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"Now Listen to Me..."

April 04, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Beverly Cinema, Film Forum New York City, Flashback Cinema, TCM and Fathom Events, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Secret Movie Club, TCM Recommendations, Lost Weekend The, Planet of the Apes (1968), Getaway The (1972), Out of the Past, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Gun Crazy (1950), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Asphalt Jungle The, Bringing Up Baby, Colorado Territory (1949), Last Picture Show The, Lady from Shanghai The, All About Eve (1950), Them! (1954), California Split, Kelly's Heroes, Men in War (Soundtrack), Adriana Asti

"Now Listen to Me..."

March 04, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Film Forum New York City, The Prince Charles Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Flashback Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Beverly Cinema, TCM and Fathom Events, Secret Movie Club, TCM Recommendations, Network (1976), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Citizen Kane, Pillow Talk (1959), Cleopatra (1963), Johnny Eager (1941), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Planet of the Apes (1968), Best Years of Our Lives The, Casablanca (1942), Times of Harvey Milk The, All About Eve (1950), Now Voyager, Shirley Jones, First Knight (1995) (Soundtrack), Black Mass (2015)

End Credits #103: Cinema's 2021 Lost Treasures Joan Didion, Arlene Dahl, Dean Stockwell, Jane Powell, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Ed Asner, Jane Withers, Robert Downey Sr.

March 02, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

These are some of Cinema's sad departures of 2021 taken from my personal notes soon after the events took place:

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categories / End Credits
tags / In Memoriam, Joan Didion, Arlene Dahl, Dean Stockwell, Jane Powell, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Edward Asner, Jane Withers, Robert Downey Sr.

"Now Listen to Me..."

February 04, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Prince Charles Cinema, The Beverly Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Secret Movie Club, Film Forum New York City, Flashback Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, TCM and Fathom Events, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, TCM Recommendations, Foreign Correspondent (1940), Point Blank (1967), Footlight Parade, Bullitt, Set-Up The (1949), Stranger on the Third Floor, Locket The, Planet of the Apes (1968), Brief Encounter, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Reflections in a Golden Eye, Red River, I Confess (1953), Laura (1944), Ghost and Mrs. Muir The (1947), Casablanca (1942), Heart is a Lonely Hunter The, Disaster Movie Soundtrack Collection (Soundtrack), Sidney J Furie

End Credits #102: Cinema's 2021 Lost Treasures Richard Donner, Ned Beatty, Clarence Williams III, Jerome Hellman, Charles Grodin, Norman Lloyd, Monte Hellman, Richard Rush, Gloria Henry

January 30, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

These are some of Cinema's sad departures of 2021 taken from my personal notes soon after the events took place:

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categories / End Credits
tags / In Memoriam, Richard Donner, Ned Beatty, Clarence Williams III, Jerome Hellman, Charles Grodin, Norman Lloyd, Monte Hellman, Richard Rush, Gloria Henry

"Now Listen to Me..."

January 04, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Prince Charles Cinema, Film Forum New York City, Flashback Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Secret Movie Club, Noir City Oakland, The Beverly Cinema, TCM and Fathom Events, TCM Recommendations, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Red River, Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Cleopatra (1963), Lady from Shanghai The, Intruder in the Dust (1949), Learning Tree The, Friends of Eddie Coyle The, Ride in the Whirlwind, Patterns (1956), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Double Indemnity, Them! (1954), Putney Swope, Stuart Margolin, Day the Earth Stood Still The (Soundtrack), April Fools The (1969)

"Now Listen to Me..."

December 03, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, The Beverly Cinema, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Film Forum New York City, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Secret Movie Club, Flashback Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, TCM and Fathom Events, TCM Recommendations, Man Who Cheated Himself The, Unsuspected The, Citizen Kane, Dark Passage (1947), Too Late for Tears, All About Eve (1950), Remember the Night, Crime Wave, Narrow Margin The (1952), Asphalt Jungle The, Big Sleep The (1946), Out of the Past, Heiress The (1949), Impact (1949), Cleopatra (1963), Johnny Eager (1941), Gold Diggers of 1933, Shop Around the Corner The, Big Business (1929), Children of Paradise (Les enfants du paradis), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Getaway The (1972), Last Picture Show The, Bryan Burk, Dances With Wolves (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

