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Friday Jun 26 | Bangor Daily News

Summer Camp

River City Cinema Society navigates prickly precipice of fringe drama outdoors Friday nights this summer A still photo from "Kiss Me Deadly," a part of the River City Cinema Society's 'Summer Camp' outdoor film festival.

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Related Topix: The Gang's All Here, Comedy Movies, Mystery Movies, Musical Movies, Bangor Metro, Bangor, ME, Western, Johnny Guitar

Wed Jun 17, 2009

MSNBC

Script doesna t live up to chemistry in a Proposala

Had "The Proposal" tipped its hand immediately as a Hallmark Channel goo-fest from the get-go, that would have been bad enough, but for a movie to start out so smart and prickly only to descend to those sticky depths is even more annoying.

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Related Topix: The Proposal, Drama Movies, The Best of Everything, Sitka, AK

Wed Jun 10, 2009

Dallas Observer

Uptown Players Drag Forth A Faye-Ragious Mommie Queerest; Watertower's Receptionist Leaves No Message

Serious theater exploring the existential boundaries of the human condition, provoking deep thoughts and stirring the soul - Uptown Players' production of Jamie Morris' Mommie Queerest does none of that.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Mommie Dearest, Western, Johnny Guitar, Faye Dunaway, Dallas, TX

Fri Jun 05, 2009

MetaFilter

Letty Lynton

Joan Crawford 's Letty Lynton is currently available for viewing on YouTube. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The film is notable for its pre-Code morals and denouement , renowned for its famous gowns by Adrian , and notorious for its disappearance.

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Related Topix: Letty Lynton, Drama Movies

Tue Jun 02, 2009

TheCelebrityCafe

The Women

With an all-star cast of actresses. Talks of "The Women" going into production began nearly 10 years ago, and now, after its release, it's no wonder it took so long to get off the ground.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, The Women, Rosalind Russell, Movies, Entertainment

Wed May 27, 2009

North County News

Fells Point's slack 'Guitar' hits too few light notes

The Joan Crawford-starring 1953 western movie "Johnny Guitar" is so melodramatically over-the-top that it was a ripe candidate to be turned into a campy stage musical.

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Related Topix: Western, Johnny Guitar, Theater, Arts

Mon May 25, 2009

Laura's Miscellaneous Musings

Tonight's Movie: Susan and God

A year after directing an all-star cast in THE WOMEN , George Cukor directed another tremendous cast in SUSAN AND GOD.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Susan and God, The Women, Fredric March, Rita Quigley, Ruth Hussey

Tue May 12, 2009

SCI FI Wire

Dark Castle to remake I Saw What You Did

Joel Silver's Dark Castle is developing the horror movie I Saw What You Did , a remake of the 1965 William Castle-directed I Saw What You Did and I Know Who You Are! Variety reported.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, I Saw What You Did, Thriller

Sun Apr 26, 2009

Palm Beach Post

On Books: Joan Crawford was a star, flaws and all

Joan Crawford's reputation was ruined, first by the disastrous run of pictures after What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? , where she clearly was willing to take on any project in preference to being unemployed, and, secondly, by the vicious memoir written by her adopted daughter.

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Related Topix: Film Noir, Horror Movies, Mildred Pierce, Drama Movies, Our Dancing Daughters, Thriller, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Mystery Movies

Tue Apr 21, 2009

The Oregonian

Dan Brown faces the pleasures, and perils, of fame

"We should all be pleased that it is still possible for a writer to achieve fame, as opposed to movie and rock stars, or politicians, or sports figures, or criminals, or supermodels," says Michael Korda, the author and longtime editor whose many writers have included David McCullough, Jacqueline Susann and such politicians and movie stars as Joan ...

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Related Topix: Dan Brown, Vocal, US Politics, US News

Mon Apr 20, 2009

FANGORIA

Baby Jane reborn in new feature

Busy actor Jeff Dylan Graham, whose long genre rA©sumA© includes OCTOBER MOON, BEYOND THE DUNWICH HORROR and 100 TEARS, dropped us a line to let us know about his new project BABY JANE? Written and directed by William Clift, it's a take-off on the 1962 Gothic classic WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? - only with male actors camping it up ...

