Lilli Palmer
4/9/10
4/7/10
4/6/10
1962 Queen of the Nile Swimsuit Edition
Life magazine's Paul Schutzer photographed this Paris model in a "Cleopatra look" bathing suit and cap in 1962.
Yikes!
1959 Queen of the Nile (on TV)
Piper Laurie in General Electric Theater's April 1959 production of Caesar and Cleopatra with Maurice Evans.
4/4/10
4/3/10
4/2/10
Resemblances
Okay, so I'm watching this movie, right?
It's about this grumpy old guy. In the past he's killed a lot of men. The old guy is sick. In fact, he's dying. He meets this kid who's clueless and immature. He also meets a woman who's related to the stupid kid. The woman's presence seems to make the old guy less crusty and more human. At the same time, the old guy teaches the clueless kid to grow up and fly right. Near the end, the old guy gets his life in order and gets his hair cut. He's preparing for a showdown. The old guy goes out in a blaze of glory instead of letting his illness kill him.
Here's the question:
Am I watching John Wayne in The Shootist (1976) or Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino (2008)?
. . .
In other news, I finally saw Quentin Tarantino's 153-minute Inglourious Basterds, which I understand he cut down from 190 minutes (Thanks, Dude!) and which I will certainly watch again, once he's edited it down to a manageable 105 minutes. My favorite character, of course, is Brad Pitt's Lt. Aldo Raine, mainly because he doesn't regurgitate reams of dialogue. I also note how much actress Diane Kruger resembles Lilian Harvey. For a much more positive take on the film, see Kim Morgan.
3/30/10
3/29/10
Our Miss Brooks 2
Cigarettes, cats, and a brunette in bed. Yeah, I know it's a fire hazard, but life doesn't get much better than this. Here's Hazel Brooks photographed by Life magazine's Peter Stackpole.
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