Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on April 12, 2013

Cagney, color by Claroscureaux "...every time I see him work, looks to me like a bunch of firecrackers going off all at once." Will Rogers During an era when impressionists, those performers whose gift it is to mimic the very famous, were a staple on television, Cagney was an essential...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on April 12, 2013

Cagney, color by Claroscureaux "...every time I see him work, looks to me like a bunch of firecrackers going off all at once." Will Rogers During an era when impressionists, those performers whose gift it is to mimic the very famous, were a staple on television, Cagney was an essential...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on April 8, 2013

Robert Siodmak's The Killers (1946) screens April 17th at Noir City: Hollywood A presentation of the American Cinematheque and the Film Noir Foundation, Noir City: Hollywood, the 15th annual Los Angeles film noir festival, is in full swing now and runs through April 21. Films screen at the Egyptia   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on April 8, 2013

Robert Siodmak's The Killers (1946) screens April 17th at Noir City: Hollywood A presentation of the American Cinematheque and the Film Noir Foundation, Noir City: Hollywood, the 15th annual Los Angeles film noir festival, is in full swing now and runs through April 21. Films screen at the Egyptia   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on April 8, 2013

Robert Siodmak's The Killers (1946) screens April 17th at Noir City: Hollywood A presentation of the American Cinematheque and the Film Noir Foundation, Noir City: Hollywood, the 15th annual Los Angeles film noir festival, is in full swing now and runs through April 21. Films screen at the Egyptia   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on April 5, 2013

When Mad Men returned to the air waves (and all those second and third screens) last year, nearly 18 months had elapsed since the previous season. Die-hard fans like me barely survived the overlong wait. When the premiere date for season five was finally announced, I decided to celebrate with...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on April 5, 2013

When Mad Men returned to the air waves (and all those second and third screens) last year, nearly 18 months had elapsed since the previous season. Die-hard fans like me barely survived the overlong wait. When the premiere date for season five was finally announced, I decided to celebrate with...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on April 5, 2013

When Mad Men returned to the air waves (and all those second and third screens) last year, nearly 18 months had elapsed since the previous season. Die-hard fans like me barely survived the overlong wait. When the premiere date for season five was finally announced, I decided to celebrate with...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on March 29, 2013

Clive Brook and Marlene Dietrich Between 1930 and 1935, Josef von Sternberg filmed six wondrous and surreal flights of imagination for Paramount starring Marlene Dietrich with costumes by Travis Banton. The director and Dietrich had already made their first film together, The Blue Angel (1930), fo   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on March 29, 2013

Clive Brook and Marlene Dietrich Between 1930 and 1935, Josef von Sternberg filmed six wondrous and surreal flights of imagination for Paramount starring Marlene Dietrich with costumes by Travis Banton. The director and Dietrich had already made their first film together, The Blue Angel (1930), fo   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on March 29, 2013

Clive Brook and Marlene Dietrich Between 1930 and 1935, Josef von Sternberg filmed six wondrous and surreal flights of imagination for Paramount starring Marlene Dietrich with costumes by Travis Banton. The director and Dietrich had already made their first film together, The Blue Angel (1930), fo   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on March 25, 2013

Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in The Big Sleep Guy Budziak is a woodcut artist whose striking high-contrast prints evoke dense and haunting images from classic noir, proto-noir and neo-noir films. My recent Nightmare Alley blog entry featured Guy's rendering of a tantalizing moment from t   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on March 25, 2013

Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in The Big Sleep Guy Budziak is a woodcut artist whose striking high-contrast prints evoke dense and haunting images from classic noir, proto-noir and neo-noir films. My recent Nightmare Alley blog entry featured Guy's rendering of a tantalizing moment from t   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on March 25, 2013

Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in The Big Sleep Guy Budziak is a woodcut artist whose striking high-contrast prints evoke dense and haunting images from classic noir, proto-noir and neo-noir films. My recent Nightmare Alley blog entry featured Guy's rendering of a tantalizing moment from t   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on March 21, 2013

71 years ago today, on the first day of spring, March 21, 1942, Francoise Dorleac was born in war-ravaged Paris; she would live just 25 years more. Catherine (top) and Francoise Her father was Maurice Dorleac, a stage and screen actor, and her mother, Renee Deneuve, was an actress who...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on March 21, 2013

Francoise Dorleac, older sister of Catherine Deneuve, was born in war-ravaged Paris on the first day of spring, 71 years ago today, March 21, 1942, and lived just 25 years more. Catherine (top) and Francoise Her father was Maurice Dorleac, a stage and screen actor, and her mother, Renee Deneu   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on March 21, 2013

Francoise Dorleac, older sister of Catherine Deneuve, was born in war-ravaged Paris on the first day of spring, 71 years ago today, March 21, 1942, and lived just 25 years more. Catherine (top) and Francoise Her father was Maurice Dorleac, a stage and screen actor, and her mother, Renee Deneu   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on February 27, 2013

The notion that 1939 was the greatest of all movie years has been around for so long that it's pretty much an accepted fact these days. A while ago, as I was roaming the blogosphere, I happened upon a post by Peter Bogdanovich on his Indiewire blog (appropriately called Blogdanovich)...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on February 27, 2013

The notion that 1939 was the greatest of all movie years has been around for so long that it's pretty much an accepted fact these days. A while ago, as I was roaming the blogosphere, I happened upon a post by Peter Bogdanovich on his Indiewire blog (appropriately called Blogdanovich)...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on February 27, 2013

The notion that 1939 was the greatest of all movie years has been around for so long that it's pretty much an accepted fact these days. A while ago, as I was roaming the blogosphere, I happened upon a post by Peter Bogdanovich on his Indiewire blog (appropriately called Blogdanovich)...   read more