March is Women’s History Month which commemorates and encourages the “study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history.” And who better to study, observe and celebrate than Mae West and her place in movie history.
Talk about pushing the envelope. West wrote plays-usually revolving around sex-which landed her in jail. She never met an innuendo she didn’t like. West film comedies were popular and controversial. She was banned from NBC Radio-her name couldn’t even be mentioned-for over a decade. West even guest starred on a 1964 episode of CBS’ “Mr. Ed.” West has inspired several female performers over the decades including Madonna and remained true to herself up until her death in 1980 at the age of 87.
West didn’t look at any other actress of the day. Sources say she was 5’ to 5’ 2” (rumor is that she wore eight-inch platform heels on stage...
Talk about pushing the envelope. West wrote plays-usually revolving around sex-which landed her in jail. She never met an innuendo she didn’t like. West film comedies were popular and controversial. She was banned from NBC Radio-her name couldn’t even be mentioned-for over a decade. West even guest starred on a 1964 episode of CBS’ “Mr. Ed.” West has inspired several female performers over the decades including Madonna and remained true to herself up until her death in 1980 at the age of 87.
West didn’t look at any other actress of the day. Sources say she was 5’ to 5’ 2” (rumor is that she wore eight-inch platform heels on stage...
- 3/29/2023
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
Quentin Tarantino turns 60 today, and to celebrate the fact he was ambushed with cake by Jamie Foxx in front of 2,000 people at the London Palladium last night. Don’t go looking online for photographs of the occasion, though: the surprise came at the end of a two-night event promoting the director’s recent memoir Cinema Speculation, for which all in attendance had to turn off their mobile phones and put them into lockable pouches for the duration. Phones are famously forbidden on Tarantino’s sets, and his live appearances are no exception.
Originally set to be a one-off, Saturday night turned out to be a warm-up for Sunday’s main event. As Ike and Tina Turner’s version of “Whole Lotta Love” faded, the house lights dipped and a quick blast of Pete Moore’s “Asteroid” — Aka the kitsch 30-second Pearl & Dean jingle famous to all British moviegoers over...
Originally set to be a one-off, Saturday night turned out to be a warm-up for Sunday’s main event. As Ike and Tina Turner’s version of “Whole Lotta Love” faded, the house lights dipped and a quick blast of Pete Moore’s “Asteroid” — Aka the kitsch 30-second Pearl & Dean jingle famous to all British moviegoers over...
- 3/27/2023
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
The British actor will play the lead in the heist dark comedy alongside Juliette Lewis and Craig Roberts that Stephen Fry and Robert Taylor are producing. 13 Films handles international sales at the Efm.
Kevin Thomas will direct from a screenplay by Thewlis that centres on an encounter between a young actor and a mortician and takes place against the backdrop of the film business. Zoe Kazan, Julia Garner, Ken Stott, and Shirley Henderson also star.
Croak is based on the short film Sunday Roast, which Thomas directed and was screened at the London Film Festival 2015.
Principal photography is scheduled for July. UTA is arranging financing for the film and handles Us rights.
Croak is a Sprout Pictures, Thomas Thomas Films and The Development Partnership production.
Kevin Thomas will direct from a screenplay by Thewlis that centres on an encounter between a young actor and a mortician and takes place against the backdrop of the film business. Zoe Kazan, Julia Garner, Ken Stott, and Shirley Henderson also star.
Croak is based on the short film Sunday Roast, which Thomas directed and was screened at the London Film Festival 2015.
Principal photography is scheduled for July. UTA is arranging financing for the film and handles Us rights.
Croak is a Sprout Pictures, Thomas Thomas Films and The Development Partnership production.
- 2/12/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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