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Julie Garfield: “I was only six and a half when he died, but my father [John Garfield] was always my hero”

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The lady pictured here is Julie Garfield. She was born in 1946 in Los Angeles; her father was […]

September 30, 2025 Actor, Actress, Film Talk

Janet Leigh: “Norma Shearer was the quintessential star, a star like no other, and she was my fairy godmother”

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In February 1946, Norma Shearer swept into the lobby of the Sugar Bowl Ski Lodge in Soda Springs, […]

July 19, 2025 Actress, Film Talk

Stanley Rubin: “We designed the saloon girl in ‘River of No Return’ around the whole concept of Marilyn Monroe”

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Stanley Rubin (1917-2014) was an American screenwriter and film producer who made numerous films in the 1940s and […]

July 5, 2025 Film Talk, Producer-screenwriter

“All About Eve”: Screen classic with Bette Davis and Anne Baxter resonates with audiences to this day

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“All About Eve” (1950), written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, was on BBC just recently on a […]

December 25, 2024 Film

Vincent Sherman: “Since our focus was always on entertainment, we never talked about art”

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The term ‘quintessential studio director’ certainly applies to actor-turned-screenwriter and filmmaker Vincent Sherman (1906-2006), who worked at Warner […]

November 25, 2024 Director, Film Talk

Norma Barzman, now 102, victim Hollywood blacklist: “Marilyn Monroe came to warn us”

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When I was preparing for my 2008 visit to Hollywood, trying to contact actors and directors for interviews […]

August 23, 2022 Film Talk, Screenwriter

Jane Withers: “I could never be like Shirley Temple. I was just plain Jane”

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.She was a former child star, known for her roles in “Bright Eyes” (1934) and “Ginger” (1935), and […]

August 28, 2021 Actress, Film Talk

Elliott Gould: “I believe that there’s nothing of value other than what we have to share”

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The secret of Elliott Gould’s talent as an actor, his empathy and wisdom as a human being, and […]

March 24, 2021 Actor, Film Talk

Edward Dmytryk: “Directing is an art. It’s like you can paint or you can’t paint”

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Edward Dmytryk was a renowned film director of several screen classics, including “Murder, My Sweet” (1944), “Crossfire” (1947), […]

July 17, 2020 Director, Film Talk

Bruce Davison: “Tell a story as cleanly and as purely as you possibly can. Everything else is lettuce on your sandwich”

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Stage and screen actor Bruce Davison (b. 1946) has been one of the busiest and most sought-after character […]

August 15, 2019 Actor, Film Talk

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