Friday, 4 December 2015

ANOTHER Marilyn book ...

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Its arrived - MARILYN IN THE FLASH - the ultimate Marilyn picture book, a nice hefty tome too, Lets read the blurb: Marilyn Monroe h...
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Thursday, 3 December 2015

ANOTHER Blow-Up book .....

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I thought this coffee-table tome, below right , published a couple of years ago, was the definitive book on Antonioni's BLOW-UP that...
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Wednesday, 2 December 2015

Some winter glamour ...

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to brighten up a dull December day. Here's Sophia Loren - my Number One favourite - in Antigua back in 1979 - she was making a Mich...
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Tuesday, 1 December 2015

Some choice Oscar moments

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Remember when the Academy Awards shows were exciting back in the 1970s as we saw the great stars presenting or collecting prizes. Before mu...
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Saturday, 28 November 2015

Finally, Carol

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Well, they kept us waiting long enough for it. I first posted this photo here (below) from the film last year in May 2014 (see Blanchet...
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Something for the weekend ....

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How about a nice game of bingo, sometime back in the 1960s, with a special guest star appearance from none other than Elsie Tanner hersel...
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Friday, 27 November 2015

Another Anna Karenina ....

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There have been quite a few Anna Kareninas - its almost a key female role, like Hedda Gabler or Lady Macbeth. Garbo of course led the pac...
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Thursday, 26 November 2015

RIP, continued

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Setsuko Hara (1920-2015), aged 95. Another veteran actress, also aged 95 and named Hara has passed away - it was Maureen O'Hara rece...
Wednesday, 25 November 2015

Class of '54 ....

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Audrey in Paris: SABRINA A quick look at those 1954 gals all going places ... Marlon (in DESIREE Napoleon costume) meets Marilyn (...
Tuesday, 24 November 2015

Class of '54: The Silver Chalice

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It been fun re-seeing anther 1954 favourite which made an impression on me as a kid: THE SILVER CHALICE ,  best known now as Paul Newman...
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Sunday, 22 November 2015

Class of '54: Woman's World

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We are looking at some favourites from one of my favourite years: 1954 - when I was 8 and discovered movies (starting with JOHNNY GUITAR a...
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Tuesday, 17 November 2015

The lady in the van

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Who would have thought that a cantankerous old woman living in a van would provide such a rich seam for playwright Alan Bennett. One coul...
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Saturday, 14 November 2015

Paris

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We love Paris here at The Projector - see label for previous posts. I have been there at least 20 times, mainly in the 70s, 80s and 90s...
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More dancing treats

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How about these fantastic numbers from last week's STRICTLY COME DANCING , the BBC's top UK dance show, running from now to Christm...

RIP, continued

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Colin Welland (1934-2015), aged 81. Lancashire-born actor and writer who wrote the Oscar-winning script for CHARIOTS OF FIRE in 1981. H...
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