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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

Francis Ford Coppola: “Actors give the performances, and the director is like a coach”

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Francis Ford Coppola (b. 1939) is a five-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter and producer who became a living […]

December 27, 2022 Director-screenwriter

Arthur Hiller: “When we did ‘Love Story,’ we all thought we were making a nice little movie”

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“Welcome to Disneyland!” Those were the first words Canadian-born film director Arthur Hiller said to me with his […]

February 18, 2022 Director, 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

Elliott Gould: “The greatest artist in the world is an uninhibited child at play”

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Elliott Gould (b. 1938) has always been an inspiring actor and a hero of mine. Nominated for an […]

February 3, 2020 Actor, Film Talk

Al Pacino: “Francis Ford Coppola was the only one who wanted me in ‘The Godfather.’ Nobody else wanted me”

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The first time I saw Al Pacino on the stage was in the summer of 1977 when he […]

April 6, 2019 Actor, Film Talk, Q&A

The U.S. box office of 1978: the receipts of all the hit films, released 40 years ago

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How about a walk down memory lane to take a quick look at what happened at the box […]

December 31, 2018 Box-office, Film history

Alan Ladd, Jr.: “The basic rule is, if you don’t have good material, you don’t have a good movie”

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The son of actor Alan Ladd (1913-1964), who made his screen debut in 1932 and became a leading […]

October 26, 2017 Film Talk, Producer

John Landis: “I’m always taking great pride in the fact that—I hope—I don’t have a style of my own”

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As an eighteen-year-old, John Landis (b. 1950) got a job in the mailroom at 20th Century Fox, only […]

September 6, 2017 Dir-prod-scr, Film Talk

Louise Fletcher: “Rejection is just something you eat every day, like it’s your breakfast”

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Actress Louise Fletcher (b. 1934) wrote film history when she portrayed the character of an atrocious and strong-willed […]

February 15, 2016 Actress, Film Talk

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