Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on February 20, 2013

Woodcut print by Guy Budziak Coney Island's first so-called "freak show" opened in 1880, but the heyday of its sideshow attractions began nearly 25 years later when Samuel W. Gumpertz opened "Lilliputia" at Dreamland, one of the site's three major amusement parks. Wildly popular with tourists, "Lil   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on February 20, 2013

Woodcut print by Guy Budziak Coney Island's first so-called "freak show" opened in 1880, but the heyday of its sideshow attractions began nearly 25 years later when Samuel W. Gumpertz opened "Lilliputia" at Dreamland, one of the site's three major amusement parks. Wildly popular with tourists, "Lil   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on February 7, 2013

There is no mistaking that drama on a grand scale is about to take place even before the first scene of The Rains Came (1939) begins. Alfred Newman's commanding score pounds, the title sequence rolls over the dark image of a rain drenched ancient city, and as each hand-lettered title...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on February 7, 2013

There is no mistaking that drama on a grand scale is about to take place even before the first scene of The Rains Came (1939) begins. Alfred Newman's commanding score pounds, the title sequence rolls over the dark image of a rain drenched ancient city, and as each hand-lettered title...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on February 7, 2013

There is no mistaking that drama on a grand scale is about to take place even before the first scene of The Rains Came (1939) begins. Alfred Newman's commanding score pounds, the title sequence rolls over the dark image of a rain drenched ancient city, and as each hand-lettered title...   read more

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

I wasn’t sure, exactly, what the word meant and was curious, so I went to the Internet in search of an answer. There I found the verb swashbuckle defined as “to engage in daring and romantic adventures with ostentatious bravado or flamboyance.” According to Merriam Webster, the wor   read more

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

I wasn’t sure, exactly, what the word meant and was curious, so I went to the Internet in search of an answer. There I found the verb swashbuckle defined as “to engage in daring and romantic adventures with ostentatious bravado or flamboyance.” According to Merriam Webster, the wor   read more

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

I wasn’t sure, exactly, what the word meant and was curious, so I went to the Internet in search of an answer. There I found the verb swashbuckle defined as “to engage in daring and romantic adventures with ostentatious bravado or flamboyance.” According to Merriam Webster, the wor   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on December 30, 2012

January 2013 brings, at last, the much-anticipated Noir City XI, San Francisco's 11th annual film noir festival. Presented by the Film Noir Foundation at the city’s landmark movie palace, the Castro Theatre, the festival runs from January 25 – February 3 and will showcase 27 films!   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on December 30, 2012

January 2013 brings, at last, the much-anticipated Noir City XI, San Francisco's 11th annual film noir festival. Presented by the Film Noir Foundation at the city’s landmark movie palace, the Castro Theatre, the festival runs from January 25 – February 3 and will showcase 27 films!   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on December 30, 2012

January 2013 brings, at last, the much-anticipated Noir City XI, San Francisco's 11th annual film noir festival. Presented by the Film Noir Foundation at the city’s landmark movie palace, the Castro Theatre, the festival runs from January 25 – February 3 and will showcase 27 films!   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on October 31, 2012

Joan Carroll and Margaret O'Brien in Meet Me in St. Louis The origins of Halloween go back to the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain (pronounced sowˊ-in). Samhain began on the eve of October 31 and heralded the Celtic New Year on November 1. The Celts believed that during Samhain...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on October 31, 2012

Joan Carroll and Margaret O'Brien in Meet Me in St. Louis The origins of Halloween go back to the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain (pronounced sowˊ-in). Samhain began on the eve of October 31 and heralded the Celtic New Year on November 1. The Celts believed that during Samhain...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on October 31, 2012

Joan Carroll and Margaret O'Brien in Meet Me in St. Louis The origins of Halloween go back to the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain (pronounced sowˊ-in). Samhain began on the eve of October 31 and heralded the Celtic New Year on November 1. The Celts believed that during Samhain...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on October 29, 2012

San Francisco's Coit Tower bathed in Giants orange on Sunday night (photo by Luanne Dietz, SF Chronicle) One of the best-known tunes from Damn Yankees (the 1955 Broadway hit and 1958 movie) is the catchy number "Heart," and it goes like this: You've gotta have heart All you really need...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on October 29, 2012

San Francisco's Coit Tower bathed in Giants orange on Sunday night (photo by Luanne Dietz, SF Chronicle) One of the best-known tunes from Damn Yankees (the 1955 Broadway hit and 1958 movie) is the catchy number "Heart," and it goes like this: You've gotta have heart All you really need...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on October 29, 2012

San Francisco's Coit Tower bathed in Giants orange on Sunday night (photo by Luanne Dietz, SF Chronicle) One of the best-known tunes from Damn Yankees (the 1955 Broadway hit and 1958 movie) is the catchy number "Heart," and it goes like this: You've gotta have heart All you really need...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on October 26, 2012

The Lady Eve's Reel Life is pleased to take part in a "prize pack" giveaway sponsored by Fathom Events and Harper Perennial books in celebration of the 50th anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird, the 1962 film version of Harper Lee's acclaimed novel. The prize pack consists of a pair...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on October 26, 2012

The Lady Eve's Reel Life is pleased to take part in a "prize pack" giveaway sponsored by Fathom Events and Harper Perennial books in celebration of the 50th anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird, the 1962 film version of Harper Lee's acclaimed novel. The prize pack consists of a pair...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on October 18, 2012

Actress Jeanne Eagels, one of the great legends of early 20th century American theater, became the toast of the New York stage by the time she was 30. She most famously originated the role of Sadie Thompson on Broadway in John Colton's Rain (based on a Somerset Maugham short story);...   read more