la cage aux folles is a 1978 franco-italian comedy film and the first film adaptation of jean poiret 's 1973 play of the same name .

it is co-written and directed by édouard molinaro and stars ugo tognazzi and michel serrault .

la cage aux folles ( film )

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la cage aux folles is produced by james l . nederlander , clear channel entertainment , kenneth greenblatt , terry allen kramer and martin richards .
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foreign remake : an american remake of the french / italian film adaptation of la cage aux folles or at the very least , the original french stage play of the same name .
edouard molinaro , who directed classic french farce la cage aux folles and other much - loved films , has died in paris at the age of 85 .
the 12 - week total has beaten previous record holder la cage aux folles , which raked in $ 20 . 4m ( £14 . 2m ) in 1979 .
mike nichols wrangles agreeably amusing performances from robin williams and nathan lane in this fun , if not quite essential , remake of the french comedy la cage aux folles .
the american remake of ' la cage aux folles ' set the film in the mid - ' 90s amid a culture war fueled by morality politics . | # gay | pinterest | culture war , mora…
la cage aux folles theatre royal brighton , august 15 to 26 , 7 . 45pm ( 2 . 30pm matinee on wednesday , thursday and saturday ) , call 08448 717650
open up your closet , fish out your feather boa , and come along to see la cage aux folles . it’s going to be bad and beautiful , bawdy and bizarre…
ugo tognazzi , a onetime bookkeeper who became one of italy ' s leading comic actors and achieved international fame in the film
la cage aux folles ,
died on saturday . he was 68 years old .
la cage aux folles tells the story of two gay men living in st tropez and was nominated for three academy awards in 1980 , for best director , adapted screenplay and costume design .
“la cage aux folles capitalizes on the kind of hysterical exhibitionism that serious minded homosexuals repudiate . the film is funny enough , if you ' re not in the line of fire , but i ' m not prepared to say that the film is entirely harmless . ”
la cage aux folles began its five day run at the theatre yesterday , with an opening night that brought the audience to its feet and had them clapping along and howling with laughter throughout .
producer martin richards — who scored big in 2002 with the screen version of chicago — is planning to do the same with the current broadway musical la cage aux folles , according to variety .
he was best known in the united states for his role as a homosexual cabaret owner in the 1979 film
la cage aux folles ,
directed by edouardo molinaro . he also appeared in 1980 and 1985 sequels to the movie .
edouard molinaro’s 1978 la cage aux folles is not only an entertaining farce but also a landmark , for the way it opened many viewers’ eyes to both drag culture and same - sex relationships . to find out more about the film’s sexual politics and…
starting this friday , the skylight music theatre is presenting the tony award winning broadway musical
la cage aux folles
! you may be familiar with the story because it inspired the 1996 film
the birdcage
. while the whole production is fantastic ,
photo archive : remembering the costume designs of theoni v . aldredge , from annie to dreamgirls to la cage
la cage aux folles is one of the most influential – and beloved – musicals in theatre history . the show has just embarked on its first ever uk tour , and that’s something that fans have long been waiting for .
third and final version of the la cage aux folles series has renato ' s drag queen lover albin learning that he can inherit a vast fortune from a distant relative . but the catch is that albin . . . see full summary »
eduoard molinaro’s hilarious la cage aux folles , based on jean poiret’s play , is one of the most successful foreign films ever released in the u . s . the unprecedented popularity of this gender - bending sex farce inspired two sequels , a hit broadway…
“la cage aux folles , ” the french farce that opens today at the 68th street playhouse , is the name of a nightclub in st . tropez , in the south of france . according to the film , the club is both hugely popular and wildly notorious , though to the rest of us it seems the sort of place that could give st . tropez horrid reputation for being square . the cage aux folles puts on drag shows that feature thickly set , middle‐aged men who , dressed like the chorus of the princeton triangle , sing and dance ,
la cage aux folles begins with a metaphor : a shot of the audience — middle class , heterosexual , and above all , liberal . they frequent the saint - tropez nightclub , where the film is set , to watch the transvestite shows staged by homosexual performers . the audience on camera represents by interior duplication the general public for sophisticated french comedies about homosexuality , and more specifically if less deliberately , the usual u . s . public for subtitled foreign films . in both cases , there seems to be a discrepancy of ideals and values between the performer and the spectator : between the homosexual transvestite and the heterosexual couple , between the film la cage aux folles and the public who appreciates it .
originally a french play by jean poiret ( who also starred ) , la cage aux folles premiered in 1973 , and would result in a french - italian film and two sequels . over 20 years later , it would also inspire the robin williams comedy the birdcage , which transplanted the action to miami beach and cast gene hackman as a republican senator .
on the dvd : la cage aux folles is unfortunately presented in a not terribly good 1 : 66 : 1 transfer : much of the crackle and faded colours of the original remain , while the soundtrack is fuzzy in places . the only extra is the original trailer . - - david stubbs
one understands how and why things were changed for the musical . start with that word ,
musical .
this means songs , and given that la cage aux folles is centered around the nightclub
la cage aux folles ,
the chorus of the club becomes the chorus of the musical . in the film , there is one dance number in the club , during the opening . in the musical , the so - called cagelles become featured players with songs and dialogue as well . once you base the musical numbers in the club — and one presumes cabaret was very much a model — albin inevitably becomes the musical comedy star of the proceedings .
this month ' s column looks at
la cage aux folles ,
the french - language film which launched that title on the international level and prepared the world for the broadway musical that soon followed , and richard burton ( with claire bloom ) in martin ritt ' s 1965 cold war thriller
the spy who came in from the cold .
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the film has won a whole host of audience awards at film festivals around the world , including edinburgh , toronto and chicago .
third and final version of the la cage aux folles series has renato ' s drag queen lover albin learning that he can inherit a vast fortune from a distant relative . but the catch is that albin must marry ( a woman ) and produce an heir within a year or the whole inheritance will be forfeited .
rather , the identification established with renato and albin allows a ready defense to offer to those who question a willingness to laugh at gays . it gives the straight , liberal spectators at whom the film is aimed both the confidence that they are laughing with and not at the homosexuals of la cage aux folles . they can have the conviction that the film makes fun of everyone , not just of gays . indeed , the audience buys its right to laugh at gays by agreeing to laugh first at the bourgeoisie , that is , at itself . because the spectators mock those who are their own representatives within the film , the charrier family , they escape personal implication . at the same time , la cage aux folles presents viewers with a comforting stereotypical portrayal of homosexuals that reinforces many people’s deepest convictions . the film permits them to continue to believe that gays are what they really thought they were all the time .