November 04, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, The Beverly Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Flashback Cinema, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, TCM and Fathom Events, Film Forum New York City, Roxie Theater San Francisco, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, TCM Recommendations, White Heat, Three Outlaw Samurai, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Guys and Dolls, Paths of Glory, Best Years of Our Lives The, Out of the Past, Lineup The, Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Big Sleep The (1946), Dark Passage (1947), Learning Tree The, Ride the High Country, Niagara (1953), Singin' in the Rain, Casablanca, Shop Around the Corner The, Pillow Talk (1959), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Diane Ladd, Blue Velvet (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

October 04, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, The Beverly Cinema, Film Forum New York City, Secret Movie Club, Noir City D.C., Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Arthur Lyons' Film Noir Festival, Flashback Cinema, TCM and Fathom Events, TCM Recommendations, The Seventh Victim (1943), In a Lonely Place, All About Eve (1950), Armored Car Robbery, D.O.A. (1949), Pitfall (1948), Mystery Street, Eyes Without a Face (Les yeux sans visage), Citizen Kane, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Where Eagles Dare (1968), Heiress The (1949), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Sorry Wrong Number (1948), Them! (1954), Bringing Up Baby, Night of the Living Dead (1968), Psycho (1960), Brian Doyle-Murray, Valkyrie (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

September 05, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Beverly Cinema, The Prince Charles Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, TCM and Fathom Events, Secret Movie Club, TCM Recommendations, Battle of Algiers The (La battaglia di Algeri), Graduate The (1967), Seventh Victim The, Last Picture Show The, Bringing Up Baby, Intruder in the Dust (1949), Dark Passage (1947), Big Sleep The (1946), Taxi Driver (1976), Citizen Kane, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende), Tension at Table Rock, Man from Laramie The, Pillow Talk (1959), Footlight Parade, Jim Thorpe-All American, Network (1976), City Lights (1931), Innocents The (1961), Harold Becker, Alive (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

August 03, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Beverly Cinema, The Prince Charles Cinema, Flashback Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Secret Movie Club, TCM and Fathom Events, TCM Recommendations, Vertigo (1958), Pushover (1954), Out of the Past, California Split, Where's Poppa?, Child Is Waiting A (1963), They Won't Believe Me, Big Heat The, In a Lonely Place, Chase The (1966), Johnny Eager (1941), Patterns (1956), Gunman's Walk, Bringing Up Baby, Anatomy of a Murder, Hotel (1967), Point Blank (1967), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Casablanca, White Heat, Footlight Parade, Best Years of Our Lives The, Matrix The (Soundtrack)

Treasured Images Special Edition: 100 Enduring Stars Part 2 (of 2)

July 19, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

Back in January of 2018, we showcased some actors 90 and above who were, at the time, still alive. Sadly, most have passed on. I thought it might be appropriate to begin a new list honouring those previous stars soldiering on and include some new arrivals to the nonagenarian and older age group, all of whom, as of this writing, are still with us. As before, we will spotlight one of their past memorable film characters. This is Part 2. Part 1 can be seen here.

#Edit: Each actor’s age is listed as of July 15, 2021. There are 50 named here.

Treasured Images Special Edition: Enduring Stars Part 2

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tags / Jack Rader, Margia Dean, Larry Storch, Jimmy Lydon, Vincent Ball, Carole Cook, Cara Williams, Lee Grant, Michel Bouquet, Robert Clary, Val Bisoglio, Phyllis Coates, Lisa Lu, June Brown, Pat Carroll, Hardy Kruger, Ann Blyth, Earl Holliman, Henry Silva, Marion Ross, Clu Gulager, Terry Moore, James Hong, Jane Powell, Ann Robinson, Vera Miles, Bob Newhart, June Squibb, Tippi Hedren, Gene Hackman, Robert Wagner, Joanne Woodward, Clint Eastwood, Gena Rowlands, Sally Ann Howes, Nita Talbot, Lois Smith, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones, Mamie Van Doren, Claire Bloom, Dominic Chianese, Hal Linden, William Shatner, Adriana Asti, Robert Morse, Barbara Barrie, Leslie Caron, Rose Gregorio

"Now Listen to Me..."

