Director Delbert Mann was baffled when Separate Tables, long after its release, was included in a retrospective of British film. Although set in the sleepy seaside resort town of Bournemoth, filming was completed entirely within the confines of Stage 5 of Goldwyn Studios in sunny California, and the director was very American by way of [...]
Today was a day that I thought I might miss my daily dose of cinema. For work, I had to go to another town in the middle of nowhere that is three hours away by train. On the way back, I just missed a train and had to wait an hour before a three and [...]
Orson Welles famously directed The Lady From Shanghai for a quick paycheck. A really quick paycheck. Welles was producing a musical stage version of Around the World in 80 Days and had a lot of his own money was invested in the production when the costumes were impounded pending payment of $55,000 to cover debts. [...]
I have been watching every Rita Hayworth film I can find, and had to go back and rewatch the movie featuring her most well-known role. Although this is good as a big-budget film noir, and Hayworth is beautifully shot by Rudolph Maté and beautifully dressed by Jean Louis, I am not so sure it is [...]
You’ll Never Get Rich is the first of two films that Rita Hayworth made with Fred Astaire. Although Hayworth was gradually getting bigger and bigger roles throughout 1939 through 1941, this was first time she got to combine acting with her first and truest talent of dancing. Hayworth’s parents were a popular dancing team billed [...]
By the time the Blondie series got to its fifth installment, Columbia most have realized that they were on a winning streak, and started to pour some more resources into the films, at the same time trying to to bring the films out as quickly as possible. Blondie On a Budget seems to have had [...]
After seeing the lovely Rita Hayworth in Blondie on a Budget a while ago, I wanted to see more of her films, and decided to go back to the beginning, or at least near enough to the beginning. In 1939, Hayworth had already appeared in nearly two dozen movies, under her real name Margarita Cansino, [...]
Actor: Rita Hayworth
Separate Tables (1958)
Director Delbert Mann was baffled when Separate Tables, long after its release, was included in a retrospective of British film. Although set in the sleepy seaside resort town of Bournemoth, filming was completed entirely within the confines of Stage 5 of Goldwyn Studios in sunny California, and the director was very American by way of [...]
The Loves of Carmen (1948)
Today was a day that I thought I might miss my daily dose of cinema. For work, I had to go to another town in the middle of nowhere that is three hours away by train. On the way back, I just missed a train and had to wait an hour before a three and [...]
The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
Orson Welles famously directed The Lady From Shanghai for a quick paycheck. A really quick paycheck. Welles was producing a musical stage version of Around the World in 80 Days and had a lot of his own money was invested in the production when the costumes were impounded pending payment of $55,000 to cover debts. [...]
Gilda (1946)
I have been watching every Rita Hayworth film I can find, and had to go back and rewatch the movie featuring her most well-known role. Although this is good as a big-budget film noir, and Hayworth is beautifully shot by Rudolph Maté and beautifully dressed by Jean Louis, I am not so sure it is [...]
You’ll Never Get Rich (1941)
You’ll Never Get Rich is the first of two films that Rita Hayworth made with Fred Astaire. Although Hayworth was gradually getting bigger and bigger roles throughout 1939 through 1941, this was first time she got to combine acting with her first and truest talent of dancing. Hayworth’s parents were a popular dancing team billed [...]
Blondie on a Budget (1940)
By the time the Blondie series got to its fifth installment, Columbia most have realized that they were on a winning streak, and started to pour some more resources into the films, at the same time trying to to bring the films out as quickly as possible. Blondie On a Budget seems to have had [...]
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
After seeing the lovely Rita Hayworth in Blondie on a Budget a while ago, I wanted to see more of her films, and decided to go back to the beginning, or at least near enough to the beginning. In 1939, Hayworth had already appeared in nearly two dozen movies, under her real name Margarita Cansino, [...]