Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909-2000) was not only the son of the silent screen’s most beloved hero Douglas Fairbanks […]
Frank Capra
Do you remember film directors such as Clarence Brown, Irving Rapper, Charles Vidor or John Farrow? Those highly […]
I love the camera a lot more than you think--all the time. But if you don't see it, that's a great compliment, because audiences are not supposed to see the camera move. You want them only to be involved with the characters on the screen. Frank Capra in a 1973 interview with Richard Glatzer
Film director Volker Schlöndorff (b. 1939 in Wiesbaden, Germany), who gained world-wide fame and popularity with his highly […]
Actress Louise Fletcher (b. 1934) wrote film history when she portrayed the character of an atrocious and strong-willed […]
Irene Mayer Selznick, daughter of studio mogul Louis B. Mayer and wife of independent Hollywood producer David O. […]
Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Audrey Tautou: hopefully we’ll catch another glimpse of their on-screen magic
It all began more than a century ago and since then, it often proved to be a successful […]
The breakthrough film of American filmmaker Tobe Hooper (b. 1943), “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” (1974), was an […]
Film history: Focus on Jean Harlow
Jean Harlow, America’s Platinum Blonde since the early 1930s, soon became one of MGM’s top stars of the […]
Jon Voight (b. 1938), who gained worldwide stardom when portraying the character of Joe Buck in John Schlesinger’s […]
