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Favourite political TV series
My top : The west wing, Spin city, Parlement and Into the ring (memorial)
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Favourite war comedy movies
My top : La grande vadrouille and Papy fait de la résistance
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The Old Hollywood costume designer Adrian
Adrian Adolph Greenberg (1903-1959), better known as “Adrian”, was a famous American costume designer. He studied at the School of Applied and Fine Arts of New York and then in Paris. He created costumes for Broadway theaters until 1925. He left this year for Hollywood where he designed Rudolph Valentino’s suits. From 1926 to 1928,…
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The Old Hollywood costume designer Irene Sharaff
Irene Sharaff (1910-1993) was an American costume designer who was nominated for 15 Academy Awards. She worked mainly as a free-lance ; she worked only 4 years for studios. From 1943 to 1945, she worked under contract at MGM, and from 1946-1948, she was at RKO. She is mainly known for her work for “An…
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The Academy Awards in photos
Since 1929, the Academy Awards (Oscars) have been given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize cinema excellence.
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Favourite crime comedy movies
My top 5 : Les tontons flingueurs, Le crime est notre affaire, Charade, Pauline detective and The thin man
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Feel good and joyful tv series
My top 5 : Rags to riches, Pushing daisies, Les petits meurtres d’Agatha Christie, The marvellous Mrs Maisel and Schmigadoon Photo source : http://www.imdb.com/
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Feel good and joyful movies
My top : You can’t take it with you, Merrily we live, Thorougly modern Millie, Bachelor father and The happiest millionaire and Explota explota
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The costume jewelry house Joseff of Hollywood
Joseff of Hollywood was founded by Eugene Joseff in 1928. The Joseff of Hollywood jewels were worn by the most famous Golden Age Hollywood stars (Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, Gene Tierney, Jane Russel, Marlene Dietrich, Bette Davis, Vivien Leigh…). “It was the most prestigious name in on-screen jewelry during the Golden Era of Hollywood.” Some…
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Favourite movie themes by Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone (born in 1928 in Rome) is one of the greatest film composer. He is especially famous for his collaboration with the Italian director Sergio Leone.
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The Golden Globes in photos
Since 1944, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) have rewarded the cinema and TV excellence through the Golden Globes. La la land, Atonement, the Social Network were namely awarded.
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The Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) in photos
The Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) was created in 1976 in order to show the best movies presented in the other film festivals around the world to Toronto audiences. The original name was “the Festival of Festivals” ; it was renamed “the Toronto International Film Festival” in 1995. The most prestigious price is the People’s Choice…
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The 2016 Venice International Film Festival in photos
The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest film festival ; it was founded in 1932. Each year, the festival takes place in Venice, late August or early September. The highest prize given to a film is Leone d’Oro (Golden Lion). Among movies rewarded by this honour, there are “Au revoir les enfants” by Louis…
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The costume designer Joanna Johnston
Joanna Johnston is a costume designer mainly know for her work on the movies “The man from U.N.C.L.E” directed by Guy Ritchie (2015), “Impossible mission – Rogue Nation” by Christopher McQuarrie (2015) and “The boat that rocked” by Richard Curtis (2009). She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume design in the Spielberg’s…
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Jessica Chastain photoshoots
With her diaphanous skin and her bright red hair, the American actress Jessica Chastain rekindles the Old Hollywood glamour. My favourite movies of her are “Interstellar”, “Dark zero thirty”, “A most violent year”, “The help”, “Take shelter”, “The zookeeper’s wife”, “debt”, “Miss Sloane” and “Molly’s game”. Sources : fabfashionfix.com ; intothescreen.com ; http://visualoptimism.blogspot.fr/ ; http://www.fashiongonerogue.com/…
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Favourite Films Noirs (1)
The term of “Film Noir” (literally “black film”) was invented by French film critics after the World War II, in 1946. The first critic who used this term was the French film critic Nino Frank. This kind of movie can be define as “a type of a crime film featuring cynical maleovolent characters in a…
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The Old Hollywood costume designer Jean Louis
The French Jean Louis Berthault (1907-1997) called “Jean Louis” was a Hollywood costume designer who dressed many movie stars but particulary the fabulous Rita Hayworth. The strapless black gown he had done for Rita Hayworth in “Gilda” marked cinema history. He was nominated 14 times and won an Oscar for his creations in “The Solid…
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The Old Hollywood costume designer Edith Head
Edith Head (1897-1981) was an American costume designer who worked with the most famous Hollywood actresses and directors like Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Alfred Hitchcock and Billy Wilder. Between 1924 and 1967, she worked at the Paramount Pictures in the costume department. In 1967, she left Paramount to join Universal Pictures. She worked on many…
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Favourite 1960s movies
My top 5 : West side story, Splendor in the grass, Love with the proper stranger, Les tontons flingueurs and La grande vadrouille “Charade” directed by Stanley Donen and starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. “A woman (Audrey Hepburn) is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen.”A great combination…