i have just read mary astor's autobiography. it seems unkind to say i loved it as her story is full of suffering but i did love it. will i ever look at my favorite actors the same? probably, as it is their job to convince me they are the people they are portraying. however, to know how this particular actress came to her profession (pushed by her parents) and how she dealt with early success and never...
edward burne-jones (1833-1898) by way of dante gabriel rossetti (1828-1882). exquisite art inspired by exquisite art! actress mary astor was not born until 1906 but she seemed to be the muse/model for both artists. top two: jones bottom: rossetti
Rudolph Valentino, Hollywood's legendary lover. The great pioneering director D.W. Griffith hired Rabbi Isadore Myers as the Jewish technical consultant on his great epic, Intolerance, 1916. Griffith was so happy with Rabbi Myer's expert advice and attention to detail that he said to the good Rabbi: “How can I ever repay you'” Replied Rabbi Myers: “I have a daughter who would like...
i was saving these images till i saw the film 'red dust.' still haven't seen it.... i just love all three of them: jean harlow and mary astor/clark gable and mary astor
THE POWER AND THE PRIZE is a film about corporate warfare mixed with romance, in the tradition of other mid-'50s business-themed films such as EXECUTIVE SUITE (1954) and WOMAN'S WORLD (1954). Cliff Barton (Robert Taylor) is the righthand man of George Salt (Burl Ives), chairman of Amalgamated World Metals. Cliff, as Salt's heir apparent, is also engaged to marry Salt's young niece Joanie (Nicola Michaels)....
just the other day i noticed my neighbors had a little statue beneath a beautiful tree in their yard. it was a maltese falcon! mary astor and humphrey bogart in 'the maltese falcon.'
film greats punching the studio clock from nine to five and sipping sidecars while indulging in spiritual talk on the weekends. gimme more! The Theosophical Society made its headquarters in Beachwood Canyon in 1911, establishing a utopian community, called Krotona, on ten acres. By Webster’s definition, the Theosophical Society was a cult–”a usually small circle of persons united...
It used to be that you had to go to the video store to get a movie. You can now save a trip to the video store and download movies right off the internet. Below is a sample of some of the movies you can find using movie download sites.
For years now, the video store was the way to get movies. Now, with internet usage exploding, movie downloads are becoming very popular. Here are some examples of movies you can acquire through a movie download site.
In 1940, Jean Hersholt did a very cool thing – he bought nearly 50 acres of land through the Motion Picture Relief Fund, which he co-founded, and turned part of the property into the Motion Picture Country House. It was a place for those in the motion picture industry to retire and be cared [...]
By David Lambert - Legendary, award-winning and suspenseful, Alfred Hitchcock Presents set the gold standard for all TV mystery series to come and has remained an indelible part of popular culture. And... (more)
Not THE "The Maltese Falcon." The other one. The one from 1931. Didn't know there was an earlier version? Neither did I. An extensive discussion of the original version is at The Realm of Ryan blog - Watching Falcon ‘31 is often a weird experience. It stays quite faithful to the novel, although not as close the Falcon ‘41, one of the most literal adaptations of any novel for the...
1932 - Dir.: Victor Fleming Shown at The FeckenOdeon on 26th September, 2009 The most compelling reason for seeing this film is its cast - a set of MGM's most prized possessions: including Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Gene Raymond and Mary Astor. In their first major onscreen pairing, Harlow and Gable prove just how much fun lust can be. This red-blooded romance brings our stars together in the remote...
And here, the final three of the Siren's Books from a Cinephile's Past. The Siren has written before of her stint babysitting a toddler by the name of P.D. His parents were movie buffs and in addition to Mary Astor's novel A Place Called Saturday , on their shelves was a treasure trove called The Great Movie Stars: The Golden Years , by English critic David Shipman. In later years the Siren came to...
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