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Alice Brady, Jackie Cooper, and Frank Morgan in Broadway to Hollywood (1933)

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Broadway to Hollywood

Twilight Zone Was Almost Narrated By A Hollywood Legend Before Rod Serling
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The Twilight Zone was initially going to be narrated by Hollywood legend Orson Welles, but CBS couldn't afford his salary. The pilot episode of The Twilight Zone was narrated by Westbrook Van Voorhis, known for his voiceovers in newsreels. Rod Serling didn't want to be the narrator, and initially wanted Richard Egan, but ended up taking on the role himself when Egan couldn't be involved.

Before series creator Rod Serling was tapped for the job, The Twilight Zone was going to be narrated by a Hollywood legend. Serling created his classic anthology series The Twilight Zone as a vehicle to explore contemporary social issues through a sci-fi lens, and his opening and closing narrations ended up becoming one of the most iconic aspects of the series. The Twilight Zone ran for 156 episodes across five seasons, and Serling presented all of them (except for the original pilot). But Serling initially didn...
See full article at ScreenRant
  • 8/17/2023
  • by Ben Sherlock
  • ScreenRant
‘Whispers of Fire & Water’ Review: A Man-Made Hell On Earth Is The Setting For An Eerie Indian Tale – Locarno Film Festival
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The mystical and the industrial cross paths in this haunting debut from India, screening at this year’s Locarno Film Festival in the event’s parallel competition for first and second movies. It begins in an almost documentary style, showing the harsh, eerie beauty of Jharia, a once-proud mining community that’s now an apocalyptic ruin of a city, where toxic waste is dumped 24/7 and noxious fires burn just as endlessly. Midway through, however, Lubdhak Chatterjee’s film begins to change direction, as its passive hero becomes attuned to the natural mysteries lurking in the adjacent woods.

The set-up is a clear-cut juxtaposition of ancient and modern, as sound artist Shiva (Sagnik Mukherjee) arrives in Jharia with a boom mic and recording apparatus to find material for use in an art installation back home in Kolkata. At first these are simply ambient sounds, like kids playing football or, more ominously,...
See full article at Deadline Film + TV
  • 8/9/2023
  • by Damon Wise
  • Deadline Film + TV
2014 TCM Classic Film Festival Adds Tribute to Mickey Rooney With Screening Of National Velvet Sunday, April 13
For the fifth consecutive year, thousands of movie lovers (and Geeks) from around the globe will descend upon Hollywood for the TCM Classic Film Festival beginning this Thursday, April 10 and running through Sunday, April 13.

Coinciding with TCM’s 20th anniversary as a leading authority in classic film, attendees will be treated to an extensive lineup of great movies, appearances by legendary stars and filmmakers, fascinating presentations and panel discussions, special events and more.

TCM recently announced the tribute to Mickey Rooney, who passed away last weekend, will be Sunday, April 13 at 9am with a screening of National Velvet at the Tcl Chinese Multiplex 4. Eddie Muller will speak with Margaret O’Brien and read a poem written by Mickey Rooney, titled “Flesh and Bones” to close the tribute.

Fans of Rooney can watch a full day of his films this Sunday on TCM beginning at 6Am with Broadway To Hollywood. The...
See full article at WeAreMovieGeeks.com
  • 4/10/2014
  • by Melissa Thompson
  • WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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