Tag: James Mason

May 14, 2015 /

“You can see from the way he uses actors that he sees them as animated props. He casts his films very, very carefully and he knows perfectly well in advance that all the actors that he chooses are perfectly capable of playing the parts he gives them, without any special directorial effort on his part. He gets some sort of a charge out of directing the leading ladies, I think, but that’s something else.” James Mason on Hitchcock

June 2, 2014 /

On Becoming a Star…Good Advice from Norman Maine

Listen to me, Esther, a career is a curious thing. Talent isn’t always enough. You need a sense of timing – an eye for seeing the turning point or recognizing the big chance when it comes along and grabbing it. A career can rest on a trifle. Like – like…

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March 1, 2014 /

On set with Judy Garland — A Star Is Born

March 1, 2014 /

A Star Is Born, directed by George Cukor, designed by Gene Allen

March 1, 2014 /

Hollywood turns out for the premiere of — A Star Is Born (September, 1954)

March 1, 2014 /

A Star Is Born – tell me this scene didn’t make you cry…

February 2, 2014 /

Don’t give a rodent’s posterior portion for football? Then join me!

February 16, 2013 /

ACADEMY AWARDS LUNCHEON – FILTERED THROUGH MY TINY MIND

…They arrived at the Beverly Hilton Hotel at around eleven. The lobby was straight out of the fifties, walls and floor of stone, star burst chandeliers, and the ballroom, while it still maintained a sinuous two-tiered design like that of a cruise ship, was carpeted with some dreadful dark jewel…

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April 13, 2012 /

Vincente Minnelli on “Madame Bovary”

. These excerpts are from an amazing and comprehensive interview conducted by Film Critic Henry Sheehan with Vincente Minnelli – the link to his site is at the bottom of the page. Q. Another film I’d like to talk about is a very early one, Madame Bovary (1949). If some…

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