Category Archives: Performers

Knockin’

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Slim Pickens’ demise in “Pat Garret & Billy the Kid” is probably my favorite movie death scene. Pickens, a cowboy-movie staple, was typically a farcical figure — the guy you’d laugh at between the shoot-outs and the daring feats of … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Performers | Tagged Bob Dylan, Film, Katy Jurado, movies, Pat Garret & Billy the Kid, Sam Peckinpah, Slim Pickens, westerns | 10 Comments

Loners

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In those days the one girl D.W. ever appeared with outside the studio was Lillian Gish, although none of us even dared whisper that their association was anything but platonic. Nobody had ever heard D.W. address … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Movies, Performers | Tagged A Girl Like I, Anita Loos, D. W. Griffith, Film, Lillian Gish, movies, Silent Film | 2 Comments

Andrew Dice Clay in 1987

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: (Do NOT play this video if you’re at work. It’s about as NSFW and un-PC as can possibly be.) Andrew Dice Clay in his prime makes the very daring Bill Burr, my current favorite comedian, look sheepish and apologetic. … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Performers, Politics and Economics, Sex | Tagged andrew dice clay, Bill Burr, Comedy, PC, political correctness, un-PC | 27 Comments

Movie Still Du Jour

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in FLESH AND THE DEVIL (1927) Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Movies, Performers, Sex | Tagged Greta Garbo, John Gilbert | Leave a comment

Sunday Jazz Selection

Posted on April 13, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Samba Triste, Eliane Elias. From Calle 54, Fernando Trueba’s film about Latin jazz. Elias appears once in the film but twice in the CD soundtrack. Here’s a streaming version of That’s All it Was.

Posted in Music, Performers | Tagged Calle 54, Eliane Elias, Samba Triste | Leave a comment

Fritz Wunderlich, Five Ways

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Don’t get me started on the subject of tenors. I have so many favorites it’s ridiculous. Some days it’s the peerless elegance and linguistic versatility of Nicolai Gedda. Some days it’s the ringing heroism and pure Italian … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Performers | Tagged classical music, five ways, fritz wunderlich, funiculi funicula, la boheme, lieder, mozart, Opera, schubert, The Magic Flute | 10 Comments

Gallery: L’Wren Scott

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Scott, née Laura Bambrough, may not be remembered in the long run as a groundbreaker or even much of a trendsetter in the world of fashion design. But one talent she indubitably possessed in spades, and it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Performers, Women men and fashion | Tagged carla bruni-sarkozy, christina hendricks, Fashion, Gretchen Mol, isla fisher, jessica pare, juliana margulies, kyra sedgwick, l'wren scott, Marion Cotillard, michelle obama, Mick Jagger, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, sandra bullock | 3 Comments

Movie Still Du Jour

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Kay Francis and Miriam Hopkins in Ernst Lubitsch’s TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932) Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Movies, Performers, Women men and fashion | Tagged Ernst Lubitsch, Kay Francis, Miriam Hopkins | 10 Comments

Notes on “A Late Quartet”

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: The 2012 film A Late Quartet concerns a series of events that threatens the stability of a world-renowned string quartet, a group that has been together for 25 years. Events are set in motion when the group’s cellist … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Movies, Music, Performers | Tagged A Late Quartet, Catherine Keener, Christopher Walken, Mark Ivanir, Philip Seymour Hoffman | 3 Comments

“Female”

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In the 1933 “Female,” Ruth Chatteron plays a successful industrialist who goes through men with the efficiency of a Catherine the Great. When she fancies a secretary (they’re all male), she invites them to her manse for dinner, … Continue reading →