I was going to complain about the lack of Myrna Loy, but a sweep through Google Image revealed few shots of all the great hats she wore in the Thin Man series. I did find this though.
http://www.style.com/slideshows/standalone/beauty...
I think Asta wants the hat for himself.
Yes, the Thomas Dixon tribute thread will have to muddle along without us.
Great piece. I think that it isn't commonly understood what a highly technical, studied actor he was. People tend to assume that he just got up in front of the camera and let his John Wayne-ness flow. In fact his effects were always very conscious (but never self-conscious).
One of the most striking things in Garry Wills' John Wayne's America is his comparison of a characteristic Wayne stance to a Donatello statue. As you so rightly point out, it isn't just actresses who care about the beauty of what they project on screen.
I agree, the proposal is ridiculous on its face, although no more so than the general prohibition against certain types of male nudity or the incredibly unpredictable rulings on violence. The MPAA has always been a hodgepodge and the ratings often make no sense.
However, if I try to look on the bright side, if this passes, perhaps the rule will increase the interest in old movies, as people rush to their Netflix to get full-frontal pictures of this oh-so-illicit activity. Wouldn't that be great?
What a wonderful tribute to this actress. I've linked to it at my place.
Sigh. Yes, that was precisely my point. There is nothing intrinsically weird or sinister about inviting actors to the White House, nor were people in the habit of getting worked up about it when Reagan was in office.
Stars have been welcome at the White House for years. You know who had the greatest array of stars at the White House, bar none? Ronald Reagan. Never been anything like his guest lists, before or since. And they also gave to his campaign. And nobody sat around clutching their pearls wondering if, for example, lifelong conservative and Barbados resident Claudette Colbert was exerting undue influence on Caribbean policy.
What a great post--I love reading you on this subject. "Silent Star" is a wonderful memoir, frank and unsentimental. Moore was accomplished in so many respects, and rather than mourning her lost stardom, got on with life. I always thought her lifelong friendship with the brilliant King Vidor would make a charming, low-key movie, but biopics tend to focus on Big Dramatic Lives. Did you ever read A Cast of Killers, about Vidor pursuing the William Desmond Taylor murder? It was not a triumph of writing style but was fascinating nonetheless, and Moore was one of the most intriguing figures in it. ____As for Louise Brooks, I love her, but she was her own worst enemy. I think the stunning impact of Pandora's Box had a lot to do with her cult, that and her laser-beam intelligence and marvelous writing. When you read Barry Paris' excellent Brooks bio you realize that it was her own recalcitrance that in large part ended her stardom, and that Lulu in Hollywood is brilliant but not exactly a model of research accuracy.
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