Today In Theatre History: JANUARY 10
1820 Birthday of Louisa Lane Drew, matriarch of the Drew and Barrymore acting dynasty that would eventually include John Drew, Ethel Barrymore, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore and today’s Drew Barrymore.
CWA-John Wayne Vs Clint Eastwood
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Titanic (1997 Original Broadway Cast) $7.18 Unlike the boat it’s named after, this show truly rose from the bottom. Despite detractors predicting doom before it had even opened, Titanic overcame hectic previews and endless technical problems to win a Tony for best musical and turn into a commercial success. Despite the fact that favorite performers like Judith Blazer or Victoria Clark disappear in the crowd and don’t get solos of note, the … |
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Shepherd of the Hills [VHS] $14.98 Director Henry Hathaway never hesitated to return to a picturesque location that had served him well. There’s no more striking example than his sequel-in-spirit to the enchanting early-Technicolor Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936). This time, the enchantment is darker, just as Charles Lang Jr.’s stunning cinematography represents a quantum leap in sophistication over Trail’s pleasant pictorialism…. |
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North to Alaska [VHS] $2.67 Even people habitually hostile to John Wayne movies tend to cast an indulgent eye on this rumbustious comedy-Western–partly because the Alaska gold rush setting seems more exotic than, say, Texas or Arizona, and because there are no Indians to discriminate against and no macho gunplay to fret about. As for John Wayne as all-purpose icon of male chauvinism, Big Sam McCord (the Duke) spends much of… |
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? $6.06 Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) escapes the chain gang with two fellow convicts the simple and somewhat slow Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson) and ill-tempered Pete (John Turturro) to pursue the promise of hidden loot stashed in his house that is about to be swept away in a flood. On the way the trio experience a journey filled with hilarious adventure and cast of strange characters starting with … |
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Always $6.72 Considered by many to represent a low point in Steven Spielberg’s career, 1990’s Always did suggest something of a temporary drift in the director’s sensibility. A remake of the classic Spencer Tracy film A Guy Named Joe, Always stars Richard Dreyfuss as a Forest Service pilot who takes great risks with his own life to douse wildfires from a plane. After promising his frightened fiancée (H… |
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Red River $4.03 This saga of saddle-sore cowboys driving cattle over the chisholm trail stars john wayne as a cattle king whose single mindedness turns him into a cold-blooded executioner. Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 05/13/2008 Starring: John Wayne Montgomery Clift Run time: 133 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Howard Hawks… |