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[classyhollwood]

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Jane Eyre (1943) HD Orson Welles & Joan Fontaine, Elizabeth Taylor | Full Romance Classic Film

[recycledmoviecostumes]

The 1943 film version of 𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝑬𝒚𝒓𝒆 and the 1947 film 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒙𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 were produced by 20th Century Fox (Now 20th Century Studios) back in the era when the studios still had large costume departments. While studios still maintain some costumes in-house, the wardrobe departments are not nearly as large as they once were, and costumes today are generally rented from a costume house.   This particular costume is a dressing gown worn by none other than Orson Welles as the character of Edward Rochester in 𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝑬𝒚𝒓𝒆. Some costumes from this film went on to be used by Rex Harrison’s character of Stephen Fox in 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒙𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘.   If two actors contracted at a studio shared similar measurements, it was not uncommon for them to share costumes throughout films. For example, it has long been rumored that Clark Gable’s costumes were repurposed several times for John Wayne, though no examples have yet been found to confirm this.   Find more costumes from other versions of 𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝑬𝒚𝒓𝒆 at Bit.ly/JaneEyreReuses  

[24frameslalla]

"For me, almost everything that's called "directing" is a great bluff. In the cinema, there are very few men who are real directors, and of these, very few who have much opportunity to direct. The only "direction" of any importance is exercised in the process of editing...

But for my style, for my vision of the cinema, editing is not simply one aspect: it's the aspect. The notion of "directing" a film is the invention of critics like you. It isn't an art, or at best it's an art only one minute a day. That minute is terribly crucial, but it occurs very rarely. The only time one is able to exercise control over the film is in the editing. Well, in the editing room I work very slowly, which has the effect of arousing the ire of the producers, who then take the film out of my hands. I don't know why it takes me so much time: I could work forever on the editing of a film. So far as I'm concerned, a strip of film is performed like a musical score, and that performance is determined by the editing—just as one conductor will perform a piece of music with a great deal of rubato, another will play it dryly and academically, a third will be very romantic, and so on. The images themselves are not sufficient. They're very important, but they're only images. What's essential is the duration of each image and that which follows each image: the whole eloquence of cinema is that it's achieved in the editing room."

-From the book, Touch of Evil (interview with Cahiers du Cinema, 1958)

[enchantedbook]

From "The war of the worlds", 1898

artist: Henrique Alvim Correa

[geekynerfherder]

#TheTransformersTheMovie, first released in cinemas #OnThisDay in 1986⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #TitleScreen #OTD #TheTransformers #Transformers #NelsonShin #PeterCullen #EricIdle #JuddNelson #LeonardNimoy #RobertStack #LionelStander #OrsonWelles #FrankWelker #CaseyKasem #ScatmanCrothers https://www.instagram.com/p/CSUrc8apdlD/?utm_medium=tumblr

[jazzmusicbox]

In 1950, pianist Hazel Scott hosted her own network show, The Hazel Scott Show. For 45 minutes every week, she played piano and interacted with her audience. It was the first TV show ever to be hosted by an African American, and it received outstanding ratings. Later that year, right-wing journal Red Channels put out a list of actors, musicians and others in entertainment industry suspected of being Communist sympathisers. The list included Leonard Bernstein, Orson Welles and Hazel Scott. She volunteered to testify before the House Un-American Activities and strongly criticised the blacklisting process. A week later, her talk show was cancelled and she moved to Paris. Here, she is performing "Takin' A Chance" in 1943. #jazz #jazzmusicbox #hazelscott #piano #jazzpiano #jazzarchives #jazzhistory #jazzvideo #jazzstandard #show #live #chance #leonardbernstein #orsonwelles #blacklivesmatter #music #musicvideo #legend #jazzlover #instagram #instamood #saturday #instagood #instamoment #paris #talkshow #performance #takinachance https://www.instagram.com/p/CUP09dQsSwW/?utm_medium=tumblr

[abridurif]

Orson Welles, Le Procès, 1962

[robbialy]

From • @film_mewse R.I.P Norman Lloyd who died at the incredible age of 106 on May 11, at his home in Beverly Hills. His career as an actor, producer and director spanned nine decades, encompassing film, stage, radio and TV. He learned his craft under the watchful eye of actress/director Eva Le Gallienne, before joining the young renegade Orson Welles' progressive Mercury Theater. It was a collaboration which during the 50s McCarthy witch hunts, would ultimately mark his demise, since he was blacklisted by every film studio by association. His later career behind the scenes as a producer on Alfred Hitchcock Presents saved him fading away from the industry altogether. • He began his career in vaudeville before making his Broadway debut with Sylvia Sidney in "Crime" (1927), which ran for more than 180 performances. • “The early 30s was actually a good time to be an actor,” he said in 2015. “I saw an advertisement to join a young theatre group; as it turns out it had an unknown called Orson Welles at the helm. He was just 21.” • Norman’s first role with the Mercury Theatre company was as Cinna in "Julius Caesar". “Welles had the play transplanted to Fascist Italy. It was an unexpected triumph.” • In 1940, Lloyd followed Orson to Hollywood to make "Heart of Darkness", but the project fell through. Married with a family to support, his agent introduced him to Alfred Hitchcock, who cast him as Fry in "Saboteur" (1942). In 1945, he’d would work for the director again in "Spellbound" (1945). His other films include: "The Unseen" (1945), "A Walk in the Sun" (1945), "A Letter for Evie" (1946) "Young Widow" (1948), "M" (1951), and "Limelight" (1952). • Between 1982-88, he played Dr. Daniel Auschlander on "St. Elsewhere". Other projects then followed: "Dead Poets Society" (1989), "The Age of Innocence" (1993), "In Her Shoes" (2005), and "Trainwreck" (2014). In 2016, he lost out on a role in the Coen Brothers comedy "Hail, Caesar!" (2016) since they were hesitant of casting a centenarian in the submarine scene on open water. His wife died in 2011. • • #iusedtobeinpictures #normanlloyd #actor #hollywood #mercurytheatre #orsonwelles #alfredhitchcock #1950s #stelsewhere https://www.instagram.com/p/COxDel-p79rLSXEAVwWptiD9iRZ4p4ATdzQzJg0/?igshid=1nxo9s2it1e9q