Initially, acclaimed director John Ford declined to cast John Wayne in any of his projects during the 1930s, despite their close friendship. He told Wayne to wait until he was “ready” as an actor.
Stone, Oliver: Snowden Was Turned Down by Every Major Studio
June 25, 2016 by
Oliver Stone detailed the struggle to finance his new movie about National Security Administration whistleblower Edward Snowden, in a panel held at the Nantucket Film Fest. where he was honored with the Screenwriters Tribute Award. Stone said Snowden was turned down by every major studio even after executives expressed interest in the project. The movie, directed by […]
Herr, Michael: Author of Dispatches, Narrator of Apocalypse Now Dies at 77
June 24, 2016 by
Michael Herr, author of Dispatches, the acclaimed nonfiction novel that shed light on the devastation caused by the Vietnam War in the 1970s, died Thursday in New York after a lengthy illness. He was 76.
Movie Stars: Stewart, Jimmy–Greatest Performances of Uniquely American Screen Actor
June 23, 2016 by
For the critic Andrew Sarris, Jimmy Stewart was “the most complete actor-personality in the American cinema, particularly gifted in expressing “the emotional ambivalence of the action hero” (as manifest in the Western directed by Anthony Mann). Stewart has incarnated and articulated a uniquely American presence on the screen throughout his career. His presence was more […]
Stewart, Jimmy: Career Phases–Late 1940s and 1950s
June 23, 2016 by
Starting in the late 1940s, Jimmy Stewart began the most crucial phase of his career. He began to shift away from his earlier image. Stewart kept some elements of his screen image–drawling speech, hesitant manner–but he now displayed them in new and more varied settings (less juvenile). In The Stratton Story, in 1949, Stewart began another line […]
