Don Draper has flown to California and lies on a couch with his wife, Megan, sprawled next to him. Eyes dazed, he looks toward the television as Frank Capra’s 1937 film Lost Horizon begins. The on-screen script reads, “In these days of wars and rumors of wars – haven’t you ever dreamt of a place where there was peace and security, where living was not a struggle but a lasting delight?” Don becomes alert, more so when the page on the television flips to new text. “Of course you have,” it states. “So has every man since Time began.”
To quote a popular rock song of the period, time is not on Don Draper’s side. His descent into oblivion from Mad Men‘s opening credit sequence feels more like a final destination. At his job with Sterling Cooper, Don was at the centre of the clock, the boss waiting...
To quote a popular rock song of the period, time is not on Don Draper’s side. His descent into oblivion from Mad Men‘s opening credit sequence feels more like a final destination. At his job with Sterling Cooper, Don was at the centre of the clock, the boss waiting...
- 4/14/2014
- by Jordan Adler
- We Got This Covered
In conversation with François Truffaut in the 1960s, the Master called his 1927 thriller "the first true Hitchcock movie", and it's being rereleased in a carefully restored version as part of the BFI Southbank's extended Hitchcock celebrations. The matinee idol Ivor Novello plays the eponymous lodger, who rents a room with a working-class London family. Their blond daughter is being courted by a Scotland Yard detective, and he becomes a suspect in the hunt for "the Avenger", a serial killer specialising in murdering fair-haired women.
The movie is very much in the German expressionist manner and contains the seeds of Hitch's subsequent work (the fascination with technique and problem-solving, the obsession with blondes, the fear of authority, the ambivalence towards homosexuality) and there's a brief personal appearance, though such traits were not to be obligatory until after Rebecca. The producers found the film baffling and it took Ivor Montagu, the Observer's movie critic,...
The movie is very much in the German expressionist manner and contains the seeds of Hitch's subsequent work (the fascination with technique and problem-solving, the obsession with blondes, the fear of authority, the ambivalence towards homosexuality) and there's a brief personal appearance, though such traits were not to be obligatory until after Rebecca. The producers found the film baffling and it took Ivor Montagu, the Observer's movie critic,...
- 8/11/2012
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Rajesh Khanna who was recently seen in a television ad is reportedly battling for his life. He has stopped food intake for the last three four days. The matinee idol who ruled the silver screen in 60's and 70's is attended by his estranged wife Dimple Kapadia. His close friends and relatives are visiting the ail actor at his Aashirwad bungalow on Carter road. A close friend of the actor informs, "He is hardly eating. People around him are pushing him to eat. He has gone extremely weak. Doctors are attending to him every day." Dimple who separated from the actor in 1984 was constantly taking care of the actor. She visits him at his bung...
- 6/21/2012
- Bollywoodmantra.com
Tamil superstar Rajinikanth returned here Wednesday night, nearly one-and-a-half months after he flew out to Singapore for medical treatment.The actor was accompanied by his wife Latha Rajinikanth and two daughters - Aishwarya and Soundarya.Rajinikanth was given a rousing reception by his fans at the airport here. The actor had a few words with his fans while accepting the wishes of others by waving his hands at them.Sources close to the family told us that the actor will take rest at his farmhouse near here for about a month.The matinee idol is expected to resume shooting for the movie .Rana., produced by Ochre Studios headed by his daughter Soundarya.Bollywood star Deepika Padukone is cast opposite him in the movie directed by K.S. Ravikumar.Security at the airport was beefed up as a large number of the actor.s fans turned up there when the superstar arrived here by Singapore Airlines.
- 7/13/2011
- Filmicafe
He may have been a Hollywood fixture for more than half a century, but the memorial service for Tony Curtis will be held in Las Vegas, on Monday. The matinee idol, 85, died at his home in Henderson, Nevada, Wednesday, after suffering cardiac arrest. The service will take place at 11 a.m. (2 p.m. Et), at the Palm Mortuary and Cemetery, Green Valley in Las Vegas, CNN was told by Cecelia Jackson, from the funeral home. Related: Photo Special: Remembering Tony CurtisAccording to a statement from the actor's manager, Mike Einfeld, the Curtis family requests that in lieu of flowers, charitable...
- 10/1/2010
- PEOPLE.com
Bangalore, April 5 – The state government has instituted the Vishnuvardhan Life Time Achievement award to be given to those who have worked for the progress of the Kannada film industry, said Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa.
Yediyurappa made this announcement Sunday at the 2007-2008 state film awards function at Shimoga city. The matinee idol died last year.
Yediyurappa also said that another award for the best supporting actor will be instituted in the name of well-known film.
Yediyurappa made this announcement Sunday at the 2007-2008 state film awards function at Shimoga city. The matinee idol died last year.
Yediyurappa also said that another award for the best supporting actor will be instituted in the name of well-known film.
- 4/5/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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