Luis Reyes on VIVA HOLLYWOOD
Hollywood cinema has had a complicated relationship with race and ethnicity since its very beginning. Continue reading Luis Reyes on VIVA HOLLYWOOD
Tag: TCM
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Judy Garland’s centenary, which is being celebrated all month long on TCM and The Criterion Channel. And speaking of The Criterion Channel, there is … Continue reading
Judy Garland
It didn’t take long for Judy Garland to get started. Born Frances Ethel Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, on June 10, 1922, Garland strode onto the vaudeville stage with her sisters in 1924, solidifying her future as an entertainer. In … Continue reading Judy Garland
BEING THE RICARDOS
It was 70 years ago this past October, on Oct. 15, 1951, that the I Love Lucy TV show hit the airwaves. Not a lot of people owned television sets back in those days, but by the time husband and wife team … Continue reading BEING THE RICARDOS
Scott Eyman on 20TH CENTURY-FOX: DARRYL F. ZANUCK AND THE CREATION OF THE MODERN FILM STUDIO
“The difference between the studio system and how Zanuck practiced it, and what came after, is permanence,” Eyman says. “Zanuck ran 20th Century-Fox for 30 years. Then he went to independent production for six or seven years and then came back and as chairman of the board for another six or seven years. So you’re talking about almost a 40-year run, running 20th Century-Fox. So nobody, other than Rupert Murdoch, runs anything anymore for 40 years.” Continue reading Scott Eyman on 20TH CENTURY-FOX: DARRYL F. ZANUCK AND THE CREATION OF THE MODERN FILM STUDIO
HOLLYWOOD VICTORY: THE MOVIES, STARS, AND STORIES OF WORLD WAR II
When America went to war in 1941, Hollywood followed suit. By the end of the 1930s, the dream machine had hit its stride with a roster of homegrown talent and a steady stream of artistic-minded European refugees. Then, when the war got going, the U.S. government discovered that nothing caught the public’s attention quite like the seventh art. And the studios learned nothing engendered goodwill toward their stable of actors than them either in uniform over there or working with the boys back here. The country had come together with a shared goal. “The United States was never as, well, united as it was during World War II.” Continue reading HOLLYWOOD VICTORY: THE MOVIES, STARS, AND STORIES OF WORLD WAR II
PICKPOCKET
Above all, cinema is a style. Movies are a glorious and exciting exploration of the human condition, but without style, the images hang to the screen, failing to be anything more than a light flickering on a blank canvas. That’s … Continue reading PICKPOCKET
Eddie Muller on DARK CITY: THE LOST WORLD OF FILM NOIR
I was gonna be a dancer. I was a brunette. Started on my toes and wound up on my heels So says Ruth Roman in Tomorrow is Another Day, a forgotten lovers-on-the-lam noir from 1951. Or it would have been forgotten … Continue reading Eddie Muller on DARK CITY: THE LOST WORLD OF FILM NOIR
SUMMER MOVIES: 30 SUN-DRENCHED CLASSICS
For all intents and purposes, the summer movie season began in 1975 with the release of Jaws. Set during Fourth of July weekend on the picturesque island of Amity (Martha’s Vineyard), Jaws is to summer what It’s a Wonderful Life is to Christmas. It’s inescapable, and both Summer Movies author John Malahy and Leonard Maltin (who wrote the foreword) use the blockbuster as a launching point. Jaws altered how studios made movies and viewed their audience, especially the large population of teenagers out of school and with an abundance of time on their hands. But as Malahy offers in Summer Movies: “Jaws isn’t just the prototypical summer blockbuster. It’s also a classic example of an underappreciated category of movies—those that depict the experiences, traditions, and delights of the summer season.” Continue reading SUMMER MOVIES: 30 SUN-DRENCHED CLASSICS
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