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Marilyn in Santa Monica, 1952
from LIFE.com’s Picks of the Week: “In January 1952, starlet Marilyn Monroe — just 25 years old, and fresh off another tiny but scene-stealing role in As Young as You Feel — captivated fellow partygoers at the Club Del Mar in Santa Monica, Calif. She was there to accept one of the first awards of [...]
Continue reading...The Secret Policeman’s Ball(s)
Friday, June 19, 2009
As some of you know, I celebrated my 40th last weekend with a viewing of several rare versions of “The Secret Policeman’s Ball” series. It’s really worth seeking out for anyone the least bit interested in that great Oxbridge generation of British comedy (from Cook to Cleese to Atkinson). Film critic Gregory Weinkauf was there, [...]
Continue reading...Introducing…Owl Jolson!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Quite randomly I ran across this old cartoon, which I love. I spent large chunks of my childhood watching old movies and cartoons, which made me old-fashioned while I was still new. Not the easiest way to be in our day and age, but full of peculiar joys and secret treasure. …and yes, I do [...]
Continue reading...“I AM Woody Guthrie!”
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Last Wednesday, I witnessed David Carradine’s public implosion at my home-away-from-home, the Aero Theater here in Santa Monica. (Favorite bit: Carradine declaring “I am Woody Guthrie!” and an irate audience member shouting back “No, you’re not!”). My pesky Midwestern politeness prevented me from blogging about it–though not from performing it for my wife when I [...]
Continue reading...“Gooble, gobble, one of us!”
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
With Halloween coming up–yes, I will be at the Aero’s all-night horror marathon, at least until they bust out the Italian “gialli”–this site about Tod Browning’s “Freaks” seemed necessary.
Continue reading...Okay, still busted….
Sunday, November 19, 2006
…but I have faith that it will be fixed eventually, so here I am with some random thoughts: 1) I celebrated the Cardinals’ victory in the World Series with a bottle of Veuve-Clicquot. The trick to not becoming a lush is to cultivate sufficiently expensive tastes. 2) I celebrated Halloween at The Aero, a theater [...]
Continue reading...Movie-crazy
Sunday, July 30, 2006
It’s been brutally hot in California–even here in usually cool Santa Monica. Lucky for me, movie theaters provide air-conditioning free-of-charge. (They don’t like it when you sleep there, but we’re negotiating.) Here’s what I thought about… …Who Killed the Electric Car? Interesting story, and a well-made documentary, but nothing will surprise you if you have [...]
Continue reading...Lawrence of Arabia
Monday, July 3, 2006
I had the great good fortune to watch the movie “Lawrence of Arabia” in 70mm at the Aero Theater last night. I decided to do it on a whim, and the theater was packed, but it was really a wonderful experience. It reminded me of other times, mostly as a boy, when a movie has [...]
Continue reading...Michael Palin on Peter Sellers
Sunday, October 6, 2002
Or, more accurately, on a recent biography of Peter Sellers. Fascinating, troubled man–who I’m glad I won’t have the chance to meet, stammer out a compliment to, then be abused by! Palin’s right of course that Sellers, Spike Milligan and the other Goons were the progenitors of modern British comedy (along with Peter Cook), and [...]
Continue reading...Don’t Mess With the Red Death Team, Plus Evil Twins
Sunday, October 6, 2002
The Cards won, making Kate’s life a lot easier, and I found this review of “Basket Case,” one of the midnight movies I remember watching when I was 14, and had nothing better to do. Squeezing pimples, eating frozen pizzas, and watching this kind of crap–it got me through the 80s. I would like to [...]
Continue reading...At last! It's here!
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