I wrote this little thing last year, after reading Lee Israel’s biography of Dorothy Kilgallen. I picked the parts of the story one could relate to the movie business in some way. At the time, I was planning to do these “Old Hollywood stories” on the blog once every while. Clearly, it did not work …
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Summer Under the Stars 2020: Day 31 – Alain Delon
It is now August 31st, past 11 pm. Summer Under the Stars 2020 ends in less than an hour. I spent THE ENTIRE DAY watching Alain Delon films. They are LONG. I did it. I am exhausted, I feel like I am unable to think or string a sentence, but I did it. I watched …
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Summer Under the Stars 2020: Day 30 – Charlton Heston
Today and tomorrow the choices for the Stars on this Summer Under Them, are not my favourites. I am thinking about the disappointing shift in Heston’s politics in his later years today. I am going to try not let it influence my opinion on the films. Will Penny (1968), dir. Tom Gries Will Penny is …
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Summer Under the Stars 2020: Day 29 – Eva Marie Saint
This is the third-to-last day of Summer Under the Stars 2020. At the beginning of the month I was full of joy and excitement for the perspective of spending the next few weeks with iconic stars and watching tons of classic movies, something that has always brought me joy, every day. And I did enjoy …
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Summer Under the Stars 2020: Day 27 – Claudette Colbert
Torch Singer (1933) After watching all those movies from the 60s and beyond, it felt really nice to go way back in time for a change. The Claudette Colbert pre-code drama Torch Singer maybe wasn’t the best movie but it was fine and certain aspects of I did find of interest. Claudette gives up her …
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Summer Under the Stars 2020: Day 26 – Laurence Olivier
I am… EXHAUSTED! Laurence Olivier surely took me on a wild ride today to a point where I am going to allow myself to have an early night, I think. But let us start from the beginning… Pride and Prejudice (1940), dir. Robert Z. Leonard The day started innocently enough, with a classic Jane Austen …
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Summer Under the Stars 2020: Day 24 – George Raft
The House Across the Bay (1940), dir. Archie Mayo Today for George Raft’s day on Summer Under the Stars I watched The House Across the Bay. Only this one movie. Fine, okay, two movies: I also watched Jerry Lewis’s The Ladies’ Man in which George Raft has a cameo as… George Raft. Whatever, I had …
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Summer Under the Stars 2020: Day 23 – Olivia de Havilland
And here we are. This is the first Olivia de Havilland Summer Under the Stars Day with her gone. It feels sadder than I expected. I actually watched one movie of hers a few weeks ago already, it was Anthony Adverse and I thought it was dreadful and was very disappointed THAT was the first …
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Summer Under the Stars: Day 21 – Diana Dors
Oliver Twist (1948), dir. David Lean I actually have a personal connection to Oliver Twist, as I wrote (one of my) thesis on the book. So it is kind of surprising that I have not seen this adaptation before. And it is rather good! The lead actor, John Howard Davies, has this heartwarming/breaking quality which …
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Summer Under the Stars 2020: Day 20 – William Powell
Day 20 already! I’ll be honest, I am a little bit terrified of how quickly the time goes, but at least I have William Powell to make me a little bit happier today. I missed him, I feel like I have not seen any movies of his in ages. The Last Command (1928), dir. Josef …
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Swingin' at the Seance 