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the jerry herman - harvey fierstein musical la cage aux folles opened at broadway ' s palace theatre august 21 , 1983 . george hearn and gene barry starred in the adaptation of the classic french play and film about a middle - aged gay couple who are forced to hide their sexual orientation in order to meet the fiancée ( and her family ) of one of the men ' s sons .
in the mid - ’90s , with the aids epidemic hitting its plateau , lgbt equality measures becoming part of a national conversation , and the christian coalition dominating the call for family values and morality politics , the subject matter of la cage aux folles was as timely as ever — making it the perfect source material for an english - language hollywood remake .
shaking a layer of dust off its well - worn marabou ,
la cage aux folles
returns to the screen as
the birdcage ,
an american remake with plenty of new pizazz . this material still shows its age ( as it did even in the 1979 french - language version ) , but it has been tarted up with giddy ingenuity .
to avoid ' ' misconceptions , ' ' the 68 - year - old mr . siders , who is the co - producer of the touring versions of the musicals ' ' la cage aux folles ' ' and ' ' singin ' in the rain , ' ' said he would rather not label ' ' the lord of the rings ' ' a puppet show .
produced and directed by mike nichols ; written by elaine may , based on the stage play
la cage aux folles
by jean poiret , and the screenplay by francis veber , edouard molinaro , marcello danon and mr . poiret ; director of photography , emmanuel lubezki ; edited by arthur schmidt ; music by jonathan tunick ; production designer , bo welch ; released by united artists . running time : 117 minutes . this film is rated r .
describing a comedy is always a risky business ; the bare plot outline is , of course , no hint as to how funny a film is , and to steal the jokes is a misdemeanor . what i can say , though , is that
la cage aux folles
gets the audience on its side with immediate ease ; it never betrays our confidence ; it astonishes us with the inspiration and logic it brings to ringing changes on the basic situation .
such remarks as i make here normally call forth the protestation that the critic is
missing the point ,
focusing on clearly secondary aspects of the film , or not dealing with the film as a whole on the terms that it sets out for itself as an artistic work . moreover , some readers will surely suspect that i lack a sense of humor . but , of course , precisely those elements of la cage aux folles that are
beside the point ,
secondary
— and therefore never confronted openly — constitute its ideology and so permit the constant reinforcement of attitudes unacceptable if voiced aloud . we can laugh at la cage aux folles and even at its sequel . indeed , it is hard not to . but laughter need never blind us to the discrete social and political messages contained in the most entertaining of films , for these messages function best when we show our willingness to ignore them .
it’s like a farce . the show is very fast and very funny with a wonderful script by harvey fierstein . how can it fail with all of that ? the only thing i think that stands against it is the title . people go , ‘what’s la cage aux folles ? ’ and struggle to pronounce it . if it was called the birdcage : the musical we’d be better off because there’d be more recognition with the film with robin williams [ the 1996 movie ] .
a classic french film with execrable video quality and no way to request a refund .
la cage ( 1978 ) , about a gay couple ' s hilariously ill - starred attempt to pass themselves off as straight , was remade in the us as the birdcage ( 1996 ) .
starting this friday , the skylight music theatre is presenting the tony award winning broadway musical
la cage aux folles
! you may be familiar with the story because it inspired the 1996 film
the birdcage
. while the whole production is fantastic , keep a special eye out for the costumes . the designer for this show is
project runway
all - star chris march ! chris joins us , along with director and choreographer john de los santos , to discuss the production .
la cage aux folles delivers an absolutely clear message : renato ' s instincts are heterosexual . each time he encounters simone , he desires her , attracts her easily and strongly , and immediately acts on his passion . if renato lives with albin as a homosexual , we must therefore believe that it is only because he has not had ready access to the
right
woman . this determination to undermine renato ' s chosen erotic identity may well explain the total absence of ( homo ) sexuality that gay critics have consistently noted in la cage aux folles and its sequel ( see , for example , jack babuscio , gay news 212 ) . renato ' s son laurent , representative of the next generation , chooses heterosexuality openly . renato and albin specifically sacrifice their homosexual life style to laurent ' s happiness so that the film may end with a wedding , the celebration par excellence of the institution of heterosexuality .
la cage aux folles
are
birds of a feather ,
which are precisely and hilariously what do not flock together in this wonderful comedy from france . it ' s about the gay owner of a scandalous nightclub in st . tropez , his transvestite lover , and how the owner reacts after his son returns home one day and announces he ' s going to marry . . . a girl !
apparently straight critics are no better positioned to raise questions in the name of gays . not surprisingly , the village voice ( tom allen , 14 may , 1979 , p . 50 ) pans la cage aux folles as an unfit vehicle for a gay statement , but only in passing . the nation ' s robert hatch ( 1may , l979 , p . 581 ) continues to defend the film as “wholesome
even as he recognizes that those directly implicated may not be in a position to concur :
another strong point of the production is how it involves the audience - when the plot shifts to the cabaret scenes the fourth wall is broken and the audience is pulled into the story , as guests of le cage aux folles . the is especially true for a scene where partridge ad libs with the crowd for an entire scene .
there’s a telling moment of incidental cruelty early in la cage aux folles , the iconic 1983 musical adaptation of the 1973 play , which plays like a light joke . it features hannah , a widely feared , whip - cracking , cross - dressing dominatrix who is instantly subdued by her manager’s threat to make her perform at the st tropez cabaret as a man . ( hannah whimpers away , tail and crop , between her legs . )
don ' t bother renting this great film from this source . the video quality is unwatchable .
icon of musical theatre marti webb appears in la cage aux folles , a multi award - winning show based on a french nightclub of the same name . georges runs the club with his partner , drag artist albin , and the pair live an idyllic existence – until everything changes . before its first ever uk tour comes to brighton , edwin gilson spoke to webb about the musical , working with andrew lloyd webber and how theatre helped her through cancer surgery .
aside from furnishing a new negative image of women , the characteristics of the prostitute link racism and sexism , common in western society . albin himself performs marlene dietrich in blackface in la cage aux folles ii . the other homosexual transvestite who appears with exaggerated and stereotypical female mannerisms in both films is jacob , the black maid who , significantly , dresses
like a whore ,
and whose job adds the negative criterion of class to those of race and sex .
these shows all began as movies that eventually became broadway musicals that were adapted once again for film .
the birdcage is a little film with knee - slapping scenes coupled with thoughtfully acute moments as well .
mr . tognazzi also appeared in roger vadim ' s film
barbarella ,
with jane fonda .
but the film version of la cage aux folles is not really about homosexuality at all . the standard sex roles played by the “husband
renato and the
wife” albin permit this apparent nonconformist couple to be subsumed in the heterosexual norm , which the film generally advocates . moreover , the plot makes women the authentic , if covert , subject of attack . on the one hand , the laughter of straight spectators at the conservative charrier family produces a self - chastisement that frees them to retain their prejudices against gays . on the other , the underlying mockery of women achieves an even more important catharsis that permits all laughter at males , homosexual or heterosexual , ultimately to pass as harmless .
a poll for bbc one ' s film 2001 picked nicole kidman ' s moulin rouge as the favourite .
a series featuring a male couple with a masculine / feminine dynamic similar to the one in the film .
in truth , la cage aux folles , adapted by jerry herman and harvey fierstein , offered mainstream audiences a hugely reassuring image of alternative family structures . in ways , it was ahead of it time ( george and albin are contentedly married , long before it was legally possible in france , the us or , indeed , ireland ) and yet cautiously of its time : for all the suggestiveness , it allows for little physical affection between the eruptive prima donna albin ( john partridge ) and the permanently exasperated georges .
the movie is based on a play by jean poiret that has , i ' m told , been very successful in france , but exactly when it was successful is difficult to guess . the nearest broadway equivalent to the foolish , mechanical sentiment of this farce might be something on the order of “never too late , ” which goes back almost 20 years . “la cage aux folles” is naughty in the way of comedies that pretend to be sophisticated but actually serve to reinforce the most popular conventions and most witless stereotypes .
