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Friday, November 14, 2014

Louise Brooks' Anniversary, Flappers & Philosophers (F. Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald)

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Happy Anniversary, Louise Brooks! Louise Brooks — The stunning tastemaker of the ’20s & ’30s, who made women everywhere chop their...
Thursday, November 13, 2014

French Film Noir at Roxie Theater

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The Roxie Theater is launching a remarkable festival on Friday, Nov. 14, of films you’ve never heard of. The festival is called 'The F...
Monday, November 10, 2014

Mabel Normand's Anniversary, F. Scott Fitzgerald's Hollywood Almanac

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TILLIE'S PUNCTURED ROMANCE Mack Sennett Productions 6000 ft., released Nov. 14, 1914 (Dressler No. 1) dir. Mack Sennett cast: Marie Dr...
Friday, November 07, 2014

Orson Welles's final film, Hemingway & Fitzgerald

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Great news for movie lovers generally and Orson Welles fans in particular: The director’s storied but unfinished final film, The Other Sid...
Monday, November 03, 2014

"Nothing Sacred" (Fredric March), F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Women"

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Carole Lombard and Fredric March in "Nothing Sacred" (1937) directed by William A. Wellman Hazel Flagg (Carole Lombard) of Wars...
Friday, October 31, 2014

"An Alcoholic Case" for Halloween, Jazz Age

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Ray Milland as Don Birnam in "The Lost Weekend" (1945) directed by Billy Wilder "Had the day really gone, had it really...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

The Man with X-Ray Eyes: a cautionary tale for Halloween, "Premature Burial" (1962)

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Halloween is a special time. It is the one time of year when everyone gives of themselves. What they give can be anything from candy to a sc...