Ava Gardner served one of the longest apprenticeships in the history of MGM. That figures since although she never formally trained as an actress, she was one of the most beautiful actresses on the studio lot. (And, she was strong willed, foul-mouthed and brainy to boot.) Ava later recalled that after an early screen test, […]
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MORE HEMINGWAY–This time with Bacall
Hello Everybody, Joe Morella and Frank Segers here again with more musings on Hemingway books to Movies from Larry Michie. Larry says, “Before weighing the last two Hemingway-based motion pictures, one of which was both worthy and popular, the other scorned but with a lot of freight that often gets overlooked, it’s appropriate to scan […]
HEMINGWAY ON SCREEN
Hello everybody. Joe Morella and Frank Segers here. With our pal Larry Michie. Larry further muses on Hemingway Novels to screen. “In 1957 came a film version of Hemingway’s first novel, a classic that enraptured millions of readers and defined what came to be known as ‘The Lost Generation.’ Unfortunately, on the big screen […]
HEMINGWAY AND ROCK HUDSON
The importance of Being Ernest. Hello everybody. This is Mister Joe Morella and Mister Frank Segers here again at the Classic Movie Blog. without MRS Norman Maine. Today we welcome our regular guest contributor, Larry Michie, literary man of the world and former television editor of Variety. Larry muses most on a most puzzling classic […]