Producer Jonathan Shields is in big trouble on a production and reaches out to three people he's befriended and betrayed in the past for help. All three are brought to Harry Pebbel's office where he makes a pitch for the help of each one. And we're told in flashback the dynamics of the relationships between Shields and each one. One thing about Tinseltown, they've never been afraid to show the seamier side of movie-making. Kirk Douglas's Jonathan Shields is a not too thinly disguised version of David O.
Mar 07, 2017 Gossip no one in Hollywood will say out loud - Part 2 Nancy Reagan was the studio whore for MGM during her contract days when she was Nancy Davis. They'd send her out with bigwigs they'd want to impress or please because they knew she gave the best head in Hollywood. Newcomer Mohit Kumar recently got injured while shooting for his TV show Ek Duje Ke Vaaste 2 here. But he didn't let it pull him down. He says injuries are part of any journey. Mohit, who essays the lead role of Shravan Malhotra in the show, was shooting for a sequence in which Suman (actress Kanikka Kapur) pulls Shravan and he falls on the stairs. ? TV Actor Mohit Kumar Injured During Ek.
The same drive, the same ambition, the same overwhelming ego that Selznick was legendary for is a part that was tailor made for Kirk Douglas. The three betrayed people, director Fred Amiel(Barry Sullivan), star Georgia Lorrison(Lana Turner), and screenwriter James Lee Barlow(Dick Powell)all ring very true. One of the things I like about this film is that all three stories, each in itself, could be expanded into a film all it's own. Lana Turner's role as the ersatz Diana Barrymore is not to hard to spot either. It's so much better here than the film based on her own book Too Much Too Soon. If that voice of Turner's actor father on those 78 rpms she's playing sounds familiar, it's that of Louis Calhern.
Turner's was a life lived out all too well in the tabloids and she brings all of it to bear in playing Gerogia Lorrison. Dick Powell, who was offered the lead as Jonathan Shields, opted to play tweedy professor turned screenwriter James Lee Barlow. This was Powell's next to last feature picture as an actor, it should have been the one he went out on. Powell was always ahead of the industry's cutting edge and he decided to concentrate more on directing and acting for the small screen. Powell's segment includes Gloria Grahame as his flirty wife. Post World War II Hollywood, whenever it had a part for a tramp, first call Gloria Grahame.
Here she responds with an Academy Award winning performance. She hasn't many scenes, but as was said in another MGM picture around that time, what there is is cherce. I don't think there's ever been an actor who can go from zero to sixty on the emotional scale as quickly as Kirk Douglas. Check the scene when Lana Turner discovers how Douglas betrayed her. The intensity of his reaction alone is frightening and real. Douglas was also up for an Oscar, but it went that year to laconic Gary Cooper in High Noon. Vincente Minelli put all the pieces together just right and it comes out great entertainment.
This sub is dedicated to providing credible information and a space for discussion about the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein, an enigmatic American multi-millionaire and convicted pedophile who, prior to allegedly committing suicide in prison, was tantalizingly tied to elite circles in finance, politics, academia and the media. There is a lot of noise out there about this case, indeed 12 months ago it all seemed like a Russian fever dream. Inasmuch, there are a few rules in this sub:.No pushing misinformation. Details can be difficult to ascertain, so we know some speculation will happen. However, if you push unfounded or disputable speculation as a statement of truth, we will delete your post. This includes any promotion of Pizzagate, Qanon, or Satanic rituals. This is not the place to promulgate Satanic Panic.
We want this sub to be a credible source of information.You may be permanently banned if you are here to stir up sides and make this about politics in any form, be it Republican vs. Democrat, anti-Israel, anti-America, anti-Russia etc. This includes if you respond to any such political post.
DON'T STIR THE POT. Simply report any violation and move on. Think twice before you post or comment and try to find the most neutral, fact-based way in which to make your point. You have the whole of the English language at your disposal, use it.We reserve the right to remove all image-only posts, including memes. Please direct all low effort memes to or.Please be excellent towards each other.
No pejoratives. Do not minimize the experiences of victims.Related Subs. Jeffrey Epstein’s Hollywood Pipeline Ran Straight to Harvey WeinsteinKate Briquelet Senior ReporterUpdated Mar. 31, 2020 5:00AM ET / Published Mar. 30, 2020 4:37AM ETJeffrey Epstein used his connections to Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein to impress young women, and even helped one victim land a role in a horror movie produced by a Weinstein-owned company, The Daily Beast has learned.Chauntae Davies was recruited into Epstein’s trafficking ring in 2001, when she was a 21-year-old massage-therapy student in California. She says the perverted financier groomed and sexually abused her for years before she escaped in 2005.Davies’ time in Epstein’s world included a 2002 humanitarian trip to Africa with former President Bill Clinton on the money-manager’s private jet.
Actors Chris Tucker and Kevin Spacey were along for the ride.But Epstein also introduced Davies to Weinstein, who allegedly got her an audition for Feast, a 2005 film about a remote Texas tavern fending off monsters. Davies played a character identified only as “Drunk Girl,” according to IMDb.The low-budget flick was produced by Dimension Films, the independent arm of Miramax that was run by Weinstein’s brother. Bob Weinstein, who has since launched a company without Harvey, did not return messages left by The Daily Beast.Asked if Davies’ role in a Dimension movie was only a coincidence, her attorney, Brad Edwards, confirmed it was not.
Comments are closed.
|
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
February 2023
Categories |