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Lily Rabe Will Portray Hollywood Icon Mary Pickford for Upcoming Biopic
18 May 2012 8:30 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
If you either recognize Lily Rabe as the tortured Nora Montgomery from American Horror Story or Deborah Lehrman from All Good Things, there’s no denying that she has an uncanny resemblance to the legendary actress Mary Pickford. This resemblance hasn’t gone unnoticed, seeing as Variety has just reported that the actress will be playing Pickford in an upcoming biopic we reported on just a few weeks ago.
Based from Eileen Whitifield‘s biography titled Pickford: The Woman Who Made Hollywood, Julie Pacino and Jennifer DeLia will be producing the biopic, which will chronicle the life and work of Pickford. Josh Fagin will be penning the script, with production beginning early next year.
The film, which is currently untitled, “will center on events in silent-screen superstar Pickford‘s life including her founding, with Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin and D.W. Griffith, of United Artists, which was designed to support filmmakers rather than studio heads, »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Cannes: Lily Rabe Cast as Mary Pickford
17 May 2012 2:37 AM, PDT | backstage.com | See recent Backstage news »
Lily Rabe has been cast to play Mary Pickford in an untitled film about the actress's life, and producers are currently taking meetings about additional casting at the Cannes Film Festival. With the movers and shakers of the industry all in one place, Poverty Row Entertainment, headed by Julie Pacino and Jennifer DeLia, have decided to start taking casting considerations for five key roles: Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Charlotte Hennessy, Frances Marion, and D.W. Griffith. According to director DeLia, Rabe was chosen after they saw her perform on stage."Like Lily, Mary Pickford's inner-fabric was made up in big part by her experiences with live performances in the theatre," DeLia said. "For the role, we knew that we wanted someone who embodied those same qualities and who has truly experienced that seamless crossover as an actress." The movie, which will be the first major feature film about Mary Pickford's life, »
- help@backstage.com (Emily Cegielski)
Greer Garson, Joan Crawford: Deceased Honorary Oscar-less
17 February 2012 4:01 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Walter Pidgeon, Greer Garson in William Wyler's Mrs. Miniver Honorary Oscars and Women Pt.2: Doris Day, Danielle Darrieux, Joan Fontaine, Maureen O'Hara On the list of film industry women who have yet to receive an Honorary Award, I did not include Olivia de Havilland, Elizabeth Taylor, Maggie Smith, Glenda Jackson, Luise Rainer, Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep, Sally Field, Jodie Foster, and Jessica Lange because each of them has already won two acting awards. Barbara Kopple, Thelma Schoonmaker, and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, for their part, have each already won two Oscars for, respectively, documentary feature, film editing, and screenwriting. Barbra Streisand, I should note, has also won two Oscars; the second one, however, was as co-composer (with Paul Williams) of the song "Evergreen" from A Star Is Born. Only someone like Elia Kazan — i.e., with friends in high Academy places — can have two Academy Award wins in a »
- Andre Soares
The Help: The Power of Film to Create Social Change
4 February 2012 9:29 AM, PST | Hollywoodnews.com | See recent Hollywoodnews.com news »
HollywoodNews.com: There is a vibrant tradition in American cinema of films that tackle compelling social issues. Seminal films, including “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “In the Heat of the Night,” “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and “Norma Rae” remind everyone that the smallest acts of courage can inspire social change. This tradition continues with the recent film “The Help,” which examines the relationships between black maids and their white employers in 1960s Mississippi. The film reminds audiences that popular culture has the power to affect change and illuminate the plight of those without a voice.
About “The Help”: Based on one of the most talked about books in years and a #1 New York Times best-selling phenomenon, “The Help” stars Emma Stone (“Easy A”) as Skeeter, Academy Award®–nominated Viola Davis (“Doubt”) as Aibileen and Octavia Spencer as Minny—three very different, extraordinary women in Mississippi during the 1960s, »
- Josh Abraham
Frederica Sagor Pt.2: Women Screenwriters in 1920s Hollywood
6 January 2012 7:03 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Screenwriter Frederica Sagor Dead at 111: Wrote Movies for Norma Shearer (photo), Clara Bow, Louise Brooks Now, whether Frederica Sagor's Hollywood Babylon-like tales bear any resemblance to what actually happened at studio parties and private soirees, I can't tell. But on the professional side, one problem with the information found in The Shocking Miss Pilgrim is that studios invariably used numerous writers, whether male or female, in their projects. Usually, in those pre-Writers Guild days, only two or three contributors received final credit, not because of the uncredited writer's gender but in large part because the final product oftentimes had little — if anything — in common with the original source. While doing research for my Ramon Novarro biography, I went through various drafts, written by various hands, of his movies. A Certain Young Man, for instance, went through so many changes (including director, cast, and title), that the final film »
- Andre Soares
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