The movieWest Side Story(1961) is an updated version ofRomeo & Julietas told through the lives of two Upper West Side street gangs in New York City: The Sharks (mostly recent Puerto Rican immigrants) and the Jets (mostly second generation European immigrants) circa 1960. This PopSpot concerns...
WEST SIDE STORY also stars Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Josh Andrés Rivera, Ana Isabelle, Corey Stoll, Brian d’Arcy James, and Rita Moreno, who was featured in the 1961 film version, and who serves as an executive producer. The film’s creative team additionally includes...
Steven Spielberg’s first movie musical is a doozy: A remake ofWest Side Story, based on the 1957 Broadway show which later became the basis for the 1961 film that earned that year’s Academy Award for Best Picture. The new movie maintains the original 1950s New York setting (and was s...
Arnold Skolnick Arnold Skolnick, the artist best known for creating the iconic poster for Woodstock, died of respiratory failure in June at the age of 85. Skolnick worked as a freelancer serving many of New York's ad agencies before receiving a phone call from John Morris, the production coor...
Example of a propaganda poster: “The Regained Territories. Future of Poland. The Democratic Bloc has won them and shall keep them” (Edmund John). Source: Skoczek (2015, 43) Full size image Despite all the losses, Poland was also to benefit from the new political and territorial order. ...
SHIMMY TO SUCCESS…Clockwise, from top left: At the beginning of I’m No Angel, Tira (Mae West) shimmies and sings in a circus sideshow; studio poster for the film— In the early 1930s, West’s films were key in saving Paramount Pictures from bankruptcy; a wealthy sideshow customer (Wi...
The film carefully sticks to the 1975 setting of the novel. The building reflects the period’s fascination with the raw concrete masses of brutalist architecture. The decade’s ubiquitous Che Guevara poster appears on an apartment wall, partygoers snort cocaine, and the soundtrack includes a co...
Days after Ruby's death, veteran animator Dan Haskett created a new poster in tribute to Ruby. Several of Ruby's animated productions have continued to have cult followings. 24. Harold D. Schuster Director Editor ActorWings of the Morning (1937) A highly regarded editor (he cut the classic...
“Brookfield Renewables is a similar story. The company enjoys utility-like inflation escalator clauses on 77% of its revenues, but on the other side is riding the decarbonization wave with new developments that augur 10% plus growth in funds from operations per unit for years to come. The ...
University of Bristol Dramatic Society Players’ Tour 1955. A poster for the performance ofThe Importance of Being Earnestat the Memorial Hall,Merriotton Tuesday 19 July 1955 at 7.30 pm. Photo 2287. University of Bristol Dramatic Society Players’ Tour 1955. Getting ready outdoors for a performanc...