anderson lawler ( may 5 , 1902 – april 6 , 1959 ) was an american film and stage actor and producer , who had a career lasting from the 1920s through the 1950s .

he began on broadway , before moving to featured and supporting roles in hollywood over a ten-year career at the very beginning of the talking picture era .

after the end of his acting career , lawler would move to the production end of the film industry , as well as becoming a producer of legitimate theater in the late 1940s and 1950s .

anderson lawler

urltoken , lawler , anderson , 1902 - 1959 . anderson lawler correspondence , 1927 - 1959 .
anderson lawler was buried at spring hill cemetery in lynchburg city , virginia . anderson ' s mother lived in lynchberg ,
anderson lawler died of a heart attack on 6 apr 1959 in new york city . the
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anderson lawler was born on may 5 , 1902 in russellville , alabama , usa . he was an actor and producer , known for
anderson lawler produced
somewhere in the night
( 1946 ) , directed by joseph l . mankiewicz and starring john hodiak and nancy guild .
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this is the only known comprehensive biography of anderson lawler in existence . all other biographies of anderson lawler are either quite tiny , or just snippets of his impact on others at some particular point in their lives , without giving a comprehensive view of his life . this biography i hope will correct that .
. one of the plays which anderson lawler produced ,
oh men , oh women
, was later made into a movie by 20th century - fox . this play was advertised on
, is reporting that :
anderson lawler and lee strasberg have joined twentieth century - fox ' s talent department in new york . lawler recently produced
somewhere in the night
with john hodiak . strasberg is a former director of the group theatre and the theatre guild .
the social consciousness : tom lawler’s work in prisons , which i heard about decades later .
the only detailed biography of anderson lawler , recently most well - known as the lover of gary cooper . anderson lawler , a stage actor , was put under contract and he appeared in bit parts in many movies . later he became a manager , talent scout , and then a producer . he was transferred to new york city along with lee strasberg in the late 40s producing some plays .
starring ronald reagan , sheila bromely , and anderson lawler called
accidents will happen
. in this film ronald reagan plays an insurance adjuster hounded by his shrewish wife ( bromley ) and a corrupt claims investigator played by lawler . the movie
back in circulation
was also released in 1937 and a
, in discussing the departure of kay francis for a trip to france , mentions that her manager is
anderson lawler
. evidently he accompanied her on her trip which is mentioned with annotations in her biography by
in mar 1931 , the new york times is reporting that
anderson lawler
will be in the cast of the play
desperate measures
which will begin a tryout opening in jackson heights , [ new york ] .
in may 1947 , the new york times in reporting fitzroy davis working on the dramatization of ursula parrott ' s novel
for all our lives
, mentions that the rights are owned by anderson lawler and lee strasberg .
states :
you have anderson lawler ' s promise that he is shooting for an august rehearsal date with the musical comedy ,
great to be alive ,
which came into his possession only a fortnight ago
.
. in feb 1932 , the nyt is reporting that the play
shining blackness
will open at the mason theater in los angeles and anderson lawler will be in the cast . in aug 1932 , in louella parson ' s syndicated column we find this :
polly moran , who owns the show place of hollywood film colony there [ laguna beach ] , entertained anderson lawler , bill haines and a group of other friends on a week - end party
.
, ann warner , richard barthelmess , marlene dietrich , eric remarque , lili damiti , the raoul walshes , ria gable , reginald gardiner , the milton brens , anderson lawler . . . .
ria gable was the prior wife of
:
each of the three producers - - vinton freedley , anderson lawler and russel markert - - has agreed to contribute one - third of the $ 175 , 000 capitalization , for which there will be no over - call .
with a bibliography of his sources on the cooper - lawler affair . and gives us a documentation clue when he states there that
lawler frequently stayed at the cooper house at 7511 franklin avenue while cooper ' s parents were away .
uk incoming passenger lists , 1878 - 1960 , departed new york city , arriving southampton on the
queen mary
, 11 oct 1938 :
anderson lawler , age 36 , actor
. a few lines down we see jack and ann warner [ of warner brothers ]
lupe supposedly unzipped cooper ' s pants at social gatherings to sniff at his crotch , claiming that she smelled lawler ' s cologne .
lawler then became an associate producer for 20th century - fox . in 1945 , he was promoted to producer , he is mentioned as such
:
mr [ william r ] katzell has agreed to co - sponsor
great to be alive
with anderson lawler . to cost $ 200 , 000 , the sylvia regan - walter bullock - abe ellstein musical is slated to go into rehersal in august and open here in mid - october .
:
. . . mr [ vinton ] freedley ' s newest musical venture is to be
great to be alive .
his associates in the project will be anderson lawler and russel markert . . . [ who ] apparently decided to let an experienced hand like mr freedley serve as pilot .
creator lawler , anderson , 1902 - 1959 call number * t - mss 2001 - 034 physical description . 1 linear feet . ( 1 portfolio ) preferred citation anderson lawler correspondence , billy rose theatre division , the new york public library repository billy rose theatre division access to materials some collections held by the dance , music , recorded sound , and theatre divisions at the new york public library for the performing arts are held off - site and must be requested in advance . please check the collection records in the nypl ' s online catalog for detailed location information . for general guidance about requesting offsite materials , please consult : urltoken
doris was predeceased by her parents , siblings—mavis foster , mary evelyn adams , nanette crow , ewell ( bud ) smith , johnny smith—and her loving husband of almost sixty years . those who are left to celebrate her life and her going to our heavenly home are daughters , donna carrol lawler and husband , jimmy lawler ; vivian nan themer and husband , donald themer—grandchildren , william themer and wife , holley ; matthew lawler and wife , ladonna ; waylon themer and wife , mary anne ; rachel calvery and husband , scott ; weston themer—great - grandchildren , rylie lawler , kherington themer , guyton calvery , kambrie lawler , ella themer , bellami calvery , and luke themer . she also leaves many nieces , nephews , and friends who love her dearly .
on sep 1935 , the new york times reports that ina claire opened at the belasco theater in
ode to liberty
and in the cast was anderson lawler . nov 1935 as anderson
lawlor
[ sic ] he was added to the play
the ragged edge
. in jul 1937 ( in the nyt ) , he is listed in the cast in an advertisement for the comedy - drama
fly away baby ( 1937 )
, starring glenda farrell , and barton maclane . also
anderson lawler was born on may 5 , 1902 in russellville , alabama , usa . he was an actor and producer , known for the river of romance ( 1929 ) , somewhere in the night ( 1946 ) and accidents will happen ( 1938 ) . he died on april 6 , 1959 in new york city , new york , usa .
lawler also worked as a talent scout , first for warner brothers until 1938 , then with the sam jaffe agency . his last movie credit was in 1939 as allan fitzhugh in
:
anderson lawler announced yesterday that he has formed a partnership with russel markert to produce
here come the brides ,
the musical comedy which has a book by walter bullock and sylvia regan and music by abe ellstein . plans call for rehersals to start in december preparatory to a new york opening in march . this is the same opus that was once called
great to be alive
. mr lawler obtained an option on the musical last spring , and during the summer the authors have been polishing it up and adding new songs .
in feb 1946 :
anderson lawler producer of somewhere in the night wanted nancy for the picture as soon as he saw the test . ' after seeing it , nancy ' s lack of experience didn ' t matter , ' explained lawler , who was once tallulah bankhead ' s leading man and who ought to know talent . ' nancy has that god - given quality the greatest actresses strive for years to attain - - her face is a mirror of her mind . whatever she ' s thinking is reflected in her face as though it were a kaleidoscopic camera . '
. while on the trip , anderson claims that kay showed up at his door , drunk and completely naked , and screamed , “i am not a star . i am a woman , and i want to get fucked ! ” the story turned legendary , though it never happened . not only was kay in love with del , but anderson was also gay , who more than likely made up the rumor to protect himself .
tom lawler flipped my brain , saved my love life , inspired a career and provided an after - burn of lessons in competence and social consciousness . he may be responsible for where i live .
in jan 1933 , the nyt reports :
the settings for the new play , ' forsaking all others , ' in which tallulah bankhead will appear will be designed by donald oenslager . anderson lawler , helen flint and hale norcross have been added to the cast of the play , which will begin its tryout tour in wilmington on feb 3 . thence it will go to washington and boston before opening on broadway .
