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Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 9:00AM by Nathaniel R
Ann Rutherford in Bermuda Mystery (1944)
Today marks the centennial of studio system regular Ann Rutherford. Though she's best remembered today for her minor role in Gone With the Wind (Scarlett's little sister Carreen) she was actually a headliner both before and after that all time classic...
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 1:00AM 
Paul Newman's fourth Best Actor nominated star vehicle opened on this day in 1967! In its honor an impromptu list...
BEST SCREEN LUKES
(okay, who'd we forget?)
Monday, October 23, 2017 at 2:00PM "The Furniture," by Daniel Walber, is our weekly series on Production Design. You can click on the images to see them in magnified detail.
Back in August, I wrote about two dramatically different ways of portraying Arthurian Legend on screen. To recap: the bright silliness of Knights of the Round Table (1953) looks like psychedelic compared to the bland grit of King Arthur (2004) and the gruff, imperial fantasia of King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017). But even these at least share a mild interest in engaging with English historical design. Camelot (1967), on the other hand, is a flighty fantasy of utter nonsense.
Of course, this is why it’s such a delight to watch. It’s a furry, oversexed epic that sends its glamorous cast out into magical forests to sing Lerner and Loewe songs at the top of their extravagantly-adorned lungs. The film won Oscars for production designer John Truscott, art director Edward Carrere and set decorator John Brown, with Truscott taking home a second statuette for the costumes. Lavishly made and lavishly awarded, it’s a classic of committed inspiration.
Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 2:00PM For the next few days we'll be celebrating Joan Fontaine's Centennial. Here's Eric on her most famous picture...
David O. Selznick, Joan Fontaine, and Alfred Hitchcock at the Oscars for Rebecca. The film won... but Fontaine and Hitch didn't.
One of the best things about writing for The Film Experience is the chance to open up windows of your film history you haven’t explored before. For some reason, throughout all the years, I had never seen a movie with Joan Fontaine. Just one of those black holes. And because she stopped acting before I was born, I have zero frame of reference for her (unlike, say, sister Olivia de Havilland)...
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 2:00PM by Nathaniel R
Rudyard Kipling's collection of stories "The Jungle Book" was first published in 1894. It's been adapted so many times now, you always have to specify which version you're talking about. The most famous and widely seen is surely Disney's 1967 animated version which opened in movie theaters 50 years ago on this very day. It's been a childhood staple for decades now with Disney only just barely trying to replace it with that inferior but wildly successful live-action CGI hybrid replica. When I was a wee toddler it was my favorite Disney movie (it's long since been replaced but holds a special place in my heart).
Today's crucial reader survey / comment party:
Which character do you most relate to... and which do you wish you were a little more like?
Let's hear from the lot of you for a wide sampling of our particular online jungle here at The Film Experience. Your options, in order of their appearance, are...
