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Metropolis at the DFT
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jun 20, 2010
I promise, this will be the last I write about the new Metropolis restoration for a while! The restored version of Metropolis has been making the rounds, playing in various cities in the U.S. since April and will continue through the U.S. and parts of Canada until October. I was able to catch it to read more
Just a Reminder…
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jun 18, 2010
The Katharine Hepburn stamp is now available! read more
MTV and My Taste in Movies
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jun 17, 2010
Every once in a while, I take a look at something that I really liked when I was a kid and am surprised by how much that thing influenced me without me even realizing it. For example, I was a big fan of Pink Panther cartoons when I was a kid. Not too long ago, I got a DVD collection of Pink Panth read more
Vanity Fair, July 2010
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jun 11, 2010
Vanity Fair has done it again and published another intriguing article that fans of classic films are sure to want to read. This time around, they’re shedding new light on the biggest Hollywood mega-couple of all time: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Their adulterous affair was so sord read more
Films Rediscovered
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jun 7, 2010
I don’t think there is any news that thrills classic film fans more than news that a movie that was thought to be lost has been found. With the news that an astounding 75 lost silent films have been found in New Zealand, I’m sure many fans of silents are feeling like they just won the read more
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Jun 2, 2010
Part 3 of my Ziegfeld in Hollywood series. In a way, Ziegfeld Follies is kind of like Man With a Movie Camera: they’re both movies that are rather difficult to write about since neither one has a real plot. They’re both concept movies. In the case of Ziegfeld Follies, the concept is read more
What’s on TCM: June 2010
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on May 27, 2010
June is looking like a pretty stellar month on TCM. Natalie Wood is the star of the month, which I’m happy to see since I’ve become pretty fond of her lately. If you’re a Jeanette MacDonald fan, you’re really in luck because 10 of her movies are on this month. It’s read more
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on May 26, 2010
Part 2 of my Ziegfeld in Hollywood series. Ah, Ziegfeld Girl. Even though it has some flaws, it’s one of my personal favorite movies. Ziegfeld Girl chronicles the lives of three different girls, Sandra Kolter (Hedy Lamarr), Susan Gallagher (Judy Garland), and Sheila Regan (Lana Turner), as read more
The Great Ziegfeld (1936) (1)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on May 18, 2010
Welcome to part one of my Ziegfeld in Hollywood series, examining how Hollywood has paid tribute to the glorious days of the Ziegfeld Follies. First up is none other than MGM’s lavish biopic of the man behind the Follies, The Great Ziegfeld. The Great Ziegfeld follows the life of Florenz Zie read more
The Last Ziegfeld Girl
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on May 12, 2010
Doris Eaton Travis literally danced her way through a remarkable 106-year-long life. Doris was born into a family of performers on March 14, 1904 and began taking dancing lessons at the age of four. At the age of five, she made her stage debut along with her brothers and sisters. Doris and her read more
Lena Horne 1917-2010
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on May 10, 2010
Lena Horne is a woman who very much deserved to be a bigger movie star. She probably would have been a bigger movie star had she worked in the film industry of today, not of the 1940s. But unfortunately, she worked in movies during a time when the film industry couldn’t make full use of her read more
A Letter to Three Wives (1949) (1)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on May 9, 2010
One Saturday morning, Deborah Bishop (Jeanne Crain), Lora Mae Hollingsway (Linda Darnell), and Rita Phipps (Ann Sothern), get together to take a bunch of children on a boat trip and a picnic. Only problem is, there was supposed to be a fourth woman with them, Addie Ross (played by a never-seen, on read more
Queen Kelly (1929)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on May 5, 2010
Sunset Boulevard is a movie you can easily appreciate if you don’t know anything about the silent film era. But if you do know about the silent film era, it’s chock full of little in-jokes that really add to the whole experience. The most famous example would be the scene where Norma read more
Movie Adventures in Detroit
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on May 2, 2010
You can say a lot of things about Detroit, but the Metro Detroit area is actually a pretty cool place to live for a classic movie fan. There are two amazing places around here that routinely play classic films on the big screen: the Redford Theater and the Detroit Film Theater. I’ll gladly read more
What’s on TCM: May 2010
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Apr 29, 2010
May looks like it’s going to be all about Donna Reed, Native Americans, war movies, and birthday tributes. Donna Reed is the star of the month, but I guess she doesn’t excite me very much. Every year in May, TCM spends the month spotlighting how minorities have been portrayed on film read more
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Apr 28, 2010
Welcome to what will likely be the shortest movie review I will ever write! I just can’t think of very much to say about Man With a Movie Camera, which is odd since it is such an exquisite piece of film. There isn’t a plot for me to write about, it’s just a 68-minute montage of read more
Marlene (1984)
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Apr 21, 2010
In the 1980s, Marlene Dietrich was a virtual recluse. When people think of reclusive stars, Greta Garbo is likely the one who first comes to mind, but Dietrich was just as reclusive as Garbo, if not more so. Dietrich spent most of the 1970s performing her one-woman stage shows, but that all came read more
How Charlie Chaplin Changed My Life
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Apr 16, 2010
A lot of people talk about movies that changed their lives, but honestly, I haven’t come across very many movies that were truly life altering. I’ve seen thousands of movies and I’ve seen tons of movies that I completely and totally adore, but they haven’t really changed me read more
Vanity Fair, May 2010
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Apr 12, 2010
I don’t really read magazines much these days. I subscribe to Harper’s Bazaar, but otherwise, I don’t really go out of my way to buy anything from the newsstand. But every once in a while, Vanity Fair is pretty irresistible to me and the May 2010 issue is certainly one of those read more
Kino DVD Sale at DeepDiscount
Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on Mar 30, 2010
Normally, a DVD sale is not something I’d write about, but right now DeepDiscount.com is running a sale that’s too good to not mention. A huge selection of Kino DVDs is currently marked down quite drastically. I really hate to sound like a commercial, but Kino DVDs don’t go on read more