lawler was the godfather of susan strasberg , probably due to his business involvement with her father . it is then perhaps a bit odd that she mentions him exactly once , in her autobiography , and that , in passing . (
bittersweet
, page 71 hardback version ) . susan states that after her appearance ( perhaps her premier ) on broadway , anderson had given her a piece of family heirloom jewelry as a gift .
said :
the sudden death of anderson lawler , an occasional broadway producer at flower - fifth ave . hospital the other day grieved his friends - - and surprised them , too . there was no chance to pay their respects ; his body was taken to lynchburg , va . for burial , accompanied by a daughter they never knew he had .
it ' s possible this
daughter
was susan strasberg who would have been 20 or 21 at this time .
g ' which also starred my favorite male actor of all time : gary cooper . they dated together , even though cooper ' s mother rejected the relationship from the beginning . she thought of lupe as vulgar and tasteless . lupe was indeed a hot mess . she loved to act low - class characters and give parties with
stag films
. lupe was extremely jealous by nature and was especially angry over gary cooper ' s friendship with anderson lawler who was known as a swisher
a guest lecturer at boston university and boston college on internet strategy and e - business , tom anderson is vice president for corporate communications at millipore , a bioscience / biotech multinational company . he resides in needham , mass . , with his wife , janice .
and does not mention lawler , she also states that she was
eight years an exile
when she returned to new york in 1931 . however lobenthal ' s biography of tallulah does mention that lawler ,
. . . who had been playing a small role , now replaced douglas gilmore as tallulah ' s errant fiance . . . . ' very funny and very dirty ' , sam jaffe recalled . ' he and bankhead were marvelous friends . '
(
. in dec 1939 we find that :
anderson lawler accompanied the jack warner ' s to new york for a holiday .
evidently he accompanied them on other occasions as well , as i find , in oct 1938 , all three arriving in southampton on the
queen mary
. in feb 1940 we see that :
countess dorothy di frasso celebrated her birthday with a buffet dinner at her beverly home .
some of the guests listed there were :
. . . jack warner ,
i remember tom lawler was always prepared and enthusiastic about class and encouraging , a model for anyone doing anything at any time . he knew his subject excessively well , and he made it come alive . he had a big impact . i had great
when cooper eventually took his own apartment on argyle avenue , anderson casually moved in . . . . pn [ patricia neal - wj ] confirmed in conversation with sms [ the author - wj ] that she knew of this relationship .
apparently 1929 is the crucial year here in figuring out the exact detailed timeline to see if it ' s possible that the reports of lawler ' s involvement with cooper have any evidence . certainly we ' ve seen that they hung - out together at least once , since dorothy herzog reported them together , as i ' ve already reported above .
on oct 1957 , the new york times is running the advertisement ,
lyn austin and thomas noyes , in association with anderson lawler , present nancy walker , in a new musical comedy copper and brass
at the martin beck theatre . critic brooks atkinson , destroys it , in a column a week later ,
unfunny . . . uninteresting . . . unlovely . . . banal and routine .
he gives a nod however to alice pearce as
an amusing school principal
. ( you will recognize the name alice pearce as the first mrs . cravitz from the television series
cooper was still carrying on with lupe velez — he wanted to marry her , but cooper’s mom ( recall , she was right there in l . a . ) thought her too “vulgar” and “tasteless . ” we might attribute her verdict to good ol’ fashioned racism , but lupe was a bit of a hot mess . or at least that’s how the press chose to portray her , most likely in keeping with her onscreen image as a fiery latina . she loved acting “low - class , ” and threw parties with cock fights and “stag films , ” a . k . a . thinly veiled porn . she got in fights , especially over men , and was prone to extreme jealousy . to wit : angry over cooper’s close friendship with anderson lawler , known , in the time’s parlance , as a “swisher , ” or flamboyant homosexual , velez supposedly “unzipped cooper’s fly at a social gathering and started sniffing his crotch , claiming to smell lawler’s cologne . ”
mann shows surprising tact in all of this . he confesses to finding nothing
queer
to report about the lives of judith anderson , agnes moorehead and barbara stanwyck . but , the lesser - known ( though in many ways just as fascinating ) ona munson , margaret lindsay and lilyan tashman are accounted for . mann is also excellent on the deeply
circumspect
claudette colbert - - who the irrepressibly cheeky bachardy refers to as
uncle claude .
colbert , mann tells us ,
may have never actually used the term ' lesbian . '
and as every gay and lesbian individual knows , that ' s all the difference in the world - - both personally and publicly . dietrich and garbo , whose sapphic dealings are far better - known , didn ' t use it either . ultra - butch director dorothy arzner ( who , mann tells us , once had a fling with billie burke ) took grave exception to it . and when he was living with character actor anderson lawler , gary cooper would doubtless have been shocked to have been referred to as
bi .
teachers before and after : rev . william healy , s . j . , john mayer ; stephen teichgraeber , john dorenkamp , and others . but tom lawler was a trigger , and he catalyzed a radical change in my direction , thinking and writing . he had career advice and back - up career advice , which came later when i was a senior , advice which helped me adapt and survive the fat belly of the baby boom .
. in jan 1934 , lawler is mentioned in the cast of the acclaimed film
beloved
which is there called
a remarkable demonstration of the flexibility of the motion picture
. in aug 1934 , he is mentioned in the cast of
let ' s fall in love ( 1934 )
starring ann southern . in mar 1935 , he is mentioned in the cast of
let ' s talk it over
starring chester morris , mae clarke and frank craven .
in oct 1931 , we see lawler ' s mention in the cast of george cukor ' s
girls about town
( 1931 ) :
the paramount expose of big - time gold - digging among the haute monde of new york .
in this film he plays the husband of kay francis who is on the verge of cuckolding him with joel mccrea . i ' ve just discovered that the film
girls about town
exists in full - length on youtube , so i ' ll be compiling it soon into my article
actor , producer . appeared as a stage actor throughout the 1920s , entering in the motion picture business in 1929 and appeared in about 35 films . his last film appearance was 1939 . he was a talent scout first for warner brothers until 1938 , then with the sam jaffe agency before going with 20th century - fox as an associate producer . in 1945 , he was promoted to producer and produced the film , ' somewhere in the night ' with john hodiak and nancy guild . he was transferred to the new your office in late 1946 and remained there until the late 1940s . during the 1950s , he produced a number of plays , including ' oh men , oh women
, which was later made a movie by 20th century - fox . he was thr godfather of susan strasberg .
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nora bayes theatre , ( 8 / 22 / 1927 - circa . 12 / 1927 )
setting : the living room of the maxon ' s summer place in connecticut .
theatre owned / operated by messrs . shubert ( lee and j . j . )
general manager : henry b . forbes ; business manager : leon f . jensen
( 1938 ) . he died on april 6 , 1959 in new york city , new york , usa .
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stage : appeared ( as
brian cutler
) in
her first affaire
on broadway . comedy . written by
. produced and directed by gustav blum . nora bayes theatre : 22 aug 1927 - dec 1927 ( closing date unknown / 136 performances ) . cast :
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behind the screen how gays and lesbians shaped hollywood , 1910 - 1969 by william j . mann viking : 432 pp . , $ 29 . 95
although by today ' s standards director george cukor would be considered closeted , in the hollywood of his 1930s to 1950s heyday he was quite overt . the integrated lives of today ' s gay celebrities weren ' t possible back then . but , being successful , respected and well - liked among his peers , cukor was able to navigate a
private life
the average gay or lesbian of that era would deem unparalleled in its freedom . he stands in marked contrast to charles brackett , the screenwriter , producer and writing partner with billy wilder of such classics as
the lost weekend
and
sunset boulevard .
wilder described him as
a right - wing republican conservative , a formal man , always impeccably dressed , who made entries in his diary every evening .
there probably weren ' t any diary entries about brackett ' s lover , a young assistant named james larmore , whom the older married man arranged to have his daughter alexandra marry .
