Is it possible to watch a whole film in a single frame? ‘Habitual self-interlocutor’ Hiroshi Sugimoto has been attempting to distill cinema into a snapshot since the 1970s in a series of photographic

Norma Shearer in Riptide (1934) If Norma Shearer doesn't ring a bell like other legendary names of the silver screen might, then you too, have fallen victim to the Hays Code. Before we even knew it as “Hollywood”, the American film industry was producing a surreal amount of extraordinarily libera

If we go back in time to see how movies were made in the Golden Age of Hollywood, it’s obvious at once that these films set the standard. Making movies

Photographer George Hurrell not only captured stars such as Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, he invented the Hollywood glamor shot that helped propel them to fame.

Before Angelina Jolie melted hearts with her dusky long locks and sweltering style, the likes of Dorothy Lamour and Bianca Jagger wrote the book on sultry...

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Sylvia Sidney 1936 Nestle's "Stars of the Silver Screen" paper stock trading card -

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I love this film, and since the boyfriend fiancee's daughter just got the role of Lina in her company's play, I figured it was time to refresh my memory, and to redeem myself from the lousy Gene film I watched last week. We meet uber star Don who is attending his latest with rumored gal pal Lina. The walk down the red carpet and say a few words (I wish they still did this today). We learn that Don got his start as a stunt man and worked his way up, while Lina is just a diva. Don can't stand Lina, and Lina can't take a hint. The fans are too much for Don and he escapes into a car driven by Kathy aka Debbie Reynolds. She is appalled and gets mad when Don gets fresh with her. She drops him off and heads to work. Will they meet again?... To the after party Don goes when low and behold the dancing ladies turns out to me lead by Kathy herself! Now Don really can't get her off his mind. Lina gets jealous and has Kathy fired, but the show must go on. Check out the puff bracelet! Don finally finds Kathy and then become friends with benefits. Don wants to get Kathy in at the studio and along with pal Cosmo (Donald O'Connor), they brainstorm all night. Cue in cute song and dance sequence. The furniture from this scene was once used in the Gilbert/Garbo flick "Flesh and the Devil". Talkies come in and the studio realizes Lina is a space cadet on film. What to do? They hire Kathy to do her voice overs, and "forget" to tell Lina. Don and Cosmo do some great dance numbers. Every guy should dress like this. Every day. It doesn't hurt if he can do a little tap either. The plan is going to work and they films some of the dance scenes with Don. Lina doesn't realize her dubber is Kathy and all is going well. This might actually be a good picture! Kathy sucks some face with Don and he is smitten...so he dances in the rain. Gene had a 101 degree temperature at the time of this shot. The milk/water combo rain was shrinking his wool suit on set and Los Angeles was in a drought at the time, but Gene pulled through in one take. Lina wants to ruin Kathy's career and gets some lawyers to help her. Kathy is sad and so is Don. After a screening, they devise a way to get the public to know the truth about Lina and her "voice". Now that everyone knows the true star, the love birds get to be in their own film together. Ahhh. Gene was a tyrant on this film and worked Debbie to the ground. Literally. Fred Astaire found her crying under a piano after a 20 hour rehearsal. Gene was a perfectionist. Donald worked so hard he spent 3 days in the hospital after his "Make em Laugh" number. Debbie was rumored to have bloody feet during this shoot and was quoted as saying the two hardest things in her life were child birth and making this film. But hard work pays off. It cost 2 million to make and earned over 7 million in the end.

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Amazon's upcoming Fallout TV series is coming out a day earlier and looks more promising than ever, especially if you're a Fallout fan.

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If you like spooky stories, then come with me...to Haunted Hollywood and the ghosts of the Holywood greats of the past. Hollywood is haunted by beautiful people long dead, who died tragically, famously, after living a life we can only dream of. The stars of the silver screen brought us heat, passion...images of love; they inspired us with hot desire; many died tragically young under iffy circumstances. These larger-than-life people haunt the place that made them famous--Hollywood.

Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film is a memoir by Patton Oswalt that focuses on his early career as a comedian and how his

Photographer George Hurrell not only captured stars such as Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, he invented the Hollywood glamor shot that helped propel them to fame.

Published: Pittsford, N.Y. : Globe Communications, <1974->

Silver ScreenVol. 2, No. 1This item was derived from a bound volume.

Trying to sell the merits of Under the Silver Lake, I tend to fall back on the same phrase: "It’s a movie that’s having a nervous breakdown."

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We have an unhealthy habit of expecting others to be our perceived Perfect Us when we’re not even the Perfect Us! Talk about a way to be constantly disappointed. Oy.

