My Geisha

My Geisha is a film that I'm not sure why it is overlooked. Essentially Shirley MacLaine plays two roles in this film. One she's Lucy Dell, a Hollywood Actress not unlike Shirley MacLaine. But with a lot of heavy makeup she's... Full review

"my geisha" is charming. suspend belief a bit, and one realises how good an actress shirley maclaine is and how convincingly she becomes a geisha. the movie is fluff. but the attempt to parallel the plot to the libretto of "madama... Full review

First saw this movie on TV one afternoon whilst I was off from work.Had always wanted to see it,but after it's release(rather like John Goldfarb),it kind of disappeared.Lucky to catch up with it though,as from the opening credits I was hooked.MacLaine,very... Full review

Although I only saw this movie once over ten years ago on late night TV,I was struck by the beautiful scenery and the storyline somehow reminded me of James Mason & Judy Garland "A star is born".Shirley Mclaine is a favorite... Full review

This film is at the top of my "guilty pleasures" list of films; not a great film but one for which I have great affection. I first saw it in the mid 60's when I was a teenager at a Saturday... Full review

This comedy is as duplicitous as Shirley MacLaine's movie-star wife posing as a geisha to win a role in her director husband's version of M. Butterfly. Its identity changes about twenty minutes from the end, and we suddenly discover we're not... Full review

Shirley MacLaine is such fun to watch. She dives into her character body and soul. She leads you on and you follow her. It would be foolish not to. We don't question anything because we're in love with her. This movie... Full review

Most of this movie is a regular romantic comedy with some excellent stars. But the end of the movie, where Shirley plays the death scene from Madam Butterfly, will make you weep. I first saw this when I was in the... Full review

What on the surface appears to be an improbable plot line becomes increasingly plausible due to the combination of great make up work, spectacular costuming, (Edith Head) and a truly amazing performance by Shirley Maclaine. Crisp, sharp focus, color cinematography, interesting... Full review

From a cinematographic point of view this movie is nothing special. However, the performance of Shirley MacLaine, as a Geisha who is secretly playing in her husbands movie, is very good (as always). Accompanied by some other great movie stars, like... Full review

Shu Uemura, 79, a makeup artist who started out in Hollywood and returned to Japan to build a cosmetics brand under his name, died of pneumonia in Tokyo on Dec. 29, according to his company. ... Full Article

GOOD MORNING: Shirley MacLaine confides the new script of "My Geisha" will carry "a little message" about better East-West understanding so mebbe the twain shall meet. ... Full Article

Andrea Gronvall, a longtime contributor to the Reader 's film coverage, will begin teaching this fall at the University of Chicago's Graham School of General Studies. ... Full Article

With Chinese New Year on February 18, we must adhere to certain customs in order to avoid bad luck: We should wear red, we should not wash our hair, and we can't say "four" (in Chinese, "four" is a homonym... ... Full Article