Showing posts with label James Dean. Show all posts
Showing posts with label James Dean. Show all posts
Thursday, 8 June 2017

Lists: those American dramas ...

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Final List of the season - we are all listed out! After covering British , French and Italian favourites its now a return look at those ...
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Wednesday, 8 June 2016

Legendary ladies at lunch ....

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I remember this particular issue of AFTER DARK from February 1981 and had it at the time, nice to find it on ebay, cheap too. I wanted t...
Wednesday, 24 February 2016

Marilyn by Lee & and that 1962 film that wasn't ...

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Marilyn Monroe would be 90 this year. Yes, I know, its impossible to imagine her - or James Dean - being "old" now - they are for...
Saturday, 5 December 2015

1950s boys ...

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That screen test James Dean and Paul Newman did when both were testing for Kazan's EAST OF EDEN . Paul would soon be replacing Dean o...
Wednesday, 15 July 2015

1950: In a lonely place

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Nicholas Ray's IN A LONELY PLACE remains a brilliant noir from 1950 - it should be as well known as that year's other major movi...
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Sunday, 12 July 2015

1954: Rock'n'Roll America = my childhood

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Thanks to BBC4, that enterprising music channel, for the three-part series ROCK'N'ROLL AMERICA focusing on that period in the ea...
Wednesday, 15 April 2015

Favourite movie stills .... an occasional series.

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1950s:  EAST OF EDEN: More on Dean, Richard Davalos and Julie Harris at labels .....  1960s: BLOW-UP - David and Vanessa and that per...
Thursday, 19 March 2015

Joni now - James Dean then ...

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Joni Mitchell is certainly at the revered stage now. At the age of 71 she is the new muse for the  Saint Laurent fashion label, as per t...
Sunday, 10 August 2014

Rhapsodising about 1954, again

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RHAPSODY , 1954. The opening titles tell us it’s the South of France. Wealthy Louis Calhern is arranging namecards for his lunch party, b...