this version of the farce stars former eastenders star john partridge as albin , the flamboyant drag queen and star of french drag cabaret club le cage aux folles . his relationship with club owner georges , played by tj hooker star adrian zmed , is put to the test when their son jean michelle announces that he is soon to marry the daughter of a hard line conservative politician with an aversion to homosexuals .
when released in 1978 , it ranked as the highest - grossing foreign - language film ever in the united states .
the film , which is tipped for oscar nominations , has taken $ 20 . 9m ( £14 . 6m ) .
why bring back “ la cage aux folles ” — a major hit musical of the 1983 - 84 broadway season , but certainly not a classic like “gypsy” or “fiddler on the roof” — only five years after its first broadway revival ? especially when that 2004 - 05 stint proved a tired and unnecessary affair , suggesting that the original production ( with its six tony awards ) was stronger than the material . the producers of this new edition , which premiered at london’s menier chocolate factory in 2007 , have a convincing answer : it’s funny , heartwarming and terrific .
ruth williamson , michael mulheren , linda balgord , john shuman and michael benjamin washington are among featured players in the new broadway production of la cage aux folles . the company also includes adrian bailey , bryan batt , paul canaan , joey dudding , merwin foard , christopher freeman , patty goble , dale hensley , john hillner , leah horowitz , clark johnsen , paul mcgill , brad musgrove , eric otte , nathan peck , andy pellick , t . oliver reid , jermaine rembert , dorothy stanley , charlie sutton , will taylor , josh walden and emma zaks .
in this remake of the classic french farce
la cage aux folles ,
engaged couple val goldman ( dan futterman ) and barbara keeley ( calista flockhart ) shakily introduce their future in - laws . val ' s father , armand ( robin williams ) , a gay miami drag club owner , pretends to be straight and attempts to hide his relationship with albert ( nathan lane ) , his life partner and the club ' s flamboyant star attraction , so as to please barbara ' s father , controversial republican sen . kevin keeley ( gene hackman ) . read more
following the success of la cage aux folles , molinaro helmed
the french method
segment of the sex comedy anthology les séducteurs ( sunday lovers , 1980 ) which also featured segments directed by bryan forbes , gene wilder and dino risi . in the mid - 1980s he directed just the way you are , a gentle english language comedy set in a french ski resort , and paired emmanuelle béart and daniel auteuil in another sex comedy , l ' amour en douce , just before their international breakthrough in the claude berri remake of marcel pagnol ' s manon des sources .
it was voted second best film of the year by viewers of the uk ' s most popular movie review tv show .
edouard molinaro ' s film version was the most successful french - language film the united states had ever seen , a widespread commercial hit which earned three oscar nominations . ( how many foreign - language films , i wonder , have been nominated for the best screenplay award ? in this case ,
la cage
lost to
kramer vs . kramer ,
which had the advantage of being in english . ) thus , the title , and the plot , were readily familiar to american audiences when the musical came along .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
that molinaro interview is the disc’s meatiest feature , though there’s also an excellent interview with laurence senelick that contextualizes the film within the history of drag and the representation of gay characters . archival footage of poiret and serrault performing skits on french tv provides a glimpse into their partnership , and what french audiences wanted in the early days of television . more revealing is a 10 - minute excerpt of a la cage stage performance starring its originators . as molinaro describes it , it looks both broader than the film it inspired—which is saying something—and also a little less humane .
edouard molinaro , film and television director and screenwriter : born bordeaux 13 may 1928 ; twice married ; died paris 7 december 2013 .
the heart of the piece : that’s what we get in this “la cage , ” and that’s what makes johnson’s production so tenderly affecting . the original — acknowledging the socio - political temper of the times — seemed to go to great lengths to present its leading men as not actually a ( sexual ) couple . the first revival , for offstage reasons , seemed to feature leading men who actively hated each other . here , finally , we have a realistic and believable pair who have been devotedly living with each other for a quarter century . and that makes “la cage” more emotionally effective than before .
la cage aux fouies directed by edouard molinaro ; screenplay ( french with english subtitles ) and adaptation by francis veber , mr . molinaro , marcello danon and jean poiret , based on the play by mr . poiret ; edited by robert and monique isnardon ; director of photography , armando mannuul ; music by ennlo morricone ; produced by marcello denon ; released by united artists . at the 68th street playhouse , at third avenue . running time : 91 minutes . thisfilm israted r .
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it was also nominated for a golden globe for best foreign film , although it lost out to bosnian movie no man ' s land .
serrault , who created the role of albin on stage , is less prominent than georges in the film — but then , he doesn ' t have the song about putting on his mascara and that stirring first act anthem of self - worth . tognazzi , for me , is the one who makes
la cage
so droll . major assists come from serrault , claire maurier as simone , benny luke as jacob and michel galabru as the detestable father of the bride .
the moving , stunning score of la cage includes song on the sand , the best of times , and of course the gay anthem i am what i am . as well as being a favourite of theatre audiences , that has since been covered by the stars like shirley bassey , tony bennett and – as a disco version – gloria gaynor .
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…
amelie , which is directed by jean - pierre jeunet , who made alien resurrection and delicatessen , and was france ' s top grossing film last year .
the reveal : the film ' s first scene plays up the handsome young man as armand ' s secret lover when he ' s actually his son .
among the special features on this new digital restoration is archival footage of the serrault and poiret act long before
la cage
and an interesting interview with director molinaro . in the latter , he mentions he was so certain that the film was a surefire disaster that he ordered his friends not to see it . he also discusses how difficult a time he had with tognazzi , who apparently hated the material and refused to speak his lines in french . this did not prevent the pair from reuniting for the 1980 sequel , though .
in poiret ' s play , everyone , including georges ( renato ) and laurent , puts on female clothes , but molinaro keeps his ideological message pure : only those who are ridiculed and ridiculous are women or , one is tempted to deduce , only women are ridiculous . thus , la cage aux folles ii contains a parallel episode . the sequel announces a potentially promising switch when the secret agents protecting albin are forced into disguise . but although the agents dress as gays and attempt to imitate the effeminate behavior that molinaro apparently equates with all homosexuality , they do not dress as women . moreover , the single scene in which they attempt their masquerade – poorly — ends in a fistfight . a scene that seems about to challenge traditional assumptions once again ends in a reinforcement of convention .
in a time when homosexuality had yet to become the basis of a big broadway musical , la cage proved to be a huge success , winning the tony award for best musical , and racking up 1 , 761 performances . over the course of the run , other actors to play either albin or georges included larry kert , jamie ross , walter charles , and keith michell . a 1996 non - musical film version of the same story called the birdcage starred robin williams , gene hackman , dianne wiest , calista flockhart , and nathan lane .
yet underneath all the raucous laughter stands a very serious truth . the fierce graciousness with which serrault and tognazzi go through their paces is not only funny but deeply touching . for while some spectators may have come to laugh at the likes of albin and renato , they soon find themselves laughing with and feeling for them . the reason is simple . albin is laurent’s mother in every way save for his gender . consequently , the plot’s climactic revelation of who he / she really is weds farce logic to strongly felt moral conviction . and that , in a nutshell , is why , after all these years and all these incarnations , la cage aux folles is more “of the moment” than ever . once an idle pipe dream , gay marriage is on the fast track to becoming a reality worldwide . who knew a french farce would lead the way ?
