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lma out of the car in these scenes humor and death are delicately balanced keeping the audience off kilter for faye dunaway it was a star making role and for beatty it moved him into the stratosphere of actors and producers he became an icon of the new hollywood bonnie parker s outfits influenced fashions of the day director arthur penn brought a french new wave style that would impact other films over the years notably early on bonnie and clyde screenwriters newman and benton wanted french directors francois truffaut or jean luc goddard as the director there is not a weak performance in the cast beatty received a nomination for best actor dunaway for best actress estelle parsons for best supporting actress and both hackman and pollard received a best supporting actor nod arthur penn and the screenwriters received nominations the film was nominated for best picture ten nominations in all with two wins one for estelle parsons and one for cinematography burnett guffey bonnie and clyde had no chance of winning best picture of the five films nominated two represented the old hollywood guard fighting to survive with dr doolittle and guess who s coming to dinner besides bonnie and clyde the new hollywood was represented by the graduate in the middle the fifth nominee and winner in the heat of the night the saddest part about the film s legacy is not only how it presented a violent view of america in the 1960s but sadly it forecast the future and where we are at today bonnie and clyde does not pack the same cultural impact as it did back in 1967 many films since have presented more bloody on screen violence than bonnie and clyde american fascination with violence has continued to increase negating the impact of penn s classic what remains though is a classic gangster film a bright light in the warner brothers hierarchy of legendary screen gangster movies a landmark in american cinema that helped open the door for hollywood s last classic period in film this is my contribution to classic movie blog associations movies are murder blogathon check out other contributions here share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin like loading 8 comments posted in 1970 s arthur penn crime films faye dunaway gangsters gene hackman warren beatty tagged arthur penn bonnie and clyde depression era movies faye dunaway gene hackman warren beatty five recent documentaries jun 7 george carlin s american dream judd apatow s two part documentary on the iconic comedian is both serious and wickedly entertaining his work still hits all the hot button issues we re facing today global warming abortion book banning viruses and more a must see like a rolling stone the life and times of ben fong torres a fascinating look at the life and career of the legendary rock journalist ben fong torres his in depth interviews during the early years of rolling stone magazine when it mattered with legends like jim morrison marvin gaye paul mccartney stevie wonder and others are must reads for anyone interested in rock and soul music or a career in journalism read michael a gonzales excellent article linked here https www soulhead com new documentary explores men at lunch an interesting documentary about one of the most iconic photographs ever made the film explores the origin the meaning and the impact the photo has had over its long history eleven men perched high up on a steel girder taking a lunch break while working on the construction of a building today we know as 30 rockefeller center who was the photographer who are the construction workers these are some of the questions asked and remain unknown except for two men none have been identified many claims have been made but only two have been verified that said the photograph says a lot about the history of new york city its immigrants who worked the dangerous jobs and the american dream 78 52 a detailed informative analysis and tribute to alfred hitchcock s 1960 classic psycho the documentary s focus is on the shower scene and its influence on future films and filmmakers though detailed at times it s accessible to all funny at times and always fascinating talking heads in peter bogdanovich stephen rebello bret easton ellis marli renfro jamie lee curtis osgood perkins and others lenny bruce without tears in the 1950s there was bob hope milton berle jack benny george burns and then there was lenny bruce though much of his material has lost some of its shock value and is dated due to changing pop values lenny bruce remains a brilliant social critic storyteller and legend the film itself has a cinema verite style feel to it all are available on streaming services including hbo max and kanopy share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin like loading 3 comments posted in articles documentary film reviews tagged alfred hitchcock ben fong torres george carlin lenny bruce psycho my article in the dark pages jan 21 my article on barbara stanwyck and double indemnity is one of many excellent noir topics in the year end issue of the dark pages share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin like loading 2 comments posted in articles film noir tagged barbara stanwyck double indeminty film noir the dark pages my favorite brunette oct 20 as a kid growing up and falling in love with movies bob hope was always on the tv screen not just in old films but on tv specials that seemed to pop up all the time hope s best period on the big screen began in the late 1930s with movies like the cat and the canary the ghost breakers and continued into the 1940s monsieur beaucaire the princess and the pirate the paleface and the road to movies by the mid 1950s his films were going downhill in the 1960s hope s films were hopeless ouch movies like call me bawana eight on the lam i ll take sweden boy did i get a wrong number and a global affair were unfortunate affairs but in that early golden period bob hope a master of timing had many gems that still hold up a few years back i wrote a post about celluloid comfort food and one of the five films i mentioned was my favorite brunette it s always been a go to film whether i was in some sort of funk or did not feel like watching anything new i know the film by heart watching my favorite brunette and other hope films you can see the influence old ski nose had on woody allen bob hope was woody s comic idol you easily see this in many of woody s early films the cowardly sperm in everything you always wanted to know about sex the live lobster scene in annie hall and most of the scenes in bananas the mannerisms the jokes it s all there my favorite brunette is a marvelously funny take off on the classic film noirs of the day adding a bit of noir authenticity is the inclusion of a cameo by alan ladd as tough guy detective sam mccloud an evil peter lorre and hope s character telling the story in voice over hope is baby photographer ronnie jackson a wannabe private