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Whistle Down The Wind (1961)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jun 28, 2022
Whistle Down The Wind feels like it employs the “kitchen sink” aesthetic in step with British film of the day, bleak and tough around the corners with working-class folks coping with all kinds of toilsome drama. However, if the mantle of that zeitgeist was normally carried by the likes read more
Saddle The Wind (1958): In Memory of Richard Erdman
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 12, 2020
Julie London provides her airy voice to the title track and Elmer Bernstein gives his scoring talents for the rest of the picture. In these beginning moments, Saddle the Wind evokes the expanse of the majestic landscapes of the West like the best of its brethren. There is a sense we really are out o read more
GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) Temporarily Pulled From HBO Max To Allow For Proper Context–A History
Backlots Posted by Lara on Jun 11, 2020
When HBO Max announced that it would temporarily remove Gone With the Wind from its platform, in order to place a statement in front of it putting the film’s content into the proper context, it set off a firestorm of controversy online and in the media. Some decry the decision as censorship. read more
The Other Side of The Wind (2018): Resurrecting Orson Welles
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Mar 30, 2020
With the name of Orson Welles comes any number of conflicting connotations not far removed from his greatest achievement: Citizen Kane. However, if we had to try and pinpoint an apt superlative it would fall somewhere in between a mythic and Brobdingnagian titan of cinema. He was a personality like read more
A Mighty Wind (2003)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Nov 8, 2018
A Mighty Wind
Directed by Christopher Guest
Written by Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy
2003/USA
Castle Rock Entertainment
First viewing/FilmStruck Christopher Guest’s mocumentaries crack me up! A music promoter to sparked the folk revival in the 60’s has died and his son decides read more
The Other Side of the Wind (2018, Orson Welles)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Nov 2, 2018
The Other Side of the Wind opens with two very ominous notes. Well, two and a half. The first is a text card explaining the film’s history, but not much about its resurrection. For example (and here’s the half ominous note), was it director Welles’s idea to do multiple aspect ratios? It makes read more
Review: Written on the Wind (1956)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 19, 2018
Douglas Sirk’s films are always lovely to look at, almost to the point of making you sick. The panoramas swell with color. They’re too perfect. The sets are gaudy — the cars the same — to the point of almost being unsightly in their over the top artificiality. Try to find read more
DOUBLE BILL #4 All That Heaven Allows (1955) and Written on the Wind (1956)
The Old Hollywood Garden Posted by Carol Martinheira on Jul 14, 2017
DOUBLE BILL #4 All That Heaven Allows (1955) and Written on the Wind (1956)
On July 14, 2017 By CarolIn Uncategorized
Boy, was Douglas Sirk great! I’ve always admired how unapologetically soppy and melodramatic his films were. He was probably the most read more
Ticklish Business: Episode #19 – Gone With the Wind (1939)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 30, 2017
After several weeks of hype pop culture writer Terence Johnson joins me to talk about Rhett and Scarlett (and how much we hate Leslie Howard as Ashley) in 1939’s Gone With the Wind. Please consider leaving the podcast a rating and review on iTunes, or visit my Patreon page to find out more abo read more
Gone with the Wind: Missed Opportunity
Finding Franchot: Exploring the Life and Career of Franchot Tone Posted by Franchot Tone Fan on Jan 5, 2017
Like Old Acquaintance, here's another one of those "what might've been" posts for you. Did you know that Franchot was considered for the two male lead roles in Gone With the Wind?
Clark, Joan, Leslie, and Franchot in one photo. Source: https://inafferrabileleslie.wordpress.com
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o/t: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Nov 22, 2016
Originally titled Kaze no Tani no Naushika vt Nausicaä; cut vt Warriors of the Wind Japan / 117 minutes / color / Topcraft, Toei Dir & Scr: Hayao Miyazaki Pr: Isao Takahata Story: Kaze no Tani no Naushika (1982 onward manga) by Hayao Miyazaki Cine: Yasuhiro Shimizu, Kôji Shiragami, Yukitomo Shu read more
o/t: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Aug 11, 2016
This was the third and last of the three essays I wrote for the epic, ongoing Science Fiction Movies Countdown being staged at Wonders in the Dark. (The countdown, running from #100 to #1, today reached #48, with a splendid essay by Sam Juliano on Them! (1954), a movie that I’ve somehow never read more
The Costumes of Gone With the Wind: Scarlett O'Hara's Red Ballgown
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Aug 3, 2016
Today, I'm taking a behind the scenes look a the red ballgown Scarlett O'Hara wears in Gone With the Wind (1939).
This article is the fourth in a four-part series. Go here for part one, part two, and part three.
One of Gone With the Wind costume designer Walter Plunkett's greatest c read more
The Costumes of Gone With the Wind: Scarlett O'Hara's Curtain Dress
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Jul 27, 2016
Today, I'm taking a behind the scenes look at the dress made of curtains that Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) wears in Gone With the Wind (1939).
This article is the third in a four-part series. Go here for part one and part two.
The curtain dress that Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) wears to vis read more
The Costumes of Gone With the Wind: Scarlett's Barbecue Dress
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Jul 12, 2016
Today, I'm taking a behind the scenes look at the green-sprigged muslin dress Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) wears to the barbecue at the Twelve Oaks plantation in Gone With the Wind (1939).
This article is the second in a four-part series. For part one, go here.
The green-sprigged muslin dre read more
The Costumes of Gone With the Wind: Scarlett's White Ruffle Dress
Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Jul 6, 2016
Today, I'm taking a behind the scenes look at the white dress Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) wears during the opening scenes of Gone With the Wind (1939).
There are many reasons old Hollywood fans return again and again to Gone With the Wind (1939), but the movie's gorgeous costumes are one of th read more
He That Troubleth His Own House Shall "Inherit the Wind"
Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Jun 2, 2016
Fredric March and Spencer Tracy.
Based on the celebrated stage play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, this 1960 film adaptation is a fictionalized account of the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925. In that landmark case, renowned attorney Clarence Darrow defended John Scopes, a Tennessee schoolte read more
Written on the Wind (1956)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 19, 2016
Written on the Wind
Directed by Douglas Sirk
Written by George Zuckerman based on a novel by Robert Wilder
1956/USA
Universal International Pictures
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#321 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Marylee Hadley: I’m filthy – period! Dorothy Malone matche read more
The Wind (1928)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 19, 2016
The makers of The Wind took their content seriously. Filming commenced near Bakersfield in the Mojave Desert where temperatures fluctuated around 100 degrees. Eight airplanes where used to churn up enough force for the effect of swirling sand and much of the crew was forced to wear protective clothi read more
The Wind (1928)
4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 19, 2016
The makers of The Wind took their content seriously. Filming commenced near Bakersfield in the Mojave Desert where temperatures fluctuated around 100 degrees. Eight airplanes where used to churn up enough force for the effect of swirling sand and much of the crew was forced to wear protective clothi read more