Tag: MGM
October 9, 2013 /

Tex Avery reinterprets The Three Little Pigs – The Blitz Wolf (1942)

August 9, 2013 /

JOEL McCREA – STUDIO PORTRAIT VS ERNEST BACHRACH (VERY REMBRANDTY, WITH MUSCLE)

August 9, 2013 /

CARY GRANT – STUDIO PORTRAIT VS MGM’S REMBRANDT (TED ALLAN)

August 9, 2013 /

JAMES STEWART – STUDIO PORTRAIT VS MGM’S REMBRANDT (TED ALLAN)

August 9, 2013 /

Ted Allan (1910-1993) | Le Journal de la Photographie

Ted Allan started his career very young as an actor and worked on a number of Cecil B De Mille movies in the early 1930s. When De Mille called on someone to take some portraits, Allan stepped forward and, on seeing the results, De Mille encouraged him to follow a…

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July 20, 2013 /

COUPLES IN HOLLYWOOD – KATHARINE HEPBURN AND SPENCER TRACY

Let me just say I bear a closer resemblance to a Smurf than Katharine Hepburn, but I think the reason Tracy and Hepburn made screen magic was because everyone could identify… My husband looks at me like this all the time.
May 23, 2013 /

PREMIERE OF GRAND HOTEL AT GRAUMAN’S CHINESE – 1932

I remember seeing an item in the Hollywood Reporter a little while ago about the lack of skilled and seasoned producers in the industry. One of the anonymous sources cited a corporate culture at fault for eviscerating art and concentrating on profit. He/she bemoaned the emphasis on product, as if…

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February 28, 2013 /

GRACE KELLY – BY THE POOL – HIGH SOCIETY

February 8, 2013 /

THIS BEGUILING BOOK IS MINE…

Hello, Today I’m taking a short break as I’m discussing publishing a novel of mine with some charming people – I’ll fill you in if the chips fall my way – actually, I’ll fill you in either way. Over the weekend we’ll see where you might have had a swell…

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January 13, 2013 /

IRENE MAYER SELZNICK

Her diary from her teen years includes comments on films she saw at MGM previews. These journal entries reveal Irene to have been perceptive and frank in her observations – even at 17. Her take on Romola (1924): “…L. Gish good as always but didn’t make the most of her…

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