Around the Blogosphere This Week
Miscellaneous bits of news and fun stuff from around the Internet......New book: JOHN WAYNE: THE LEGEND AND THE MAN: AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK INSIDE THE DUKE'S ARCHIVES. This book from Powerhouse, authorized by the Wayne Estate, goes on sale December 4th.
...David Blakeslee of Criterion Cast reviews THE WICKED LADY (1945), THE MAN IN GREY (1943), and MADONNA OF THE SEVEN MOONS (1945). All three films are featured in Criterion's Eclipse set Three Wicked Melodramas from Gainsborough Pictures.
...Moira Finnie of The Skeins, Silver Screen Oasis, and TCM's Movie Morlocks was one of the "Morlock" cohosts last Friday night at TCM. (Since I was at UCLA that night I recorded it for later viewing.) Moira has shared the marvelous experience of her trip to Atlanta to record the intro with Robert Osborne in her post "Moira in Wonderland" at the Morlocks site.
...Carrie Underwood has been announced as the star of NBC's planned live performance of THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
...Speaking of live TV musicals, I just learned that a recording of a live 1956 TV production of Barbara Cook starring in BLOOMER GIRL was recently released on DVD. Matt Hinrichs reviews it at DVD Talk....Continuing in a musical vein, actor Jason Alexander offered a thoughtful review of LES MISERABLES (2012) after seeing a preview screening earlier this week.
...Kristina profiles actress Virginia Mayo at Speakeasy.
...Robby explores the locations behind THE HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL (1951) at Dear Old Hollywood.
...Director Jason Reitman, son of Ivan Reitman, has been hosting a series of enormously popular, sold-out "Live Reads" of classic movie scripts at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The casts are never announced in advance and are always quite interesting. The announcement for the latest reading of the script for a film from 1984 included only a very recognizable design, seen here, and the words "Yes, I got my dad's permission." ...Leonard Maltin shares "Movie Logos I Love," starting with Gainsborough Pictures.
...DOWNTON ABBEY creator Julian Fellowes has a deal with NBC to produce an 1880s TV series titled THE GILDED AGE.
...Last week Leslie Caron was interviewed by NPR.
...A new addition to my "movies to find" wish list: JAPANESE WAR BRIDE (1952) starring Don Taylor, Shirley Yamaguchi, Cameron Mitchell, and Marie Windsor, directed by King Vidor. Love the cast, and it sounds very interesting.
...I was quite sorry to hear that Huell Howser is retiring from his TV series CALIFORNIA'S GOLD, amidst rumors of poor health. Howswer's curiosity and good cheer made for wonderful viewing as he explored countless aspects of California. L.A. Times TV critic Robert Lloyd shared thoughts on this loss for the state's TV viewers. I've saved a number of Huell's shows on tape to revisit in the future; favorites include his visits to See's Candy, Hearst Castle, Mono Lake, In-N-Out Burger, and the Norconian Resort....The lucky folks up north in Palo Alto, California, can enjoy a fantastic Deanna Durbin Festival for the next month at the Stanford Theatre.
...For more on Deanna Durbin, this week Lou Lumenick wrote about a favorite Deanna Durbin movie, THE AMAZING MRS. HOLLIDAY (1943).
...Coming to the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on December 15th: a digital screening of HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN (1944), a slideshow, and a book signing for HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN: WHERE THE GREATEST GENERATION DANCED WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRLS IN THE WORLD....Notable Passing: British actress Dinah Sheridan has passed on at the age of 92. Her career spanned six decades, with films including BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER (1952), THE RAILWAY CHILDREN (1970), and THE MIRROR CRACK'D (1980).
Have a great week!
posted by Laura @ 9:12 AM
5 Comments:
I've always liked Don DeFore, ever since I first saw him in Jumping Jacks (1952) with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
I can't wait for the Gilded Age! Sounds so good. Actually, I really can't wait for the news season of Downton.
Love your Blogosphere and enjoyed the Virginia Mayo article and "Moira in Wonderland". Wish I could see Moira with Robert Osborne
A little more news which may or may not have made it's way around the "blogosphere" is the release of a 15 CD set (!) of music from the original "Star Trek" television series. There have been bits and pieces of it released before, but this is the first time that every single original note written for this series has been released. The specialty label "LaLa Land" has pressed a limited edition of 6,000 copies of the set. I picked one up at the "kickoff" last night at the Egyptian Theater (they even had the last living composer from the original series, Mr. Gerald Fried, there)and to anyone who grew up with this series these CD's will bring back wonderful memories. Kudos to the technicians who rescued and restored all this wonderful music (it sounds like it was recorded yesterday and it's now at least 45 years old). It's a bit "pricey" but definitely worth it!
Brad
Thanks to you all so much for the feedback!
Mel, I grew up with Don DeFore on HAZEL and OZZIE AND HARRIET -- never gave him much thought, I guess, but when I see his name in credits now I smile, glad to see him!
I'll be curious to see how that new series turns out, KC!
Vienna, I just watched Moira's intro tonight and she was wonderful. I'd never heard of the movie and it looks really interesting, can't watch it tonight but hopefully soon.
Brad, thanks so much for that really interesting info. My husband loves STAR TREK and movie/TV music so I'll make sure he sees your note. :)
Best wishes,
Laura
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