MOVIE TRIVIA – PT 223.

MOVIE TRIVIA – PT 223.

August 24, 2023 Alan Royle 1

  Charlton Heston In 1999, Charlton Heston joined Karl Malden in pressing for an Honorary Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement to be given to veteran director Elia Kazan, a man whose record re the HUAC was nothing to be proud of. Marlon Brando, who never made public appearances, refused to […]

MOVIE TRIVIA – PT222

MOVIE TRIVIA – PT222

August 6, 2023 Alan Royle 0

  Patrick McGoohan in Ice Station Zebra (1968) There is a scene in Ice Station Zebra (1968), in which Patrick McGoohan’s character is required to dive into the flooded torpedo room of the nuclear sub to rescue a trapped officer. Being a strong swimmer, Patrick insisted on doing the scene himself rather […]

MOVIE TRIVIA – PT221

MOVIE TRIVIA – PT221

July 25, 2023 Alan Royle 2

  Bea Arthur as Dorothy in The Golden Girls Bea Arthur portrayed Dorothy Zbornak in the hit series The Golden Girls (1985-92). Before becoming an actress, however, she was one of the first women to become an active-duty United States Marine! After volunteering, she served during World War Two as a […]

RANDOM QUOTES – PT83

RANDOM QUOTES – PT83

July 16, 2023 Alan Royle 0

  JENNIFER ANISTON (1969 – )                 [On her marriage to Brad Pitt, after two years]: ‘Everybody always asks us if we’re happy. Give me a break. We’re married two years. In Hollywood years, that’s forever.’ [On her divorce from him three years later.]: ‘A man divorcing would never be accused […]

MOVIE TRIVIA – PT220

MOVIE TRIVIA – PT220

July 13, 2023 Alan Royle 1

  John Ratzenberger in Cheers Although fondly remembered for his long-running role as Cliff Clavin in the hit TV series Cheers (1982-93), John Ratzenberger has the distinction of having his instantly recognizable voice used in all the Pixar Animation feature films made between 1995 and 2015. He was: Hamm in Toy […]

KATE, BETTE & GEORGE

KATE, BETTE & GEORGE

July 10, 2023 Alan Royle 1

  KATHARINE HEPBURN (1907-2003)                 Borne one of six kids from Hartford, Connecticut, Kate was thirteen when she found her fifteen year-old brother Tom hanging from an attic beam in a relative’s house. The family said he had accidentally hanged himself while attempting a trick his father had taught him. Kate […]

DID YOU KNOW? PT219

DID YOU KNOW? PT219

June 28, 2023 Alan Royle 1

             CHARLIE CHAPLIN Hollywood legend Charlie Chaplin passed away on Christmas Day 1977 and was interred in the cemetery at Corsier-sur-Vevey, near Lausanne, on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland. Two months later, a thirty-eight year-old Bulgarian named Gancho Ganev, and a twenty-four year-old […]

BEATTY, WOOD, WAGNER & BARDOT

BEATTY, WOOD, WAGNER & BARDOT

June 25, 2023 Alan Royle 0

  WARREN BEATTY AND NATALIE WOOD                Natalie Wood was just one of literally thousands of women who slept with Beatty. The high profile lovers of the now 84 year-old lothario included Julie Christie, Diane Keaton (and Mary Tyler Moore at the same time), Leslie Caron, Brigitte Bardot, Goldie Hawn, Joan […]

PROMINENT DIRECTORS – PT1

PROMINENT DIRECTORS – PT1

June 19, 2023 Alan Royle 2

  CLASSIC MOVIE DIRECTORS – A brief look at their most prominent films. My assessment of prominent directors here is by no means all inclusive. I base my opinion on directors pretty much on whether or not their films provide me with memorable entertainment, since I firmly believe entertainment value […]

September 11, 2001 revisited

September 11, 2001 revisited

May 29, 2023 Alan Royle 0

  Lara Lundstrom Clarke – Gwyneth Paltrow As the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001 in New York City approached, an accountant manager at Baseline Financial Services, a company situated on the 77th floor of Tower 2 of the World Trade Centre that day, gave an interview to Access Hollywood […]