Douglas Sirk blockbuster Imitation of Life, with Lana Turner, Juanita Moore, and Karin Dicker. Douglas Sirk movies: ‘Imitation of Life,’ ‘Written on the Wind’ Douglas Sirk is Turner Classic Movies’ Director of the Evening. The German-born (April 26, 1897, in…
Dorothy Malone
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On the Road‘s Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac “I’m praying that you’ll buy On the Road and make a movie of it. Don’t worry about structure. I know how to compress and re-arrange the plot to give it perfectly acceptable movie-type…
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Dorothy Malone ca. late 1940s. After years playing bits and supporting roles at RKO and Warner Bros., Dorothy Malone became a “leading lady” – sometimes co-leading lady – in the mid-1950s, appearing in an eclectic array of movies, ranging from…
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Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Airplane! Robert Stack is one of those actors I know but at the same time I don’t. I’ve watched many of his movies, but despite his good looks my focus while watching them was almost invariably…
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William Castle ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Terror + Douglas Sirk Compares American & Japanese Audiences
by Andre S.William Castle and the Rosemary’s Baby ‘curse.’ William Castle was a director of B movie thrillers such as those in two popular franchises of the 1940s starring faded stars of the previous decades: The Whistler, with Richard Dix (Best Actor…