Word: hollywoodized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...films presented by the Women's Film Circuit are among the finest feminist films today. They differ tremendously in vantage point, style and statement, but they have one common bond--they are films by women, for women. Hollywood's portrayal of women has always left a lot to be desired. For now, if women want to see a true image of womanhood on film, they'll have to do it alone. And if feminists want to understand themselves and others better, they'd do well to take Woman to Woman's cue and look beyond themselves...
...There just aren't that many up-front roles for actresses these days," pouts Carol Kane, echoing Hollywood's longest running complaint. At 23, though, Kane seems to be doing all right. Cast as a winsome prostitute in The Last Detail, and as a bank robber's hostage in Dog Day Afternoon, she has finally found her proper niche in Hester Street, in which she stars as a Jewish immigrant to the U.S. in 1896. Says Kane: "I'm told I have the look of a different century...
...Fifty-eight songs follow each other with breakneck rapidity, and they date from 1840 to 1938. No discernible rationale governs the choices. They range from the martial patriotism of Battle Hymn of the Republic through the blatant silliness of Rudolf Friml's Something Seems Tingle Ingleing to the Hollywood beat of Lullaby of Broadway...
Knight, 39, may not have aspired to be a sex symbol, but she is possibly protesting a little too much. After all, 20 years ago she set out for Hollywood from Kansas with little more than cornsilk blonde hair and with legs, so the expression goes, that went all the way down to the floor. Shortly thereafter she was a Sunday supplement cover girl possessed of "a dewy freshness that is a blessing to behold." But Shirley was also a natural actress before cameras. Before long she had earned two Academy Award nominations (for Sweet Bird of Youth...
After World War II, Reagan evolved into a conservative. By his own account, the change was triggered by his wartime contacts with self-serving Government bureaucrats and the postwar activities of Communists and fellow travelers in Hollywood. Elected in 1947 to the first of six terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild, he blocked attempts by suspected Communists to take over other film-industry unions. Later he testified willingly during the widely publicized House Committee on Un-American Activities investigation of Hollywood. His testimony was rather evenhanded: he argued that the Communist Party should not be outlawed unless...