Artist Uses Ordinary Jpegs to Evoke Classic Movie Scenes

Artist Adrien Parlange evokes famous movie scenes with a few, carefully-chosen, jpeg image files. On their own, each image is ordinary....

Monday, November 04, 2013
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A New Kind of Love (1963) - Newman and Woodward in a Fashion Show Comedy

It's Funny Face (1957) meets Pillow Talk (1959) in this Paul Newman- Joanne Woodward comedy called A New Kind of Love (1963). Decep...

Friday, November 01, 2013
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Breakfast in Classic Movies (And How it Drives the Plot) - Part 2

This is another round of breakfast in classic movies and its importance to a storyline. Read the first part here: Breakfast in Classic Movie...

Wednesday, October 30, 2013
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Edith Head's Birthday Tribute from Google Doodle

Edith Head, famed movie studio costume designer with a record-setting number of Academy Award wins, has a birthday today and Google remember...

Tuesday, October 29, 2013
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Monsieur Beaucaire (1946) - Bob Hope vs.King Louis

The king of France and his barber like the same woman - a chamber maid.  The king and a duke also like the same woman - the king's mist...

Monday, October 28, 2013
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Enemy Agents Defect for Love in Classic Movies

"An enemy agent defects for love" is a standard movie plot that has been around for a long time.  Omnia Vincit Amor, or some such...

Friday, October 25, 2013
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Breakfast in Classic Movies (and How it Drives the Plot) - Part 1

Breaking bread with a person is an intimate activity. To do so first thing in the morning suggests the person carries a certain level of imp...

Wednesday, October 23, 2013
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One Touch of Venus (1948) - Ava Gardner's comedy

Before Mannequin (1987), another inanimate simulation of a female form comes to life in the movie One Touch of Venus (1948). The kiss from...

Monday, October 21, 2013
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Would This Scene Be Better If...? Garland's Shouting Match in A Star is Born (1955)

Spoiler alert. Sometimes even highly-acclaimed movies leave you wondering if some scene "would have been better if." Take,...

Friday, October 18, 2013
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Jumbo (1962) - Doris Day's Circus Romcom

Make it stop! I cannot tear my eyes away from this train wreck. Jimmy Durante owns the little circus with the big elephant in Billy Rose...

Wednesday, October 16, 2013
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