Hal Prince Broadway musical legend: Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber collaborator + remembering subversive cult classic.
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MGM musicals box office struggle: Howard Keel Hollywood woes included 2 prestigious star vehicles that *should* have succeeded. Could his career be saved?
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(See previous post: “Gay Pride Movie Series Comes to a Close: From Heterosexual Angst to Indonesian Coup.”) Ken Russell’s Valentino (1977) is notable for starring ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev as…
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Ron Moody: Fagin in Oliver! Went From Charles Dickens to Walt Disney (and Mel Brooks) - But Strangely no star cameo in Harry Potter movies.
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Julie Harris in East of Eden with James Dean. Julie Harris: Best Actress Oscar nominee & multiple Tony winner Film, stage, and television actress Julie Harris, a Best Actress Academy…
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Tod Maitland, Dennis Maitland, Norman Jewison at the 45th Cinema Audio Society Awards Production Sound Mixer Dennis Maitland, who collaborated with the likes of John Cassavetes, Barbra Streisand, Sydney Pollack,…
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Jill Haworth in Exodus with Eva Marie Saint. Actress Jill Haworth, who was seen in a handful of movies and television shows since 1960 but who was best known as…
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Jeanette MacDonald in Naughty Marietta. Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Gail Russell, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Jeanette MacDonald, Emil Jannings, Jacques Tati, Nelson Eddy, Anthony Quinn, John Wayne, and…
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8½ with Marcello Mastroianni: Federico Fellini 1963 classic stars his alter ego. In conjunction with its exhibition “Fellini’s Book of Dreams” – which is definitely worth a visit – the…
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The life of Darby Crash and the Germs was based around a five-year plan. Director Rodger Grossman would spend triple that amount of time making a film version of the…
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John Wayne Centennial Screening In celebration of John Wayne’s centennial, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will premiere a new restoration of The High and the Mighty (1954),…
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“I hope you enjoyed your trip back to a more innocent time,” said presenter Randy Haberkamp to a packed house last night following the screening of the 1928 Chicago at…
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Chicago with Phyllis Haver. Image: A.M.P.A.S. A restored print of the little-seen 1928 silent film Chicago will be screened on August 16 at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and…
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Screenwriter and playwright Jay Presson Allen died of a stroke yesterday morning at her home in Manhattan. She was 84. The Ft. Worth native (born on March 3, 1922) wrote…
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Richard Pryor: Stand-up comedian starred in box office hits Silver Streak and Stir Crazy with Gene Wilder and developed serious drug abuse issues.
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Valerie Perrine overshadows a badly miscast and painfully unfunny Dustin Hoffman in Bob Fosse’s problematic 1974 Lenny Bruce biopic Lenny.
Bill Kerr in Doctor Who with Patrick Troughton. Doctor Who actor & Peter Weir collaborator Bill Kerr dead at 92 Australian actor Bill Kerr, best known internationally for a guest…
Jill Clayburgh in An Unmarried Woman. In my very personal view, the worst thing about 1980s American moviemaking isn’t the enormous success of adolescent trash like Return of the Jedi,…
Chris & Don. A Love Story: Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy. Tina Mascara and Guido Santi’s Chris & Don. A Love Story opened today in New York City and will…
Legendary Broadway producer Cy Feuer, 95, died this morning at his home in Manhattan. In addition to producing a number of award-winning Broadway musicals during his fifty-plus year career, Feuer…