Technicolor Series at the Egyptian Theatre
Sean Connery in a publicity shot for From Russia with Love
The American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theatre will present six features (and several shorts) made in the dye-transfer Technicolor process (aka I.B. or "imbibition"), beginning tonight, Sept. 24, at 7:30 pm. The series ends on Saturday, Sept. 26.
The screening features are Blake Edwards‘ comedy The Party, starring Peter Sellers; the 1947 Danny Kaye vehicle The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, co-starring Virginia Mayo; Dave Fleischer’s animated features Mr. Bug Goes to Town and Gulliver’s Travels; and the James Bond flicks On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, starring George Lazenby, and the Sean Connery starrer From Russia with Love — by far the best of the Connery films, chiefly because of two [...]
by Andre Soares | September 24, 2009
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Tags: American Cinematheque, Classic Movies, Dave Fleischer, From Russia with Love, Gulliver's Travels, Los Angeles Screenings, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Sean Connery, The Party, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Virginia Mayo
Virginia Mayo, the star of several Technicolor productions of the 1940s and 1950s, died today at a nursing home in the Los Angeles suburb of Thousand Oaks. Mayo, who was 84, had been in poor health since contracting pneumonia a year ago.
Beginning her career as a chorus girl, the honey-blonde Virginia Mayo (born Virginia Clara Jones on Nov. 30, 1920, in St. Louis, Missouri) soon became one of the leading exponents of Technicolored female beauty during the post-World War II era. Never a great actress, she was always interesting to look at. And if her performances lacked warmth, Mayo exuded more than enough sultriness to compensate for that deficiency.
Initially a Samuel Goldwyn contract player, Mayo went from bit parts [...]
