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MOVIE REFERENCE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
When I was told that someone had transformed my 1,600 page paperback reference "Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide" into an iPhone app, I’ll admit I was wary…but the folks at MobileAge did a fine job and now the newly updated app for 2013 is ready.
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SEEING DOUBLE: RARE FILMS IN ALTERNATE VERSIONS
UCLA Film and Television Archive is giving film buffs in Los Angeles an unprecedented opportunity to view six pictures from the transitional period from silence to sound in dual versions, back to back.
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STARS SHINE AT AFI LUNCHEON
Every year, the American Film Institute convenes a jury to select the Ten Outstanding Films and Television Shows of the year. The outcome is a celebratory luncheon that everyone seems to agree is an oasis in the crowded awards season.
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OSCAR NOMINATIONS: SURPRISE, SURPRISE!
Attention, Oscar pundits: there is no such thing as a shoo-in or a “lock.” There’s also no such thing as a snub. Today’s Oscar nominations, announced at 5:38 a.m. by Emma Stone and this year’s Oscar host, Seth MacFarlane, were as unpredictable as ever...
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HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM HOLLYWOOD
It’s time to ring in the new year with pin-ups and publicity shots from Hollywood’s past. And what better way to begin than with a celebration of Laugh Month, as indicated by this shot of Mack Sennett’s leading lady Alice Day?
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REMEMBERING HARRY CAREY, JR.
The last survivor of John Ford’s stock company has left us. Harry Carey, Jr. died peacefully, on the 27th, two days after Christmas at the age of 91. Everyone who was lucky enough to spend time with Carey—whose lifelong nickname was Dobe—basked in the glow of his wonderful stories.
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DISCOVERING ANOTHER 'LES MISÉRABLES'
I grew up on the 1935 Hollywood version of 'Les Misérables' that starred Fredric March and Charles Laughton, and I still think of it fondly. I also like the Claude Lelouch film of 1995, a variation on Victor Hugo’s novel with Jean-Paul Belmondo in the leading role. But I just viewed an epic three-pa...
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CHRISTMAS CHEER, HOLLYWOOD STYLE
It’s time again to share some of my favorite publicity photos from the golden age of Hollywood—and a bygone age of ballyhoo, when actresses under contract to the major studios were kept busy between film assignments shooting promotional stills for hungry newspapers and magazines around the world.
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MEL BROOKS, BUSTER KEATON, THE 3 STOOGES AND MORE
The goodies just keep piling up—for gift-giving or adding to your own library. I was delighted to contribute an essay about Mel Brooks’ career to Shout! Factory’s multi-disc set 'The Incredible Mel Brooks', but there is so much material in this collection I still haven’t gotten through it all. That’...
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LAST-MINUTE SALE FOR MOVIE LOVERS
If you’re still seeking a unique gift for a diehard movie buff, or just want to treat yourself, might I suggest our sale packages of' Film Fan Monthly' and Leonard 'Maltin’s Movie Crazy'? If you get your orders in by this Thursday morning, December 20th, we’ll get them in the mail that day.
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