Lethal stress can come at you no matter whether you’re onscreen or off. Actors in Hollywood have committed suicide by swallowing ant paste, Nembutal, or barbiturates. George Sanders (check out his performance in All About Eve) swallowed five bottles of pills in Barcelona and left two suicides notes. One in…
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My darlings, I first posted this the day after the Academy Awards in February, and I’m trotting it out again because; a) it’s possibly my favorite movie of all time, and b) I’m still working with my editor on the manuscript… and I feel certain he would have something to…
The Seven Wonders of Preston Sturges In just four years, 1940–44, Preston Sturges wrote and directed seven classics reflecting the America he loved and laughed at–a fast-talking, unpredictable melting pot that seems more real than the visions of Frank Capra or John Ford. Then his luck ran out. By Douglas…
THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF: THE MALTESE FALCON Remakes. Love ’em or HATE ’em the Dream Factory has hardly been shy in making them. In recent years you’ll have noticed that they’ve gone in for calling them “reimaginings” or – hand me that spittoon, Zacharias – “reboots” but…
Really? Just reading through this makes me a bit queasy – and doesn’t Mary look stealthy, like she’s plotting our culinary doom? At least they had the sense not to claim Clara cooked… I’ve had this, it’s kind of bland and a little sweet. Not bad, Bessie Love – and…