BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: FILM #30

THE ACADEMY AWARDS BIG FIVEIn the history of the Oscars, only three films have swept the so-called “Big Five” categories, which include Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay. The first was 1934’s “It Happened One Night,” earning Frank Capra, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, and Robert Riskin individual awards in theContinue reading “BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: FILM #30”

BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: THEATER

MARLON BRANDOAs his fellow-student Elaine Stritch later remarked, “Marlon’s going to class to learn the Method was like sending a tiger to jungle school.” Claudia Roth Pierpont. ” Method Man:the greatest American actor lost his way” in THE NEW YORKER (October 20, 2008)**GEORGE BERNARD SHAW”I relish the snappers by Shaw. One of his plays waaContinue reading “BITS & PIECES OF A MISPLACED LIFE: THEATER”