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26 February 2018
Marilyn, my girl is you
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When River of No Return (1954) began its location shooting in Alberta, Canada in July 1953, it was not without difficulties. Director O...
10 February 2018
The censorship of advertising
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During the heydey of Hollywood, film st udios were required to submit all film advertising (publicity stills, posters, press books, trade p...
31 January 2018
Dear Miss Shearer
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Canadian-born Norma Shearer arrived in New York in 1920 aged 17, hoping to become one of Florenz Ziegfeld's new 'Follies'...
27 January 2018
We have simply got to do something about the Cukor situation
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In 1936, George Cukor was hired by producer David O. Selznick to direct his next project Gone with the Wind (1939) . Principal photograph...
18 January 2018
How to write a gift note- by Bette Davis
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On 6 February 1950, Bette Davis wrote this very funny note to director Bretaigne Windust, with whom she had worked on June Bride (1948) a...
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11 January 2018
Steinbeck's complaints about Lifeboat
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After Ernest Hemingway had turned down Alfred Hitchcock's offer to write the story for Lifeboat (1944) , Hitchcock appr...
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3 January 2018
Projects that never happened
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We all know the finished projects, the films that made it to the big screen. But of course, there were also plenty of projects that, for wh...
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