if
behind the screen
has a bombshell , this may - december alliance - - which , in the words of portraitist don bachardy ,
one just knew
- - is it . but mann , despite a sometimes annoying habit of grandly announcing that information he ' s about to supply is being offered
for the first time ,
doesn ' t overplay his hand when it comes to
outing
the past . we learn of both obscure silent cowboy star j . warren kerrigan ( who would have been more at home in the astor bar than on the lone
prairee
) , and that world - famous unsolved hollywood murder victim william desmond taylor . but he also tells us about george james hopkins , the stylist who engineered the transformation of theodosia goodman into
vamp
supreme theda bara . and then there ' s
i remember mama ,
george stevens ' incredibly moving tribute to
family values
produced by louella parsons ' lesbian daughter , harriet , and written by dewitt bodeen - - a brilliant gay screenwriter whose credits include
cat people .
clearly there were professions within the industry that were more
gay friendly
than others . mann tells much about the careers of set decorators henry grace , hopkins ( whose credits include
a streetcar named desire
) and howard bristol (
rope
) taking into account a gay - bashing incident the latter suffered . but the most generous portion of the book covers hollywood ' s top gay costume designers : adrian , travis banton , walter plunkett and orry - kelly . the first two , though wildly flamboyant and
obviously
gay , went so far as to marry . mann notes that the decidedly macho kelly , who once kept company with the young ( pre - randolph scott ) cary grant , never married .
this of course connects to the perennial problem presented by gay
visibility .
the
obvious
gayness of edward everett horton , franklin pangborn is one thing . the turban - and - make - up - besotted vincente minnelli - - who had alliances with women other than judy garland - - is quite another . mann is most amusing in noting the
gay markers
of clifton webb , yet he ' s as at a loss for words in explaining how and why he became - - at a very advanced age - - a major
mainstream
movie star . ( who can forget dolores gray in
it ' s always fair weather
singing the lyric
but i ' ve got a guy who ' s clifton webb and marlon brando combined
? ) clearly the same sort of willful mass audience blindness that placed liberace on this
family entertainer
pedestal is the key . but a better answer would require a study of the mass psychology of
denial
that so far no one has attempted .
shock , needless to say , persists in the public mind as central to gay hollywood . are careers truly
at risk
if
the truth were to come out
about actor ' s off - screen lives ? that ' s the $ 64 , 000 question . the answer will doubtless be argued until that happy day ( which may be arriving sooner than many imagine ) when interest in things gay won ' t be considered scandalous at all .
david ehrenstein is the author of
open secret : gay hollywood 1928 - 2000 .
did louganis act properly ? : diving : some wonder whether he should have revealed he was hiv - positive during ' 88 games .
it ' s odd that you posted this , op . i saw this quote in one of my favorite old movie blogs ( self - styled siren ) earlier this week . she ' s quoting from david shipman ' s
the great movie stars : the golden years :
the strange thing is that cooper ( as his tv interviews showed ) had in life a number of rather effeminate mannerism . however , on screen he was virility personified , all that was required of a hero : honest , courageous and determined - - determined to do what must be done at whatever the cost .

all reports i ' ve read say cooper was pretty well hung . at least 8 n thick .
if anyone would like a glimpse of the real , uncensored and unscripted gary cooper , please have a look at the youtube clip of him on what ' s my line ? as the mystery guest in a 1959 episode .
he is incredibly shy and reticent , practically inarticulate . . . . but totally charming and charismatic . young tony perkins , who played his son in friendly persuasion , is a guest panelist .
[ quote ] all reports i ' ve read say cooper was pretty well hung . at least 8 n thick .
i guess he was pretty for his day , but cooper probably liked him best for his then - discretion .
my uncle worked in hollywood and said cooper was one of the nicest guys ever . in real life , he was very quiet , almost shy . supposedly , cooper was a virgin when he came to hollywood and clara bow was the lucky girl to take his virginity .
when gary cooper went into ya ' , he kept going into ya ' . if ya ' know what i mean . . .
ps clara bow saw it and ran screaming . i just propped an extra pillow down there and relaxed .
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) if so , it ' s remarkable that tallulah herself does not even mention him .
. they also mention that andy has a way of exaggerating his own importance and also telling tales that weren ' t exactly true . they also mention in passing , that
, he lived on east 52nd street . author michael sragow , in his biography of victor fleming also has george cukor
, where he is apparently working on a picture called there
lonely journey
:
andy tells me . . . [ it ] is the story of a soldier suffering from amnesia .
the name was later changed to
somewhere in the night
. lower and palmer in their biography of mankiewicz discuss the
. . . robert milford has been appointed general manager . . . .
:
vinton freedley has commissioned stewart chaney to design the scenery and costumes . . .
and then a few days later :
mary hunter , who had been announced as the director of
peter pan
. . . [ will ] handle the staging of
great to be alive
. . . . a copy of the script has been sent to jack haley .
( jack haley is of course , most well - known today , as the tin woodsman in the
the play
protective custody
, which began in pre - broadway tryouts in philadelphia and washington , d . c . it was scheduled to open at the belasco on broadway , but it ' s closing announcement was made after just one month traveling . a week or so later , it was announced that friends of the star faye emerson , had raised their own money to see the play open at the ambassador . it was a short run , after only three performances , it ' s closing was again announced .
, so probably this is why this particular place was chosen , and she may in fact be buried next to him . i don ' t yet know .
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ver the past three decades , the french philosopher pierre manent has published a series of works on the destiny of the west and our modern political condition that are both profound and—atypical of parisian intellectuals—expressed in luminous prose . in books that include
( 2010 ) , manent engages with the west’s greatest political minds , from aristotle and cicero to machiavelli and montesquieu and beyond . these thinkers aren’t prisoners of time , manent insists ; if studied attentively , they speak truths—often explosive truths—across the ages .
most of manent’s major books are now available in english translation . until now , though , no single - volume introduction to his thought has been available to englishspeaking readers . seeing things politically , a series of interviews with manent , conducted by bénédicte delorme - montini , covering his major influences , spiritual life , and intellectual career , solves that problem . ably translated by ralph c . hancock ( the french original appeared in 2010 , to accompany the metamorphoses of the city ) , with a helpful introduction by daniel j . mahoney , the book can be read in one or two sittings . it is a small masterpiece .
manent makes his ambition clear to his interlocutor in his very first responses . since he reached adulthood , he tells delorme - montini , he hasn’t been attracted to the left , which pursues fantasies—new political and moral orders that it can conjure and create . “what i want instead , ” manent says , “is to understand” : society as it is , he maintains , is more interesting than any utopian dream . and the focus of his research has been on politics or political things , which give “human life its form . ”
for samuel goldwyn after he rejects the idea of having bette davis play the part . kay has only a small , but second billed , role in what is really a ronald colman feature .
kay travels by train to new orleans to see katty . unfortunately , their lesbian love affair ends and kay goes back west .
june 28 . after attending a preview of a notorious affair , w . e . oliver of the los angeles evening herald hails kay’s performance as “hollywood’s most disturbing portrayal since hell’s angels . ”
july . kay makes her first appearance on a movie magazine cover for the july issue of modern screen .
kay starts getting serious with kenneth , who seems to be taking up much of her social life . she writes in her diary on this day , “ken worked until 6 a . m . and then came and fucked me ! god , i really do love him . ”
despite kay’s success in hollywood and fun with ken , she still battles with depression and boredom . she writes in her diary , “i guess i should be very happy . ”
kay signs her first contract with warner bros , , which pays her $ 2 , 000 a week ( at paramount , kay received $ 750 weekly ) . rumors begin circulating that paramount starts giving kay films of lesser quality for revenge . although she indeed signed the contract for warner bros . in 1931 , her employment at the studio was not to start for another year .
, a film to be directed by rouben mamoulian . kay is replaced with sylvia sidney .
kay breaks up a fight between her dog and another , dropping her purse . when she breaks the dogs apart , she realizes that several pieces of jewelry are missing from her purse , including her wedding ring . kay also attends a party at gloria swanson’s . her drinking causes problems and kay apologizes the next morning .
kay begins to doubt her marriage to ken . “i wonder if ken and i will be together a year from now ? ” she writes in her diary .
kay attends a party at edmund goulding’s , her former sex buddy back in new york . kay comes close to having sex with edith head after tallulah bankhead calls her [ kay ] a lesbian .
as kay’s first warner bros . feature . the film is later re - titled
ken is fired by fox , and a few days later gets into an explosive fight with kay , hitting her out of rage .
starts filming . kay gets annoyed that miriam hopkins receives top billing , though kay has the highest salary of any actor in the film , $ 4 , 000 weekly .
