Friday, 27 August 2010

"I never drink... wine."

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In 1897 a book was published by an Irish author that was not an immediate bestseller. That it should become in the following century. In the...
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Tuesday, 24 August 2010

Lunch at the usual time

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A play by Terence Rattigan - usually perfomed in two one-act plays, in which the same actor performes the male main characters and the sam...
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Saturday, 21 August 2010

"I always wanted to meet Mrs. Thorwald!"

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In 1942 Cornell Woolrich (whose real name was William Irish ) wrote a short story called "It had to be murder", in which a man wa...
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Thursday, 19 August 2010

"I doubt that you played Russian Roulette all the time with your father!"

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Preston Sturges wrote and directed a pitch-black screwball comedy, which was his first film for 20th Century Fox: UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (1948...
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Wednesday, 18 August 2010

"I am legally dead!"

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It was the first film, that Fritz Lang made in America after he flew from the Nazi regime in Germany - yes, I am talking about FURY (1936...
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010

"Most of my friends exit horizontally"

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Clare Booth Luce is reported to have heard some gossip-loaded talk at a powderroom in a nightclub and got the inspiration to write a play,...
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Monday, 16 August 2010

"Which Esther Williams do you want to hear about?"

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Something I got to confess: I like Esther Williams . I like her films - and her amazing smile!! Esther Williams seems to be the personificat...
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