investigator when we first meet ronnie jackson he is on san quentin s death row awaiting execution for a murder he did not commit the warden allows him to tell his story to a group of reporters portrait photographer ronnie jackson is having a tough time photographing mrs fong s baby the child will not smile two hours and numerous shots later ronnie gets his perfect photo and promises to have the proofs ready tomorrow shortly afterward ronnie visits sam mccloud whose office is next door to jackson s photography studio in san francisco s chinatown jackson has been begging to mccloud to give him a chance at p i work ronnie wants to be a tough guy p i like humphrey bogart dick powell and even alan ladd jackson reveals his newly invented keyhole camera he s been kicked out of five hotels already trying it out and his recently purchased gun but tough guy mccloud says nothing doing ronnie can answer his phone whenever he is out on a case for ronnie it s better than nothing when mccloud takes a quick trip to chicago he leaves ronnie in charge to man the phone unwittingly giving ronnie a chance to play detective that happens when our sultry femme fatale who else but dorothy lamour enters the detective s office mistaking ronnie for p i tough guy mccloud her name is baroness carlotta montay she claims her invalid husband really her uncle baron montay has been kidnapped by some very dangerous men including a weasel like henchman called kismet noir veteran peter lorre who followed her to mccloud s office and is peeking into the detective s door carlotta begs jackson for help she gives our hero an address and a critically important map that she tells him to guard with his life ronnie hides the map in a paper cup dispenser in his photography studio and is soon on his way to his first p i case he soon finds himself deeply involved in a convoluted plot involving mystery murder and mayhem hot on the trail ronnie s detective work leads him down the rocky road to san quentin and the gas chamber as expected jackson is saved from execution thanks to carlotta mccloud and mrs fong s help the biggest loser in the film is not the criminals but bing crosby whose film ending walk on as the executioner leaves him disappointed he cannot execute bob this is my contribution to the classic movie blog association s laughter is the best medicine blogathon if you need more comic shots in the arm click here and here share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin like loading 3 comments posted in bob hope film reviews tagged bob hope comedy dorothy lamour my favorite brunette half a hero 1953 may 18 this post is my contribtuion to the cmba s hidden classics blogathon these are the forgotten gems the underrated ones that deserve more attention you can discover more hidden classic gem by clicking on this link america in the early 1950s was on a high the war was over the boys were home a baby boom was in full swing and the economy was growing many folks were leaving the city and heading out to the white picket fence world of the suburbs in the suburbs away from the hustle and bustle of the city people were living what many thought was the american dream released in 1953 half a hero is a small low budget programmer that had nothing on its mind other than providing a few laughs written by max shulman rally round the flag boys the affairs of dobie gillis and directed don weis i love melvin the affairs of dobie gillis this was the kind of small film that television helped kill but time has been good to this little film make no mistake this is no lost masterpiece what it is though is a reflection or a mirror held up to a time and place in america that reveals the country s mood and emerging middle class during this period 1 that may seem like a lot of weight to place on a small lightweight programmer that stars comic red skelton but it s true skelton plays ben dobson an unemployed writer who gets a job at a magazine where his new and frugal boss mr bascomb charles dingle approves of ben and his wife martha jean hagen living in a small tenement building on the west side of manhattan bascomb hates the newfangled fad of people moving out to the suburbs or as he calls them the slums of tomorrow where they are living above their financial means borrowing money on credit which he rails against claiming it will ruin the country ben starts off as a rewrite man checking and correcting other writer s work his boss likes his work but the frugal employer does not offer a raise meanwhile ben s wife jean hagen informs hubby she is pregnant she s pushes for ben to ask for an increase or quit it works ben to his surprised is valued with a family now jean hints their small apartment feels cramped they need more space she suggests they look for a house where else but in the suburbs ben is against it however he reluctantly agrees to look he sets the amount they could afford to spend on a house and swears they cannot wavier from it naturally the houses in the price range ben was limiting their financial sights on are small and not what his wife wants and just as naturally she gets her way with a house costing more than ben wanted expenses soon mount as bill after bill arrives it seems never ending ben by the way has not told his boss about his move to the suburbs so when the boss man informs ben he wants him to write an exposé on how suburbanites are living above their means ben who is unhappy with his living in the burbs hopes that if he writes the article to be called the slums of tomorrow about the folks in his own hometown they will hate him and his family so much they will feel forced to move back to the city surprisingly there are quite a few serious moments in a film that is basically a comedy it manages to jump smoothly back and forth skelton a comic handles it all well along with jean hagen singin in the rain the asphalt jungle as his wife and charles dingle talk of the town my favorite brunette as his cheap boss the cast includes mary wickes the man who came to dinner and frank cady ace in the hole as potential buyers of their suburban home king donovan invasion of the body snatchers and dorothy patrick come to the stable as fellow suburbanites along with kathleen freeman burt mustin and polly bergen who appears as herself singing the song love by 1953 when half a hero arrived in theaters red skelton had already moved toward television sure there were more films public pigeon no 1 the great diamond robbery and some cameos in films like susan slept here and ocean s 11 but more and more his work was on the tube his hit television show began in 1951 and ran for an amazing twenty years footnotes hyperlink https d docs live net d1a7fc87681f81d0 half 20a 20hero docx 8221 l _ftnref1 1 nicholas ray s 1956 film bigger than life presents a darker view of the 1950s american suburban dream share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on linkedin opens in new window 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