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SCREENPLAY BY: Virginia Kellogg On March 8, 2020 By CarolIn Uncategorized There isn’t a whole lot of information about Virginia Kellogg out there, but the information I got was enough for me to want to include her in the SCREENPLAY BY series. She read more

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf Directed by Mike Nichols Written by Ernest Lehman from a play by Edward Albee 1966/USA Warner Bros./Chenault Productions First viewing/Netflix rental One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This goes immediately on top of my Best New-to- Me Films of 2019 read more

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opens with this gentle, lovely music from Alex North. It’s night, it’s a university campus, a couple is walking silently as the credits roll; the music’s beautiful. Then the couple–Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton–get home. And pretty soon they start yelling read more

What’s the connection between Judi Dench and a Shakespearean theater nestled in the scenic Shenandoah Valley in Virginia? The interior of Blackfriars Playhouse; photo by Lauren D. Rogers. The answer is that Dame Judi and her late husband, British actor Michael Williams, helped establish th read more

What’s the connection between Judi Dench and a Shakespearean theater nestled in the scenic Shenandoah Valley in Virginia? The interior of Blackfriars Playhouse; photo by Lauren D. Rogers. The answer is that Dame Judi and her late husband, British actor Michael Williams, helped establish th read more

Synonymous with infamy, Roscoe Arbuckle, otherwise known as “Fatty” Arbuckle, is a figurehead for the ushering in of the Hollywood Production Code and the perils of fame. Several books have capitalized on the lurid events that presumably happened in Room 1219 of the St. Francis Hotel ove read more

Share This! A girl with a heart of ice! Has anyone ever seen a film where Virginia Mayo is by far the lead star?  There aren’t a whole lot of them so the answer may be in the negative on that one.  Among those films which at least on the surface feature Mayo in the lead role is 1949’s Flaxy Martin. read more

Book Look! Room 1219: The Life of Fatty Arbuckle, the Mysterious Death of Virginia Rappe, & the Scandal That Changed Hollywood This book left me with such a bitter taste in my mouth. Not because it wasn't a great book (because it totally was) but because it made me despise Roscoe "Fatty" Arb read more

Bring Me Some Figgy Pudding Lillian Harvey 1934 Phillips Cigarette Card  Bring it right here. Sentiments from the traditional Christmas carol, We wish you a Merry Christmas. Cary Grant, Lillian Harvey, Miriam Jordan, Clive Brook, Ronald Colman and many others said this about their belove read more

Starring Elizabeth Tyalor and Richard Burton with director Mike Nichols, this taboo-breaking adaption of the stage play revolves around a middle-aged couple. George is a professor and he and his wife Martha have a love-hate relationship. Urged by her influential  father, Martha invites a young coupl read more

Starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton with director Mike Nichols, this taboo-breaking adaption of the stage play revolves around a middle-aged couple. George is a professor and he and his wife Martha have a love-hate relationship. Urged by her influential  father, Martha invites a young coupl read more

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf opens with a beautiful theme from Alex North. It is melancholy, mournful, and achingly beautiful. At the same time, a scene has started to play out: two figures are walking (if you look really closely, intoxicatedly staggering) towards us. However, we really do n read more

Room 1219: The Life of Fatty Arbuckle, the Mysterious Death of Virginia Rappe, and The Scandal That Changed Hollywood Greg Merritt Chicago Review Press, 2013 My introduction to Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was via a magazine feature about Hollywood scandals. Through that I learned that the silent screen read more

Room 1219 The Life of Fatty Arbuckle, the Mysterious Death of Virginia Rappe, and the Scandal That Changed Hollywood by Greg Merritt Hardcover - 440 pages ISBN 9781613747926 Chicago Review Press September 2013 Barnes and Noble IndieBound Powells "He is forever the life of the party, forever read more

Virginia Rappe (July 7, 1895 – September 9, 1921). At age 14 she began working as a commercial and art model in Chicago. In 1916 she relocated to San Francisco to pursue her career as an artist's model, where she met dress designer Robert Moscovitz, to whom she became engaged. Shortly aft read more

“If you study your dancing like I did, you’ll end up just like I did…a deadpan singer.” ~ Virginia O’Brien Virginia Lee O’Brien (April 18, 1919 – January 16, 2001) was a popular American actress, singer, and radio personality known for her comedic roles and he read more

Virginia Lee Corbin (December 5, 1910 - June 5, 1942). Corbin began her career as a child actress in 1916, and went on to become a flapper in the 1920s. Unfortunately she was one of the many silent stars that would not make it in the sound era. Films: Wine of Youth 1924 The Three Keys 1925 Han read more

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. Bogie? As a Mexican Bandito? What the heck was Warner Bros. thinking? It's interesting that a 24-movie boxed set devoted to Humphrey Bogart showcases various films in which Bogie is ove read more

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)      I am generally drawn to movies based on dramatic plays (provided the films are considered good) and am a big fan of adaptations of Tennessee Williams’ works. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is an Edward Albee piece that certainly rocks read more

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?  Huh, sounds like a dare.  When this film first came to theaters, it was accompanied by the MPAA tag: “No one under 18 will be admitted unless accompanied by his parent.”  That make is a double-dog dare, but really, it’s triple and for the read more