A Star Is Born 1954
Posted by spheer2002 | Filed under Film, Films of the 1950's
One Star Rises as Another Falls
Directed by George Cukor
The Second of Four Major Remakes which include….
What Price Hollywood,Title of the same name,and the Barbara Version….euh
But is undoubtedly the best Version, Esther Blogett(Judy Garland) is picked up off the sidewalk of divebars and side shows an is transformed into Hot Hollywood Property with a Makeover and name change ‘Vicki Lester’, by Hollywood Falling Movie Star, Norman Maine (James Mason), Her Triumph , is Ultimately his failure , its the oldest story in Hollywood , and although its not the first its the ultimate Musical and Dramatic Staging , with Numbers sung by Garland like ‘The Man that Got Away’ and ‘Swannie’ and that breakdown scene in the trailer, If People think all Garland did on film thats worth watching was “The Wizard of OZ”
Tags: Alcoholism, George Cukor, Movie Star, Musical, Oscar, Remake, Rise to fame, Self Sacrifice, The Price of Fame
The Red Shoes 1948
Posted by spheer2002 | Filed under Film
A dancer who relies upon the doubtful comforts of human love will never be a great dancer. Never…
It tells the story of a young ballerina who joins an established ballet company and becomes the lead dancer in a new ballet called The Red Shoes, based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen about a woman who cannot stop dancing. The film stars Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook and Marius Goring and features Robert Helpmann, Léonide Massine and Ludmilla Tchérina, renowned dancers from the ballet world, as well as Esmond Knight and Albert Basserman. It has original music by Brian Easdale and cinematography by Jack Cardiff, and is well regarded for its creative use of Technicolor.
The Best film regarding the subject of ballet of all time…
Tags: Ballet, Dance, dancer, megalomaniac, Rise to fame, The Price of Fame
Vie privée 1962
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Vie privée (A Very Private affair)
Is a semi-autobiographical film about Brigitte Bardot, the sexy French actress/bombshell of the 1960s, stars bardot as a version of herself (minus the racist mentality and the homophobia). Eighteen-year-old Jill enjoys a comfortable upper-class existence with her widowed mother in Switzerland and develops a crush on Fabio, a friend’s husband. She heads off to Paris to become a model and dancer. Soon, Jill is discovered by a film producer and made into a huge movie star. The pressures and annoyances of fame take their toll on her and she returns to Switzerland to recuperate. Jill has an affair with the now divorced Fabio, but the press continues to hound her, leading to more complications in her private life. the last shot is very self indulgent but quite beautiful
Tags: Autobiographical, Movie Star, Privacy, Rise to fame, The Price of Fame
