TAG Blog (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Again . The main evidence for Walt's racial insensitivity ... is "Song of the South," his 1946 combination of live action and animation based on the Southern folk tales of Joel Chandler Harris, known as Uncle Remus, which, though set in the Reconstruction era, makes the black former slaves seem dependent upon and excessively grateful to their former owners. From any modern racial perspective,...
Yahoo Movie, Yahoo Showtimes, Yahoo (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Later in Vivien Leigh’s life, her good friend Noel Coward made a comment about how he didn’t understand why she kept taking film roles. she was still beautiful and undoubtedly talented as a screen actress.
Just Jared (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Rachel Weisz shows off her gorgeous smile on the cover of Redbook magazine’s December issue. The 39-year-old actress, who will star in next month’s The Lovely Bones, spoke about marriage, fearlessness and what she’s learned from her son Henry. On whether she’ll ever marry her fiance, Darren Aronofsky: “We are engaged, and Darren and I are completely [...]
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
The most popular movie ever — winner of eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture — was first released 70 years ago.
Smartcine.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND is a new drama based on a recently rediscovered original screenplay by legendary writer Tennessee Williams. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Evans, the Paladin release will open in New York and Los Angeles in late December, with expansion to major markets following in early 2010. Academy Award-winner [...]
SoundtrackNet (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
It's a timeless classic, a moving and emotional story about the Old South transformed during the Civil War. 1939's Gone with the Wind still holds the record (when adjusted for inflation) of being the biggest box office hit of all time, and with good reason. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Margaret Mitchell, David O. Selznick's adaptation of Gone with the Wind is well known by now, focusing...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Seventy years later, actress Ann Rutherford still gives a damn about "Gone with the Wind."
The Moviezzz Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
How can you review a film like GONE WITH THE WIND ? What can I possibly say about the film that hasn't already been said? Originally released seventy years ago, today, it remains one of the most talked about, most loved films of all time. It is routinely mentioned along side of CITIZEN KANE , CASABLANCA and THE WIZARD OF OZ as one of the greatest films in film history. So, is there anyone out there...
The Guardian - The blog Theatre (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Highly intellectual and esoteric shows like Architecting run the risk of betraying the real purpose of theatre – the effective communication of ideas Right, embarrassing confession time. To my shame, before Friday night I hadn't realised that Gone With the Wind was a novel. In fact, not having seen the film, the sum total of my knowledge consisted of Vivien Leigh and "Frankly, my dear,...
Self-Styled Siren (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
She regarded Gable as lazy, not too bright, and an unresponsive performer (though she was always laudatory about his kindness and good manners to her). She could not understand how he could leave the set promptly each day at six p.m. as though he held an office job. She seldom left the studio until eight or nine at night and worked six, often seven days a week. "What are you fucking about for?"...
FILMdetail (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Including Bruno, Gone With the Wind and Heat
FILMdetail (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Including Bruno, Gone With The Wind and Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
British character actor whose role in Waiting for Godot led to more than 50 years on stage, television and film Timothy Bateson, who has died aged 83, was a character actor of boundless versatility and great warmth of personality who will always be remembered for playing Lucky in the controversial British premiere of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot at the Arts Theatre, London, in 1955. The production,...
shakespeare wuz ere (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
I was lucky enough thanks to a friend of mine to get hold of a ticket for this production by Stratford's Second Thoughts Theatre group and I have to say, 'who was a lucky boy then?' I also have to say that (head hung in shame), I originally I thought it would be fun to go just to listen to the Company mangle the American accents required. I stand corrected and I apologise. Not only were Second Thoughts...
Boxwish (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
70 years ago audiences first fell for the spirited love affair between southern belle Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh) and certified scoundrel, Rhett Butler (Clark Gable), and now, as the American civil war classic makes its Blu-Ray debut (out on 16th/ 17th November here in the UK and here in the US) it’s a great time to relive the splendor of the multi Oscar-winning epic with a trip to...
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