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The Un-Chilly Elegance of Frieda Inescort
sistercelluloid ♦ December 13, 2018 ♦ 17 Comments
“I’m so aristocratic on stage it’s a wonder I don’t come out blue when I take a bath.” Probably best known as the hopelessly haughty Caroline Bingley in Pride and Prejudice—who seemed to smell cabbage whenever Elizabeth Bennet stepped into the room—Frieda Inescort took a wry view of her typecasting. But there was so much …
Behind the Scenes of IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE and THE BISHOP’S WIFE!
sistercelluloid ♦ December 23, 2016 ♦ 5 Comments
You’ve watched the films a million times, you’ve laughed, you’ve cried… wanna go behind the scenes? Let’s sneak a peek backstage at It’s a Wonderful Life and The Bishop’s Wife! Oh and need some help toweling off, Jimmy? We’re right here! That’s not your run-of-the-mill fake movie snow Jimmy’s dabbing away during the 90-plus-degree shoot in mid-July—that’s state-of-the-art …
MOMA Launches a Spectacular Series: Universal Restorations & Rediscoveries, 1928-1937
sistercelluloid ♦ May 8, 2016 ♦ 1 Comment
Friday the 13th just got lucky. That’s when the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) kicks off its fabulous series, “Universal Pictures: Restorations and Rediscoveries, 1928-1937,” which runs from May 13 through June 15. With several gorgeous prints newly struck by the studio, “this seemed a good opportunity to look at the Carl Laemmle Jr. years—which …
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