Evolution of Movie Sound Technology: Interview with Film Preservationist Robert Gitt plus Douglas Shearer (Norma’s brother) and his 7 Oscars.
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Queen Christina (movie 1933) review: Greta Garbo gives what may well be her most magnetic performance as the mannish Swedish queen in Rouben Mamoulian’s classic.
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Andrew Sarris, auteur theory proponent in the U.S., died earlier today at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan, apparently of complications caused by a stomach virus. Sarris, who was 83, was…
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Porgy and Bess film: Costly and controversial + hard-to-find black musical version of Gershwin Broadway hit is most notable LoC National Registry entry.
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In her first American film without the guidance of director Josef von Sternberg, Marlene Dietrich was definitely up to the acting challenge of Rouben Mamoulian’s The Song of Songs. Not…
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Tyrone Power: Q&A with researcher Maria Ciaccia about one of the biggest film stars of the 20th century Among the romantic leading men of the studio era, Tyrone Power, 20th…
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Carole Lombard, Fredric March in a Nothing Sacred publicity shot. Fredric March has his “Summer Under the Stars” day on Monday, Aug. 24. Turner Classic Movies will present 13 Fredric…
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Miriam Hopkins: Becky Sharp star. Remembering Miriam Hopkins Although relatively forgotten and, when remembered, usually dismissed as a second-rate talent (quite possibly by those who have never seen her on…
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Allan R. Ellenberger Collection Author Allan Ellenberger has posted on his blog parts of a 1983 interview writer David Del Valle conducted with director Rouben Mamoulian. In the interview, Mamoulian…
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William Holden in Picnic with Kim Novak. At Moving Images Source, Michael Atkinson discusses William Holden in “St. Bill of Illinois”: As per Atkinson, William Holden was “on the surface…
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A complete retrospective of Hollywood director Rouben Mamoulian (1897–1987), one of cinema’s greatest stylists and innovators, will run at New York City’s Film Forum from Friday, Sept. 7, through Tuesday,…
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Movie Magic The films below feature the likes of Tyrone Power, Myrna Loy, Helen Morgan, George Brent, Olivia de Havilland, James Cagney, Anita Louise, Dick Powell, and Jeff Bridges. Press…
Linda Darnell. Linda Darnell, the gorgeous leading lady of numerous 20th Century Fox productions of the 1940s, is Turner Classic Movies’ “Summer Under the Stars” player on Aug. 27. TCM,…
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: Feel-good political corruption comedy-drama stars Jean Arthur and James Stewart. A newly restored print of Frank Capra’s 1939 Best Picture nominee Mr. Smith Goes to…
Applause (movie 1929) review: Early Rouben Mamoulian musical shows what the newfangled talking pictures could achieve. Legendary torch singer Helen Morgan stars.