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Allan Arkush on Adam’S Rib

6 May 2012 10:38 PM, PDT | Trailers from Hell | See recent Trailers from Hell news »

Tracy and Hepburn define the word “chemistry” as husband and wife lawyers battling each each other at home and in a divorce case allegedly inspired by the amicable divorce of Raymond Massey and his wife (so amicable that the married lawyers happily divorced each other and tied the knot with their clients).  Rooted in the screwball comedy tradition, Garson Kanin and Ruth Gordon’s script introduced an early feminist slant that took hold in the coming decade. Tracy insisted as usual on top billing, and when asked if he’d ever heard of “ladies first” he replied, “This is a movie, not a lifeboat”. An Adam’s Rib tv spinoff with Ken Howard and Blythe Danner lasted 11 episodes on ABC in 1973.

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Interviews: Actresses Millie Perkins, Diane Baker of ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’

7 January 2012 9:30 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – The year was 1959, and the film was “The Diary of Anne Frank,” based on the 1955 Pulitzer Prize winning stage play, which in turn was adapted from the famous diaries of a young girl hiding from Nazi occupiers in WWII Holland. Two actresses, Millie Perkins (Anne) and Diane Baker (her sister Margot), made their movie debuts in this renowned film.

The director of “The Diary of Anne Frank,” the celebrated George Stevens, led a nationwide search for the lead teenage actress to portray Anne, after Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood and Susan Strasberg (Anne in the original play) passed on the role. The film won Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Shelley Winters), Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography, and was also nominated for Best Picture and Best Director.

Millie Perkins and Diane Baker were participating in the “Hollywood Celebrities and Memorabilia Show” in September when they talked to HollywoodChicago.com. »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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must reads: “What *Could* Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2012?”

1 January 2012 7:53 AM, PST | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »

The short answer, via Duke Law’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain? Under the law that existed until 1978 . . . Works from 1955 A taste of the long answer: Think of the movies from 1955 that would have become available this year. You could have shared clips online with your friends. You could have shown the full films in your local theater. You could have spliced and remixed and made documentaries about them. Instead, here are a few of the movies that we won’t see in the public domain for another 39 years: • The Seven Year Itch, directed by Billy Wilder; starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell • Lady and the Tramp, Walt Disney Productions’ classic animation • Mister Roberts, directed by John Ford; starring Henry Fonda, James Cagney, and Jack Lemmon • Alfred Hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief, starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly • The thriller The Night of the Hunter, directed »

- MaryAnn Johanson

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