Little Joe, the Wrangler
(1942); Pardon My Sarong (1942); Take a Letter, Darling (1942); Brooklyn Orchid
(1942); Unholy Partners (1941); Blossoms in the Dust (1941); You're the One
(1941); A Night at Earl Carroll's (1940); The Philadelphia Story (1940); Escape
(1940); Oklahoma Renegades (1940); Waterloo Bridge (1940); And One Was
Beautiful (1940); Blazing Barriers (1937); A Star Fell from Heaven (1936); Muss
'em Up (1936); Cappy Ricks Returns (1935); Dizzy Dames (1935); Strangers All
(1935); Night Life of the Gods (1935); David Copperfield (1935); The Merry
Widow (1934); Student Tour (1934); Hollywood Party (1934); Riptide (1934); Dancing
Lady (1933); Beauty for Sale (1933); It's Great to Be Alive (1933); Blue of the
Night (1933); Cynara (1932); The Cabin in the Cotton (1932); Horse Feathers
(1932); The Miracle Man (1932); One Hour with You (1932).
Friday, December 13, 2024
Recommended reading - A Beautiful Mind (1998):
A Beautiful Mind
By Sylvia Nasar.
First published 1998.
Published by Simon &
Schuster.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 1451628420
ISBN-13: 978-1451628425
Description:
Also an Academy
Award–winning film starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly – directed by
Ron Howard.
The powerful, dramatic
biography of math genius John Nash, who overcame serious mental illness and
schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize.
“How could you, a
mathematician, believe that extraterrestrials were sending you messages?” the
visitor from Harvard asked the West Virginian with the movie-star looks and
Olympian manner. “Because the ideas I had about supernatural beings came to me
the same way my mathematical ideas did,” came the answer. “So I took them
seriously.”
Thus
begins the true story of John Nash, the mathematical genius who was a legend by
age thirty when he slipped into madness, and who—thanks to the selflessness of
a beautiful woman and the loyalty of the mathematics community—emerged after
decades of ghostlike existence to win a Nobel Prize for triggering the game
theory revolution. The inspiration for an Academy Award–winning movie, Sylvia
Nasar’s now-classic biography is a drama about the mystery of the human mind,
triumph over adversity, and the healing power of love.
Recommended reading - The Getaway (1958):
The Getaway
By Jim Thompson.
First published 1958.
Published by Mulholland
Books.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0316403970
ISBN-13: 978-0316403979
Description:
Doc McCoy is the most
skilled criminal alive. But when for the first time in Doc's long criminal
career, his shot doesn't hit the mark, everything begins to fall apart. And Doc
begins to realize that the perfect bank robbery isn't complete without the perfect
getaway to back it up.
THE
GETAWAY is the classic story of a bank robbery gone horribly wrong, where the
smallest mistakes have catastrophic consequences, and shifting loyalties lead
to betrayals and chaos. The basis for the classic Steve McQueen film of the
same name, as well as a 1994 remake with Alec Baldwin, Thompson's novel set the
bar for every heist story that followed - but as Thompson's proved time and
again, nobody's ever done it better than the master.
Michelle Obama, on the arts:
The arts are not just a nice thing to have or to do if there is free time or if one can afford it.
Rather, paintings and poetry, music and fashion, design and dialogue,
they all define who we are as a people and provide an account of our history for the next generation.
- Michelle Obama.
Thursday, December 12, 2024
On this day in movie history - Gran Torino (2008):
Gran Torino
directed by Hal Ashby,
written by Nick Schenk,
was released in the United States on December
12, 2008.
Music by Kyle Eastwood
and Michael Stevens.
Cast:
Clint Eastwood, Christopher
Carley, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Brian Haley, Geraldine Hughes, Dreama Walker, Brian
Howe, John Carroll Lynch, William Hill, Brooke Chia Thao, Chee Thao, Choua Kue,
Scott Eastwood, Xia Soua Chang, Sonny Vue, Doua Moua, Greg Trzaskoma, John
Johns, Davis Gloff, Thomas D. Mahard, Cory Hardrict, Nana Gbewonyo, Arthur
Cartwright, Austin Douglas Smith, Conor Liam Callaghan, Michael E. Kurowski, Julia
Ho , Maykao K. Lytongpao, Carlos
Guadarrama, Andrew Tamez-Hull, Ramon Camacho, Antonio Mireles, Ia Vue Yang, Zoua
Kue, Elvis Thao, Jerry Lee, Lee Mong Vang, Tru Hang, Alice Lor, Tong Pao Kue, Douacha
Ly, Parng D. Yarng, Nelly Yang Sao Yia, Marty Bufalini, My-Ishia Cason-Brown, Clint
Ward, Stephen Kue, Rochelle Winter, Claudia Rodgers, Sean Baligian, Darline
Bucchare, Shelagh Conley, Jeffrey Feingold, William C. Fox, Vong Lee, Arnold
Montey, Rio Scafone, Jeffrey Scott Basham, Tony Stef'Ano, Carey Torrice, Kevin
Walsh.
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