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Curio: Odes to Tippi Hedren
2 December 2009 12:00 PM, PST
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Alexa from Pop Elegantiarum here. Maybe I'm just in Mad Men withdrawal, but lately I've been watching films from the early 60s with a closer eye to the fashion, mores, and themes of the time. After catching Marnie recently, I decided that Tippi Hedren is the closest Betty Draper doppelganger; with Hitchcock she had the same icy model facade hiding an unravelled interior. (Check out this old magazine with Tippi; modeling and horses, how very Betty!) Here are some crafty celebrations of the icon that I'm loving right now.
I really dig this chunky Tippi statement necklace by Melissa Loschy. She literally gives her wings. (And she's made some jewelry odes to Hitchcock, too.)
I especially fell in love with this fantastic Halloween costume awaitingdawn posted recently. A bird attack chapeau! Why didn't I think of that? And if anyone can come up with a Marnie costume idea for next year,
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- Alexa
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Geek Deal: Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece DVD Collection for $54
28 October 2009 9:32 AM, PDT
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Amazon's Gold Box Deal of the Day is the Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece DVD Collection for $53.99, 55% off the $120 list price. The collection features "14 of the finest works from the universally acclaimed Master of Suspense come together for the first time in one collection." Packaged in a velvet box, the individual discs inside come four to a case, decorated with original poster art. A 36-page booklet is filled mostly with stills and poster art. As with all the gold box deals, this deal is only good until midnight.
The titles include: The Birds; Marnie; Vertigo; Rope; Rear Window; Psycho; The Man Who Knew Too Much; Torn Curtain; Frenzy; Shadow of a Doubt; The Trouble With Harry; Topaz; Saboteur; and Family Plot. Each of the 14 films is supplemented with numerous documentaries, commentaries, and other bonus materials: 14 documentaries; 9 featurettes; Commentaries; Newsreel footage; Production photos, sketches and notes; Storyboards; Theatrical trailers; Masters ...
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- Peter Sciretta
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Bernard Hermann Tributes On Turner Classic Movies Every Tuesday In September
26 August 2009 9:43 AM, PDT
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Hermann joking with frequent collaborator Alfred Hitchcock.
Cinema Retro reader and film historian Bruce Crawford gave us the head's up that he recently collaborated with Robert Osborne on a month-long tribute to composer Bernard Hermann. Films relating to the maestro will be presented every Tuesday in September on TCM. Here is a look at the schedule:
12 August 2009Tcm (USA) - Spotlight on HerrmannSource: Bill Huelbig, Bruce Crawford Every Tuesday in September Turner Classic Movies (Us Version) will show several Herrmann scored films.
The spotlight will be hosted by Robert Osborne.
The Herrmann consultant is Bruce Crawford.
The schedule:
1. Sept:
Hangover Square
Devil and Daniel Webster
Citizen Kane
The Magnificent Ambersons
On Dangerous Ground
8. Sept:
Five Fingers
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
The Naked and the Dead
3 Worlds of Gulliver
15. Sept:
The Trouble With Harry
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Vertigo
The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad
Mysterious Island
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- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
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William Castle Film Collection Comes To DVD October 20th!
17 August 2009 11:17 PM, PDT
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Eight Classic Shockers from the Legendary Master Showman in One Chilling DVD Collection October 20 - William Castle Film Collection, Five-Disc Set Includes Three Films Making Their DVD Debuts: Zotz!, The Old Dark House, and 13 Frightened Girls!Plus The Tingler, 13 Ghosts, Homicidal, Mr. Sardonicus, and Strait-Jacket. Bonus Features Include the Award-Winning Documentary Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story!
Culver City, Calif. (August 17, 2009) – The master of ballyhoo who became a brand name in movie horror with his outrageous audience participation gimmicks will be remembered on October 20 when the William Castle Film Collection debuts from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Sphe). The set features eight of the legendary producer/director’s most notable films, including The Tingler (1959), 13 Ghosts (1960), Homicidal (1961), Mr. Sardonicus (1961), and Strait-Jacket (1964). Also included in the collection are Zotz! (1962), The Old Dark House (1963), and 13 Frightened Girls (1963), each making their DVD debuts. The extensive bonus materials include original theatrical openings, alternate sequences, vintage footage and original theatrical trailers,
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Stacked William Castle Box Set on the Way
17 August 2009 3:32 PM, PDT
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William Castle is a hero around the Dread Central offices. The man was a true showman in every sense of the word and knew how to deliver laughs, chills, and lunacy like no other! Come this October fans will be getting a box set to scream about courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment -- The William Castle Film Collection!
