Around the Blogosphere This Week
Miscellaneous bits of news and fun stuff from around the internet......Just published by McFarland: THE FILMS OF JUDY GARLAND by James L. Neibaur. Neibaur is the author of FRANK SINATRA ON THE BIG SCREEN, reviewed here in July, and the recently published THE GEORGE RAFT FILMS, which I mentioned here in August.
...Farran Smith Nehme has written a lovely article, "Angel and the Bad End," on Gail Russell and the haunting MOONRISE (1948). I revisited MOONRISE last spring at the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival and was just as moved as I've been watching it on other occasions.
...I enjoyed Annette Bochenek's account of her experience attending Noir City Chicago. Incidentally, Eddie Muller had to pull out of hosting Noir City Detroit this weekend, explaining: "Some recent health issues hit me out of the blue, and while not life-threatening, doctors have advised me not to push it and to avoid traveling for a while." I'm very sorry to hear that and wish Eddie the best.
...Two more Kino Lorber releases announced for November 29th are PEKING EXPRESS (1951) with Joseph Cotten and William Wyler's DETECTIVE STORY (1951); the latter film will have a commentary track by Alan K. Rode.
...The new space exploration documentary GOOD NIGHT OPPY (2022), about the Mars rover, sounds interesting.
...Entertainment Weekly has a list of all the upcoming 2022 Hallmark Christmas movies. There are 39 Christmas films and one Hannukah-themed story. Many familiar Hallmark faces are in the casts -- and one even features Ann-Margret!
...Chris Yogerst, author of HOLLYWOOD HATES HITLER!, which I reviewed two years ago, has written about Ken Burns' new documentary series on the Holocaust for The Hollywood Reporter. He discusses the documentary's omission of a key event chronicled in his book, the 1941 U.S. Senate investigation into "motion picture propaganda," an attempt to stop Hollywood's "warmongering." That issue was effectively ended by the events of December 7, 1941. It's a very interesting and undercovered bit of U.S. history which unfortunately has been ignored once more; Yogerst says it's "a missed opportunity in an otherwise commendable docuseries."
...The Cinegrill has reopened at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard. Originally opened in 1936, it's been closed since 2001.
...Last weekend I mentioned it's the 50th anniversary of the TV series THE WALTONS (1972-81). Josh Shepherd shares 10 favorite episodes at The Federalist. The classic 1973 Easter episode would definitely make my own Top 10 list.
...Here's Leonard Maltin on Preston Sturges' THE GREAT MOMENT (1944), a film starring Joel McCrea which I reviewed here last spring.
...More Notable Passings: Another MAVERICK alum, Oscar-winning actress Louise Fletcher, has died at 88...Sara Shane, whose film career included THE KING AND FOUR QUEENS (1956), has died at 94.
...For additional recent links of interest to classic film fans, please check out my September 17th roundup.
posted by Laura @ 10:00 PM
1 Comments:
I just watched "Francis At West Point" today and William Reynolds with a terrific head of hair, by the way, was in that one too. And if you look fast so was Leonard Nimoy also with a lot of hair (sure is nice to be young) and several other very familiar faces from TV and movies.
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