Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on November 25, 2013

The formula for a Hollywood tale is straight-forward: Watch a semi-despicable protagonist navigate the cruel waters of stardom while meeting thinly veiled representations of real stars, rinse, repeat.  The Carpetbaggers is the foremost example of this theorem, originally based on a Harold Robbins po   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on October 27, 2013

The Carpetbaggers opens with a small bi-plane soaring through the clouds, accompanied by Elmer Bernstein’s gorgeous overwrought score. A solemn narrator tell us that this the story of “the fictional and fabulous Jonas Cord Jr.” Junior, loosely based on Howard Hughes, proceeds to   read more