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Category Archives: Performers
Juxtaposin’: Speechifying
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:
Posted in Movies, Performers, Politics and Economics
Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin, Film, Juxtaposin', movies, Robert Donat, The 39 Steps, The Great Dictator
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Notes on “Let’s Go Native”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Like many early talkies, the 1930 “Let’s Go Native” is so effortlessly weird it serves as proof an innate American tendency toward surrealism. Jeanette MacDonald — still in her lingerie-naughty, pre-MGM phase — plays a Broadway … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers
Tagged Eugene Pallette, Film, Jack Oakie, Jeanette MacDonald, Kay Francis, Leo McCarey, Let's Go Native, movies, Musicals, the old weird America
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“The Fisher King”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: There’s a lot going on in “The Fisher King.” Perhaps too much. The mythic elements in Richard LaGravenese’s screenplay threaten to tip the movie out of balance, to spoil subtext by shoving it in your face. … Continue reading
Naked Lady of the Week: Mistress T
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Is this the first professional dominatrix that we’ve featured? A quick check of the archives reveals that to be the case. With her cool voice and haughty-naughty mein, Mistress T is like the madam of a “Eyes Wide … Continue reading
Posted in Performers, Sex, The Good Life
Tagged BDSM, dominatrix, Mistress T, naked lady of the week
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Notes on “The Man from Laramie”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: As he does in all the Westerns he made with director Anthony Mann, James Stewart stalks through “The Man from Laramie” with wraith-like resoluteness. His Will Lockhart wears a brown, waist-length corduroy jacket, a battered hat, … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers
Tagged Anthony Mann, Film, James Stewart, movies, The Man from Laramie, westerns
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Ad Du Jour
Blowhard, Esq. writes: Is this the closest Catherine Deneuve ever came to starring in a sci-fi opera? An ad from Women’s Wear Daily, February 9, 1971. Click on the image to enlarge.
Posted in Movies, Performers, Women men and fashion
Tagged advertisements, catherine deneuve, swingin' 70s
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“The Babadook”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In “The Babadook,” Australian writer-director Jennifer Kent marries the haunted house film to the psychological thriller. It’s a potent union, one that allows her to explore inward-looking themes related to grief and motherhood while delivering the … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers
Tagged Australia, Essie Davis, Film, horror, Jennifer Kent, Mae Marsh, movies, Noah Wiseman, Pauline Kael, The Babadook
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“The Last Artist in New York City”
Paleo Retiree writes: Despite all the bitching and carping we here at UR like to indulge in, we aren’t just a bunch of negativity-mongers. (Critics, patooie.) Many of us make our own creative contributions too. Try this, and this, and … Continue reading
Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Performers, Theater
Tagged creativity, Jason Jacobs, Karen Grenke, Nuyorican Poets Cafe
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