, and her recent casting in an ernst lubitsch picture , kay still battles depression and boredom . “did something and had a good time but can’t remember , ” she writes in her diary .
. unfortunately , because her contract was set to expire , kay loses the part to bebe daniels .
kay goes back to new york , reuniting with juliana cutting , neysa mcmein , dwight francis , and kay johnson , among others . she returns home by the end of the year .
kay signs a new contract with warner bros . she spends the rest of the day in bed getting drunk .
kay arrives in new york on the 20th century . she attends the opening of
. she enjoys the play but hears that paramount purchased the rights for miriam hopkins . kay , dissatisfied with her recent warner bros . assignments , begins to regret her decision to switch studios .
kay and ken get into an explosive argument , she spends the night at julia hoyt’s .
kay begins a brief flirtation with gary cooper , having sex with him at least once , though nothing really ever developed between the two .
after an explosive fight with ken , kay indicates in her diary that she wants a divorce , though they made up a few days later .
. luckily , kay is replaced with dolores del rio . the film becomes a major flop with critics and audiences , bringing an end to del rio’s career in america .
, ruth chatterton’s last movie for warner bros . is released . she leaves warner bros . because of a slip in popularity after ridiculous film offers from the studio . kay becomes the queen of the lot , though her title is not official until a new contract offer at the end of 1935 .
kay writes in her diary , “had merciless afternoon with maurice – four times in 2 hours . ”
still fighting depression and boredom , kay attempts suicide by cutting the artery in her right wrist . loosing two quarts of blood , she nearly dies , but is saved possibly by her maid .
in an effort to spice up their sex life , maurice begins suggesting new ideas to kay . she writes in her diary , “swell evening – very exciting , discussing about lesbians and a threesome . not practical , i’m afraid . ”
maurice returns to europe , leaving kay more depressed than ever . as a result , kay travels to new york .
kay , accompanied by mr . and mrs . richard barthelmess , boards the rex , an italian cruise liner . she goes on a second european romp .
a paris doctor confirms that kay is again pregnant . she has an abortion again soon after .
kay returns to new york , being mobbed by press and fans . kay also informs reporters that there is no truth to the rumors about her wedding plans with maurice chevalier .
kay returns to hollywood . suffering from complications from an abortion , kay spends the next few days in bed .
kay is hospitalized due to ignoring the advice for bed rest from her physician ( she attended a party at pickfair despite doctor’s orders ) .
, kay names her favorite male movie stars – jackie cooper , john barrymore , lionel barrymore , richard barthelmess , james cagney , ronald colman , gary cooper , clark gable , william powell , and maurice .
kay celebrates christmas with mr . and mrs . richard barthelmess , then heads over to samuel goldwyn’s for a party . she then parties into the morning with ruth chatterton and jessica barthelmess ( richard’s wife ) .
kay celebrates the new year with maurice , attending parties at both charles boyer’s and tim mccoy’s .
with george brent , kay has a one night stand with her leading man . she writes , “he told me afterwards that i had helped him tremendously and that he appreciated that . big fucking ! and he got the jitters . ”
maurice returns to europe after a series of fights with kay . a few days later , she finds a new lover in delmer daves after meeting him at a party hosted by frank borzage .
del leaves kay to vacation in annapolis . kay starts to realize that she’s fallen in love with him and out of love with maurice .
kay helps open the house of westmore , a salon established by perc westmore . myrna loy , clara bow , marlene dietrich , carole lombard , and claudette colbert also attended .
while in london , kay has a successful operation to remove her salivary gland .
kay meets with maurice to break the news to him about del . he takes it good and they settle for a friendship .
del brings kay to lake louise in canada . at the time still barren , the location is still breathtaking . kay describes the vacation as being like an unofficial honeymoon .
kay’s physician , bill branch , informs her that there are rumors going around hollywood that she had syphilis . surprisingly , the rumors of kay francis having an std were false .
jack warner offers kay a new contract , one which gets her the queen of warner bros . title .
. unfortunately , warner bros . refuses to lend kay’s services . the part goes to her friend and former warner bros . star , ruth chatterton .
kay writes in her diary about her trip to del’s cabin in lake arrowhead , describing how happy she was .
kay writes in her diary , “beginning the new year with my lover . may he be in the same bed with me next year this time . ”
kay is seriously disappointed when warner bros . sends her her new assignment , a biopic about florence nightingale titled
kay signs the new contract with warner bros . presented to her in november . her salary is raised to $ 5 , 250 a week . the contract is to end in 1942 , by which she is to be earning $ 7 , 000 a week .
kay’s home is surrounded by police when a young woman named carol lawrence delivers a note to kay’s residence which reveals a death plot . james crawford explained that he “had it in for k . francis . ” “k . francis” turned out to be kathleen francis , a hollywood extra .
. she names constance bennett , claudette colbert , marlene dietrich , carole lombard , and myrna loy .
kay undergoes another abortion . “jesus , it’s awful , ” she writes . “who do i always get caught and have so little fun . ”
george cukor tells kay that he could see her as scarlett o’hara . the project drops when selznick and cukor change their minds for norma shearer .
kay’s neighbor , david niven , kisses her on her doorstep . del catches them , leaving kay for the night .
while still in europe , kay spends the holiday sick in bed with a cold .
kay celebrates the new year by watching a skiing competition , then drinking the night away while fighting with del .
because of her sickness , which doesn’t seem to be getting any better , kay is rushed to the hospital .
ginger rogers throws a roller - skating party at rollerdome . kay attends with joan crawford . despite ginger’s claim that her party was the best ever thrown , kay complained in her diary that the party was dull .
. despite her success and fortunes , kay , while knitting during the interview , claims that her life has been “singularly uneventful . ”
completes production . the crew presents kay with a box filled with gardenias , and an eighteenth century snuff box .
kay writes in her diary of del , “i am sick of his superiority . ”
kay meets erik barnekow at a party thrown by dorothy di frasso , who replaces del in kay’s life .
a final agreement is made between lawyers , kay’s contract would expire september 28 , 1938 .
kay asks erik to spend christmas at her house . she writes , “we baptized the library floor . good fucking . ”
sent to hal wallis reads , “i think you would have a good kay francis picture in a reasonably short time and one that would not cost a fortune to make . moreover , kay herself is , i understand , very much in favor of it . ”
starts . the film is completed in mid - march . for unknown reasons , the film is shelved and released later in the year as
kay loans erik $ 1 , 000 . “i wonder if i will ever get it back ? ” she writes in her diary .
, kay is listed , along with joan crawford , katharine hepburn , and garbo ( among others ) , as “box office poison . ” the article reads that “kay francis , still receiving many thousands a week , is now making b pictures . ”
) . miriam hopkins takes over , gets sick , and kay is forced into one of the most ridiculous movies of her career .
“oh my god , ” kay writes in her diary . “what am i getting into , i have no idea ! pray that it will come out alright , that’s all ! ”
begins . this is kay’s last movie on her warner brothers contract . during the filming , kay gives an interview to
that turns out to be her most remembered . the title of the article was a direct quote from kay , “i can’t wait to be forgotten . ”
are filmed . it’s unknown if kay was called back for retakes by a studio so desperate to ditch her .
, a critic comes to kay’s defense about her latest backlash from warner brothers . “…considering the plot and everything it is our settled conviction that meaner advantage was never taken of a lady . ”
( 1939 ) . the film starred carole lombard , cary grant , and kay , who was equally billed to lombard and grant , proving her stature as late as 1939 .


rampart is a 2011 american drama film .

directed by oren moverman and co-written by moverman and james ellroy , the film stars woody harrelson , ice cube , ned beatty , anne heche , steve buscemi , and sigourney weaver .

it is set in the midst of the fallout from the rampart scandal of the late 1990s , when corrupt los angeles police department officer dave brown ( harrelson ) is forced to face the consequences of his wayward career .

the film premiered at the toronto international film festival on september 10 , 2011 .

and was released in theaters in the u.s. on february 10 , 2012 .

