Many films of the silent era are now lost, but only one of them starred Greta Garbo. In 1993, a nine-minute reel from The Divine Woman (1928) was found at Moscow’s Gosfilmofond archive.
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The Divine Woman
Posted in Books, Fiction, Film, tagged Gladys Unger, Greta Garbo, Irving Thalberg, Lars Hanson, Lost Films, Philip C. Riley, Sarah Bernhardt, Silent Movies, The Divine Woman, Victor Sjöström on May 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed
Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, tagged Biography, For Books' Sake, Marilyn Monroe, Michelle Morgan on April 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This year marks the 5oth anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s death. Of the many books that will be published about the legendary star in coming months, Michelle Morgan‘s fully revised and updated biography, Marilyn Monroe: Private and Undisclosed, will surely rank among the finest. You can read my review over at For Books’ Sake.
The Black Garbo: Nina Mae McKinney
Posted in Books, Film, Non-Fiction, tagged BearManor Media, Billie Holiday, Dark Waters, Elia Kazan, Gang Smashers, Irving Thalberg, Jimmy Monroe, King Vidor, Nina Mae McKinney, Paul Robeson, Pinky, Race Movies, Safe in Hell, Sanders of the River, Stephen Bourne, The Black Garbo, William Wellman on March 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Nina Mae McKinney, who made her screen début in King Vidor’s Hallelujah! (1929) – one of the first Hollywood films to feature an all-black cast – was hailed by MGM’s Irving Thalberg as ‘the greatest acting discovery of the age’.
Ida Lupino: Beyond the Camera
Posted in Books, Film, Non-Fiction, tagged BearManor Media, Ida Lupino, Mary Ann Anderson, Women Directors on March 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Mary Ann Anderson was a friend and business manager to the actress and film director, Ida Lupino, for over a decade. She has also contributed to two books on the star, and has now written a biography, Ida Lupino: Beyond the Camera, featuring rare photos, press clippings, and transcribed interviews.
Darkness Into Light: Ava Gardner and Marilyn
Posted in Film, Marilyn Monroe, tagged Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton, Frank Sinatra, George Cukor, Howard Hughes, Jack Cardiff, Joe Mankiewicz, John F. Kennedy, John Huston, Joyce Carol Oates, Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Rooney on March 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »
A brunette and a blonde, born four years apart and raised in Depression era America: both found fame in post-war Hollywood, where their mythic beauty inspired directors, lovers and poets.
Eve Arnold 1912-2012
Posted in Art and Photography, Film, Marilyn Monroe, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Bement, East of Eden, Eve Arnold, James Joyce, Magnum Photos, Malcolm X, Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich, The Misfits, Ulysses on January 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This article is also published at Immortal Marilyn Grit and Glamour: Marilyn and Eve Arnold “I have been poor and I wanted to document poverty; I had lost a child and I was obsessed with birth; I was interested in politics and I wanted to know how it affected our lives; I am a woman [...]
Films Marilyn Wanted: ‘Guys and Dolls’
Posted in Film, Marilyn Monroe, tagged Damon Runyon, Frank Sinatra, Guys and Dolls, Immortal Marilyn, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando on December 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This article is also published at Immortal Marilyn Films Marilyn Wanted: Guys and Dolls Born in Manhattan, Kansas in 1880 to a family of newspapermen, Damon Runyon found fame as a baseball columnist, and later for his humorous short stories chronicling the vibrant street life of New York. His eccentric characters – gamblers, hustlers and [...]
My Week With Marilyn
Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Non-Fiction, tagged Colin Clark, Marilyn Monroe, Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn, Simon Curtis, The Prince And The Showgirl on November 25, 2011 | 4 Comments »
‘This is a fairy tale’, was the original tagline – later replaced by ‘this is a true story.’ My Week With Marilyn is an Anglo-American confection, based on Colin Clark’s memoirs of filming with Sir Laurence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe on The Prince and the Showgirl (1956).
Andrea Arnold’s ‘Wuthering Heights’
Posted in Art and Photography, Books, Fiction, Film, tagged Agatha A, Agatha Nitecka, Andrea Arnold, Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights on November 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Wuthering Heights – the classic novel by Emily Brontё, published in 1848 – was first filmed by William Wyler in the sunny hills of California nearly a century later. The French-born actress, Juliet Binoche, starred in a 1992 remake. There have been several TV adaptations, and non-English versions from Luis Bunuel and Jacques Rivette.
Finishing the Picture
Posted in Books, Film, Marilyn Monroe, Theatre, tagged Arthur Miller, Finishing the Picture, Marilyn Monroe, The Misfits on October 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Finishing the Picture: Miller, Monroe and The Misfits Finishing the Picture, Arthur Miller’s last play, opened in Chicago in October 2004, a few months before his death. It was inspired by Miller’s own memories of The Misfits, the movie he wrote for his then-wife, Marilyn Monroe.
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