Tribute: SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/joseph-l-mankiewicz-suddenly-last-summer/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/joseph-l-mankiewicz-suddenly-last-summer/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 07:31:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11109</guid> <description><![CDATA[Joseph L. Mankiewicz Centennial &#8211; Part I And if Guys and Dolls (1955) was a bore &#8212; just about everyone in this film musical is miscast, from Brando to Mankiewicz himself &#8212; the director recovered his touch with the adult (and bizarre) Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), a psychotic psychological drama adapted by Gore Vidal and (officially) Tennessee Williams from Williams's own play. (Williams later said [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/joseph-l-mankiewicz-suddenly-last-summer/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gavin Lambert at LACMA</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/screenwriters/gavin-lambert-at-lacma/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/screenwriters/gavin-lambert-at-lacma/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:06:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=342</guid> <description><![CDATA[Author-screenwriter Gavin Lambert, who died last July at age 80, is being honored by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art with the series &#34;A Tribute to Gavin Lambert,&#34; which kicks off on Friday at the Leo S. Bing Theater. The first two films of the series are The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961, above) and I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977), [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/screenwriters/gavin-lambert-at-lacma/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
