In Honor of Her Birthday, Stargayzing Goes Chergayzing!
Cher! I have always had a thing for Cher—how could I not? The Cher of my childhood and adolescence was the apotheosis of glamour and L.A.-style fun, but without the eventual downward spiral that seemed to eventually…
On Peter Bogdanovich—Plus His List of the Top American Films of 1939
By 1973 Peter Bogdanovich was one of Hollywood’s true wonder boys. I have heard it expressed thusly—and I paraphrase: “taken as a group, Peter Bogdanovich’s first three major films, The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon,…
Stargayzing Quote of the Day: Marlene Dietrich
“I am at heart a gentleman”
Frank Langella on Billie Burke
When I was a young boy I was obsessed with Billie Burke. If you think there is something odd about a six-year-old boy fantasizing about the image of a 55-year-old woman in a film that…
When Special Effects Meant a Good Script and a Movie Star: Robert Redford in The Candidate (1972)
I just read a long article in Entertainment Weekly about the misfortune of the VFX industry which, despite the absolute prevalence (and to me, tyranny) of special effects-driven fare, would appear to be struggling due…
Movie Quote of the Day: Night and the City (1950)
“Harry is an artist without an art.”
Eating With the Stars: Ida Lupino’s Plum Cake
“My agent had told me that he was going to make me the Janet Gaynor of England – I was going to play all the sweet roles. Whereupon, at the tender age of thirteen, I set…
Stargayzing Quote of the Day: Edward G. Robinson
Edward G. Robinson was not only one of the great character actors of the classical period of American film, but also a very erudite man who amassed a distinguished collection of impressionist paintings, which deliciously…
