Under Capricorn News

Actor Joseph Cotten was born in Virginia on this date in 1905. Cotten had his first success in New York theatre and radio, including working with Orson Welles and starring as C.K. Dexter Haven in the original Broadway production of THE PHILADELPHIA STORY.

Easily one of Alfred Hitchcock's half-dozen greatest films, Under Capricorn has been senselessly neglected for years just because it isn't a thriller.

Ingrid Bergman passed away on a day like today, 28 years ago. It was also her 67th birthday.

Most actors, even many we associate with superstardom, started out as extras or bit players -- often in forgettable films -- then garnered leading parts in movies that may or may not have been very good before eventually hitting it big.

Technicolor was a movie lover's aphrodisiac during Hollywood's Golden Age. It produced colors of astonishing depth, boldness and subtlety via a complex beam-splitting camera that generated three separate negatives.