Hitchcock and Selznick: The Rich and Strange Collaboration of Alfred Hitchcock and David O.Selznick in Hollywood
The Agitation of the Mind (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Thanks to my friend and colleague Peter Andrews for this excellent, in-depth article. There is an assumption that film noir is a uniquely American phenomenon of the 1940’s and 1950’s, but similar content and stylistic elements exist in some British films of the same period. ‘Brighton Rock’ and ‘The Third Man’ are key examples. For the purpose of this article, noir...
<B>Patrick Joubert Conlon</B> (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Joan Fontaine is the sister of Olivia de Havilland . I never could make up my mind which of them was more beautiful. They are the only actresses from the 1930s still living. Joan Fontaine (born October 22, 1917) : She was born Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland in Tokyo, Japan. ... After some early flops, her luck changed one night at a dinner party when she found herself seated next to producer David O....
TAG Blog (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Again . The main evidence for Walt's racial insensitivity ... is "Song of the South," his 1946 combination of live action and animation based on the Southern folk tales of Joel Chandler Harris, known as Uncle Remus, which, though set in the Reconstruction era, makes the black former slaves seem dependent upon and excessively grateful to their former owners. From any modern racial perspective,...
SoundtrackNet (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
It's a timeless classic, a moving and emotional story about the Old South transformed during the Civil War. 1939's Gone with the Wind still holds the record (when adjusted for inflation) of being the biggest box office hit of all time, and with good reason. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Margaret Mitchell, David O. Selznick's adaptation of Gone with the Wind is well known by now, focusing...
ComicMix (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Since Gone with the Wind ’s release in 1939, David O. Selznick’s adaptation has become one of the most hailed and loved feature films of all time. Adjusted for inflation, it remains today the number one box office champion with a total gross of $1,450,680,400. It deservedly won 10 Academy Awards and continues to be included in Top 10 lists with many catch phrases entering the public lexicon...
FeckenOdeon Films (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
1946 - Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Shown at The FeckenOdeon on 28th November, 2009 In the hands of many another director, “Notorious” would have been merely a film noir - a cruel story of a courageous, patriotic young woman turned inside out by manipulative and unscrupulous men, one of whom uses her love for him to force her into extreme danger. But with Hitchcock it becomes something deeper:...
Movie Dearest (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Keep up to date with all the latest from the entertainment world with the MD News Desk : Hands Off the Merchandise : - Meet the Barbie "Ladies of the 80's" : Debbie Harry , Cyndi Lauper and Joan Jett (available this December from EntertainmentEarth.com .) And the List Goes On : - The 50 Most Powerful People on Broadway includes such out theater vets as Nathan Lane , Cameron Mackintosh , Joe...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Pixar's John Lasseter is to receive the David O. Selznick honour from the Producers Guild of America.
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
TOY STORY creator JOHN LASSETER is to be honoured with the David O. Selznick Achievement Award at the 2010 Producers Guild of America prizegiving.The revered animator will...
TAG Blog (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Pixar/Disney's John L. picks up an award that has never gone to an animation person before. The Producers Guild of America will honor Disney/Pixar animation whiz John Lasseter with its 2010 David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures at the 21st annual PGA Awards ceremony on Jan. 24 at the Hollywood Palladium. Lasseter, who holds the title of chief creative officer at Walt Disney and Pixar...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Lasseter is the first producer of animated films to receive the award.
The Hot Blog (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA TO HONOR JOHN LASSETER WITH 2010 DAVID O. SELZNICK ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN MOTION PICTURES LOS ANGELES (October 21, 2009) - The Producers Guild of America (PGA), a national non-profit trade group committed to protecting the rights and credits of producers in film, television and new media, announced today that John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Film News: Filmmaker to recieve Selznick Achievement Award -- The Producers Guild of America has tapped John Lasseter to receive its David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures. The kudo will be presented to Lasseter on Jan. 24 at the PGA awards show at the Hollywood Palladium.
Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | 04/10/2009
Alfred Hitchcok's The Lady Vanishes The best of early Hitchcock starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave The film was named "Best Picture of 1938" by the New York Times,[5] and Alfred Hitchcock received the 1939 New York Film Critics Circle Award for "Best Director". Camp, precious, winning and absurd. The Lady Vanishes was one of Hitchock's last films to be made in the U.K....
The Pink Heart Society (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
Modern Heat author Heidi Rice revisits the biggest movie romance of all time, David O Selznick's gargantuan version of Margaret Mitchell's best-selling American Civil War story which boasts Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh at the peak of their powers . The ultimate Hollywood blockbuster and still as larger-than-life today as it was on its release 70 years ago. The bum-number to end all bum-numbers, Gone...
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