the movie was remade into hit film the birdcage in 1996 , starring robin williams and nathan lane , taking more than $ 124m ( £86 . 7m ) in the us alone .
bought this for my sister who could not attend a showing of the film at our french cinema club , it ' s very funny , although looks dated now - a classic comedy .
the film is based on a long - running play in paris , and it ' s a hit all over europe , but it was thought to be a slightly hard sell in this country , because . . . well , some people might reasonably expect to be turned off by the subject matter . now that
la cage
has set box office records in new york , however , we provincials are being allowed to see it , and i ' d predict that , if it catches on , it ' ll run for as long here as
cousin cousine
did . it ' s funnier .
molinaro ' s last major film was the ambitious 1996 biopic beaumarchais , l ' insolent , adapted from an unfinished play by sacha guitry and starring fabrice luchini as the flamboyant adventurer and author .
la cage tells the story of georges and albin ( played by daniel davis and gary beach ) , who are told by their son jean - michel ( played by gavin creel ) that he is marrying anne ( angela gaylor ) , the daughter of a morals crusader . what anne and her parents don ' t know is that the new in - laws are not only gay but run a notorious drag cabaret — with albin as the marquee star , zaza .
a classic . . . what more can i say ? . . . . . if you have never seen this film you really should . a time capsule of those times and hilarious performances . . .
“la cage” is the jerry herman - harvey fierstein musical in which one of the stars memorably confesses that when the going gets tough he simply puts on a little more mascara . director terry johnson succeeds so well here by putting on both more and less mascara simultaneously . more mascara by letting douglas hodge , in the guise of the flamboyant drag - queen albin ( aka zaza ) , play the role like , well , more of a flamboyant drag - queen than in prior major productions . less mascara in that this is a stripped - down , mid - budget production ; all those sequins and all that glitz that characterized broadway’s prior visits to st . tropez have been toned down , allowing the audience to concentrate more on the tender and relatively simple story at the heart of the piece . ( but not simplistic ; “la cage” is a masterpiece of dramaturgy compared to the similarly plotted musical they made out of “the addams family . ” )
tony award - winning actor and playwright harvey fierstein re - creates his role as the unsinkable arnold beckoff in this film adaptation of the smash broadway play torch song trilogy . a very . . . see full summary »
this film - maker , who had a rich and varied career , directed the greatest actors of french cinema while winning over the public , and winning the admiration of his peers , at the same time .
in 1981 he won the award for best actor at the cannes international film festival for his role in bernardo bertolucci ' s
tragedia di un uomo ridicolo
(
the tragedy of a ridiculous man
) .
the theatre and film impresario — who is part of the current revival ' s producing team — told variety ' s army archerd that he plans to bring the jerry herman - harvey fierstein tuner to the big screen .
seen the english version but i still think that this french version is the best . . . michel serrault is such a good actor . the dvd is fine even if it is a old film . very good . . .
in 1950 he made his first film ,
i caddetti di guascogna
(
the cadets of guascogna
) . he followed that performance with a series of films that made him a popular character actor . a success in satire
molinaro ' s first feature length film , le dos au mur ( back to the wall ) , a blackmail comedy drama starring jeanne moreau , was critically acclaimed in 1958 but he began making his mark the following year with the taut thriller un témoin dans la ville ( witness in the city ) . featuring lino ventura as the killer who must track down the paris taxi driver who saw him exiting a murder scene , un témoin dans la ville featured a jazz score by the tenor saxophonist barney wilen and drummer kenny clarke , a year after both contributed to the seminal soundtrack miles davis improvised for louis malle ' s lift to the scaffold , and is less noir and elliptical than its antecedent but just as atmospheric in its use of paris locations and its depiction of the taxi driver ' s milieu .
the birdcage grossed nearly $ 200 million worldwide in 1996 , and that is significant . box office mojo says it ' s the highest grossing queer film of all time , though they ' re not counting frozen and 300 , and they probably should .
david ehrenstein has been writing about film and gay politics since 1965 , for a wide variety of publications . his books include the scorsese picture : the art and life of martin scorsese , open secret : gay hollywood 1928–2000 , and masters of cinema : roman polanski .
when asked to explain what kind of show ' ' the lord of the rings ' ' is , patrons often confuse the title with that of the novel and film , ' ' the lord of the flies , ' ' said the shubert ' s executive director , judith lisi .
after his success in
il federale
and dino risi ' s
marcia su roma
(
the march on rome
) , mr . tognazzi met marco ferreri , the director who gave him some of his greatest roles . together they made films that included
una storia moderna : l ' ape regina
(
the conjugal bed
) in 1963 ,
la donna scimmia
(
the ape woman
) in 1964 ,
marcia nuziale
(
wedding march
) in 1966 ,
l ' udienza
(
the audience
) in 1971 and
la grande bouffe
in 1973 .
if the project comes to fruition , it would mark the first time the stage musical has been adapted for the screen — though a trilogy of french films and the 1996 american film
the birdcage
starring nathan lane and robin williams are based on the same source material , jean poiret ' s play .
the purveyors of the musical did exceptionally well , of course , and need have no regrets . but in my view ,
la cage ,
be it on screen or stage , is georges ' story : how does he support laurent ' s engagement without demeaning his long - time partner albin , who has served as the boy ' s de facto mother ? albin is very much indispensable to the plot , as the elephant in the closet ( if you will ) ; but this story is about georges , and in the musical he gets shunted aside by all those wigs and sequins — which was precisely what the vast majority of the musical comedy audience wanted in 1983 , it turns out .
much as i love both gene hackman and robin williams - the remake of this wonderful film ( the birdcage ) lost so much in comparison . this , the original , has to be one of the funniest ( if not the funniest ) films i have ever seen . for best results set it up in french with subtitles and it is a tribute to the film itself that after a while these just blend in to the whole wonderful package . from the first few minutes with zaza ' a major strop , through to the bitchiness in the final church scene , the whole film is a pure hystrical delight . the plot is well written and acted and as well as the two leads , there are wonderful supporting parts , notably from benny luke as the house boy jacob . michel serrault is simply wonderful as zaza and camps things up perfectly - there is humour throughout , but pathos as well . watch for the champagne cork popping scene - probably the funniest piece of cinema ever - and the wonderful timing with the serving of the soup when the stuffy future in - laws come for dinner . if you want a film to take you out of yourself and probably be reduced to eye - watering laughter , this is worth a look at a very reasonable price .
when alan carr ( the producer of grease , not the bespectacled comedian ) watched the film , he saw the basis for a ground - breaking new musical . he assembled a creative team including director arthur laurents ( whose work includes alfred hitchcock’s rope and the barbra streisand - robert redford movie the way we were ) .
