Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on November 14, 2015

Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in Charade (1963) Thinking of Paris and all of France today, and of films that evoke my own deep affection for that great city and beautiful country. "Bonjour, Paris," Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn and Kay Thompson in Funny Face (1957) Margo Martindale   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on October 31, 2015

The Whirlwind Life and Mysterious Death of Screwball Comedienne Thelma Todd AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR AND A BOOK GIVEAWAY Nearly 80 years ago, comedienne Thelma Todd, co-star to the Marx Brothers and Laurel and Hardy, and a former Miss Massachusetts (1925), was found dead at age 2   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on October 31, 2015

The Whirlwind Life and Mysterious Death of Screwball Comedienne Thelma Todd AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR AND A BOOK GIVEAWAY Nearly 80 years ago, comedienne Thelma Todd, co-star to the Marx Brothers and Laurel and Hardy, and a former Miss Massachusetts (1925), was found dead at age 2   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on October 31, 2015

The Whirlwind Life and Mysterious Death of Screwball Comedienne Thelma Todd AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR AND A BOOK GIVEAWAY Nearly 80 years ago, comedienne Thelma Todd, co-star to the Marx Brothers and Laurel and Hardy, and a former Miss Massachusetts (1925), was found dead at age 2   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on October 20, 2015

Frank Capra's wistful 1937 fantasy, Lost Horizon, begins dramatically with a chaotic mob scene at an airfield in war-torn Baskul, China, highlighted by a spectacular explosion and fire. In the midst of the fray, British diplomat Robert Conway (Ronald Colman) is managing the evacuation of 90 Westerne   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on October 20, 2015

Frank Capra's wistful 1937 fantasy Lost Horizon begins dramatically with a chaotic mob scene at an airfield in war-torn Baskul, China, highlighted by a spectacular explosion and fire. In the midst of the fray, British diplomat Robert Conway (Ronald Colman) is managing the evacuation of 90 Westerners   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on October 20, 2015

Frank Capra's wistful 1937 fantasy, Lost Horizon, begins dramatically with a chaotic mob scene at an airfield in war-torn Baskul, China, highlighted by a spectacular explosion and fire. In the midst of the fray, British diplomat Robert Conway (Ronald Colman) is managing the evacuation of 90 Westerne   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on September 30, 2015

50 years ago, I saw Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho for the first time. It was 1965 and though the film was originally released in 1960, its immense popularity led to a re-issue five years later. Thankfully, by 1965 my parents considered me old enough, and so one spring evening I ventured...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on September 30, 2015

50 years ago, I saw Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho for the first time. It was 1965 and though the film was originally released in 1960, its immense popularity led to a re-issue five years later. Thankfully, by 1965 my parents considered me old enough, and so one spring evening I ventured...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on September 30, 2015

50 years ago, I saw Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho for the first time. It was 1965 and though the film was originally released in 1960, its immense popularity led to a re-issue five years later. Thankfully, by 1965 my parents considered me old enough, and so one spring evening I ventured...   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on August 21, 2015

Summer Under the Stars, August 22: Marlene Dietrich It was 1929, and Marlene Dietrich was appearing on the Berlin stage when Austrian-American film director Josef von Sternberg first caught sight of her. Something in her attitude intrigued him and he thought she might be right for the female lead i   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on August 21, 2015

Summer Under the Stars, August 22: Marlene Dietrich It was 1929, and Marlene Dietrich was appearing on the Berlin stage when Austrian-American film director Josef von Sternberg first caught sight of her. Something in her attitude intrigued him and he thought she might be right for the female lead i   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on August 21, 2015

Summer Under the Stars, August 22: Marlene Dietrich It was 1929, and Marlene Dietrich was appearing on the Berlin stage when Austrian-American film director Josef von Sternberg first caught sight of her. Something in her attitude intrigued him and he thought she might be right for the female lead i   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on August 14, 2015

Mr. Benchley, by Al Kilgore Mr. Benchley, originally of Worcester, Massachusetts, was first and foremost enamored of Manhattan. He was later lured to Hollywood but he was not especially fond of the movie capital. And though his love for New York City endured, Hollywood did, nonetheless, manage to   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on August 14, 2015

Mr. Benchley, by Al Kilgore Mr. Benchley, originally of Worcester, Massachusetts, was first and foremost enamored of Manhattan. He was later lured to Hollywood but he was not especially fond of the movie capital. And though his love for New York City endured, Hollywood did, nonetheless, manage to   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on August 14, 2015

Mr. Benchley, by Al Kilgore Mr. Benchley, originally of Worcester, Massachusetts, was first and foremost enamored of Manhattan. He was later lured to Hollywood but he was not especially fond of the movie capital. And though his love for New York City endured, Hollywood did, nonetheless, manage to   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on August 9, 2015

Summer Under the Stars, August 9: Robert Walker From the New York Times, August 30, 1951: "Los Angeles, Aug. 29 - Robert Walker, 32-year-old film star whose own desperate and protracted struggle with dark emotional forces topped any of his conflicts on the screen, died last night while undergo   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on August 9, 2015

Summer Under the Stars, August 9: Robert Walker From the New York Times, August 30, 1951: "Los Angeles, Aug. 29 - Robert Walker, 32-year-old film star whose own desperate and protracted struggle with dark emotional forces topped any of his conflicts on the screen, died last night while undergo   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on August 9, 2015

Summer Under the Stars, August 9: Robert Walker From the New York Times, August 30, 1951: "Los Angeles, Aug. 29 - Robert Walker, 32-year-old film star whose own desperate and protracted struggle with dark emotional forces topped any of his conflicts on the screen, died last night while undergo   read more

Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on July 6, 2015

Let's ponder for a moment what Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958) and Welles’s Citizen Kane (1941) might have in common beyond having been voted the two finest films in cinema history*. The particular feature they share that I have in mind is also shared with, to name just a few films, Mankiewi   read more