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28 September 2010

C.B.’s captivating “Cleopatra”

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We just loved Cecil B. DeMille’s Cleopatra (Paramount, 1934), and we loved it even more projected onto the Egyptian Theater’s humongous screen. Scott Eyman, author of the new DeMille biography, “Empire of Dreams,” was on hand to discuss the film with critic Leonard Maltin. [...]

31 August 2010

Cleopatra reclaims the Egyptian Theater

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On September 22, following a screening of DeMille’s naughty Claudette Colbert vehicle, “Cleopatra,” (1934), Leonard Maltin will ‘view author Scott Eyman about his new biography, “Emperor of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille.” [...]

18 March 2010

Denishawn’s last living dancer leaves us

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The last living member of the pioneering modern dance troupe, Denishawn, Jane Sherman, died yesterday at age 101. [...]

27 December 2009

Rambova’s Aztec costume for Kosloff

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Describes Natacha Rambova’s costume design for the Aztec dance of Theodore Kosloff. [...]

18 October 2009

Before Hollywood came Edendale

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On this modest strip, from 1909 to 1928, prospered a genial group of filmmakers who flocked to southern California to make moving pictures. Edendale wasn’t a random happening. At its height it was a beehive of integrated film activity. [...]

5 March 2009

The devilish Madam Satan

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Adrian designed the costume actress Kay Johnson wears in the zeppelin sequence of Cecil B. DeMille’s Madam Satan. Ballets Russes dancer Theodore Kosloff is in the film. Kay Johnson was actor James Cromwell’s mother. [...]