rampart ( film )

“rampart” producer lawrence inglee acknowledges that the film is serving as a kind of guinea pig for the modified millennium .
new orleans jazz and heritage center 1225 n . rampart st . new orleans 70112
terrance malick’s “the tree of life” topped the winners of the african - american film critics awards , topping runners - up “drive , ” “pariah” and “rampart . ”
an earlier version of this review mistakenly attributed the co - authorship of rampart ' s screenplay to elmore leonard . the film was co - written by james ellroy .
, it should have no trouble expanding at least somewhat . the overall number one film ,
before you go to see the rampart movie , watch this next video first with comments from the film ' s producer ben foster and director oren moverman about how they shaped the story .
looking for movie tickets ? enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing rampart near you .
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perhaps it ' s just as well . after all , only a few cops in los angeles ' s rampart division were convicted of corruption way back then , and today rampart cops are known as honest and tough .
go ahead , ask woody harrelson anything…as long as it & apos ; s about his current movie , rampart .
' rampart ' . a fine lesson in self - destruction that meandered too often between some nice uncomfortable moments .
next is a spectacular video interview with director oren moverman . rampart director oren moverman runs : 3 : 36 mins
actor ben foster , who co - starred in the messenger and rampart , will present the award to moverman .
an interview with writer / director boots riley about his incendiary new film ,
sorry to bother you .
at the beginning of the film , the screen is black and a graphic states
los angeles 1999
as the film fades into a wide shot overview of the hamburger stand , a 2005 cadillac cts drives through the intersection .
a lot of information is available about the real rampart scandal in news stories , most of it conflicting . for an excellent perspective , please watch the real rampart story in a two - part documentary near the end of this article .
the following insightful video interviews about the rampart movie feature actor woody harrelson , director oren moverman and producer ben foster .
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what also convinced the “rampart” team was a commitment from millennium films production president mark gill , the veteran distribution executive who presided over warner independent pictures in its heyday ( “march of the penguins” ) , to consult on the film’s theatrical release .
harrelson delivers his best performance in years . he is a chain smoking , articulate and volatile figure that is on the brink of blowing at any moment . he consumes the film because he is the film . he is in every scene to…
even screenwriter ellroy says that the so - called rampart scandal was
a stick of dynamite with a wet fuse .
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“we knew we would be the first film in this new concept , ” he says . “but bill lee described a distribution company that we were all hoping for , and their vision for the film was more compelling than anything else we heard . ”
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“rampart” is rated r ( under 17 requires parent or adult guardian ) . bad behavior in the extreme , and toe sucking .
police and prosecutors say the department needs a more permanent - - and larger - - funding source so the film won ' t fall victim to budget shortfalls . the department has had to scramble in recent months to supply enough film to meet growing demand .
cops who lived through the rampart scandal and have seen the movie say it is authentic , the real deal , and captures the essence of the events and the atmosphere . regular moviegoers are not convinced and think the rampart scandal could be dropped without missing anything .
captivating drama , rampart is a surprisingly gripping film about a corrupt cop played by woody harrelson in a well rounded performance . the film ' s story is smart , tense and is entertaining due to a strong performance by its lead actor . what i enjoyed about the film was that it was a tense piece of drama , a film that managed to be a gripping , well paced picture that told a riveting story and is elevated by some strong performances . i didn ' t expect much going into this film , and i must admit , i kind of avoided it for awhile , but i ' m glad i did . directed by the same director who helped the terrific drama the messenger , rampart gives you an unflinching portrait of a cop that is corrupt and abuses his oath . harrelson is perfect for the part , and he commands each scene that he ' s in . the story is well constructed and is perfectly paced in order to create a rousing sense of tension , which is ever present in the film . this is a fine drama thriller , one that ranks among the most memorable ones in the last few years , and like i said , it ' s a film that is entertaining and captivating in the way it handles its story . this is a film that is well worth your time if you want a well executed drama that boasts great performances , terrific storytelling and exceptional direction . rampart is an incredible drama and it ' s a film that is thoroughly engaging and is a finely made picture that you won ' t forget anytime soon . the film ' s strength lies in a solid and unforgettable performance by woody harrelson and it has a finely written script that has never a dull moment .
millennium mounted an oscar - qualifying one - week run in late november that generated some strong reviews for “rampart” ( “terrific — tense , shocking , complex [ and ] mesmerizing : ” entertainment weekly ) , but the film saw little award - season recognition beyond a spirit award nomination for harrelson . ford says the preliminary release produced fairly good initial sales and helped “keep up the momentum” on the film .
the movie has hit some festivals and i’m already hearing so much about how good harrelson is in the film that i’ve just had to shut down all of the chatter until i get a chance to see the film . rampart is scheduled for a limited oscar - qualifying run in new york and la starting next week , but most of us won’t get a chance to see it until january 2012 .
harrelson replied to andy rooney ' s question claiming the story was not true followed by
lets focus on the film people .
redditor bersh pointed out harrelson’s insistence to only answer questions about the film he was promoting , despite using the thread topic ask me anything .
woody harrelson as police officer dave brown in rampart : ' he ' s an emblematic figure , though precisely what he represents remains undefined . '
the backlash didn’t end there . both harrelson and rampart have become running jokes on reddit and a bevy of memes mocking the event have proliferated throughout the web . one redditor even submitted an entry for “rampart” to urltoken , defined as “to have sex with and then never call again . ”
while gill will only consult on the theatrical releases of “rampart” and “bernie , ” bill lee says his contributions so far have been “invaluable . ”
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the movie is full of action , and has great acting , excellent characters and touching scenes . even though the rampart movie may be a film for real men with unrealistic dreams and no understanding of women ( which is nearly 100 % of us poor slobs ) , we think it is worth seeing .
why is he this way ? that question helps explain why the movie is so absorbing , because there is no answer .
rampart
lacks the usual plot engines behind crime films , in which motivation comes from money , lust or revenge . brown behaves in this film primarily just to do bad things .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
there ' s some family drama here that flows well with the narrative at first . then it just goes away . ben foster shows his ability to be unrecognizable . a well paced film that showcases the range of the actors involved . the ending is very abrupt and makes the film all the more forgettable .
hi reddit , it’s woody here . i’m in new york today doing interviews for my new film rampart , which opens in theaters on february 10th . i’ll be checking in from 3 - 4est today and will get to as many of your questions as i can , so start asking now ! be back soon .
rampart : to have sex with and then never call again . did you hear about woody harrelson ramparting that girl ' s virginity at her high school prom ?
he did strong work as a gruff army captain breaking bad news to the families of fallen soldiers in the messenger . now he has teamed up again with that film ' s director , oren moverman , for rampart . as dave brown , a cop in late - 1990s los angeles , he looks like an easter island statue in shades , or a bullet with stubble scalp . the film portrays one man ' s dark night of the soul in gaudy , sun - frazzled colours .
rampart doesn’t end up having as much emotional punch to it as the messenger did , mainly because it feels as though the idea was not thought out to completion .
if you give me a gun and don ' t give me the bullets , what good is that ?
said sgt . john vanelli , who works in the lapd ' s rampart police station .
if you give me a camera and no film . . . i can ' t use that tool anymore .
again , there are some things to like about the film . it’s well - made , creates an unsettling atmosphere , and even starts to break into emotional territory in the final act ( i hesitate to say “third” for the reasons stated above ) . of course , there’s also harrelson’s performance to marvel at , but the sudden ending doesn’t do the film any favors , not after waiting through what felt like the writers stalling more development until the conclusion . that’s where rampart ultimately becomes a letdown .
youtube uploads of trailers for rampart began being disliked in large numbers following the posting . within 3 days the official upload of the trailer had 236 likes to 194 dislikes .
the crunchy rock laid over this trailer sounds completely wrong for the movie , but that aside rampart looks fantastic and harrelson comes across like a total monster . can’t wait .
harrelson denied the allegation , but things only got worse from there , as he refused to answer questions that didn’t pertain to the film and left the conversation shortly thereafter .
some police stations , including devonshire and van nuys in the san fernando valley , have stockpiled the film . but others have just a few shots left in their cameras .
