Category Archives: cinema

cute couple alert

Joe Gillis and Norma Desmond enjoy a quiet night in. Sunset Boulevard. Wilder. 1950.

trouble in paradise

Herbert Marshall, Kay Francis and Charles Ruggles.

Miriam Hopkins, Marshall and Francis in Trouble in Paradise. Lubitsch. 1932.

michael j pollard 1968

Films and Filming. November 1968. (click to enlarge)

haven’t seen it

A Robert Redford/Michael J. Pollard/Lauren Hutton motorcycle dramedy with Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan on the soundtrack and Noah Berry in a supporting role? How the hell did I miss Little Fauss and Big Halsy (Sidney J. Furie. 1970.)? One can only suspect that it isn’t more widely known or seen because it’s awful but I have no idea. I haven’t seen it.

double feature

The Deserter. Burt Kennedy. 1971.
Little Fauss and Big Halsy. Sidney J. Furie. 1970.

winner directs

Michael Winner sets up a shot as Brando looks on during filming of The Nightcomers. 1971.

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1971.

the decorative sex

Olive Thomas, poisoned after drinking Jack Pickford‘s syphilis medication. What a way to go.

Thomas by Vargas. 1920.

avanti!

Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills in Avanti! Billy Wilder. 1972.

garbo and chaney

Mauritz Stiller (left) introduces Greta Garbo to Lon Chaney (wearing his make up for The Road to Mandalay).1926.