Tag Archives: Elia Kazan

zohra

At one time Zohra Lampert was one of the most sought-after young actresses in New York; even having a play being expressly written for her. Lampert’s “presence,” the quality that saw her through a number of star-crossed and mediocre plays … Continue reading

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the 1950’s : early stirrings of disaffection

…and a list of some of the leading Hollywood movie stars of the fifties is enough to strike a chill into the heart of cineastes everywhere-Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Kim Novak, Tony Curtis, Rory Calhoun, Rock Hudson, Debra Paget, Robert … Continue reading

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Jackie : putting pins in the valley of the dolls

A product of her times. Or simply another variant on the white liberal Eastern establishment, make that neo-liberal and what appears to be appallingly ethno-centric and racist, filled with any number of twisted ideas as a defense mechanism in guarding … Continue reading

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MASKS OF PESSIMISM: MIRTH,MADNESS & MANLINESS

Clyde boastfully, but shyly introduces them with a disarming smile, accentuating the bond they share with the country folk – while anticipating (almost as an afterthought) the course that they are committed to pursue – bank robbery: This here’s Miss … Continue reading

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LISTENING TO THE BACK BEAT

” …and, escorted by two police cars, the group drove to a ball park on the corner of Army Street and Portero Avenue, where they played a game against the Bank of California ‘Nuggets’, to prove to the squares that … Continue reading

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DEAD MEN TALKING: IN MOURNING FOR SQUARESVILLE

“June 22 saw the publication of the second installment of Life and Loves Among the Beatniks. Allen Brown quotes freely from Norman Podhoretz and Herbert Gold. He describes the day of a typical beatnik as waking late in the morning … Continue reading

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UNTHINKING WITH THE SUBTERRANEANS: “WE DIG IT ALL”

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix, angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in … Continue reading

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