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rampart doesn ' t end up having as much emotional punch to it as the messenger did , mainly because it feels as though the idea was not thought out to completion .
woody harrelson ( “rampart” ) and albert brooks ( “drive” ) took acting wins alongside “the help” stars viola davis and octavia spencer , while “shame” director steve mcqueen took directing honors .
to further confirm that the idea wasn’t thought out to its full extent , the film leaves us with an ambiguous ending . we have some notion where the main plot might go , among other threads , but nothing is resolved by the time the credits begin to roll , as though the writers decided not to have a third act for the film .
keep your comments focused on the film . don ' t post randomness / off - topic comments . jokes are fine , but don ' t post tactless / inappropriate ones .
lee specifically touts millennium’s ability to eschew “a one - size - fits - all approach” in favor of selecting one of four distinct release plans to best fit a film’s needs .
2 . drive 3 . pariah 4 . rampart 5 . shame 6 . moneyball 7 . the descendants 8 . a better life 9 . my week with marylin 10 . the help
the los angeles police department ' s late - ' 90s reputation was far from spotless ; reports of misconduct came flooding by the dozen out of the anti - gang unit of the
rampart
division . oren moverman ' s rampart funnels those widespread sins into a single vessel — a cop whose corruption runs so deep that he barely acknowledges right and wrong anymore .
harrelson answered :
first off , its not true , and second off , i don ' t want to answer questions about that . lets focus on the film people .
but even representatives at polaroid , which sold the cameras and film to the city at a discount , say they can ' t do much about the lapd ' s budget troubles .
to be presented to him by his close friend and colleague , barbara kopple . leon gast is an academy award winning american documentary film director , producer , cinematographer , and editor .
the film is written , almost inevitably , by james ellroy , connoisseur of all things rotten in the city of angels . his co - writer , and the film ' s director , is oren moverman , whose brilliant debut , the messenger ( out in the uk last year ) , also starred harrelson as an army officer deputed to
casualty notification
– bringing the bad news to the relatives of soldiers killed on active duty . if that film was about coping with a difficult job , rampart is all about not coping , about making a difficult job much worse . harrelson plays la patrol cop dave
date rape
brown , whose unfortunate moniker alludes to a notorious case in which he may have murdered a serial date rapist .
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today’s new york and los angeles release of “rampart” will test the marketability of woody harrelson playing a corrupt l . a . cop — and the mettle of its fledgling distributor , millennium entertainment .
the marketing team behind the upcoming movie , rampart , have been pasting up controversial posters in several major u . s . cities showing woody harrelson’s character , officer dave brown , beating a man with a night stick . the posters simply say “i work for you” with the opening date and are meant to look like street art wheatpaste posters . the film opens february 10 , 2012 .
ryan gilbey is the new statesman ' s film critic . he is also the author of it don ' t worry me ( faber ) , about 1970s us cinema , and a study of groundhog day in the
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rampart division of the lapd covers an area of nearly eight square miles and serves 375 , 000 people west and northwest of downtown los angeles , including echo park , pico - union and westlake . its name is derived from rampart boulevard , one of the main streets in its patrol area . the division employs about 350 police officers and is l . a . ' s most densely populated community .
from the moment i heard about rampart the movie placed high on my ‘must - see’ list . the messenger director oren moverman reunites with woody harrelson and ben foster to tell a story about the lapd’s disgraced rampart division , with a script originally written by la crime master james ellroy . ice cube is a good cop and ned beatty is in the movie , as are sigourney weaver and steve buscemi .
though harrelson said he continued to circle back to his film because he
consider [ s ] my time valuable ,
users vowed to boycott the flick after the 15 - minute online fiasco .
lapd cmdr . jim mcmurray , head of the division that handles domestic violence training , said the department is studying the use of digital photography , an expensive technology that does not use conventional film .
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rampart
doesn ' t tell a coherent story as much as swirl the drain with dave , as his increasingly desperate efforts to save himself simply result in a cascade of self - inflicted wounds .
hollywood has made a movie about one of the worst police scandals in u . s . history , a movie about bad cops doing bad things in the 1990s . well , maybe it ' s about the rampart scandal . according to many moviegoers , they don ' t think the rampart scandal , although used as a
backdrop ,
has much to do with what goes on in the movie .
woody harrelson knows what it’s like to be famous in real life , but after a failed attempt to promote his latest film on reddit , he’s learning what it’s like to be infamous on the internet .
” but less strawberry - scented ) and coming under fire for his brutal tactics . we got to speak to harrelson about the character , his relationship with “rampart” director moverman , his thoughts on the forthcoming “
woody harrelson participated in one of reddit ' s
ask me anything
( ama ) threads friday , but perhaps someone should have told him it wasn ' t called
ask me anything , as long as it ' s about my new movie .
the 50 - year - old actor ' s answers infuriated the website ' s users as he attempted to promote his new film ,
rampart .
woody harrelson hits movie screens with such galvanizing force in rampart , you might be surprised that hollywood didn ' t cower and hand him an oscar nomination , trembling . it ' s getting harder and harder to remember that he first came to fame as lovable naive
woody
on cheers . his turn in rampart is closer to that worldly carnality from the people vs . larry flynt but drained of any subversive joy .
“but it was nice to have marketing and pr and distribution all on the same page , especially on a specialty film , ” says patricof . “it takes a village to release one of these things . ”
the city attorney ' s office bought 400 of the cameras last year for officers to document injuries , providing powerful evidence for prosecutors . the lapd pays for the film , which costs about 90 cents a shot .
woody harrelson is leaner in
rampart ,
the skin tight over the skull , the jawline defiant . his eyes are busy . he is a cop in the los angeles police district that became notorious in 1999 as a cesspool of corruption , but this man takes corruption with him wherever he goes . the movie is co - written by the unsurpassed crime writer james ellroy , who no doubt knows enough stories about rampart to write a dozen movies , but his inspiration here is to make this cop a stand - alone character study , isolated within himself . he doesn ' t require the reprehensible environment of rampart . he ' s self - fueled .
rampart takes its title from the lapd division that became mired in accusations of brutality and corruption consistent with those aired in the film . that implicated an entire squad , whereas the movie ( co - written by moverman and the novelist james ellroy ) is a character study , isolating dave to such an extent that he seems at times to be the only cop pounding the beat , the one scapegoat for an entire department ' s ills .
academy award - nominated oren moverman is the writer / director of the recently shot the dinner , ( starring richard gere and laura linney ) , and time out of mind . he is the winner of the international critics award at the 2014 toronto film festival . moverman also directed rampart and his directorial debut the messenger , which garnered a nomination for the 2010 best screenplay award and other accolades . he is also a much - acclaimed screenwriter .
“the whole industry is still searching for the best possible formula , ” says lee . “but we’re studying each film , studying the market and coordinating with retailers , filmmakers and exhibitors to find the best release for them . ”
polaroid is not stupid ,
mcmurray said .
i think they were creating a little demand for this film . . . . if i had to do it again , i might rethink this generous donation .
it ' s a bit after your wedding and you ' re home watching an excellent film about a couple ' s marriage and reception . but it ' s not just any film . it ' s your wedding
video
. my now husband and i hired dynamic rage films to document our wedding . i use the word document because the final product was more like an excellent documentary film than simply just a wedding video . not only was yasmin and her team incredibly kind , professional , prompt and reliable , they were wonderful to work with and very through . i highly recommend yasmin and her team at dynamic range films for whatever you ' d like to document .
dave brown ( woody harrelson ) is the distillation of the worst qualities of every dirty cop you ' ve seen on - screen before , as smartly manipulative as he is physically cruel . it ' s a tough job to put a character this unlikable at the center of a movie without making the film just as distasteful . but moverman and co - writer james ellroy humanize brown without ever absolving him , making rampart a fascinating if deeply disturbing character study .
