Well, Tony Curtis has passed away. It was of course not a huge surprise, as the man was 85 years old. However, it is sad, sad because Curtis was, until near the end of his life, a living and active link between the heyday of Hollywood and today. He lived and worked in a world [...]
Hitchcock fans such as myself, know of Bell, Book and Candle as an odd little footnote in the history of Hitchcock’s film. Columbia Pictures agreed to lend Kim Novak to Paramont for Vertigo, if Paramont would agree to lend Stewart to Columbia for another Stewart-Novak pairing. While Hitchcock took advantage of the deal to create [...]
Actor: Jack Lemmon
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Well, Tony Curtis has passed away. It was of course not a huge surprise, as the man was 85 years old. However, it is sad, sad because Curtis was, until near the end of his life, a living and active link between the heyday of Hollywood and today. He lived and worked in a world [...]
Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
Hitchcock fans such as myself, know of Bell, Book and Candle as an odd little footnote in the history of Hitchcock’s film. Columbia Pictures agreed to lend Kim Novak to Paramont for Vertigo, if Paramont would agree to lend Stewart to Columbia for another Stewart-Novak pairing. While Hitchcock took advantage of the deal to create [...]