, but this original is far funnier . although perhaps a little dated and stereotypical in its depiction of gay life there is real sympathy for , and affection conveyed between , renato and albin . the scenes with the charrier family , who , it turns out , have problems of their own , cut an utterly gloomy bourgeois contrast with the screaming flamboyance of the nightclub scenes . the charrier ' s unscrupulous chauffeur is one of the film ' s many treasures , his final
combien ?
provoking the film ' s crowning guffaw . all this iced with a delicious soundtrack from ennio morricone which wafts with the nostalgic scent of late - 1970s south of france .
meanwhile , armand gives albert the obligatory lessons in he - manly behavior . and albert , who minces extravagantly , is even taught how to walk like john wayne . ( where the french film accepted the wayne stride as a masculine ideal , this new version finds it interestingly peculiar . ) mr . nichols puts his film through these paces with dependable comic agility , and rises to the requisite frantic pitch when the two families meet for dinner . regrettably , armand and albert ' s wildly campy houseboy ( hank azaria ) has set out the pornographic china .
why , it looks like young men playing leapfrog !
sweetly exclaims mrs . keeley .
is it greek ?
poiret ' s play allows jacob a number of lines in which he openly mocks his
masters
for their racism . in the transposition to the screen , molinaro abandons the exorcism effected by these explicit accusations , so that the filmed stereotype functions in silence , thus reinforcing conventional attitudes . i would not for a moment claim that molinaro ' s intentions are overtly racist or overtly sexist , but the change in jacob from stage to screen may help us to grasp the hidden assumptions of the film . molinaro ' s failure to avoid suspect signs of prejudice — a black servant in a white household , for example — indicates a low level of consciousness , an almost total lack of awareness of the existence of a social problem . such blindness or blissful ignorance can explain molinaro ' s using hostility to women as the very substructure of his film . this substructure is unexamined , unexplained , and still so
natural
as to be invisible , no doubt , for molinaro himself and , unfortunately , for much of his film ' s audience .
the french film , based on the stage play by jean poiret , obviously didn ' t have that . but to an astonishing degree ,
the birdcage
amounts to a line - by - line copy , though ms . may often takes the original punch line and adds significantly more punch . for instance , when the story ' s transvestite character has a tantrum and refuses to perform at the drag nightclub of the title , he ' s told in the french film that there ' s a large crowd waiting for him to go on . new version , set in south beach in miami instead of st . tropez :
there ' s 150 people out there , half of them are kennedys , and they ' re all waiting for you !
a lifer in the french film industry , director edouard molinaro brings little flash to the proceedings , mostly getting out of the way and letting that material—reshaped for the screen in large part by francis veber , who was about to start directing his own hit farces—do the work for him . and while the film never finds much of a rhythm , it largely does work , thanks in large part to the melancholy undertones serrault brings to albin . in one scene , renato tries to instruct him on how to butter toast in a more masculine fashion . later , albin wears a conservative suit and tries to look at ease . in both , he appears like a man at war with himself , pressured to pretend to be something he isn’t , at the cost of his own happiness .
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maclean ' s o ' toole compares renato ' s and albin ' s disguises to those “we all attempt
out of insecurity , self - defense or concern for reputation . certainly molinaro ' s film adopts the perspective of its two central characters , both gay . but this point of view does not imply any acceptance of their situation as representative of the human condition nor even any belief in its resemblance to that of actual homosexuals .
in the film , though , your attention — or at least my attention — is on georges . the long - suffering georges is the center of the story , juggling his partner albin , his son laurent , the outré housemaid jacob , laurent ' s birth - mother simone and the morally bombastic in - laws . that , it turns out , is what i ' ve always missed in the musical : georges in the spotlight .
according to molinaro , on a new interview included on the disc , that’s an element absent from the play , and introduced for the film—and then under protest . molinaro describes the conservative serrault’s difficulty in playing “a real homosexual . it didn’t bother him to play a screaming transvestite queen performing a number onstage . in the play , it was almost like a clown act . but we asked him for greater reality and depth , and he wasn’t very comfortable with that . ” however deep his discomfort , that element of humanity and tenderness makes the film more than a well - oiled farce filled with stereotypical characters . tognazzi never seems particularly engaged , but serrault works overtime , creating a sense of shared history and the possibility of tragedy , should the central couple’s relationship fall apart . there’s more at stake here than whether two men can fool the straight world for a couple of hours .
hatch ' s statement would be more readily applicable to the jean poiret play on which the film is based and which indeed takes homosexuality as its central subject . consequently , the play includes an internal criticism of jacob ' s and albin ' s behavior in such accusations as that of georges , the renato character in the play :
you ' re practicing infantile homosexuality .
( paris : presses pocket , 1979 , p . 79 ) .
it ' s the story of renato ( ugo tognazzi ) and zaza ( michel serrault ) , who have been lovers for 20 years and who run the cage , renato as the manager and zaza , whose real name is albin , as the star of the show . though renato is supposed to be the masculine member of the couple , his wrist is only slightly less limp than zaza ' s . the difference between them is that zaza wears more makeup , cries more easily and complains about her lover ' s indifference .
the leading performances are very much of the style of the film itself — energetic , broad , much too knowing and superficial . mr . tognazzi is a fine actor , but here he looks as ridiculous as his role . mr . serrault , who won the french equivalent to our oscar for his performance , is all too convincing as the hammy , temperamental transvestite . he minces more grossly than ever did billy de wolfe , and he lunges at pathos like someone playing right guard for the rams .
one of
the most successful foreign films ever shown in the u . s .
( the wall street journal ) , this
wildly hilarious
( independent film journal ) french farce is
giddy , unpretentious andan entirely lovable film
( time ) ! when young laurent returns to exotic st . tropez , he bears big news for his beloved father , renato . laurent has found the girl of his dreams and they are engaged ! what ' s more , she and her family are on their way over for dinner at renato ' s home to meet the in - laws - to - be . this traditional meeting of families seems typical , but because this ultraconservative family will be expecting to meet renato and wife , they ' ll never be prepared for the shock of meeting renato and his flamboyant , campy , outrageous loverand dragqueenalbin ! so in agreat effort to please his son , renato asks albin for the performance of a lifetime ' setting up an unforgettable evening that is charged and ready to detonate an explosion of zaniness and absurdity .
mike nichols , the egot - holding director notable for films like who’s afraid of virginia woolf , the graduate , silkwood , and postcards from the edge , seemed like a natural fit for the project . with a screenplay written by his long - time comedy partner , elaine may , and a robust cast featuring robin williams , nathan lane , gene hackman , and dianne weist , the birdcage was a box - office smash when it was released in 1996 . it was faithful to the original film , only slightly americanizing the plot .
the use molinaro makes of charrier himself , who within his own milieu plays a fool ' s role comparable to that of albin , proves revealing . with their initial appearances on camera , molinaro begins to establish the parallel : we see both charrier and albin sneak the chocolates they are not allowed . already molinaro associates charrier with self - indulgent and weak willed women as well as with albin . and in the film ' s finale , charrier is forced to dress in drag to escape the photographers and reporters who lie in wait outside the club .


a trip to paramountown is a 1922 american short silent documentary film produced by famous players-lasky and released through paramount pictures , to celebrate 10 years of paramount 's founding .

the film runs about 20 minutes and features many personalities then under contract to famous players-lasky and paramount .

