Category Archives: Films

Marilyn: Behind the Icon – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Gary Vitacco-Robles

Marilyn: Behind the Icon — Monroe Catapults to Global Fame in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Gentlemen Prefer Blondes signified an ideal pairing of star & role, catapulting Marilyn Monroe into global superstardom, endearing her to the public, and cementing her comedic … Continue reading →

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Marilyn: Behind the Icon – All About Eve

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Gary Vitacco-Robles

Marilyn: Behind the Icon Marilyn Monroe Steals Scenes in All About Eve On the heels of winning the Academy Award for Best Screenplay for A Letter to Three Wives (1949) director Joseph L. Mankiewicz casted an A-film produced by Darryl … Continue reading →

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Marilyn: Behind the Icon – The Asphalt Jungle

Posted on June 22, 2020 by Gary Vitacco-Robles

Marilyn: Behind the Icon – The Asphalt Jungle,Monroe’s Break-Out Performance In April 1955, Marilyn Monroe appeared on Edward R Murrow’s television series Person to Person featuring celebrity interviews. From his armchair in a studio, Murrow conversed with Monroe, who appeared … Continue reading →

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The Funny Papers: In Praise of Hildy and His Girl Friday

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Kellee Pratt

In Praise of Hildy and HIS GIRL FRIDAY A raven-haired beauty. She’s a tall drink of water and commands the room with her confidence and radiance, with a wit as sharp as her perfectly slanted hat and Kalloch suit. Only … Continue reading →

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Marilyn: Behind the Icon – Clash by Night

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Gary Vitacco-Robles

RKO’s Clash By Night, Marilyn Monroe’s thirteenth film, opens with a dramatic soundtrack as waves crash against coastal rocks, director Fritz Lang’s metaphor for the sexual tension to follow. Worldly but weary Mae Doyle (Barbara Stanwyck) returns home to a … Continue reading →

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Marilyn: Behind the Icon – Don’t Bother to Knock

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Gary Vitacco-Robles

Today’s audiences remember the iconic Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Some Like It Hot when they think of Marilyn Monroe. Very few are aware of Monroe’s earlier dramatic performances prior to her ascension to global prominence. Don’t Bother to Knock (1952) … Continue reading →

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Marilyn: Behind the Icon – Niagara

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Gary Vitacco-Robles

Marilyn Monroe as Rose Loomis in Niagara In 20th Century Fox Studio’s black and white trailer for Niagara (1953), the narrator describes Marilyn Monroe’s character as “flaunting her charms as she lured men on and on to their eternal destruction…” … Continue reading →

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The Bridge on the River Kwai: Honor, Duty, and Madness

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Annmarie Gatti

The Bridge on the River Kwai: Honor, Duty and Madness – an Unforgettable Film even 62 Years Later… In honor of the anniversary of the US theatrical release of The Bridge on the River Kwai on December 14, 1957, a … Continue reading →

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Celebrating #Noirvember with a Classic Kino Lorber Giveaway!

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Annmarie Gatti

Celebrating Noirvember with a Classic Kino Lorber Giveaway! Winner’s Choice of 4 Classic Titles Time for our next contest! This time we’re celebrating Noirvember with another cool Kino Classics giveaway… We are happy to say that we have EIGHT classic DVD … Continue reading →

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The Funny Papers: Make Love, Not War – The Sex Comedies of the Sixties

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Kellee Pratt

Make Love, Not War: The Sex Comedies of the Sixties Doris Day Wedged between the cookie-cutter conformities of the fifties and the Women’s Lib movement of the funky seventies, the swinging sixties exploded into history. The film world has a … Continue reading →

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