Sue Lyon, who played the titular role in Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita at age 14, died in Los Angeles. She was 73.
Stewart, Jimmy: Movie Genres
December 22, 2019 by
Jimmy Stewart contributed to every movie genre, war movies, action-adventures, suspense thrillers, crime-detective, dramas and melodramas. However, the two defining genres of his career were comedies and Westerns, amounting to almost half of his entire output (see filmography). Comedy 19 Westerns 19 Melodramas 10 (mostly in first decade) Crime 8 War movies 7 Suspense […]
Movie Stars: Karina, Anna: French New Wave Star (Godard’s Ex-Wife), Dies at 79
December 15, 2019 by
French New Wave star Anna Karina, who served as a muse for influential director Jean-Luc Godard and appeared in eight of his films, has died. She was 79.
Oscar Artists: North, Alex–Film Composer (14 Nominations)
December 10, 2019 by
In 1986, he became the first composer to receive an Honorary Oscar, perhaps a compensation for never winning a competitive Oscar, despite 14 nominations.
Directors: Jewish Filmmakers in Hollywood (Immigrants and U.S. Born)
December 7, 2019 by
Born on May 21, 1902 as Mikhail Anatol Litvak in Kiev (then part of the Russian Empire) Anatole Litvak grew up in a Lithuanian Jewish family. As a teenager, he worked at a theater in St. Petersburg and took acting lessons at the state drama school. Litvak worked with Leningrad’s Nordkino Studios as assistant director […]