a trip to paramountown

a trip to paramountown was released on flicker alley ' s 2007 dvd of several rare rudolph valentino films .
a trip to paramountown was released on flicker alley ' s 2007 dvd of several rare rudolph valentino films . [ 2 ]
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paramount later released a trip through the paramount studio ( 1927 ) in response to mgm ' s mgm studio tour ( 1925 ) .
paramount later released a trip through the paramount studio ( 1927 ) in response to mgm ' s mgm studio tour ( 1925 ) . [ 1 ]
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a trip to paramountown is a promotional vehicle intended to show film industry employees in their normal , everyday work settings . it was released in the wake of several scandals associated with the film industry , such as the manslaughter trial involving silent screen comedian roscoe arbuckle , the death of actress olive thomas , the murder of director william desmond taylor , and the drug - induced decline of wallace reid , who had been given morphine by a studio doctor after an on - set train wreck in 1919 , which resulted in reid ' s drug addiction and eventual death in january 1923 .
a trip to paramountown is a promotional vehicle intended to show film industry employees in their normal , everyday work settings . it was released in the wake of several scandals associated with the film industry , such as the manslaughter trial involving silent screen comedian roscoe arbuckle , the death of actress olive thomas , the murder of director william desmond taylor , and the drug - induced decline of wallace reid , who had been given morphine by a studio doctor after an on - set train wreck in 1919 , which resulted in reid ' s drug addiction and eventual death in january 1923 .
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kombi is a poverty - stricken city dominated by a tyrant king . in order to bring back prosperity , the king is advised by his priests to make the traditional human sacrifice of a young virgin to a mystical snake god . sia , the most beautiful young woman of the village , has been designated . lieutenant . . .
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in order to bring back prosperity , the king of kombi is advised by his priests to make the traditional . . .
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the surinam painter gabriel goedbloed arrives from holland to paint a mural of the virgin mary in st . . . .
seven africans , one woman and six men , decide to enter europe clandestinely to start a new life . together , they face dangers and obstacles , but as they get closer to tangiers , the last stop before they reach spain and
liberty
, their inter - group solidarity starts to fall apart .
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following the death of the war chief , a group of adolescents must now cross over to adulthood , and are . . .
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faced with a drought that endangers the continuity of their people , masai elders are convinced that they have been cursed by the red god , the god of vengeance . following the death of the war chief , a group of adolescents must now cross over to adulthood , and are forced to quickly form a new . . .
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. like other medicine distributed to military medics , the lollipops are subject to . . . injured us marines to get ' lollipop ' instead of morphine us marines badly wounded in afghanistan may get a
lollipop
with a . . . the new treatment offers an alternative to the morphine needle
you see in the world war ii movies ,
with medics jabbing a . . .
tcm celebrates the 100th anniversary of a musical legend with three nights of programming devoted to some of leonard bernstein ' s . . . more
when a hood ' s murder triggers a bloody gangland drug war , detective remy mcsain is on the scene . he ' s a smooth - talkin ' cop who fits right in with the easy style of cajun country . remy meets his match in anne osborne a no - nonsense assistant district attorney in town to investigate police . . .
a powerful film portraying institutionalized racism and police brutality , otomo provides a convincing look at the everyday world of refugees , who are continuously surrounded by tension and insecurity . in the summer of 1989 , a stuttgart newspaper reported the true story of a west african asylum . . .
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europe ' s racial make - up is quickly changing . french - algerian filmmaker yamina benguigui is hoping to start a conversation about affirmative action , a policy that does not exist in france today . benguigui ' s glass ceiling presents a series of sometimes very emotional first - hand . . .
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adapting the story - within - a - story framework of arabian nights to modern times , sheherazade tell me a story is a brilliantly honest unveiling of the position of women in egyptian society today . hugely controversial in its native egypt for its risky portrait of female sexual desire and repression , . . .
collection of ten items from the production of this 1949 film , the true story of a great baseball comeback . included are the original contract signed by monty stratton ; his pass to the mgm studios ; a baseball signed by 15 cast and crew members ; a signed baseball card showing the white sox pitcher ; photos and lobby cards signed by stars james stewart and june allyson ; a dvd of the movie ; a release form signed by hall of fame catcher bill dickey allowing use of his photo stills from this film ; and a souvenir album inscribed by cast and crew to monty ' s son dennis !
against the backdrop of poverty , fear and the brutal dictatorship of haiti in 1971 , on the verge of a fever is about fanfan , a 15 - year - old boy who just wants to experience life for himself with his streetwise friend gégé . having lived a somewhat sheltered life with his . . .
newly arrived in montréal , and determined to conquer north america by charming blond - haired women , gégé , a haitian in his thirties , lands up at fanfan ' s , his nostalgic uncle who has given up poetry for a good old taxicab and dreams of returning to his homeland . over the course . . .
, although a nephew of louis b . mayer , worked his way up from office boy to producer . cummings was especially known for his movie musicals , including
newly arrived in montréal , and determined to conquer north america by charming . . .
frantz fanon , a psychiatrist originally from martinique , became a spokesman for the algerian revolution against french colonialism . embittered by his experience with racism in the french army , he gravitated to radical politics , sartrean existentialism and the philosophy of . . .
a comedy set in contemporary burkina faso , tasuma fighter tells the story of a world war ii veteran who has been trying for more than fifty years to obtain his well - deserved military pension . convinced that he will be paid shortly , sogo buys a mill on credit for the village . but the money does . . .
charlie , thabo and peter , three
mk
veterans from the armed branch of the african national congress , return to post - apartheid south africa in 1996 after years of exile . it will not be easy for them to find their place in society again . charlie dreams of opening a club , thabo has to patch up his . . .
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unlike morphine or codeine , it needs to have an extract of the poppy plant . pharmaceutical companies can mass produce . . . pharmacologists started to use the drug as a safe alternative to morphine . the drug is first sold in vials , which made it more . . . within the next few years , doctors prescribed meperidine to replace morphine . because they thought that the drug is less . . . popular than morphine . the injectable form will perform a faster relief of pain than the tablet form medications . . . .
papa ' s song is a drama of domestic tension and cross - cultural misunderstanding . nico verema , a decorous , somewhat gloomy dutch magistrate , lives happily with his wife , shirley , who is from curacao . shirley ' s two young nephews , in the netherlands to escape a bad situation at home , complete the . . .
# 12210 , issued to stratton on february 23 , [ 1948 ] . valid until issuance of his final paycheck . the pass is to be carried by the holder whenever he is on the studio lot , to produce it upon request , to abide by studio rules and respect studio property . issued three days before the above contract was signed , this pass permitted stratton on site to negotiate and sign the contract , and then to carry out his duties as an adviser on the film , identified on this card as
the story of monty stratton .
french - algerian filmmaker yamina benguigui presents a series of first - hand . . .
after coaching with the white sox for several seasons , stratton made a successful comeback .
is something of a mystery . he does not appear on cast and crew listings for
luis buñuel ' s final film explodes with eroticism , bringing full circle to the . . .
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for generations , the price family has made very sensible , very conservative shoes for men . when young charlie price inherits the struggling business , he turns to an unlikely new creative consultant to save the business from imminent bankruptcy : a sassy cross - dressing cabaret singer whose . . .
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a fascinating film on the rhythmic dance genre known as rumba dances around the . . .
. . . after being clean for a long time i had a relapse and went on a 3 week daily oxy and morphine ( oral ) binge . i stopped on monday . . . 3 week oxy & morphine binge : no wd symptoms ? ! . long story short , after being clean for a long time i had a relapse and went on . . . a 3 week daily oxy and morphine ( oral ) binge . i stopped on monday , and so far i have had no withdrawal symptoms . i don ' t . . .
