Tagged: movies

July 14, 2014

All Quiet on the Western Front: 1930 Best Picture

The winner of the third Best Picture Oscar was Universal’s “All Quiet on the Western Front,” a 1930 American war film based on the Erich Maria Remarque novel, “Im Westen...

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July 12, 2014

The Broadway Melody: 1929 Best Picture

This MGM musical starred Eddie Kearns and Anita Page, known as “The Girl with the Most Beautiful Face in Hollywood,” and Bessie Love, who was nominated for Best Actress for...

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July 12, 2014

Wings: The First Best Picture Oscar Winner

Here is a review of “Wings”, a 1927 film that won the first Academy Award for “Outstanding Picture”, as the Best Picture award was then known. The award ceremony was...

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June 28, 2014

Marilyn Monroe, Ultimate Sex Symbol

Some have said that if you slap some red lipstick on a gal and dye her hair blonde, they all look pretty much alike, but is that really so? If...

Celebs

June 16, 2014

Scarface Stars – Where Are They Now?

Say hello to our old friends… the stars of Scarface. According to Box Office Mojo, Scarface was the 16th highest grossing film in 1983. Al Pacino was already well-known in...

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December 22, 2013

George C. Scott as General Patton

Today is the day that General George S. Patton passed away in 1945, and if you happen to be looking for a good film to watch, how about 1970’s Oscar-winner...

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December 25, 2012

Papillon Remake Dream Cast

We intended to go see Les Misérables (2012) today, but as Robert Burns put it, the best laid plans of mice and men go oft awry. Instead, we watched an...

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January 4, 2012

Favorite Shirley Temple Movies

Curly headed, dimpled, adorable Shirley Temple was just about THE most popular star in America and the biggest box office draw in the late 1930s, when she made a string...

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December 29, 2011

Sandra Bullock Rebound

Sandra Bullock told the Associated Press that she felt “permanently broken” after her divorce from Jessie James, not from the breakup of the marriage, but she felt she would not...

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October 7, 2011

Wendy Williams on Lady Gaga Lifetime Biopic

Talk show host Wendy Williams gave her opinion today on Lifetime’s tentative Lady Gaga biopic. Tthe proposed title is something along the lines of “Fame Monster: The Lady Gaga Story.”...