Showing posts with label Maurice Chevalier. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maurice Chevalier. Show all posts
Sunday, January 8, 2012

The Katie-Bar-The-Door Awards Redux (1929-1930)

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The Academy did us amateur film historians a real disservice by using their wacky split-year eligibility scheme (August 1 through July 31 of...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

The Pre-Code Miriam Hopkins

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Adapted from three previous posts on the occasion of Miriam Hopkins's 109th birthday. Largely forgotten now, Miriam Hopkins was one of t...
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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Best Director Of 1932-33 (Comedy/Musical): Ernst Lubitsch (Trouble In Paradise and Design For Living), Part Five

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[To read Part One of this essay, click here . To read Part Two, click here . For Part Three, click here , and for Part Four, click here .]...
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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Best Director Of 1932-33 (Comedy/Musical): Ernst Lubitsch (Trouble In Paradise and Design For Living), Part Two

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[To read Part One of this essay, click here ] II. The Lubitsch Touch Ernst Lubitsch arrived at Paramount Pictures in 1928. Like Warner Brot...
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Friday, June 18, 2010

We Interrupt This Blog To Wish Jeanette MacDonald A Happy Birthday

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Next up was supposed to be Part Two of my essay on Ernst Lubitsch, which is well in hand and maybe you'll still get it today if I can sq...
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

The Missed It By That Much Awards: Golden Globes Edition

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So since for the 1932-33 awards year I'm using the expanded "Golden Globes" format (splitting up awards for picture, actor and...
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