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dickey authorizes loew ' s inc . to use still photos of him , taken while he was appearing in
a documentary film about the taboos , stereotypes , and struggles of black actors in brazilian television
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based on his own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence , the director analyzes race relations in brazilian soap operas , calling attention to their likely influence on black . . .
a game with death where the dead man becomes more alive than the living and . . .
was the soul of the yankee dynasty bridging the babe ruth , lou gehrig and joe dimaggio eras as a player , and the mickey mantle era as a coach . a key performer for the yankees on eight american league pennant - winners and seven world series championships , dickey hit . 313 over his 17 - year career . from 1947 - 1957 , he was a yankee coach .
a homeless man dies of an overdose in a popular cairo neighborhood . he was once an ideal husband and represented security for his family . then one day , everything changed . upon his death his friends from the underworld drag the corpse around for a whole night of madness , . . .
lakeith stanfield and his sorry to bother you crew reveal their most soul - crushing jobs in our freewheeling interview .
this album was presented to him by the signing members of the cast and crew . overall , fine condition ;
in south africa , a sixty - three year old librarian prepares for the return of . . .
made in jamaica is a powerful portrait of the leaders of the jamaican music movement and how reggae in particular became a worldwide phenomenon . it is the story of how a small island nation in the caribbean of only three million people took their human experience and turned it into songs full of . . .
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sherlock jr . ( keaton / 1924 ) - a short , visual masterpiece from kansas born buster keaton that moves and moves , like movies ought to do . an ode to the chaos and poetry of film , it is neither confusing or completely sublime , but it is almost impossible not to watch ! it has never been remade or equaled , but is often imitated . 3 . jpg 45 min . - - music by mont alto motion picture orchestra
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1948 / dennis lee stratton
,
to dennis / was nice seeing you , / good luck and best wishes / claude jarman , jr . / june 1 , 1950
,
for dennis - / my very / fondest thoughts / june / allyson
,
great dad / you got there / frank morgan
,
to dennis - / a fine son / of a fine man / james stewart
,
to dennis - / thank you for letting me play / your ' grandma ' / best wishes / agnes moorehead
,
denny - / the last time you threw a ball / to me you threw it so fast my / hand still hurts . so i can ' t sign / my name very well . / but on account of we ' re pals - / douglas morrow
,
to dennis / with best wishes from / macey hodges
obdulio is an eleven - year - old afro - uruguayan boy who lives with his grandmother and sells newspapers for a living , though he cannot read or write . obdulio is not interested in going to school until he finds out that the night watchman of the newspaper ' s office is a charismatic magical
maestro
. . .
from africa to europe , the film unveils the multiple facets of sotigui kouyate , actor , musician and modern . . .
. in 1948 , mgm resolved to film this classic baseball story , with stratton as the movie ' s technical adviser .
in 2006 , the government in chad has granted amnesty to all war criminals . atim , 16 years old , is given a revolver by his grandfather so that he may kill the man who killed his father . atim leaves his village for n’djamena , seeking a man he does not know . he quickly locates him : former war . . .
it ' s a full - scale delivery of animation with its own cultural imperative . this . . .
, who often played wholesome girls next door and ideal wives , was a natural choice for the role of ethel stratton . this proved to be the first of three performances for her as stewart ' s screen wife . the others would be
stratton remained in greenville , texas ( his father ' s home ) , married and had two daughters , and worked for the conglomerate ling - temco - vought . at age 23 he killed himself with a shotgun blast to the chest .
three
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veterans from the armed branch of the african national congress , return to post - apartheid south . . .
obdulio is not interested in going to school until he finds out that the night watchman of the newspaper ' s . . .
( 1952 ) , wanted to play stratton , but couldn ' t get permission from his own studio , warner bros . )
. stratton was available for any project the studio might have chosen to assign him . loew ' s , inc . in 1948 was a subsidiary of metro - goldwyn - mayer , responsible for film distribution . in the very year of this contract , a us supreme court decision required movie studios to divest themselves of their distribution arms , and loew ' s subsequently became independent of mgm . two horizontal folds . lightly creased . slightly worn . two staples at top . otherwise , fine condition
denise morrison is a film historian from kansas city , missouri , with a special focus on silent film . she works as an archivist with science city at the union station in kansas city , and has been involved with the kansas silent film festival since the beginning . she was quite active with the granada theatre in kansas city when they were showing a full schedule of silent movies . denise will give an overview of the silent film era and also provide introductions to each film .
the compelling and provocative documentary of john lennon ' s evolution from beloved beatle to outspoken artist and activist . an iconic inspiration for peace during one of the most tumultuous times in american history , lennon stood his ground , refused to be silenced and . . .
in this revealing african comedy - drama , a truck driver makes runs between two locations with few problems . . .
the story of how a small island nation in the caribbean of only three million people took their human . . .
the tracker has the job of pursuing the fugitive , an aborigine who is suspected of murdering a white . . .
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the young prospect was having a hard time adjusting to the backstop position in the major leagues . offensively , he was a threat from the beginning of his career . he was a classic bad - ball hitter who could get wood on the ball no matter where the pitch was : high , low , outside . he hit them all . but no one really taught him how to master the
ins and outs
of catching . he was lacking the fundamentals of the position . the young man , who hailed from the hill section of st . louis , missouri , was short and stocky with ears protruding awkwardly from his head .
glam rock star brian slade predicts and enacts his own death onstage . when the killing is exposed as a . . .
based on the filmmaker ' s own memories and on a sturdy body of research evidence , race relations in . . .
kirikou and the sorceress exquisitely recounts the tale of tiny kirikou born in an african village that is cursed by karaba the sorceress . kirikou sets out on a quest to free his village of the curse and find out the secret of why karaba is so wicked .
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brother howie is a jamaican rastifari who dreams of the land of his ancestors : africa . on a journey in search of his roots and his identity he travels through three continents and ( with great humor and sensitivity ) discovers the world and africa .
the release of this two - disc dvd collection of rudolph valentino material is both a happy and sad occasion . sad , for the unhappy survival condition and incomplete state of surviving prints of these films ; happy , for the opportunity to view them in any state whatsoever .
nothing but the truth is a gripping investigation into the complex dynamic between the blacks who remained in south africa and risked their lives to lead the struggle against apartheid , and those who returned victoriously after living in exile . in new brighton , south africa , . . .
congo describes leopold ii , king of the belgium ' s private colony of the congo between 1885 and 1908 as a . . .
he never made it back to the majors ; his willpower couldn ' t lift him quite that high . but he continued pitching through the 1953 season
atim , 16 years old , is given a revolver by his grandfather so that he may kill the man who killed his . . .
the kid ( chaplin / 1921 ) - charlie chaplin ' s first feature film ( sort of ) - a short , poignant gem befitting its ' title . chaplin ' s little tramp character adopts a street urchin and life changes for both . jackie coogan plays the tyke and became a major star because of this film . 1 . jpg 2 . jpg 60 min . - - music by dr . marvin faulwel l
a fascinating film on the rhythmic dance genre known as rumba , la ultima rumba de papa montero dances around the life of papa montero , one of the famous rumberos of cuba , assassinated during carnival . a discovery of cuban traditions and every day life told through beautiful . . .
