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Michael Radford: “If you’re the director, your first job is to make the actors feel confident”

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British screenwriter and film director Michael Radford (b. 1946) visited Belgium recently; he was the President of the […]

March 23, 2022 Director-screenwriter, Film Talk

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.: “Jack L. Warner was a tough businessman, but he was relaxed and kind”

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Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909-2000) was the son of the silent screen’s most beloved hero Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and […]

February 9, 2021 Actor-producer

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

Betty Garrett: “We decided to put the Hollywood blacklist behind us and get on with our lives”

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On April 7, 2004, American philanthropist and media mogul Ted Turner, founder of CNN and TCM, among others, […]

March 5, 2018 Actress, Film Talk

Betty Lasky: “My father [Jesse L. Lasky] was co-founder of Paramount, yet now he’s a forgotten film mogul”

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This old black and white still from Betty Lasky’s family album was taken by her mother Bessie, ca. […]

April 25, 2017 Film pioneer, Film Talk

Carla Laemmle: “Growing up on the Universal lot, near the New York street, was like a dream come true”

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As the niece of Carl Laemmle, founder of Universal Studios in 1915, Carla Laemmle lived a long and […]

November 6, 2016 Actress, Film Talk

Fred Zinnemann: “I always wanted to make films that were more than just entertainment”

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It all seems so long ago now, but the memory is still very vivid. It was early 1993 […]

June 13, 2016 Film director, Film Talk

Roman Coppola: “Music and film were particularly important to our family life”

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Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Roman Coppola is undoubtedly an all-round craftsman who is very productive behind the screen: as […]

March 4, 2016 Director-screenwriter, Film Talk

William Wellman, Jr.: “Directors like my father brought their life experiences to the screen”

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Irene Mayer Selznick, daughter of studio mogul Louis B. Mayer and wife of independent Hollywood producer David O. […]

January 8, 2016 Film director, Film Talk

Looking back: What daily life was like at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer once you entered the studio

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A lot of (auto)biographical books and historical documentaries have been made over the years, all reflecting on (the […]

November 21, 2015 Film history, Hollywood

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