From the Press Release
The master of ballyhoo who became a brand name in movie horror with his outrageous audience participation gimmicks will be remembered on October 20 when the William Castle Film Collection debuts from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The set features eight of the legendary producer/director’s most notable films, including The Tingler (1959), 13 Ghosts (1960), Homicidal (1961), Mr. Sardonicus (1961), and Strait-Jacket (1964). Also included in the collection are Zotz! (1962), The Old Dark House (1963), and 13 Frightened Girls (1963), each making their DVD debuts. The extensive bonus materials include original theatrical openings, alternate sequences, vintage footage,
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- Uncle Creepy
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Howard J. Smit (1911 - 2009) Journeyman Make-up Artist
3 August 2009 6:48 PM, PDT
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Originally a member of the Painters union Local 730, Howard J. Smit became one of the founding members of Iatse Local 706 in 1937. He left law school in his third year to follow a high school passion . make-up artistry. Though most of today.s generation remembers him solely as Business Representative, as a make-up artist he was widely respected. In 1939 he was a make-up artist on The Wizard of Oz and Gunga Din, worked with Alfred Hitchcock on The Birds and Marnie and also worked in television on The Mod Squad. In the Golden Era of Hollywood, Smit made up many of the biggest stars in the industry such as Joan Crawford, Lionel Barrymore,
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- Susan Cabral-Ebert
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Exclusive: We Chat with Tippi Hedren at the Unveiling of the Madame Tussauds Hitchcock Waxwork!
1 July 2009 6:15 PM, PDT
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As the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock had one of the quickest minds in Hollywood, but let's face it – physically, he was never the most animated of directors. Maybe that's why the wax figure of Hitchcock revealed today at Grauman's Chinese Theatre looks so amazingly lifelike. It was certainly lifelike enough for veteran Hitchcock blonde Tippi Hedren, who starred for Hitch in The Birds and Marnie. Hedren unveiled the statue in a little ceremony topped off by a contest to find L.A.'s "Best Scream", with the winner's scream to be immortalized in a Hitchcock vignette featured alongside the figure (at Madame Tussauds Hollywood beginning August 1st). I spoke with Hedren after the ceremony, and she...
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TCM Alert! Sean Connery In "The Hill" Tonight
22 May 2009 1:18 PM, PDT
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Turner Classic Movies' Sean Connery festival continues tonight with Marnie, The Hill and The Russia House. Of the trio, The Hill (10:15 Est) is by far the best. A gritty drama set in a military prison, the 1965 movie offers perhaps the best performance of Connery's career - and represents his first collaboration with director Sidney Lumet. A superb supporting cast makes this one of the most riveting films of the 1960s. Skip The Russia House, which manages the seemingly impossible feat of casting Connery in a big budget spy movie and making it unspeakably dull. It should have been titled Thunderbore.
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- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
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May Flowers, Princess Grace of Monaco
6 May 2009 8:00 PM, PDT
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May Flowers, weeknights @ 11:00
Fifty-four years ago last month, way back in 1955, movie star Grace Kelly attended the Cannes Film Festival (pictured below) -- it was held in April in those days. She had just headlined two Alfred Hitchcock hits Rear Window and Dial M for Murder and just barely won the Oscar for Country Girl. To Catch a Thief was arriving later that summer. She was in short, as super as superstars get.
During this very trip to Cannes she met Prince Rainier of Monaco! How crazy must that year have been for her? The courtship was aggressive and they married the following April.
Their royal union made her even more famous but ended her film career. Kelly never made another motion picture (though two were released in 1956: The Swan and High Society) and Prince Rainier subsequently banned screening of her films (according to at least one website
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- NATHANIEL R
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Summer Preview: Repertory Calendar for the Coasts
5 May 2009 1:32 PM, PDT
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James Cameron in Los Angeles with 70Mm prints of "Aliens" and "The Abyss"?!?! The Dardenne brothers in New York for a career retrospective?!?! The instant cult classic "The Room" with Tommy Wiseau live in Austin?!?! Be still my heart. There's something for all tastes this summer on the West Coast, the East Coast and as you'll notice, the Third Coast on our calendar of the must-see events on the repertory theater circuit in May, June and July. And don't miss our look at the indie films that are hitting theaters or headed to online, VOD or DVD premiere this summer.
Anthology Film Archives
With the New York Polish Film Festival (May 6-10) and first-runs of the docs "Ice People" (May 1-7) and "Audience of One" (May 8-14) and Ken Jacobs' reinvention of his 1969 work "Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son" with the 3D "Anaglyph Tom" (May 15-21) taking up the Anthology's screens,
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- Stephen Saito
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15 Bloody Box Sets
19 January 2009 8:00 AM, PST
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The deeper I delve into writing, the more movies and literature I digest. My biggest obstacle at this point is not finding the material, it’s finding the time to watch it, and the money to purchase it all. After consistently emptying my bank account on countless DVD’s and books over the last few months, I really started to ask myself one question: How the hell can I pick all this stuff up quickly and affordably? Well, an obvious solution occurred to me - why not seek out box sets?
While Ebay is my one stop shop for books (I recommend it to all), DVD’s are not always as easy to track down, so I decided to highlight 15 cool box sets which will enable you to beef up your collection without breaking your pocket book.
Omen: Pentology is a five disc DVD set (UK Release) which features the
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