Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Uh-Oh
Guardian: Kenneth Branagh is in talks to direct a new film version of Agatha Christie’s genteel tale of train slaughter, Murder on the Orient Express.
Pie Fight!
Laurel and Hardy’s Battle of the Century pie fight reel is found: Over the weekend, it was quietly announced at the Library of Congress’ festival of “unidentified, underidentified, or misidentified films” that one of the most deeply mourned lost treasures in film history has reappeared. As reported by Pamela Hutchinson at Silent London, silent film historian Jon Mirsalis unexpectedly rediscovered the second reel of Laurel and Hardy’s 1927 film The Battle of the Century, lost for 60 years.
First It was the Thin Mints Melee
The Smoking Gun: Galin told a deputy that Lawson “hit him with a rake and broke the handle.” She then allegedly stabbed him in the arm with the jagged handle. Richards, Galin added, struck him with a “2x2 stick.”
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
What a Deal!
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Kirk Kerkorian, R. I. P.
The New York Times: Kirk Kerkorian, the media-shy investor who became one of the richest Americans by betting his money on ventures like casinos and film studios, died Monday night at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 98.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
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