lemmycaution "Long mired in film"
Canada
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Posted - 18/02/2021 : 00:02:28
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Lemmy in for #1400.
Lady with Red Hair—The charming and talented Miriam Hopkins plays Mrs. Leslie Carter who, without any acting experience, becomes, out of necessity following a messy society divorce, a Broadway phenomenon under the fabled producer David Belasco.
My 20th Century is a whimsical 1989 Hungarian film which evoked in me memories of the works of Dusan Makavejev. The film , a bildungsroman featuring identical twin girls separated at birth (played wonderfully by the same actress), is framed with vignettes featuring a portrayal of Thomas Edison.
The ‘Killer’ is smallpox.
Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner and Judy Garland find it very easy to join the ranks of elite chorus girls in MGM’s lavish Ziegfeld Girl which is as much a melodramatic soap opera as it is a musical.
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Edited by - lemmycaution on 18/02/2021 00:04:32 |
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