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2 June 2026

Who cares or gives a damn about him - am sure I don't

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In 1910, two unknown British comedians, Charlie Chaplin and Arthur Stanley Jefferson (later known as Stan Laurel), set sail for America as m...
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25 May 2026

Hence my nervousness that the property could get away from us

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In the late 1950s, producer David O. Selznick and director Billy Wilder had plans to make a film together, starring Jennifer Jones, Selznick...
17 May 2026

You don't gain anything by suspending

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It's been almost two years since I last posted here. The main reason for my long absence is that I had lost my appetite for watching cla...
1 September 2024

Except as a scientific achievement, I am not sympathetic to this "sound" business

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Following the release of  The Jazz Singer  in 1927, many people in Hollywood believed that talking pictures were just a passing fancy. MGM...
9 August 2024

Let me function or else come down and shoot it yourself

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David O. Selznick's final film was his production of  A Farewell to Arms  (1957), based on Ernest Hemingway's successful novel of th...
27 July 2024

Your little monster, Jim

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On 8 April 1954, a day after signing his contract with Warner Brothers, James Dean left New York and headed for California to prepare for hi...
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26 June 2024

I always feel stupid bringing up the matter of the Godfather

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As a follow-up to the previous post, I am sharing a letter from Francis Ford Coppola to Marlon Brando, in which the director tries to persua...
16 June 2024

I think you’re the only actor who can play the Godfather

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Published in 1969, Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather tells the story of the (fictional) Corleone mafia family, headed by patriarch Vito ...
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