The following is a post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, July 27 (7:30 p.m.) Rio Bravo (Warner Bros., 1959) As legend goes, this Western, directed by Howard Hawks, was produced in part as a riposte to Fred Zinnemann’s High Noon. The film trades in the wide-open spaces of High Noon for the confines …
Eli Cook River of Blues: A Performance Celebrating the Story of Blues Music in America The legendary Son House (1902-1988) was known to say “Blues is a feelin’.” Eli Cook’s music expresses that same raw honesty in a unique blend of contemporary and old-school styles, creating an original sound at the fore-front of modern Blues …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus Thursday, July 20 (7:30 p.m.) The Graduate (Embassy Pictures, 1967) Director Mike Nichols and screenwriter Buck Henry concocted a funny and satirical look at a certain slice of Americana and the generation gap that pervaded the era of the 1960s. This coming-of-age …
It is #18 in “Now See Hear’s” mystery photo blog. This week we look at a few very unusual shots that have come our way with no information attached to them. As always, we are open to your suggestions as to who is in the photo–or, in some of these cases, what. As always, as these …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, July 13 (7:30 p.m.) The Lady from Shanghai (Columbia, 1947) Orson Welles wrote, directed and produced this film noir thriller based on a novel by Sherwood King. Welles also stars as Irish seaman Michael O’Hara, who joins a bizarre yachting cruise and …
The following is a post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, July 6 (7:30 p.m.) Bonnie and Clyde (Warner Bros., 1967 – R rated*) Setting filmmaking and style trends that linger today, Bonnie and Clyde veered from comedy to social commentary to melodrama and caught audiences unaware, especially with its graphic and violent ending. Arthur …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, June 29 (7:30 p.m.) The Gazebo (MGM, 1959) Debbie Reynolds and Glenn Ford star as a married couple who are being blackmailed in this offbeat comedy involving murder and a backyard gazebo. Based on the hit Broadway play of the same …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, June 22 (7:30 p.m.) Copacabana (United Artists, 1947) Groucho Marx, in his first film without his brothers, stars as two-bit theatrical agent Lionel Q. Devereaux, whose overzealous promotion of his only client — fireball entertainer Carmen Novarro (Carmen Miranda) results in …
This, #17 in the LOC’s mystery movie-still blog, is all Western-themed. Westerns were, of course, one of Hollywood’s most popular genres and thousands of them have been produced over the years. Hence, some of the stars and titles of them have, not surprisingly, faded from memory. So we need your help to tell us who and in …
