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The Incredible Shrinking 3-D Audience
- By Leonard Maltin
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- May 15, 2013 12:01 AM
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- 19 Comments
While "The Great Gatsby" made a lot of money last weekend (box-office pundits said it “overperformed,” which means they called it wrong), only 33% of ticket buyers chose to see it in 3-D.
With Bogart On The African Queen
- By Leonard Maltin
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- May 9, 2013 3:17 AM
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- 6 Comments
Last week I got to sail on the actual African Queen with Bogart—Stephen Bogart, that is. The occasion was the first annual Humphrey Bogart Film Festival, held in Key Largo, Florida, the setting of the 1948 Bogart-Bacall picture "Key Largo."
The Game-Changer: Ray Harryhausen
- By Leonard Maltin
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- May 7, 2013 9:05 PM
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- 11 Comments
When Ray Harryhausen’s "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" came out in 1958, it didn’t dominate the box-office as "Iron Man 3" did this past weekend.
Disney, Hitchcock, and Marilyn Flying High
- By Leonard Maltin
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- May 6, 2013 12:05 AM
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- 3 Comments
If you fly out of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on American Airlines’ commuter service, American Eagle, you must take a shuttle bus to a remote terminal, where you’ll be surrounded by giant photographic blowups of celebrities boarding American planes, back in the days when flying was a more romantic experience than it is today.
Remembering Deanna Durbin
- By Leonard Maltin
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- May 2, 2013 2:03 AM
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- 12 Comments
The only people who don’t like Deanna Durbin, it seems to me, are
people who’ve never seen her movies. Possessed of a glorious, bell-like soprano
voice, she was presented to moviegoers of the 1930s in a series of irresistible
comedies that showcased a fresh, sunny screen personality. Delightful films
like Three Smart Girls, One Hundred Men and a Girl, and Mad About
Music were said to have saved Universal Pictures from bankruptcy; I don’t
know if that’s actually true, but they were enormously successful, and her fans
have remained devoted to her for decades.
Movie-Buff Heaven: The TCM Classic Film Festival
- By Leonard Maltin
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- April 29, 2013 10:39 PM
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- 6 Comments
Another edition of the TCM Classic Film Festival has wrapped in Hollywood, and I had a great time hosting a variety of events, as a backup to the channel’s stalwarts Robert Osborne and Ben Mankiewicz, and meeting a vast number of dedicated movie fans from all parts of the country.
Studio Vaults Open—On DVD
- By Leonard Maltin
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- April 25, 2013 12:00 AM
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- 19 Comments
Many of the major studios no longer want to be in the DVD (or Blu-ray) business; they’d rather stream or download their films. There are some notable exceptions, however, and they spell good news for serious buffs and collectors.
HOW TO PITCH A MOVIE…AND MORE
- By Leonard Maltin
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- April 23, 2013 2:26 PM
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- 5 Comments
It’s long been a joke in Hollywood that the only way to sell a movie is to compare it to a previous hit. But what’s a joke to some people is a tutorial for others.
ANDRÉ PREVIN: A WELCOME RETURN
- By Leonard Maltin
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- April 16, 2013 12:00 AM
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One of the first records I ever purchased was André Previn’s jazz version of "My Fair Lady"….and I’ve never fallen out of love with this wonderful album.
A FOND FAREWELL TO ANNETTE FUNICELLO
- By Leonard Maltin
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- April 8, 2013 2:27 PM
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- 21 Comments
For baby boomers, the news of Annette Funicello’s death hits hard. Millions of us came home from school every day to watch "The Mickey Mouse Club," and she was one of the most popular Mouseketeers.
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