Word: hollywood
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONscious parody of and simple misexection of a given film genre is sometimes very slim. Extreme Prejudice, the latest installment in the inconsistent career of Hollywood stoneface Nick Nolte, purports to be a classic action film, combining elements from spy thrillers, cops-and-robbers flicks and even Westerns. Extreme Prejudice, however, is actually an amusing farce about a group of characters so stiff with machismo that their joints creak every time they reach for their trusty six-shooters. Which is often...
...Shakespearean soliloquy. On the other hand, the lines themselves and most of the action are so uproariously stupid that one cannot help but think that Nolte and company are giggling hysterically behind their iron faces. So it may just be that Extreme Prejudice is one of those rare Hollywood gems: a film taken seriously precisely because it is so awful, a kind of "Plan 9 At The O.K. Corral...
...Heflin ("You've probably heard about him because he's a famous actor and he's going to be a Big Movie Star as soon as the movie he's doing now comes out"). But Mother V. pressures her into marrying Pat De Cicco, an undercapitalized Hollywood playboy who is tall, dark and abusive. Eventually the search for daddy leads to Conductor Leopold Stokowski, 42 years her senior. Gloria also holds hands with Orson Welles and spends some wee, small hours of the morning with Frank Sinatra. The armor of such black, white and occasional gray knights is not deeply...
...Hawaiian music." Said the wife of Director Henry Hathaway: "I have nothing good to say about Grace . . . She had an affair with my best friend's husband, Ray Milland. And all the time wearing those white gloves!" And when Prince Rainier asked David Niven who his favorite Hollywood conquest was, Niven answered, "Grace...
...people called Romeo and Juliet to cancel their reservations. Mr. Chow, a chic Chinese eatery, registered a 17% initial decline and 65% two nights later. At the Beverly Hills Hamburger Hamlet, revenues were slashed by $3,000, while business in the chain's restaurant in nearby West Hollywood was up by the same amount. "The best restaurants are on our borders," says Joanne Le Bouvier, owner of the Saloon, which experienced a 45% setback. "You can just walk from here to another city. What chance do we have...