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women in film & television short film showcase (
wifti short - case
) is a powerful demonstration of our members’ creativity , vision , and artistry . founded in 2004 , the showcase presents selected films from wifti chapters around the world ; some of the recent showcase short films have been nominated for academy awards received distribution deals and garnered other recognition globally . wifti encourages unique points of view and storytelling that focus on subjects / issues that concern women .
the alice evenings are monthly networking social gathering , named after the first narrative film director , alice guy blaché , provides members the opportunity to present their work and / or topics of interest . members and potential members are welcomed .
as one user quipped , it turned out , unsurprisingly , harrelson was interested not in an ama but in an amaar (
ask me anything about rampart
) . while entertainment journos might respect those rules of engagement , the world wide web is less tame . some of the other questions were about harrelson ' s acting and past film roles , but the discussion about his role in a teenager ' s senior year dominated the discussion and resulting news coverage .
sean flanagan and jake coburn , of magnetbox films , will be joining the wift family to discuss film distribution in the digital age and why filmmakers should have a release plan in place before the first day of shooting commences . bring your questions and be ready to discuss your own projects , whether in development or wrapped , to learn how to chart the best course of action for your film including self distribution , negotiating your deals , and estimating your revenue streams .
the woodstock film festival celebrates its 17th anniversary , october 13 - 16 , 2016 , with an extraordinary line - up of fiercely independent films , panels , concerts and special events in woodstock , rhinebeck , kingston , rosendale and saugerties .
it , in a tangential way , reminds me of jodie foster sending out screeners of the beaver after the awards ' run saying she just hopes people see it , and i hope that happens with rampart . it deserves to be seen .
april 22 , 11am : panel : the future of the film industry in louisiana with led ; carroll morton - manager cultural development new orleans ( wift la advisory board member ) and carol bidault wift la president will be on the panel .
crumbling at the ' rampart ' : veteran l . a . cop dave brown ( woody harrelson , whose last collaboration with director oren moverman earned him his second oscar nomination ) is under pressure and not handling it well . millennium entertainment hide caption
of course , harrelson was not pleased with the question .
first of off , its not true , and second off , i don ' t want to answer questions about that . lets focus on the film people ,
he replied .
the following day , a post titled
look , woody ! you ' re on urban dictionary
was submitted to the / r / funny [ 9 ] subreddit which included a screenshot of an urban dictionary submission for the word
rampart .
the following plot description comes from the film producer ' s marketing machine , so it can ' t give away too much . but if you wish to remain oblivious until you see the movie , then don ' t read the next few paragraphs .
another cop film . what a surprise . woody harrelson is still fantastic here while playing a jackass . if i had his job then i might be a creep as well . i shouldn ' t feel sorry for such a character , but harrelson makes you care about his situation that feels like entrapment . however , its still an average film at best . director oren moverman does a fine job even if it lacks the emotional punch of his previous effort and at times the narrative feels a little muddled .
ahhh , the film that made woody harrelson the most hated man on reddit ( if you don ' t know what i ' m talking about , you have some reading to do my friend - - urltoken he was slaughtered , teased , provoked and assaulted ( all verbally of course ) and now he ' s out to take revenge in ' rampart . ' an engaging tale about a contemptible , rebellious cop whose life takes a continuous downward spiral as he struggles to keep his position on the police force .
after initially saying the department couldn ' t afford to buy more film until the new fiscal year begins in july , department officials this week scraped together $ 40 , 000 to replenish the supply . but police officials concede that is only a temporary solution .
advocates for battered women agree . patty giggans , executive director of the los angeles commission on assaults against women , said :
i think it ' s absolutely ridiculous that they ' re driving around with cameras , proven successful , and no film .
woody harrelson , who portrays a corrupt police officer and vietnam vet in the oren moverman - directed drama rampart , talks to the hollywood reporte r ' s executive features editor stephen galloway about training for the intense role , and getting into trouble in his youth .
but you don’t have to wait until “the hunger games” spring debut to see a truly stellar woody harrelson performance . “rampart” opens in new york and la for an oscar - qualifying one - week run starting on wednesday before opening wide in january . don’t miss it .
rampart - this cop drama has a great cast and good central performance from woody harrelson . but even with this great ensemble it doesn’t elevate it above mediocre . on analysis it really feels too much like a movie version of ‘the shield’ ! ( b - )
there is an acrid , pessimistic , despairing wit in rampart sometimes , especially when brown reveals his specious fluency in legal casework , easily coming up with a legal precedent that justifies the latest brutality – which he may or may not have made up . perhaps this nightmare can still end in some kind of deal for brown . but it is when he has to face the incomprehension and contempt of his children that the blank despair shows on harrelson ' s face . rampart is a gripping movie , and a great addition to the ellroy canon .
movie review - ' rampart ' - a dissolute centurion , on his last legs director oren moverman and woody harrelson ( the messenger ) team up again for a complex account of a corrupt los angeles cop and his a final desperate bid to cash in . ( recommended )
the alice evenings ( first thursday of each month ) are monthly networking social gathering , named after the first narrative film director , alice guy blaché , provides members the opportunity to present their work and / or topics of interest . members and potential members are welcomed .
time out of mind’s oren moverman and oscar winner leon gast , along with actor ben foster and two - time academy award winner barbara kopple join participant media’s ceo david linde , and a stellar lineup of award recipients and presenters at the 17th annual woodstock film festival .
sean flanagan is the co - founder and head of distribution of magnetbox films . before this he served as the marketing and sales manager of quiver , the independent film branch of aggregator premiere digital services , where he worked on over five hundred films and tv series . before this his work included multi - year stints at cinema libre studio in marketing and publicity , nielsen’s media in tv marketing research , rk films , mtv , sports illustrated , gannett news , ridley scott productions and many more . magnetbox is producing i know that voice the series , which was announced at comic con 2017 , as well as scouts a film starring danny glover and loretta devine and a script currently in development with francisco productions entitled killdeer . they recently sales repped the ashley judd film trafficked , which sold to epic pictures .
in that film , harrelson ' s character turns out to have feelings after all . he ' s such a versatile actor , able to point one way and act in another . we know he can do that , and maybe that ' s why he ' s so fascinating in
rampart .
is it really possible for a man to be as evil and indifferent as dave brown , and be empty inside ? apparently so . what made him that way ? maybe nothing did . maybe it ' s just the way he is .
shooting down the first user who asked about an alleged one - night stand , harrelson — who agreed to the online interview seemingly aware of its format — got defensive and told the forum & apos ; s users he only wanted to
focus on the film .
this film is very hit and miss . some scenes are very good , some are very underwhelming . plus there is a great cast , and yet some people like ice cube , sigourney weaver have barely any screentime . steve buscemi appears for about 30 seconds and yet he makes it to the poster billing . i would describe this film as an atmospheric thriller / drama very much in the vein of herzog ' s bad lieutenant : port of call new orleans . dave brown is a similar character , a corrupt cop with a massive ego . the film has some jarring editing and the plot often feels disjointed . the film also feels too long and has some major pacing issues . they cram a lot of excitement into the first 30 minutes , and then in the middle hour it slows down a hell of a lot . some scenes just feel out of place , like the nightclub scene . it ' s a complete mish mash of good and bad ideas colliding into each other , only just held together by interesting characters and good performances . i expected more from a piece written by james ellroy .
foster is best known for freaks & geeks , six feet under and major roles in many movies including x - men : the last stand , alpha dog , 3 : 10 to yuma , the messenger , the mechanic , rampart , kill your darlings , lone survivor and warcraft .
now let ' s have a look at the
a
story , the rampart scandal , as portrayed by hollywood . ( i ' ll describe the real - life
a
story in a moment . ) according to the movie notes , when rampart division gets mired in the corruption scandal , officer brown becomes an easy scapegoat for murdering his daughter ' s rapist ( maybe he did , maybe he didn ' t ) , as corrupt cops try to shift the blame to innocent ones , or , in this case , a not - so - innocent one .
rather than go into detail about users & apos ; varied inquiries — as is typically standard with the ama (
ask me anything
) format open to anyone visiting the site — harrelson chose to supply non - detailed answers that almost always referred back to his new film .
after a february opening , the reviews are mixed . some people hate the movie , saying it makes no sense , has no point , and has nothing to do with the rampart scandal . others say it is a spectacular movie with some of the best acting they ' ve ever seen .
dave’s graver troubles ignite after he’s caught on video beating a suspect nearly to death . the episode turns up the heat in an already simmering city . protesters start massing outside dave’s station , rampart , and politicians and the district attorney’s office ( whose numbers include an excellent sigourney weaver ) start circling .
