Word: celluloid
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...quite respectable adaptation of the most evocative of the four full-length Holmes novels. To be sure, the villainous Stapleton, who sets loose the title hound in order to rid himself of the two men who stand between him and the Baskerville fortune, was somewhat softened for celluloid. A romantic interest was added so that Richard Greene, as the last direct heir to the estate, has something to do besides express amazement and gratitude at Holmes' power. It must also be admitted that the movie is more pokily paced in reality than it has been in memory, less spooky...
...fascist. All they needed was a good director, and it was enough to scare you silly--not what happened on screen, but the way you were responding. These pictures didn't necessarily bring out the stormtrooper in you, but they did illustrate the awesomely manipulative power of well-fashioned celluloid...
...idol" gives warning that the book is a family correspondence that has embarrassingly escaped into general circulation. The Briton's jaunty charm and his finely constricted delivery are far better commemorated in Lost Horizon, A Double Life, and other ancients that so persistently prove the durability of celluloid over pulp...
...year for the classics of twentieth century American literature. Following in the tradition of the shoddy treatment given Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, director John Schlesinger has successfully denuded Nathaniel West's The Day of the Locusts of most of its brilliance, leaving behind a heap of gaudy celluloid...
...featured clips from 27 movies by Woodward and Newman, attracted Actresses Shelley Winters and Myrna Loy, Director Otto Preminger and some 2,800 well-heeled fans who contributed up to $250 apiece for seats at the Film Society of Lincoln Center benefit. "It's really a celebration of celluloid," quipped Newman, who sported a beard he had grown for his title role in Robert Altman's upcoming film, Buffalo Bill. Plainly relieved that his marathon round of interviews was coming to an end, Newman told his audience that he had come home one evening and complained...