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As mentioned in yesterday’s blog, we admit with some embarrassment that we are just now getting around to our first blog on one of our favorite actors, Edward G. Robinson. That’s him above with Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity. Eddie G. is not as well known today as he should be, and we hope yesterday’s Monday […]
Ok, we admit it. We have sometimes been remiss in honoring various distinguished talents of Hollywood’s classic period despite our fondness for them. Why this is — who knows? We are, for example, just now getting around to our first blog on one of our favorite actors, Edward G. Robinson. Eddie G. is not as […]
A lot of us have admired Alfred Hitchock’s Vertigo ever since it first came out in 1958. Even so, we must confess we were slightly surprised by the movie’s official designation in 2012 as “the greatest film ever made.” This came about courtesy of the highly respected British movie journal Sight & Sound published by the […]
Last week we told you about TV writers paying homage to producer/actor Sheldon Leonard by using his names for characters in The Big Bang Theory. This week we want to tell you about Kirstie Alley’s new series on TV Land — Kirstie. In it she portrays a legendary Broadway star (think Margo Channing). She has an […]
Jack Carson was on screen for a long apprenticeship before he hit the big time, but when he did he continued to flourish in a career which included comedy, drama and musicals. Never quite the leading man –although he did play opposite Roz Russell with above-the-title billing, although slightly smaller than hers, in Roughly Speaking, […]
Ok, Audrey Hepburn fans. How much do you really know about your screen heroine. As mentioned in yesterday’s blog, she ranks up there with Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly and Elizabeth Taylor as one of the few actresses with unusually enduring, contemporary appeal. And her work for UNICEF at the end of her life, elevated […]
It seems to us that if any Hollywood actresses have a claim to eternal public life their ranks would have to include (in no special order) Marilyn Monroe, Greta Garbo, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn. Of these luminaries, Hepburn is now the closest (deservedly or not) to Hollywood sainthood. Her fashion model chic — […]
It’s one of the biggest hits on television. It stars Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco and Johnny Galecki. Each week millions of viewers watch Sheldon and Leonard but do they know who these characters are named for? Sheldon Leonard (pictured below) was a top TV producer in the early days of the medium. He had teamed […]
We find it great fun to exchange differing views with our very knowledgeable readers. Take a bow: you are an alert bunch, with opinions always worth hearing. Today, we devote our blog to the following missive from Mark, who contends that MGM bungled the early career development of Judy Garland. We countered in our Nov. […]
Today he is best remembered as “The Music Man” — but Robert Preston (ne Robert Preston Meservey) was a film star long before that 1962 hit. Discovered at the Pasadena Playhouse in the late Thirties, and signed by Paramount, he was soon starring in B films and graduated to starring opposite Dorothy Lamour. Cecil B. […]