Posts by Peter Kline

DeNiro is no longer a young leading-man. Actors do age and they can't play the same roles they did when they were younger. Times marches on. Reviews of his recent comedy movies have been positive. His next film is a drama "Hide And...

Illustrators Will Eisner and Paul Kelly Freas have passed away within days of each other. For Mr. Eisner go to: http://www.willeisner.com/ Frank Elly Freas: http://www.kellyfreas.com/frameset_default.htm Both men...

A bit of history. Back in the early 60s MGM made a deal with Cinerama, Inc. to film 5 productions in the original 3 camera/projector process. Two films were made that way: "How The West Was Won" and "The Wonderful World Of The...

ISZ was not filmed in Cinerama. It was filmed using a single lense 65mm camera. It was "Presented in Cinerama" in some venues where there were still large curved Cinerama screens. The transfer for the DVD used version with the extra...

I thought Steve meant seeing AND hearing him play. In the end, seeing, unfortunately in this respect, is not hearing. Johnson was a good clarinetist, but not really in Artie's league.

SteveLa, Artie stopped playing in 1954. You may have been taken to a performance of the "Artie Shaw Orchestra" which was a "ghost" band. That's a band that plays arrangements of a famous big band era orchestra with the permission...

Well, Artie was 94 and he out-lasted all of his contemporaries. He had been in ill health the past few years. About 5 years ago he broke a hip when a dog he bought did a "wrap around" to him on the leash and pulled Artie to the...

Quote: December 30, 2004 Artie Shaw, Big Band Leader, Dies at 94 By THE NEW YORK TIMES Artie Shaw, the jazz clarinetist and big-band leader who successfully challenged Benny Goodman's reign as the King of Swing...

Sad news. Most people don't know that he got his start on Broadway, well Off-Broadway to be exact in the musical "The Fantasticks". He also starred on Broadway in "42nd Street" and "Promises, Promises". R.I.P.

The films are: 1. "Ben-Hur" (1959) 2. "The Blue Bird" (1918) 3. "A Bronx Morning" (1931) 4. "Clash of the Wolves" (1925) 5. "The Court Jester" (1956) 6. "D.O.A." (1950) 7. "Daughters of the Dust" (1991) 8. "Duck and Cover"...