Archive 507

Allison Hayes

The Man Who Turned to Stone - Released March, 1957. Directed by Leslie Kardos

The Man WHo Turned to Stone

A girl's reformatory school is being used as a supply warehouse by a group of aged scientists (though they certainly do not look elderly, just distinguished and academic) who have found a way to use the girls as power-rechargers that expand their own life-spans hundreds of years. These people (who kill the girls in the cause of science) will begin to harden like petrified trees without these special treatments. A low-budget effort with minimal effort to the sets and directing, though the actors certainly give it a go as they travel through the crazy storyline.

More on The Man Who Turned to Stone - 1957

Clark

Clark Gable

Hitchcock's secretly Jewish film North by Northwest

Interesting anaylsis shows that there's more going on beneath the surface of the Hitchcock/Cary Grant 1959 thriller North by Northwest than seems apparent at first.

Story at the Forward

James Dean

James Dean back in new film?

Classic Movie studio photographers

Article at the Criterion web site on the portrait art of photographers like Ruth Harriet Louise, Ernest Bachrach, Clarence Sinclair Bull, George Hurrell, Cecil Beaton and Laszlo Willinger.

This illustrated article is devoted to how portrait photography in Hollywood developed and how the various stars reacted to the process, with an emphasis on Garbo and Joan Crawford, with particular attention given to Crawford's plastic surgery movie of 1941 A Woman's Face, an odd meditation on ugliness and beauty.

Shooting Stars By Imogen Sara Smith, Criterion web site

Doris Day - 1922 - 2019

Doris Day

Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff (aka Doris Day) was born April 3, 1922 - died May 13, 2019.

Her name change was due to Barney Rapp, an orchestra leader employing Doris Kappelhoff in 1939, who said 'Kappelhoff' was too long for the theatre marquee, and as part of Doris' repertoire was the song "Day After Day," at his suggestion, Doris Kappelhoff became Doris Day.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Born February 11, 1909 - Died February 5, 1993

Jodeph Mankiewicz was a long time Hollywood veteran who started in the silent era and whose last film was directing the 1972 Sleuth. His official credits for scriptwriting include 69 films, but as a producer (23 credits) he often provided the script, uncredited. His 22 credits for directing began with the 1946 film Dragonwyck.

Kino Classic Film coming releases:

The Eagle - 1925 - Valantino – Kino Lorber page

Woman in Hiding - 1950 - Ida Lupino – Kino Page

Naked Alibi - 1954 - Gloria Grahame and Sterling Haden - Kino Lorber page

Christmas in July - 1940 - Preston Sturges! – Kino Lorber

Dorothy

Dorothy Lamour by Weems

New from Twilight Time

Wild in the Country - Elvis 1961 - Twilight Time page
Movie also features: Hope Lange, Tuesday Weld, Millie Perkins, and John Ireland

The President's Lady - Chuck Heston 1953 - Twilight Time page
Also features: Susan Hayward, John McIntire and Fay Bainter

Marie Windsor - 1919 - 2000

Criterion classic film releases for December:

Tunes of Glory - 1959 - Alec Guinness – Criterion Page

The Story of Temple Drake - 1933 - Miriam Hopkins – Criterion Page

French language film about love, valuables, and choices.

Fathom Events at movie theatres - Twilight Zone 60th Anniversary

Nov 14, 2019 only - More about this one-night event showing Twilight Zone in theaters at Fathom Events

Don Knotts

Oct 22, 2019: Warner Archive has a number of their classic and "oldies" (their word) titles on sale.

News:

Greta Garbo featured article at UK Guardian

And Jayne Mansfield's 1959 trip to the UK at Chiswick recounted at UK Telegraph

Ronald Colman - from Count of Monte Cristo

Carole Landis 1947

Carole Landis 1947 Out of the Blue

Twilight Time has a HD restoration of the 1948 Out of the Blue featuring a famous cast of classic Hollywood actors: George Brent, Virginia Mayo, Turhan Bey, Ann Dvorak, Carole Landis, Elizabeth Patterson, Julia Dean, Richard Lane, Charles Smith, Paul Harvey, Hadda Brooks

More info on this release at the Twilight Time website

Criterion's coming classic film slate

Fail Safe - tense 1964 film about a nuclear technological debacle. 4K restoration. In a way, Fail Safe is the straight version of Dr. Strangelove. Release set for Jan 28, 2020.

The Fugitive Kind - 1960 Tennessee Williams' film with Brando, Magnani and Woodward. HD restoration. Release Jan 14, 2020.

Holiday - This 1938 of youth following its dreams to freedom outside of convention features the expert humor skills of Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn. 4K restoration. Released Jan 7, 2020.