‘ENCHANTED’ (2007) – a whole lotta magic.
I wonder if Disney realized back in 1988 that their hybrid feature Who Framed Roger Rabbit, released that year, would be their last live action/animated picture for almost twenty years. It would […]
‘TITANIC’ (1997) – some observations.
As a spectacle Titanic, the 1997 version, is a marvel. We are given front row seats to one of the most tragic, yet awesome, events in history. We even see the mighty ship sailing along in broad daylight in all its pristine beauty. And in living color too. I […]
WAMPAS Baby Stars 1934 – the final year.
Between 1922 and 1934 the Western Association of Motion Pictures Advertisers (WAMPAS) chose between 13 and 15 young actresses in Hollywood that they believed were on the threshold of movie stardom and presented them at the annual ‘WAMPAS Frolic’. Until its final year starlets had to be under contract […]
Audie Murphy – my boyhood hero.
AUDIE MURPHY (1924 – 71) 1094 Audie Murphy’s World War Two combat record is well-known to his fans, indeed to history. Enough to say that he was America’s most highly decorated soldier of the entire conflict and a worthy Medal of Honor winner. Not a bad effort when we […]
‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ (1961) – Even Audrey can’t save it.
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (1961) I remain at a complete loss trying to understand how anybody could rave about this trashy film. I have labored through the thing twice now, (the viewings several years apart), in the hope that I might find some hidden gem or two in it the […]
Top 30 All-time Hollywood Lotharios PT 5 – 1-5
5 ERROL FLYNN (1909-59) The name Errol Flynn is synonymous with promiscuity and hedonism. He only lived for 50 years, but he cut a swathe through Hollywood’s women (and several men) that has rarely been rivalled. He ended up being an opium addict, his liver shredded by disease and […]
Top 30 All-time Hollywood Lotharios PT 4 – 10 -6.
10 JACK NICHOLSON (1937- ) It is no secret that Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty have been bosom pals for a long, long time. Actor friend Bruce Dern has been quoted regarding both men’s obsession with sex: ‘Jack Nicholson and Beatty have contests about it.’ One of Nicholson’s many […]
Top 30 All-time Hollywood Lotharios Pt 3 – 15-11
15 DAVID NIVEN (1910 – 83) David Niven acquired a reputation in Hollywood as a great ‘swordsman’. Of course, he was not alone in that regard, but how much of his reputation was built on fact is questionable. He did, however, spend a great many years in the company […]
Top 30 All-time Hollywood Lotharios Pt 2 – 20-16.
20 Tyrone Power (1914 – 58) Cincinnati, Ohio’s most famous acting son, Tyrone Power, was not a chaser of women as such. They chased him. So did the men. Considered by many of the ‘oldies’ to be the most handsome man ever to grace the screen, his female colleagues were […]
Top 30 All-time Hollywood Lotharios Pt 1 – 30-21.
Compiling a list of Hollywood’s most notorious Lotharios is an inexact business. For starters, there are just too many to choose from. Second, in some cases it gets down to personal opinion on who makes the bottom reaches of the list and who misses out altogether. Names such as […]