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Monthly Archives: December 2012
How I Almost Ruined IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
There I was at the IFC Center in New York, about to see a 35mm print of Frank Capra’s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE in a theater filled with excited fans. Even better, Donna Reed’s daughter was on hand to introduce … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Film, IFC Center, Screening Report
Tagged Buster Keaton, Clarence Oddbody, Donna Reed, Frank Capra, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, George Bailey, IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, Jimmy Stewart, Mary Hatch, Mary Owen, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, The Donna Reed Show, Why We Fight, YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
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Screening Report: THE SEARCHERS (1956); DETOUR (1945); and THE PASSENGER (1975) at IFC Center
On Friday, the IFC Center in New York City kicked off a week-long festival of road movies selected by Walter Salles, director of the upcoming adaptation of Jack Kerouac’s ON THE ROAD. I saw three of the iconic films presented this … Continue reading
Posted in IFC Center, Screening Report
Tagged 4k, Ann Savage, BEN-HUR, DCP, DETOUR, digital cinema package, digital projection, Eagle Lion Films, Edgar G. Ulmer, IFC Center, Jack Nicholson, Jeffrey Hunter, John Ford, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, Michelangelo Antonioni, Natalie Wood, ON THE ROAD, Poverty Row, Producer's Releasing Corporation, SPARTACUS, Technicolor, THE PASSENGER, THE SEARCHERS, Tom Neal, United Artists, VistaVision, Walter Salles, Winston C. Hoch
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Tippi Hedren + New Titles Announced for 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival
“THE BIRDS is coming!” to the TCM Classic Film Festival next April, along with star Tippi Hedren, Turner Classic Movies announced today. The still-gorgeous, 82-year-old actress and animal activist will be in person at the fourth annual TCMFF in Hollywood April 25-28 … Continue reading
Make Friends with Baby Peggy – Tonight on TCM
1924 was a busy year for Peggy-Jean Montgomery: she starred in four feature films; headlined seven comedy short subjects; served as on-stage mascot for the Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden; and became one of the first merchandized celebrities, … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Film, Silent Film, TCM
Tagged "A star for baby Peggy", Alfred J. Goulding, Baby Peggy, BABY PEGGY: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, CAPTAIN JANUARY, CARMEN JR., Diana Serra Cary, Edward F. Cline, Jackie Coogan, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, PEG O’ THE MOUNTED, Peggy-Jean Montgomery, Principal Pictures Corp, Sol Lesser, SUCH IS LIFE, Universal, Vera Iwerebor
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