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Related Topix: Jeff Dylan Graham, Horror Movies, Thriller, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Drama Movies, Conrad Industries, Automakers, Transportation, Bette Davis

Sun Apr 12, 2009

Laura's Miscellaneous Musings

Tonight's Movie: It's a Great Feeling

IT'S A GREAT FEELING is a rather bizarre but mildly amusing Warner Bros. comedy starring Dennis Morgan, Doris Day, and Jack Carson.

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Related Topix: Easy-Listening, Doris Day, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Jane Wyman, Gary Cooper

Mon Apr 06, 2009

Paper Magazine

Doris Day Collection On DVD

Out on DVD this week is the Doris Day Collection . National treasure Doris Day hadn't yet found her cinematic footing in many of these sparking musicals/ comedies offered here, but the vivacious blonde is always appealing and a delight to watch on the screen.

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Related Topix: Easy-Listening, Doris Day, Jack Carson, Dennis Morgan, Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal

Wed Apr 01, 2009

BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content

Photo Flash: Hell In a Handbag's Dueling Divas

Hell in a Handbag Productions is thrilled to present a benefit staged reading featuring Hollywood's legendary eye-popping, scenery chewing film divas of all time Miss Joan Crawford and Miss Gloria Swanson in the roles that made them fabulous! See Handbag Artistic Director David Cerda and acclaimed actress and Saturday Night Live alumni Nora Dunn ...

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Related Topix: Film Noir, Mildred Pierce, Drama, Mystery Movies, Nora Dunn

Tue Mar 31, 2009

The New York Observer

What a Gigantic Waste of Time and Zooey Deschanela s Blue eyes

Gigantic Running time 98 minutes Written by Matt Aselton and Adam Nagata Directed by Matt Aselton Starring The professionals no longer know how to make the kinds of movies we used to go to the movies for, so the amateurs are taking over.

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Related Topix: Gigantic, Paul Dano, Naples Metro, Movies, Entertainment

Mon Mar 30, 2009

WNBC New York Channel 4

What You're Doing Tonight, 3/30

Wanna fling with Sean? PLAID TO THE BONE: Sean Connery hosts a Scottish fashion show where the likes of Brendan Fraser and Gossip Girl 's Ed Westwick parade around in kilts, as everyone gets fitshaced on comped Glenfiddich - and the proceeds go to charity.

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Related Topix: Gossip Girl, Entertainment, Drama, Television

Tue Mar 24, 2009

Fox News

Warner Bros. Begins Selling Old Movies, TV As On-demand DVDs

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group said Monday that it has launched an on-demand DVD and digital download service offering movies from its pre-1986 library in order to take advantage of pent-up demand for titles that mass-market retailers might be reluctant to make room for on their shelves.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Film Noir, Horror, Possessed, Drama, Clark Gable, Entertainment

Mon Mar 23, 2009

Los Angeles Times

DVDs to order from Warner Bros.

Over the last 12 years, Warner Home Video has released about 1,200 vintage films from its vast library on DVD.

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Related Topix: Film Noir, Horror, Drama, Possessed, Clark Gable, Love, Anna Karenina, Greta Garbo, Entertainment

Hollywood Reporter

Warner Bros. customizing DVD purchases

Warner Bros. wants to burn you a DVD. The studio's home entertainment division has come up with an innovative plan to allow custom ordering of 150 films never before released on DVD.

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Related Topix: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Film Noir, Horror, Drama, Possessed, Clark Gable

Fri Mar 20, 2009

KQED-TV San Francisco

Joan Crawford: Always The Star

Duration: 54:15 CC Stereo TVG This glamorous and hugely popular actress raised herself from brutal poverty to Academy Award-winning stardom through guts, determination and hard work.

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Related Topix: Film Noir, Strait-Jacket, Horror, Western, Mildred Pierce, Drama, Johnny Guitar, Our Dancing Daughters, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Television

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