Valentino with Rudolf Nureyev and Michelle Phillips. Ken Russell’s 1977 Rudolph Valentino biopic Valentino is based on the dubious 1966 bio (“Was he a great lover – or a sham?”)…
‘Ben-Hur’ 2016 trailer with Jack Huston: Deadly chariot race in religious epic for the CGI-loving crowd. ‘Ben-Hur’ 2016 trailer: ‘Gladiator’ meets ‘Fast Seven’ meets ‘Star Wars’ meets… Paramount Pictures and…
Ben-Hur 1925 with Ramon Novarro: The chariot race. ‘Ben-Hur’ 1925: Fast & furious epic Los Angeles screening Directed by Fred Niblo and starring Ramon Novarro, the 1925 Ben-Hur, a.k.a. Ben-Hur:…
The Naked Kiss 1964 with Constance Towers. In the opening scene of Samuel Fuller’s The Naked Kiss, we see a bald-headed prostitute using her bare hands to beat the crap…
Are Parents People? movie: This one-daughter precursor to Walt Disney Productions’ 1961 hit The Parent Trap is worth a look largely thanks to cute, perky Betty Bronson, cinema’s first teenage…
J.M. Barrie: Peter Pan author and playwright. Who was the inspiration for Peter Pan, the satyr-like boy who wouldn’t grow up? Candidates include J.M. Barrie’s brother David, who died at…