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Mar.23.2011
Much will be written over the next week about the tumultuous life and times of Elizabeth Taylor. She was a true icon from Hollywood’s Golden Age. Her personal life was fiery and newsworthy. She lost a great love in a plane crash; she stole a husband away from another screen legend; her...
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Mar.18.2011
I just received an email from Terry Roberts of Incentive Books with very promising news regarding the bulk sales of Forgotten Hollywood Forgotten History to non-profit and corporate business communities. According to Terry:
FORGOTTEN HOLLYWOOD FORGOTTEN HISTORY is the 6th most viewed book on our...
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Mar.17.2011
I’d like to introduce you to Meredy’s Place. She’s a special person who shares a love of classic film and television. Meredy has a blog and website you might like to visit to broaden your horizons regarding cinema.
Meredy provides informative stories, a massive amount of trivia, links to sites, and...
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Mar.10.2011
Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert – Part 2
A new translation by Lydia Davis
First the translation: Lydia Davis spent a lot of time on the project; she gives us copious notes on the significance of what Flaubert has written in the way of French culture during the post-Napoleonic era, of...
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Mar.02.2011
I don't watch the Academy Awards. I'd only end up putting my foot through our 32-inch TV screen and who needs that?
When I learned that "The King's Speech" had taken the best picture Oscar, I shook my head. It brought back all my hatred of award shows of any kind. That said, every...
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Mar.01.2011
Jane Russell, the iconic star from Hollywood’s Golden Age, has died. She’s best known for her memorable performances in The Outlaw, Macao, The Paleface, and Gentleman Prefer Blondes.
Born in Minnesota, Jane grew up in Burbank. Like your blogger, she attended Van Nuys High School. At the urging of...
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Feb.15.2011
Noted character actor Kenneth Mars has passed away. He’s best known for his roles in Mel Brooks-directed classic comedies. Mars was Franz Liebkind, the infamous Nazi-playwright of Springtime for Hitler in The Producers; and the police inspector with the wacky false arm in Young Frankenstein. In...
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Feb.14.2011
VISION4MEDIA has developed a web site advertising upcoming projects set for production funding. In addition to Forgotten Hollywood, the sales force is looking to subsidize its slate of current work including Rocks, Snakes, and the Art of Desert Cooking, The High Country, and Beyond the Moonwalk.
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Feb.13.2011
Actress Betty Garrett died on Saturday. Best known for her MGM work in the 1940’s, she co-starred in On the Town, Take Me Out To the Ballgame, and Neptune’s Daughter. During the next decade, she appeared in motion pictures with Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Red Skelton, Elizabeth Taylor, Ann Miller,...
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Feb.07.2011
Black History Month and cultural diversity in general is celebrated on 15-10 AM KSPA this Sunday at 3pm (pst). I'm happy to look at influences of minority and religious influences on classic film including Showboat, Gone with the Wind, Cabin in the Sky, Porgy and Bess, Captain of Castille, West...
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