2 September 2010

Pauline Wagner, 100, remembers James Cagney

100-year-old Warner Bros. contract actress Pauline Wagner remembers her friend Jimmy Cagney at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. [...]

31 August 2010

Cleopatra reclaims the Egyptian Theater

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.” [...]

29 August 2010

Charlie Chaplin to reappear at Cinecon

The big event at this year’s Cinecon classic film festival is the screening of a previously lost Charlie Chaplin film, “A Thief Catcher” from Keystone Studios, 1914. [...]

10 August 2010

Kenneth Anger recalls blacklisted Jack Cole dancers

Experimental filmmaker Kenneth Anger recalls the impact a group of blacklisted Jack Cole dancers had on his life.

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2 August 2010

Julius Garfinkle’s integrity

Actress Julie Garfield remembers her father John Garfield in a curtain talk following the screening of “Body and Soul” (1947, dir. Robert Rossen, d.p., James Wong Howe, screenplay Abraham Polansky.

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1 August 2010

Jack Cole to be celebrated at Jacob’s Pillow

An afternoon symposium at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival will remember dancer/choreographer Jack Cole, August 14, 2010. arts·meme will attend.

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20 July 2010

As a dad, Alan Ladd walked tall

“The Blue Dahlia” a hard-boiled crime film written as an original screenplay by novelist Raymond Chandler had a marvelous screening at the Academy, with a curtain talk by star Alan Ladd’s second son, David Ladd.

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19 July 2010

Travis Banton undresses Miriam Hopkins

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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11 July 2010

All hail Travis Banton, Paramount Studios costumer

The opening program of LACMA’s salute to the American comedies of German-born director Ernst Lubitsch featured exquisite evening gowns for the two films’ leading ladies. [...]

1 July 2010

Second star to the right …

The beautiful silent film version of “Peter Pan” (1924) at the Orpheum Theater came care of the Los Angeles Conservancy’s “Last Remaining Seats.” Maestro Robert Israel was at the Wurlitzer. [...]