Word: mgm
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Rose Marie (MGM CinemaScope...
Concentrating on one aspect of the film is also a good method. "Never having seen Rose Marie in Cinemascope, I was amazed at the acoustics in that fabulous country, wide angled on the screen as never before." Possibly MGM never thought thought about the outdoor acoustics, so they would be glad to have one more feather in their bonnet. Another good one in the same vein is, "The unparalled, unexpected thrill of Rose Marie in Eastman Color can only be matched by seeing if nature's coloring in Canada is really that...
...Angeles. Aiming point: the Hollywood Race Track. Totally destroyed: much of the business district, several major aircraft factories, Dow Chemical, MGM. El Segundo Oilfield and part of Santa Monica...
...tournament. But for Malory, Launcelot did not live just from joust to joust. His chivalrous life was sprinkled with palace romances that would be cover stories in every contemporary magazine from Focus to Dare. In Knights of the Round Table, the movie version of the tale, MGM has all but smothered the knight's rakish inclinations. True, he remains the "champion" to Queen Guinevere, but in the book the word seems to have a greater breadth of meaning...
Shunning the pedestrian gimmicks of familiar 2-D swashbuckling movies, MGM has contrived a new set of problems for Taylor. There is, of course, the scene with the hero trapped in his palace room as a group of adversaries outside threaten to break down the door. Knights of the Round Table adds a degree of sophistication: Robert Taylor discovers that his sword is out at the blacksmith's for repairs and has to fight off the first few rogues with a torch. Later, in the wrestling scene between the cunning antagonist and the formidable knight, the pair work their...