Author Archives: Fabrizio del Wrongo

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About Fabrizio del Wrongo

Recovering liberal arts major. Unrepentant movie nut. Aspiring boozehound.

Two Movie Posters for “. . . And God Created Woman”

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The UK poster, with art by F.W. Payne and a title without “God.” The adjusted title deprives the ” . . . but the Devil shaped Bardot!” tagline of most of its bite. The iconic French … Continue reading

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Billionaires Dig Frank Gehry

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I recently watched a video of George Lucas being interviewed by Charlie Rose in Chicago. The topic: Lucas’ recently announced plans for a museum devoted to narrative art. Those plans were adopted by Chi-Town officials after … Continue reading

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Movie Poster Du Jour: “Mulholland Drive”

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Naked Lady of the Week: Sydney Moon

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Buxom Sydney Moon always sort of reminded me of Stella Stevens. As I’m sure you’ll agree once you take a look at the below gallery, she was a versatile model, equally capable of communicating innocent-amateur freshness and glamor-mama haughtiness. … Continue reading

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Couldn’t Do It Today

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Nightmare on Broadway

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Gold Diggers of 1935” is a pretty lame movie. Yet it includes what might be Busby Berkeley’s masterpiece: A musical fantasy sequence scored to “The Lullaby of Broadway.” Is it an exaggeration to call it one … Continue reading

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“Few Men Have Even Tried What He Has Tried”

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Around the time this blog launched, I wrote about enjoyably silly movie theme songs, a thing that mostly disappeared from movies in the ’70s or ’80s. I just love those kitschy tunes. I need to add a new … Continue reading

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Two Movie Posters for “Johnny Guitar”

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: American French (art by the great Constantin Belinsky)

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Naked Lady of the Week: Amelie

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: A mere slip of a thing, with a pretty-pretty doll face and eyes that seem determined to swallow the camera, Amelie — sometimes known as Valya or Yulia — is something of a mystery. Despite being one … Continue reading

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Couldn’t Do It Today

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:   Related Sax wrote about Joe Dante here and here. I wrote about exploitation movies here.

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