as part of the press junket for the upcoming rampart , harrelson participated in one of the social news site’s popular “ask me anything” ( ama ) threads . almost immediately , one user asked the former cheers star about a time he supposedly crashed a high school prom and slept with a female student :
who would have known that woody harrelson is going to become a dependable actor ? i mean , look back 15 years ago , who would have thought he would make these really interesting indie dramas . he ' s like the nick nolte of his generation or something . rampart is tailor made for his talents . his way of talking , his sexy gestures and his careless charm . this is a police drama but it ' s a character driven film . the character being that of a cop whose moral compass is just too unpredictable . woody embodies the lack of direction of his character and he is mesmerizing .
he reminds me of one of the most evil characters in american fiction , judge holden in cormac mccarthy ' s blood meridian , a man who likes to torture and kill for no other reason than simply to cause pain . the harrelson of
rampart
could play judge holden , and not many actors could .
he shows up at depositions red - faced and sweating from the previous night ' s debauchery . his ex - wives and daughters grow immune to his charms . in the movie ' s red - lit , chaotic centerpiece , a long night of sex and drugs ends with a disgustingly gluttonous food binge — significant because there ' s constant comment early in the film that brown never seems to eat . this is a man breaking down in spectacular fashion , and moverman ' s hallucinatory use of color , paired with disorienting cuts in the sound and images , makes the film seem to be stylistically disintegrating along with him .
after a splashy preview last june , the los angeles police department ' s fleet of polaroid cameras has become a victim of its own success . the state - of - the - art cameras , originally bought to assist in domestic abuse cases , are so popular the lapd has run out of the costly color film .
okay , so the movie has a great group of actors whose performances keep you riveted to your seat . but does the movie have any resemblance to what actually happened in the rampart division in the 1990s ? does it matter - - since it conveys the flavor , attitudes and violence of what happened if not the actual facts ?
in fact , the city attorney ' s office is asking police to shoot more photos from crime scenes , contributing to the demand for film . besides a bruised cheek or choke marks on a victim ' s neck , prosecutors also want pictures of the hole punched through the wall , the shattered lamp or the ransacked bedroom .
with 375 , 000 units sold , but in terms of revenue , it was in second place with $ 7 . 50 million . its opening week blu - ray share was 51 % , which even just last year would have been momentous , but now is standard for a first - run release for any action or adventure film .
this intimate festival is a part of the loyola university new orleans ' feminist festival , as a celebration of women filmmakers and artists . the feminist festival is co - hosted by the loyola new orleans women ' s resource center and the loyola film society in honor of women ' s history month and international women ' s day 2018 .
join wift la and member charlotte livingston piotrowski , nola hff pr director for a weekend of fun and movies about things that go bump in the night . on september 24th , wift la president and board will present the wift la alice award to the best film directed by a female director . looking forward to see you all there .
was close behind with $ 12 , 880 . it ' s not too common for wide releases to earn more than $ 10 , 000 on the per theater chart at this time of year , so to have two of them do so on the same weekend is doubly impressive . the final film in the $ 10 , 000 club was
mary lou belli : currently a writer on ncis , two time emmy award - winning mary lou belli has been directing television for over 20 years including ncis new orleans , station 19 , pitch , monk , famous in love , devious maids , the quad , american woman , and hart of dixie as well as wizards of waverly place , sister , sister , girlfriends , and the game . her short film , straight eye for the gay guy won “best mini - short” at the california independent film fest where she also premiered i heard something , a thriller that went on to play fests internationally . she has done ground - breaking work on web - series . her most recent the drink lonely wives book club is currently on the fest circuit . mary lou is the co - chair of the women’s steering committee at the dga where she also serves on the western director’s council , and the leadership council pac . she is an honorary board member of the alliance of women directors and a long time member of women in film .
with examples from various well - known screenplays and film clips the lecture explores the various forms of the visual mindscape such as ; withholding , discovery , the law of contradiction , location as allegory , visual metaphor , the absolute present tense , narrative pacing , atmosphere , triggers and anchors , visual expressions for time , tense and flow of location .
rampart could actually be described this way . the movie ' s scenes often feel like separate vignettes , overlapping with sound and texture . once they ' re all crammed together they display a rude , naked and uncompromising portrait of a very difficult man . rampart is opening in limited release after a failed oscar run and though it ' s basically a character study - - fans of challenging performance and ensemble acting will like it most - - it ' s the kind of movie they probably should ' ve sold like a pure cop thriller just to get asses in seats . it ' s not that it ' s without shootouts , it ' s just that woody harrelson is the gunpowder . b / b +
harrelson plays dave brown , a uniformed policeman of 24 years ' standing , himself the son of a cop , and he ' s an emblematic figure in this culture of corruption , though precisely what he represents remains undefined . he ' s at the centre of every scene in the film , and we meet him driving his patrol car through rampart , physically trim , his head shaven , his uniform neatly pressed , a cigarette permanently dangling from his lip . he ' s apparently woody the barman working for the lapd , with the familiar high cheekbones , the roman nose , the mr punch - like jaw , the half - smile that might be vacant , searching , mocking or hinting at violence .
oren moverman is obviously someone to watch . i ' ve now bought both of his feature length movies and been impressed by both .
rampart
, his second film to feature both woody harrelson and ben foster is a controversial look at a lapd police officer whose about as dirty and corrupt as they come . woody harrelson in the last few years has gone through a bit of a renaissance with some impressive turns in everything from bit parts to headline star . little roles in the likes of
no country for old men
have elevated his persona as a guy you can rely on . moverman has obviously got a lot of faith in what harrelson brings to his roles and with a script here…
the ending : immigration issues resolved , young lovers anna ( felicity jones ) and jacob ( anton yelchin ) finally reunite . it ' s not exactly magical . they take a tentative shower together at jacob ' s l . a . loft while the film flashes back to more innocent times . the final shot of jacob indicates resignation but no resolution .
an ever - evolving process is the way that harrelson describes the majority of his “rampart” experience . the script was originally written by the self - proclaimed mad dog of american crime fiction james ellroy , but “substantially rewritten by oren . ” and that loose sense of play continued throughout the shoot . “that’s just the nature of how we work together – there’s a lot of play , a lot of spontaneity , a lot of improvisation , inside the structure . ” one of the more fascinating aspects of “rampart” is that it suggests a much larger universe , with whole plot threads that could be spun off from the central narrative , but is mercifully free of such clutter . harrelson told us that originally there was much more .
rampart doesn’t end up having as much emotional punch to it as the messenger did mainly because it feels as though the idea was not thought out to completion . moverman and his co - writer , author james ellroy , set up an interesting scenario in which any number of things can happen , but it never really develops beyond everything going wrong in david’s life .
first choice or later decision :
we had an extra scene that was on top of that , kind of a double beat with anna and jacob in the loft space on opposite ends of the frame ,
says writer - director drake doremus .
but the shower scene ended up being so strong that we just ended the film right there .
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a quickmeme [ 2 ] page for
scumbag woody harrelson
was created shortly after the ama thread was submitted . many of the image macros parodied harrelson ' s attempts to focus his answers on his new movie rampart and the allegations that he took a young girl ' s virginity after crashing a prom several years before . the page accumulated over 50 submissions in 3 days .
i like the angle that this film takes in its approach to the crooked cop story , that of humanism and emotion . woody’s character , david , is portrayed as a violent , self - absorbed , deeply flawed man , though in his interactions with the women he loves and his daughters , we also see him as a tragic , lonely figure . he is on the outside looking in , as the world slowly yet steadily passes him by . he is helpless to change , cursed by mistakes both past and present , and is doomed by his own hatred and resentment . it’s a sad portrait of a broken man . and while i appreciate this multidimensional picture , for some reason it all just didn’t add up for me . the film plays…
in 1999 , in los angeles , the brutal , racist and womanizer police officer david
dave
douglas brown works at the rampart division . he lives with his dysfunctional family composed by the ex - wives catherine and barbara and his two daughters margaret and helen in the same house . dave frequently goes to single bars to have one night stand with lonely women . he was accused in the past of executing a rapist but was considered not - guilty . when his police car is crashed by a mexican driver , the man runs and dave brutally beats him but is filmed on video . now the rampart division is being prosecuted while the internal affairs is investigating dave . he spends his savings with the lawyers and needs to raise money . what will dave do ?