CNNMoney.com (Free subscription) | 12/24/2008
The movie "Valkyrie" opens Christmas day and it might not be worthy of much mention were it not for the complex plot involving intrigue, betrayal and high stakes. We speak not of the movie itself, of course, but rather the back story of Tom Cruise and United Artists, the mini-studio the mega-star has had ostensive control over since last year.
digitallyOBSESSED.com DVD Reviews (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
From: Mont Alto Private Reserve - Year: 1920 - Rated: Not Rated - Release Date: September 16, 2008 - Features: Extras! * - Recommended! An attractive look at the origins of the modern superhero, with Fairbanks' trademark acrobatics and swordplay already fully developed. The transfer is excellent, and the disc supplies some first-rate extras.
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
It really is possible to attend a movie in Hollywood and sit among Oscar winners. Although they're kind of stiffs. Weekend nights through the summer, the storied Hollywood Forever Cemetery shows classic movies on – how cool is this! – the wall of the mausoleum where silent film icon Rudolph Valentino, as well as actors Peter Finch and Peter Lorre, are housed.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 02/22/2008
Upton Sinclair, whose novel “Oil!” inspired “There Will Be Blood,” never achieved a big movie strike.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 02/22/2008
Upton Sinclair, whose novel “Oil!” inspired “There Will Be Blood,” never achieved a big movie strike.
USC News (Free subscription) | 02/22/2008
The gift, which supports construction of the school's new building, bolsters a longtime relationship between USC and the Academy of Motion Pictures.
Self-Styled Siren (Free subscription) | 02/21/2008
...or helped to invent it, anyway. This one is for the Siren's beauty blogger pals at Bois de Jasmin , Beauty Addict , Koneko's (Mostly) Beauty Diary , MonkeyPosh and Now Smell This , but most especially Cavewoman and Annie of Blogdorf Goodman . The year is 1925, and Mary is filming Don Q, Son of Zorro with Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Perc and Ern Westmore were handling makeup and hairdressing on Don Q:...
Confessions of a Bookplate Junkie (Free subscription) | 01/27/2008
Geraldine Farrar was a well known opera singer who started a second career in silent films.Her bookplate was commissioned by Brentano's Paris and engraved by G.M.McCall in 1911 Douglas Fairbanks Sr.(1883-1939) and Mary Pickford (1892-1979) used a bookplate reflecting their Hollywood roles. I wrote to Douglas Fairbanks Jr.(1909-2000) when he was still alive and he sent me an autographed bookplate.The...
