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Debating Kubrick’s LOLITA (1962)
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Sep 12, 2014
As my entry to The Great Movie Debate blogathon hosted by Citizen Screenings and The Cinematic Packrat I submit this debate on Stanley Kubrick’s LOLITA (1962). Note, before you continue, that I had the nerve to ask Joe of Nitrate Stock to go a round or two with me on this film. If you’re unaware, read more
Film First Impressions, part deux
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Sep 9, 2014
I began 2014 on Once Upon a Screen with a list of memorable character introductions in film, or as I called them “Film First Impressions.” That list included fourteen introductions that make an impression each and every time I watch the films in which they’re featured. You can read more
WWI in Classic Film: PATHS OF GLORY (1957)
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Sep 4, 2014
“The paths of glory lead but to the grave.” - from “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,” by Thomas Gray ♦ Stanley Kubrick offers a portrayal of grotesque inhumanity in his 1957 film, PATHS OF GLORY – as harrowing a motion picture as I’ve ever seen. PATHS read more
Getting the newspaper out of my system.
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Sep 3, 2014
“Um…you have problems” was the response I got from my niece not long ago as I remarked favorably to a newspaper montage in an old movie, “that is just outstanding.” Staring at me as if I had several heads she reminded me, “that was a newspaper!” “No,& read more
getTV Mickey Rooney Blogathon: OPERATION MAD BALL (1957)
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Sep 1, 2014
Jack Lemmon got his first leading role in Richard Quine‘s OPERATION MAD BALL (1957), a screwball military comedy with an entertaining cast that includes Ernie Kovacs, Kathryn Grant, Arthur O’Connell, Mickey Rooney, Dick York and James Darren. With a screenplay co-written by Arthur Carte read more
TCM offers Pre-Codes and The Jewish Experience in stellar September line-up
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Aug 29, 2014
There’s a lot to learn about the history of film from TCM‘s planned programming in September. While most cinephiles may be familiar with much of what’s in store, many who have only a peripheral knowledge of classic movies should be prepared for several eye-opening series. These read more
GARBO TALKS for the 1984-a-Thon
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Aug 28, 2014
Occupying the number 145 spot on Box Office Mojo’s list of top money makers of 1984 is GARBO TALKS, a relatively small dramedy directed by the late, great Sidney Lumet. That’s certainly nothing to brag about, particularly for a filmmaker of Lumet’s caliber, but despite the lack read more
#TCM pays tribute to Melvyn Douglas in September
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Aug 25, 2014
“Don’t make excuses and Don’t talk about it. Do it.” That quote by Melvyn Douglas exemplifies his style, a no-nonsense actor whose mere presence in any production made it better – be it on a stage, on the radio, in a motion picture or on television. Douglas’ care read more
A blu review – OUT OF THE PAST from Warner Archive
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Aug 23, 2014
I’d published a commentary on Jacques Tourneur’s “foolproof and beautiful” OUT OF THE PAST (1947) a couple of years ago in which I gushed about the look of the movie, one of the most beautifully photographed I’d ever seen. Well, that goes by the wayside now that the read more
My time in Rome for Capitolfest 2014
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Aug 20, 2014
I had the most fantastic festival recap ever written ready to go when I read Norm Landis’ “Film fest ‘jewel’ grows’ piece in the Rome Sentinel and thought, “what’s the point?’ Mr. Landis not only covers all the important points, stats and highlights read more
Adrienne Fazan and ANCHORS AWEIGH (1945)
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Aug 7, 2014
This post is my submission to a different kind of collaborative blogging endeavor. Hosted by the Classic Movie and TV Cafe, this is the Built Your Own Blogathon (BYOB) in which 20 bloggers chose 20 films to be published on 20 consecutive days with each film connected to the previous entry in some wa read more
getTV Mickey Rooney Blogathon
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Aug 5, 2014
In April of this year the world lost Mickey Rooney, an entertainer whose career spanned an unbelievable nine decades. Born in Brooklyn New York on September 23, 1920, Rooney was on the Vaudeville stage almost before he could talk and appeared in his first movie at the age of six. From there the read more
Hitchcock returns to London in a FRENZY (1972)
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Aug 3, 2014
For his 52nd (and penultimate) film a 72-year-old Alfred Hitchcock returned to London to make the first feature he filmed entirely in his native country in two decades. On the trip he brought with him a lifetime of experience in art and suspense to make a movie about a subject he’d tackled read more
Manager Jack Theakston talks Capitolfest 2014
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jul 31, 2014
Exactly one week from today I’ll be in my geeky Honda CRV with a friend heading toward Rome, New York to spend a delicious, classic movie filled weekend at Capitolfest, central New York’s premier film festival. I published a post a few weeks back detailing what I’m most looking read more
Jack Theakson talks upcoming Capitolfest 2014
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jul 31, 2014
Exactly one week from today I’ll be in my geeky Honda CRV with a friend heading toward Rome, New York to spend a delicious, classic movie filled weekend at Capitolfest, central New York’s premier film festival. I published a post a few weeks back detailing what I’m most looking read more
Lupita Tovar in SANTA (1931), Mexico’s first talking picture
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jul 26, 2014
I’ve been shamefully negligent in even referencing the role Spanish language movies played in my life. While I didn’t spend as much time watching movies in Spanish as I did Hollywood productions I have vivid memories of many I watched with my grandmother with whom I shared a room as a read more
The tail-wagging terror of THE KILLER SHREWS (1959)
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jul 14, 2014
Following is a story about science gone awry, a story we’ve seen countless times. With the pretext of saving humanity man has performed experiments too horrible to contemplate and the movies have been there to document the terror. I am asking you to put aside your fears and anxieties for read more
John Ford’s RIO GRANDE (1950)
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jul 12, 2014
By 1950 John Ford was a legend. He had already received four Academy Award nominations for Best Director with three wins. Yet, he’d been unable to fulfill a professional dream he’d had for fourteen years - to make THE QUIET MAN in the country of his heart, Ireland. It was thanks read more
Throwback Thursday – my sales pitch and product proposal
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jul 10, 2014
While looking through some paperwork recently I came across the following sales pitch letter and product proposal I did for a project in a course some years back. This is not terribly original, I’m afraid, but it points to how classics-centric I’ve always been and I thought it would be read more
#SaveTheLoews Wonder Theater of New Jersey
Once Upon a Screen Posted by Aurora on Jul 3, 2014
Hi All - This post will not feature a TCM film or a horror movie of the week, but rather a plea to the people who still love classic film in it’s intended home….the big movie palaces of yesteryear. Not many of these grand theaters are left and those that remain in their original read more