Rio Grande (1950) marks an interesting point in the careers of both director John Ford and star John Wayne. It was a time when the men were maturing into their later careers, where they would both try variations on their well-established images. It’s the last film of Ford’s loosely arran read more
Carole & Co. Posted by carole_and_co on Nov 23, 2018
This photo, taken at a polo match in the early '30s, shows Carole Lombard, Will Rogers and Leslie Howard, all of whom would die in aviation accidents -- Rogers in 1935, Lombard in 1942, Howard in 1943. Another pic showing Carole with an ill-fated star may have surfaced.Thelma Todd was a beloved and read more
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: For the First Time (1959)– read more
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jul 19, 2017
In my last post I talked about the first time I saw George Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968), which got me thinking about the other movies I remember seeing for the first time. If you're like me, you watch so many movies that a lot of the viewings run together (which is why some of us have fi read more
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jul 19, 2017
In my last post I talked about the first time I saw George Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968), which got me thinking about the other movies I remember seeing for the first time. If you're like me, you watch so many movies that a lot of the viewings run together (which is why some of us have fi read more
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Tonio Costa (Mario Lanza) is a famous opera singer who is mobbed everywhere he goes by crowds of eager fans hoping to catch a glimpse of him (and, usually, to convince him to sing).
His manager, Ladislas Tabori (Kurt Krasznar), worries about the singer’s unpredict read more
