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SIFF 2013: The End
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 10, 2013
I enjoyed my experience scooting along the edges of the 39th Seattle International Film Festival, giving just a little more attention to those older films that can be forgotten in such a large event. The eight archival film screenings* at SIFF 2013 formed the tiniest piece of this grand celebration read more
SIFF 2013: A New Score For The Wind (1928)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 9, 2013
(d: Victor Sjöström c: Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love, Edward Earle, Dorothy Cumming, USA 1928, 95 minutes) The Seattle International Film Festival 2013 presentation of The Wind (1928) was not just a screening, but one of the signature events of the festival. In its two peformances at the read more
Classic Birthdays (43)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 9, 2013
Leslie Banks (1890-1952)
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SIFF 2013: Saul Bass Directs Phase IV (1974)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 9, 2013
(d: Saul Bass c: Michael Murphy, Nigel Davenport, Lynne Frederick, USA/United Kingdom 1974, 92 min)
I can't even remember the last time a movie stunned me like Phase IV (1974). This bizarre, oddly-paced science fiction flick had me so mesmerized that I lost track of time. Sometimes that doesn't eve read more
Quote of the Week (108)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 9, 2013
You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father, and finally he played my husband. If he had lived I'm sure I would have played his mother. That's the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.
-Lillia read more
Classic Birthdays (44)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 8, 2013
Nancy Sinatra (73)
Alexis Smith (1921-1993)
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Classic Birthdays (45)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 7, 2013
Jessica Tandy (1909-1994)
Dolores Grey (1924-2002)
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Classic Links (6)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 7, 2013
RIP Esther Williams. She was strong, confident, a great athlete and beautiful in a fresh, unfussy way. I thought she had movie star charisma on dry land as well, always performing with a bit of a wink. She made great sacrifices for her films, getting slicked up with grease so water rolled read more
Classic Birthdays (46)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 6, 2013
Maria Montez (1912-1951)
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Book Review: The Studio Age Reign of Actresses Lives on in France
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 6, 2013
The Beauty of the Real:
What Hollywood Can Learn from Contemporary French Actresses
Mick LaSalle
Stanford University Press, 2012
I love Mick LaSalle's books about the stars in pre-code movies, Complicated Women and Dangerous Men. Both have been bedside table staples for me as I continue to be obses read more
Classic Birthdays (47)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 5, 2013
Jacques Demy (1931-1990)
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SIFF 2013: A Man Vanishes (1967), A Real Unreal Documentary
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 3, 2013
(d: Shôhei Imamura c: , Japan 1967, 130 min) I went into A Man Vanishes at Seattle International Film Festival 2013 expecting a documentary, but if you asked me what I actually saw, I couldn't give you a straight answer. I could confidently answer yes, I saw a documentary and no, I didn't read more
Classic Birthdays (48)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 3, 2013
Paulette Goddard (1910-1990)
Tony Curtis (1925-2010)
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Classic Birthdays (49)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 2, 2013
Johnny Weissmuller (1904-1984)
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Quote of the Week (109)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 2, 2013
From inside the darkness a white-gloved hand reached out for help and it was given. Then came a face of dizzying beauty, the head slightly lowered to avoid disrupting the spun gold blond hair caressing a white fox collar clutched close to a milk white throat....Once fully standing on the street, she read more
SIFF 2013: Olivier Plots in Bold Color, Richard III (1955)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 2, 2013
(d: Laurence Olivier c: Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Claire Bloom, Cedric Hardwicke, United Kingdom 1955, 161 min)
That English battlefield looked a lot like Southern California to me!
The above was said loudly in the line for the ladies' loo after a screening of the read more
Classic Birthdays (50)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on Jun 1, 2013
Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)
Andy Griffith (1926-2012)
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Classic Birthdays (51)
Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 31, 2013
Clint Eastwood (83)
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Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 30, 2013
Howard Hawks (1896-1977)
Mel Blanc (1908-1989)
Benny Goodman (1909-1986)
Stepin Fechit (1902-1985)
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Book Review--Musicals on the Silver Screen: A Guide to the Must-See Movie Musicals
Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 30, 2013
Musicals on the Silver Screen: A Guide to Must-See Movie Musicals
Leonard Kniffle
Huron Street Press, June 2013
Musicals on the Silver Screen packs a lot of information about movies into its 160 pages, and it shares its treasures in a lively, entertaining way. It's spinach that tastes like cotton c read more