You see it pretty often on the Interwebs–folks who, usually while embroiled in one of those “Chaplin vs. Keaton” debates, will state that they like Charlie Chaplin well enough, bu…

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Sir Thomas Sean Connery is probably the most famous Scottish actor, best known for his role as the secret agent James Bond. Ever since his first

To celebrate the big screen return of The Third Man, we revisit 10 other remarkable cinematic portraits of Vienna.

Leslie Camhi reports from a special women-only screening of the new documentary “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story,” about the Hollywood legend’s technical contributions to the Allied cause in the Second World War.

"Paper Moon" (1973) movie. Peter Bogdanovich's Depression-era comedy starring Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, and Madeline Kahn.

Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse in Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Unseen images from the cult film.

This week’s pin-up is Lillian Gish, who died on this day in 1993, her 100th year. Most famous for her work with D.W. Griffith (Birth of a Nation, Broken Blossoms, Orphans of the Storm), her c…

Yup, I've been a real chump about appreciating Gary Cooper. It took me long enough, but, finally, here I am - just loving the man. It's really not my fault. My first introduction to Gary was his work during the 1950s, the time when Hollywood starred its aging leading men with young female stars and didn't think the world would think it was icky. First up was 1957's "Love in the Afternoon." Now, I just adored Audrey Hepburn as the romantic young heroine, but the creepy-crawly factor of an aging Cooper chasing her around his Paris apartment bordered on gross. He did not age in a debonair way like his old Paramount rival, Cary Grant, and was just too old for her!! Sir, please send a younger model to my room! He was wonderful in "High Noon," but, again, way too old for Grace Kelly. Plus, I'm not a big western fan and I only thought of him as a cowboy star. I next saw a younger version of him in "Saratoga Trunk," with Ingrid Bergman, but it was so bad that I just could not get the appeal. However, I knew I had to be missing something because of all the things I had read about him. In his early days in Hollywood he was famous for his physical beauty and his appeal to a bevy of sexy hot women. Really? That tired looking old guy half-heartedly pursing Audrey with all of the sophisticated charm of Donald Trump? Really? His first big Hollywood affair was with Clara Bow. Clara was a mega-star at the time and she knew a good thing when she saw it (she famously praised him for not only his physical endowments, but for the fact that he allowed her dogs to join them in the bath). Gary shared the screen with her in "Children of Divorce," "It," and, more impressively, "Wings." Clara and Gary in 1927's "Children of Divorce" Gary's other conquests - pre and post marriage - included Lupe Velez, Countess Carla Dentice di Frasso, Ingrid Bergman, Marlene Dietrich and Patricia Neal. His love affair with Lupe Velez was apparently a volatile one (she was, after all, the Mexican Spitfire) and she and Dietrich went toe to toe over Gary during the filming of "Morocco." Another famously hot lady, Tallulah Bankhead, said that she went to Hollywood to film 1932's "Devil and the Deep" only to "fuck that divine Gary Cooper." It seems she achieved her goal. So, what made Gary so hot? I had to find out! And, so I did. Desire: 1936 YES!! As the decent guy who falls for jewel thief Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper's appeal is on full display. He is American to the core, shy and forthright, but never simple. He the American hero who is just complicated enough to have a sophisticated appeal. All I can say is - sigh! Ball of Fire - 1941 He's so shy As the nerdy professor who is bewitched by street smart Barbara Stanwyck, Cooper is a hunky delight. While it's just a teensy bit hard to believe that he doesn't know how hot he is compared to his fellow bookworm professors, he just melts my heart. Plus, he sure is a good kisser for a guy whose nose was always in the books. Meet John Doe - 1941 Isn't he kissable? Could any other actor portray this uncommon common man with such humility, honesty and humanity? And dig that stray hair that falls across his forehead. The Pride of the Yankees - 1942 The luckiest man in the world Anyone not moved by the story of Lou Gehrig can't have a heart. A perfect part for Cooper, for he is the 20th century American hero ideal. So, okay, Gary, I am on board now. Your stardom lasted from the late 20s until your death in 1961. You were the real deal, a genuine Hollywood star. Irving Berlin got it just right in his song "Puttin' on the Ritz": Dressed up like a million dollar trooper Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper (super duper) Super Duper Gary Cooper ♥

"The stars are ageless, aren't they?"

Robert Mitchum, 1960

"That has sort of an oaky afterbirth."

There's a premiere date too! "Law and Order" fans, are you excited for this?

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The magnetic chemistry between the two has been simmering for all to see since the pair first crossed paths.