July 02, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Beverly Cinema, The Prince Charles Cinema, Flashback Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, TCM and Fathom Events, Il Cinema Ritrovato - Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, TCM Recommendations, Point Blank (1967), Pillow Talk (1959), Shop Around the Corner The, Nora Prentiss (1947), They Won't Believe Me, Friends of Eddie Coyle The, Chinatown (1974), King Kong (1933), Bringing Up Baby, Secret Movie Club, Man from Laramie The, Bullitt, Best Years of Our Lives The, Now Voyager, Casablanca, Searchers The, Last Picture Show The, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Blade Runner, Asphalt Jungle The, Where Eagles Dare (1968), Geraldine Chaplin, Somewhere in Time (Soundtrack)

Treasured Images Special Edition: 100 Enduring Stars Part 1

June 11, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

Back in January of 2018, we showcased some actors 90 and above who were, at the time, still alive. Sadly, most have passed on. I thought it might be appropriate to begin a new list honouring those previous stars soldiering on and include some new arrivals to the nonagenarian and older age group, all of whom, as of this writing, are still with us. As before, we will spotlight one of their past memorable film characters.

#Edit: Each actor’s age is listed as of July 15, 2021. There are 50 named here.

Treasured Images Special Edition: Enduring Stars Part 1

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tags / Marsha Hunt, Nehemiah Persoff, Betty White, Micheline Presle, Janis Paige, Jacqueline White, Glynis Johns, Noreen Nash, Leslie Phillips, Eva Marie Saint, June Lockhart, Miiko Taka, Arlene Dahl, Angela Lansbury, Carla Balenda, Dick Van Dyke, Jane Withers, Marilyn Knowlden, Mel Brooks, Carleton Carpenter, Irene Papas, Terry Kilburn, Barbara Rush, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, William Daniels, Cora Sue Collins, Michael Constantine, Gina Lollobrigida, Joe Turkel, L.Q. Jones, Rosemary Harris, Estelle Parsons, Donna Martell, Conrad Janis, Peggy Dow, Nancy Olson, Edward Asner, Carroll Baker, Priscilla Pointer, Joyce Reynolds, Joan Plowright, Mario Adorf, James Tolkan, Betty Lynn, Mike Nussbaum, Joan Copeland, Yvonne Furneaux, Marla Gibbs, Tippi Hedren, Frances Sternhagen

"Now Listen to Me..."

June 03, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Prince Charles Cinema, The Astor Theatre, Fathom Events, The Beverly Cinema, TCM Recommendations, Gun Crazy (1950), Possessed (1947), Heart is a Lonely Hunter The, Singin' in the Rain, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Tension (1949), Torn Curtain (1966), Vertigo (1958), Psycho (1960), Times of Harvey Milk The, Heiress The (1949), Monica Potter, Images (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

May 01, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / TCM Recommendations, White Heat, Pather Panchali, Night of the Hunter The, King Kong (1933), Anatomy of a Murder, Ride the High Country, Bullitt, They Won't Believe Me, Bringing Up Baby, Casablanca, Manchurian Candidate The (1962), Big Heat The, Touch of Evil, Times of Harvey Milk The, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Jeopardy (1953), Tomorrow Is Another Day, Gun Crazy (1950), Paths of Glory, Party The, Foreign Correspondent (1940), Point Blank (1967), Set-Up The (1949), Reflections in a Golden Eye, Village of the Damned (1960), Best Years of Our Lives The, 36 Hours (1964), Clay Pigeon The, Where Eagles Dare (1968), X-Men (2000) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

April 03, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / TCM Recommendations, Bullitt, Citizen Kane, Foreign Correspondent (1940), Guys and Dolls, Heart is a Lonely Hunter The, Johnny Eager (1941), Last Picture Show The, Manchurian Candidate The, Mystery Street, Network (1976), Now Voyager, Pillow Talk (1959), Possessed (1947), Psycho (1960), Red River, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Singin' in the Rain, Them! (1954), Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Umberto D., Perry King, High Noon (Soundtrack)