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it was Barrymore's greatest ally.....No, Barrymore would have appreciated the outrageousness of the mortuary gag.....In the film's most striking sequence, he literally becomes a human-headed spider.....But Barrymore's fourth marriage, to the young gold-digger Elaine Barrie, was worse than a scandal --....Yet for an actor once hailed as the greatest of his generation, he's mostly a memory now..... ... Full Review

Three decades before President Kennedy became his principal production, the ill-fated "Queen Kelly" and its silent star, Gloria Swanson , had marked the culmination and comeuppance of Joe Kennedy's half-dozen years in Hollywood. In 1927, once they were brought together by the independent producer Robert Kane, Kennedy began to ease as well as exploit the actress's financial problems. ... Full Review

Posted by: John on January 22, 2009 9:46 AM This was my favorite movie of the year and it is a shame it was not nominated. Gran Torino is twice the movie, in 1/2 the time, by the way, and Clint proves to be the better actor by far. ... Full Review

while less than adept in sound pictures.....the post-war Hollywood blacklist era, the old man was extremely critical of unions and outspoken anti-communist to the point of offending even an ultra-conservative John Ford.....is he revered like John Ford..... ... Full Review

while less than adept in sound pictures.....The caricature of the strutting director in riding boots barking orders like a dictator is based on DeMille.....Louvish contends DeMille was a master of the art of silent film....is he revered like John Ford.....time has not been kind to DeMille's legacy..... ... Full Review

I n the 1930s, that glorious first decade after the movies learned how to talk, Hollywood was the sum of its studios, each with its own distinct brand and personality. ... Full Article

The two Academy Awards that Luise Rainer won for best actress stand on a bookshelf in her study. Actually, that's not quite true. The Oscar that Rainer won for The Great Ziegfeld in 1936 is the original - a deep... ... Full Article

LOS ANGELES -- Vampires have been an eternal force in Hollywood horror since silent-movie days, yet they have risen to new heights as the "Twilight" franchise, TV's "True Blood" and other incarnations put the bite on viewers. ... Full Article

It's a big year for Amelia Earhart onscreen. In the "Night at the Museum'' sequel Amy Adams played America's favorite missing aviatrix for laughs. In "Amelia,'' which opens Friday, Hilary Swank plays her in hopes of another best actress Oscar. ... Full Article

If Hollywood's vast abundance of remakes, spinoffs and sequels weren't enough to kill your appetite for spending money on "new" entertainment, it seems like almost every one of these releases finds its way onto home video in multiple forms. ... Full Article

"The demographics?" sneers blind (yes blind) filmmaker Val Waxman to a film executive in Woody Allen's 2002 comedy "Hollywood Ending." "You mean, why the country got so stupid suddenly?" ... Full Article