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The Essentials: 5 Of Michael Curtiz's Greatest Films, On The 50th Anniversary Of His Death
10 April 2012 8:05 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
With the arrival of the auteur theory, filmmakers like Michael Curtiz no longer get as much sway among the current generation of directors. Curtiz (born Kertész Kaminer Manó in Hungary in 1886), was a journeyman, a man who flourished in the studio system after being picked out by Jack Warner for his Austrian Biblical epic "Moon of Israel" in 1924. He stayed at the studio for nearly 20 years, taking on whatever he was assigned at a terrifyingly prolific rate -- he made over 100 Hollywood movies up to "The Comancheros" in 1961. And some of them are terrible, as you might expect.
But Curtiz was also responsible for some of the greatest films of the era, and those who diminish his abilities (including the director himself, who once said "Who cares about character? I make it go so fast nobody notices") are ignoring his enormous skill behind the camera, and his undeniable capacity for »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Actress Joan Taylor Dies: Movie Monsters/Flying Saucers
6 March 2012 9:10 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Actress Joan Taylor, best remembered for two sci-fi / horror B movies of the late 1950s, died March 4 in Santa Monica, in Los Angeles County. Taylor was 82. According to various sources, Taylor was born Rose Marie Emma in Geneva, Illinois, on August 18, 1929. She was the daughter of Austrian vaudeville player Amelia Berky and an Italian-born immigrant who later became a Hollywood prop man. Curiously, last Friday night I watched for the first time the 1957 Columbia release 20 Million Miles to Earth. Though wasted in a non-role in this King Kong rip-off with stop-motion animation by Ray Harryhausen, Taylor looked quite pretty (as an Italian) whether angry at leading man William Hopper (son of gossip columnist Hedda Hopper) or screaming at the ballooning Martian creature. I guess it says something about her screen presence that I was rooting for the Martian Monster to gobble up the film's director (Nathan Juran), writers (Robert Creighton Williams »
- Andre Soares
Exploring The Twilight Zone, Episode #143: "Queen of the Nile"
18 January 2012 5:42 PM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
What is the secret of youth? And does it have anything to do with walking like an Egyptian? The Twilight Zone, Episode #143: "Queen of the Nile" (original air date March 6, 1964) The Plot: Syndicated newspaper columnist Jordan Herrick (Lee Phillips) arrives at the mansion where famed movie star Pamela Morris (Ann Blyth) resides in luxury. He's been promised a tell-all interview, and is especially interested in her apparently ageless appearance. Jordan asks Pamela her age, and she says she is 38. He wonders how it could be that she appeared in a movie in 1925; she denies that it was her, and maintains that her big break came in 1940 with "Queen of the Nile," when she was 15. Pamela's mother, Viola (Celia »
Evan Rachel Wood Photo: Golden Globes 2012 Red Carpet
16 January 2012 12:12 AM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Evan Rachel Wood Evan Rachel Wood, nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series, Miniseries, or Movie for her role as Veda Pierce in Todd Haynes' Mildred Pierce, is seen above on the red carpet of the 69th Annual Golden Globes Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills on Sunday, January 15, 2012. Wood's fellow nominees in that category were veteran Jessica Lange, the eventual winner for American Horror Story; Kelly MacDonald for Boardwalk Empire; Emmy winner Maggie Smith for Downton Abbey; and Sofia Vergara for Modern Family. Kate Winslet, who plays Mildred Pierce (the mother of Wood's character), was chosen as Best Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries. Sixty-seven years ago, Ann Blyth was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress for playing Veda Pierce. Joan Crawford was the Best Actress winner for her portrayal of the title role in Michael Curtiz's Mildred Pierce. Evan Rachel Wood »
- D. Zhea
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