SPEAKING OUT

SPEAKING OUT

January 15, 2024 Alan Royle 0

    JULIA ROBERTS (1967 – )  [About President George W. Bush’s daughters being caught with alcohol as minors] ‘We all need to take a deep breath and think about being a Bush daughter and having that cross to bear. I’d go out and have a couple of drinks, too. […]

Did You Know?

Did You Know?

January 12, 2024 Alan Royle 2

  Julie Andrews In 1969, MGM cancelled their proposed Irving Berlin musical biography that was to be titled Say it With Music and set to star Julie Andrews. She successfully sued the studio and collected a whopping (for 1969) $1,250,000, which was her promised salary for the picture. Julie met […]

LGTTM – …And Justice for All (1979) & Sun Valley Serenade (1941)

LGTTM – …And Justice for All (1979) & Sun Valley Serenade (1941)

January 9, 2024 Alan Royle 0

    … AND JUSTICE FOR ALL (1979)                                   Al Pacino was forced to choose between making this picture and making Kramer vs Kramer. He opted for …And Justice for all. Dustin Hoffman grabbed the other film and won an Academy Award for his performance in it. For what it is […]

SPEAKING OUT

SPEAKING OUT

January 6, 2024 Alan Royle 3

  JAMES GARNER (1928 – 2014)                 [The star who memorably portrayed Bret Maverick in the ‘Maverick’ series for Warner Bros in the sixties spoke about smoking marijuana for most of his adult life]: ‘I started smoking it in my late teens. I drank […]

Hollywood – Did You Know?

Hollywood – Did You Know?

January 3, 2024 Alan Royle 2

  Robert Shaw in From Russia With Love Robert Shaw was a good four inches shorter than Sean Connery, so it was decided to have him employ lifts to bolster the impression that, as Red Grant in From Russia with Love (1963), he would appear to be a match for 007 […]

QUIZ ANSWERS FOR QUIZOF 28 DEC 2023

QUIZ ANSWERS FOR QUIZ OF 28 DEC 2023

December 31, 2023 Alan Royle 0

Q1     C     THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE Q2     E     GIANT Q3     A     SWEET HOME ALABAMA Q4     E     INN OF THE SIXTH HAPPINESS Q5     C     MILLER’S CROSSING Q6     D     VERTIGO Q7     B     MARTY Q8     C  […]

MOVIE QUIZ

MOVIE QUIZ

December 28, 2023 Alan Royle 0

Here is a quite simple movie quiz for those interested in such things. Below are pictured fifty movie stars from all eras, under which are listed six movie titles. All you are required to do is nominate which ONE of those films did NOT feature the star pictured. So, here […]

SPEAKING OUT – PT93

SPEAKING OUT – PT93

December 25, 2023 Alan Royle 1

  EMILY BLUNT (1983 – )                [On why she avoids on-screen nudity] ‘I’m not so keen on doing nudity, because I’m not 22 anymore. It’s not so much a moral thing as I’ve done it before and do I really want to do it again? Does it serve the film […]

DID YOU KNOW?

DID YOU KNOW?

December 22, 2023 Alan Royle 0

  Victor Mature Victor Mature was notorious in Hollywood for being frightened of his own shadow. When he was required to fight the lion bare-handed in Samson and Delilah (1949), he managed to convince director Cecil B. DeMille to use stunt double Kay Bell instead. ‘I had no love for […]

LET’S GO TO THE MOVIES

LET’S GO TO THE MOVIES

December 19, 2023 Alan Royle 2

THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT (1995)                              . This delightful romantic comedy focuses on the relationship between the fictional US President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) and a lobbyist named Sydney Ellen Wade portrayed by Annette Bening and the impact their romance has on his chances of re-election. The movie is stolen by Miss […]