I enjoy playing the audience like a piano–Hitchcock
Movie Audiences: Perception by Directors (Hitchcock) and Studio Heads (Harry Cohn)
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Movie Stars: Dee, Sandra: America’s Sweetheart, Teenage Star (Gidget, Summer Place, Imitation of Life)
August 9, 2017 by
Sandra Dee was popular with young audiences: Thematically, most of her films were teen-oriented.
Movie Stars: West, Mae–Pre-Code and Beyond
August 9, 2017 by
Paramount was in bankruptcy, until Mae West, the new star, who was not young in age, gave powerful life out of the mire of the early Depression years with a serious of outre comedies..
Movie Genres: Adventure Films–Classic Hollywood Genre from Silent Era to Present
August 6, 2017 by
Classic Action-Adventure Films (in chronological order) Mask of Zero, The, 1920 Don Juan, 1926 The General, 1926 Wings, 1927 Treasure Island, 1927 Scarlet Pimpernel, 1934 Count of Monte Cristo, 1934 Tarzan and His Mate, 1935 Lives of a Bengal Lancer, The, 1935 Call of the Wild, The, 1935 Crusades, The, 1935 Last of the Mohicans, The, […]
Indie Companies: Fox Searchlight
Fox Searchlight scored big with Jason Reitman’s “Juno,” which warned Best Picture nomination and was a huge commercial success. Searchlight exec Nancy Utley built a relationship with Reitman the year before at the Toronto Film Fest, where it picked up his first film, “Thanks You for Smoking.” When it came to “Juno,” Searchlight goy involved […]