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More negativity, a breezy book and censorship fears
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 18, 2012
Not long ago, we noted a vintage Carole Lombard 8" x 10" negative of one of her Paramount publicity photos was being auctioned at eBay. That seller is back with another portrait goodie, this one p1202-980, from sometime in 1934:It's an elegant Lombard, outfit trimmed in fur. The negative is deemed i read more
VERTIGO: More than just the streets of San Francisco...
Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on Jan 13, 2012
By guest contributor Michael Nazarewycz
It’s easy to take for granted a film’s location.
Some settings, of course, are mandatory to support the historical accuracy of a film; consider the importance of location in a war picture or biopic. Other settings might no read more
VERTIGO: More than just the streets of San Francisco...
Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on Jan 13, 2012
By guest contributor Michael Nazarewycz
It’s easy to take for granted a film’s location.
Some settings, of course, are mandatory to support the historical accuracy of a film; consider the importance of location in a war picture or biopic. Other settings might no read more
VERTIGO: More than just the streets of San Francisco...
Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on Jan 13, 2012
By guest contributor Michael Nazarewycz
It’s easy to take for granted a film’s location.
Some settings, of course, are mandatory to support the historical accuracy of a film; consider the importance of location in a war picture or biopic. Other settings might no read more
My (Slightly Boring) Wrap-Up of My (Slightly More Than) Month with Marilyn
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Jan 12, 2012
So I figured I’d use tonight’s entry to recap, look back, and reflect on the catalyst that caused me to start this blog, My Month with Marilyn. I write for several sites but don’t get to discuss classic film on a daily, or more than weekly basis. Having two Marilyn Monroe box set read more
My (Slightly More Than) Month with Marilyn: The Misfits (1961)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Jan 11, 2012
Tonight’s movie, The Misfits, concludes the works of Ms. Marilyn Monroe and ends This (Slightly More Than) Month with Marilyn. We still have two more entries in the series with tomorrow’s review of My Week with Marilyn and an overall wrap-up of the series. I’ll go further into read more
My (Slightly More Than) Month with Marilyn: My Week with Marilyn (2011)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Jan 11, 2012
The entire reason I started My Month with Marilyn was because of the 2011 film My Week with Marilyn, based on the memoirs of Colin Clark. After much waiting the movie finally hit my theater and I thought it appropriate to review it in the context of all the Marilyn films I’ve been watching. read more
My (Slightly More Than) Month with Marilyn: Some Like It Hot (1959)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Jan 9, 2012
We’re winding down in our Month with Marilyn (that’s gone on far longer than the allotted time) and we’re coming up to the last five entries (3 movies, my review of My Week with Marilyn, and an overall wrap-up). After that it’s up to you what I cover so send me suggestions&# read more
My (Slightly More Than) Month with Marilyn: Let’s Make Love (1960)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Jan 9, 2012
This is the second to last in Marilyn movie reviews (not counting my upcoming review of My Week with Marilyn). I’m officially done with both my Marilyn Monroe box sets (I’ve only had them for over a year) and this movie cements Marilyn into the harsh world of 1960s. She’d do one read more
Three p1202 debuts, and more
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 8, 2012
During her seven-plus years at Paramount (from mid-1930 to the end of 1937), more than 1,700 photographs of Carole Lombard featuring her p1202 player code were issued by the studio. Over the years, I've seen -- and catalogued -- several hundred of them, and now I can add three more to my list.We'll read more
My (Slightly More Than) Month with Marilyn: The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Jan 7, 2012
I recently saw My Week with Marilyn, the film that inspired my Month with Marilyn and the movie tells of the squabbles and difficulties associated with filming The Prince and the Showgirl. My review of My Week with Marilyn will run in a couple of days but it’s fun to watch this movie, the fin read more
Yet more from Tally
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Jan 5, 2012
This photo of Carole (or, as she went by at that time, "Carol") Lombard as a Pathe player, wearing a shirt emblazoned with the studio's famed rooster logo, is a fairly common image of her in the late 1920s. But here's another one, almost certain from the same session, that many of you many never hav read more
My (Slightly More Than) Month with Marilyn: The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Jan 4, 2012
Tonight’s film is another one I feel sad I’ve avoided all this time: The Seven Year Itch. Billy Wilder is one of my favorite directors, and we’ll see him again in a few days when we discuss Some Like It Hot. Wilder’s also done fantastic and iconic works like Sunset Boulevar read more
My (Slightly More Than) Month with Marilyn: There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Jan 3, 2012
I was reluctant to watch There’s No Business Like Show Business because of my lackluster reception to previous Irving Berlin movies, namely White Christmas and Holiday Inn. In certain regards There’s No Business (from here on out that’s what I’m calling it to save my fingers read more
My (Slightly More Than) Month with Marilyn: How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Jan 2, 2012
2012 continues with more Marilyn (remember when this was only supposed to take a month?) in the 1953 film How to Marry a Millionaire. This movie should be tailored made for me as it stars both Marilyn and Lauren Bacall who I ADORE! Ever since The Big Sleep, I’ve relished Bacall in movies, read more
My (Slightly More Than) Month with Marilyn: River of No Return (1954)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Jan 2, 2012
If this month has taught me anything it’s how many fantastic actors were blessed to work alongside Ms. Marilyn Monroe. Tonight’s film boast one of the most enigmatic actors to ever grace the silver screen, in my humble opinion: Robert Mitchum! To me, Mitchum will always be Max Cady in read more
My (Slightly More Than) Month with Marilyn: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Dec 30, 2011
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a film that, up till now, I’ve only seen bits and pieces of and I need to rectify that. Directed by Howard Hawks, a director who has crafted some of my favorite classic films, makes another delightful movie that plays around with the theme of love vs. money. At read more
My (Slightly More Than) Month with Marilyn: Niagara (1953)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on Dec 27, 2011
Back to our interrupted My Month with Marilyn! I know it’s been awhile but we’re back with the final eleven films and we’re jumping right into the 1953 thriller, Niagara. This is my second time viewing Niagara and I have to say, I liked it better the second time. It’s some read more
Archiving more 'Carol' than 'Carole'
Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Dec 18, 2011
Here's more on the Newspaper Archive discussed in yesterday's entry, and it has to do with the period in which Carole Lombard posed for the above image -- 1929. It's no secret that until late 1930, Lombard often used "Carol" as her first name for film purposes (or had it used by studios), but how mu read more
...More About "A Month of VERTIGO"
Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on Dec 12, 2011
Not long ago I sat down with the 1956 British translation of Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac's D'Entre Les Morts (1954). The book is now published under the title Vertigo (it was originally called 'The Living and the Dead') owing to the legend that is the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film based on Boile read more