The Scene: This scene is all about subtlety – in fact, this entire film is all about subtlety. Benjamin is involved in a very serious little triangle with his girlfriend … and his girlfriend's mother, Mrs. Robinson. When she invites young Benjamin into her room, it gives birth to one...
(bio) It's the Pictures That Got Small: Hollywood Film Stars on 1950s Television by Christine Becker. Wesleyan University Press 2008. $70.00 hardcover; $24.95 paper. 304 pages It's the Pictures That Got Small , an original, well-written, and comprehensively researched book, sketches a vivid...
In the 1950s in France, however, a generation of critics associated with the magazine Cahiers du cinéma (many of whom later would become well-known filmmakers themselves, including François Truffaut and Claude Lelouch) argued that the American commercial film, precisely because its need to ...
One of the Hollywood Ten: Directed by Karl Francis. With Jeff Goldblum, Greta Scacchi, Ángela Molina, Christopher Fulford. Herbert Biberman struggles as a Hollywood writer and director blacklisted as one of The Hollywood Ten in the 1950s.
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970): Directed by Edith Becker, Kevin Burns. With Ringo Starr, Ray Anthony, William Asher, Frankie Avalon. Ringo Starr narrates this compilation of clips from classic "Rock and Roll" films from the 1950s
Betty Grable was an American film actress and dancer who was one of the leading box office draws of the 1940s. She starred primarily in musicals with formulaic plots that embraced her wholesome, good-natured screen image and featured athletic dance numbe
Stars Film:East side of the 1500 block of Vine Street Actor Born Spangler Arlington Brugh on Aug. 5,1911inFilley, Neb. Died June 8,1969of lung cancer inSt. John's Hospital, CA Robert Taylor's 35-year career in film and television included starring roles alongside Greta Garbo and Elizabeth...
With sister Rita. OUTRAGE 1950. With Rod Taylor. HONG KONG 1960 HARD FAST AND BEAUTIFUL. 1951. Robert Ryan visits on set of HARD FAST AND BEAUTIFUL. Studying the next scene. A pity the big film studios didn’t use Ida’s directing talents, but a sign of the times I guess. At least...
Featuring big-name stars like Marlon Brando and Tom Hanks as well as talented new comers (at the time) like Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, there's something here for every type of film lover. Whether you're looking for an action-packed adventure or a thought provoking drama, there are ...
But it was the Ukrainian trumpeter who first performed Ray Evans’s lyrics – which started with the title “Prima Donna” – in the little-known 1950 film Captain Carey. Evans and composer Jay Livingston thought it would work as a single for Nat King Cole, and went to his home to ...