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21 April 2012

Rarely viewed version of “The Great Gatsby” starring Alan Ladd opens film noir festival

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An unusual choice for the opening act of the Noir City film festival — The Great Gatsby (1949, Paramount) in a new 35 mm print. The festival, now on at the Egyptian Theatre, is co-produced by the Film Noir Foundation and the American Cinematheque.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great masterwork from 1925 is far from pulp [...]

17 April 2012

Stars light up Hollywood Boulevard, once more, at TCM Fest [slideshow]

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Slide show of stars featured at TCM’s Classic Film Festival 2012. [...]

15 April 2012

TCM Fest: Good god! Peggy Cummins heats up “Gun Crazy”

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An in-person appearance by Peggy Cummins, the British-born star of “Gun Crazy” a cult film noir classic, at TCM Fest. [...]

14 April 2012

TCM Fest: “Frankenstein’s gonna bite me and kill me,” said five-year-old Mel Brooks

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Mel Brooks remembers his first encounter with the Frankenstein movie as a kid. [...]

13 April 2012

“Travis Banton inspired my dressing Cher,” says Bob Mackie at TCM Fest

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Concerns an opening night talk on Paramount Studios costume designer Curtis Banton, at TCM Fest. [...]

10 April 2012

George Balanchine dances in British film from 1929

A rare video snippet of the famed choreographer dancing in a movie. [...]

6 April 2012

Michael Curtiz’s jazz movie, “Young Man With a Horn” (1950), on TCM

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Images from Michael Curtiz’s jazz movie, “Young Man with a Horn” [...]

6 April 2012

spring holiday weekend at arts·meme

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Cecil B. DeMille lived down the road from us. Probably crossing the Red Sea was inspired by crossing Los Feliz Boulevard. [...]

2 April 2012

Noir City: Hollywood, 14th annual festival of film noir opens soon @ Egyptian Theatre

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Anticipates with a tingling spine the annual film noir festival at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. [...]

31 March 2012

arts•meme’s formidable flock of female facebook friends

Lately, we’ve attracted a very cool group of new “likes” on arts•meme’s Facebook fan page. — all impressive women working in the arts. [...]