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18 October 2011

Happy birthday, Egyptian Theatre!

silent

We look forward to the birthday party, tonight, for the Egyptian Theatre, screening a great rare silent film, “The Loves of the Pharaoh.” [...]

16 July 2011

Wicked comedy by Lubitsch at LACMA

the guy

It was pure pleasure, in the waning days of the LACMA weekend classic film series, as curator Ian Birnie trotted out yet another sublime film pairing, this time a comedy duo: the first film, Preston Sturges’ social commentary/classic, “Sullivan’s Travels,” topped by Ernst Lubitsch’s insane, zany, perfectly scripted, outrageous and brilliant “To Be or [...]

19 July 2010

Travis Banton undresses Miriam Hopkins

threeonthebed

Costume designer Travis Banton, perpetrator of slinky pre-code evening gowns at Paramount Studios, was a genius. His work on view in LACMA’s Lubitsch film series now.

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9 July 2010

Ernst Lubitsch’s 90-minute tour of paradise

Dietrich, Cooper, Desire

Tonight opens LACMA’s 16-film retrospective of the American-made comedies either produced or directed by Ernst Lubitsch [...]