45 minutes from hollywood ( 1924 ) - an early look at the real and the unreal hollywood . country hicks get a taste of the glitter capitol and some run - ins with gangsters and other colorful characters . most prominent in the cast of this hal roach produced comedy are a young oliver hardy and a sleepy stan laurel in separate scenes , not together . - 30 min . - - music by dr . marvin faulwel l
why are mambalgins safer than morphine ? .
morphine acts on the opioid pathway in the brain ,
says james gallagher at bbc news . . . . including morphine , in dulling pain .
pain pathways are pretty well conserved between mice and humans ,
says baron ,
making us . . . appears to be a safe alternative to morphine . here ' s what you should know : . what exactly did scientists discover ? . sylvie . . .
sara gomez : an afro - cuban filmmaker is a rich , multilayered documentary about afro - cuban director sarah gomez . born in 1943 , she studied literature , piano , and afro - cuban ethnography before becoming the first female cuban filmmaker . a woman of great intelligence , independence . . .
through testimonies by peter brook , jean - claude carriere , jean - pierre guigane , and sotigui kouyate himself , sotigui kouyate : a modern griot dresses the portrait of one of africa’s greatest actor now based in paris . from africa to europe , the film unveils the multiple facets of sotigui kouyate , . . .
madonna : like you ' ve never seen her before . this documentary reveals her as she really is , on stage and off - den mother to her family of dancers , sex goddess to her millions of fans , businesswoman , singer , dancer , and the biggest star in the world . join her and experience an . . .
. . . named a big bear city fire department division chief as the prime suspect in the theft of more than 300 vials of morphine from . . . named a big bear city fire department division chief as the prime suspect in the theft of more than 300 vials of morphine from . . .
dr . marvin faulwell is a dentist from kansas city who is a very accomplished theatre organist . he has played for all of the previous five silent film festivals in topeka . he has a large theatre organ in his home , and he also restores the instruments . he has appeared in concert or has accompanied silent film programs in iowa , nebraska , kansas , and minnesota , and also accompanied many silent films shown at the granada theatre in kansas city .
dickey proclaimed that berra would be the best catcher in the american league within two years . it did not take that long ; berra was king of the backstops early in the 1949 season .
i always say i owe everything i did in baseball to bill dickey . he was a great man ,
said berra .
also signed by a loew ' s vice president ( name illegible ) . he may also be used as an actor , and shall make personal appearances for film promotion . stratton is to be paid $ 500 per week for the length of the contract , one year beginning on the signing date . interestingly , the contract never mentions
glam rock star brian slade predicts and enacts his own death onstage . when the killing is exposed as a hoax , slade ' s stardom quickly ends . a decade later , journalist arthur stuart tracks slade through his early life and his initial encounter with american singer curt wild as well as ex - wife . . .
the year is 1922 . the tracker has the job of pursuing the fugitive , an aborigine who is suspected of murdering a white woman , as he leads three mounted policemen : the fanatic , the follower and also the veteran across the outback . the tracker , a mysterious and enigmatic figure whose true character . . .
the freshman ( 1925 ) - voted one of the one hundred greatest comedies of all time by the american film institute , this is one of harold lloyd ' s greatest films and it ' s not on video . harold is a college student who ' ll do anything to be popular . the football game finale is a real crowd pleaser ! easily , one of the best films lloyd or any other comedian ever made . 9 . jpg 70 min . - - music by dr . marvin faulwell
( 1955 ) . in real life , she was married to actor dick powell until his death in 1963 . after many more screen roles , mostly in positive roles like jo in
ava and gabriel takes place on the island of curaçao in the late forties . upon request of father fidelius , parish priest of st . anna ' s , the surinam painter gabriel goedbloed arrives from holland to paint a mural of the virgin mary in st . anna ' s church . the drama unfolds when the clergy and locals . . .
. in addition to the story itself and its well - loved stars , the movie offers its owner the chance to see some of the best ballplayers of the era , including jimmy dykes , gene bearden and joe dimaggio , as well as signer bill dickey . no wonder reviewers praised the realism of this film ' s baseball scenes . unopened and in original condition ;
contents : a society sensation ( 1918 ) , stolen moments ( 1920 ) , the young rajah ( 1922 ) and moran of the lady letty ( 1922 ) .
early to bed ( 1928 ) - laurel and hardy as butler and wealthy gentleman respectively . of course , oliver is a mischievous rascal , who can ' t resist making stan ' s life miserable until stan turns the tables . another slick comic gem from this great team . 7 . jpg 20 min . - - music by dr . marvin faulwell
valentino & his 88 american beauties ( 1923 ) - in between contracts , popular film star rudolph valentino was forbidden to appear in any new feature films . but enterprising producer david o . selznick ( long before he produced gone with the wind ) managed to make this newsreel of valentino judging an early beauty contest and it was a hit in theaters where audiences were begging for more new valentino films . watch closely . one of the contestants was from wichita , kansas ! 10 min . - - music by the mont alto motion picture orchestra
morphine is a powerful pain reliever ; however , the utility of morphine for the treatment of chronic pain is hindered by the . . . thus , the mechanistic basis by which damgo and morphine may interact to prevent the development of morphine tolerance remains . . . in conclusion , we provide evidence for the partial agonistic properties of morphine . as a partial agonist , morphine activates . . . keith de , murray sr , zaki pa , chu pc , lissin dv , kang l , evans cj , von zastrow m ( 1996 ) morphine activates opioid receptors . . .
for our reviews of the individual films in the collection , see our a society sensation on home video , stolen moments on home video , and the young rajah on home video pages .
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fiddlesticks ( 1927 ) - another comedy gem from harry langdon , one of the clown princes of hollywood . this film was co - written by frank capra , who worked frequently with langdon until he became a big - time director with sound films like lost horizon and it ' s a wonderful life . 8 . jpg 20 min . - - music by the mont alto motion picture orchestra
then tragedy struck . during the off - season , stratton accidentally shot himself in the leg while hunting , and the leg had to be amputated . this would have ended most baseball careers , but not stratton ' s .
. . . morphine , breakthrough pain - answer : 50mcg of duragesic patch ( fentanyl ) is a good pain . . . . . . home › q & a › questions › is morphine sulfate 30mg . . . . is morphine sulfate 30mg better than fentanyl 50mch ? . asked . 1 dec 2009 . . . can you take morphine sulfate ir 30mg tablet and morphine er 60mg and the same time ? . posted 21 may 2010 • 2 answers . . . i am only on 15mg of morphine sulphate for break through pain and 90mg of avinza which is a sustained release morphine capsule . . .
what a brilliant short ! if you love the old films , especially the silents , you will love this ' look behind the scenes ' at paramount studios , featuring many of the huge stars of the day .
the dvd’s high video bit rate ensures that , despite how rough the source prints are , the disc will render the best - possible image , even on high - definition television monitors . incomplete prints of films are rarely available on home video , so the occasion of the release of this dvd set is cause for celebration of the opportunity to view what is , at least , cohesive representations of these films that have been hard to locate or thought lost forever . we highly recommend this disc set .
9 : brain regions mediating the development of morphine dependence . the development of dependence to morphine also involves . . . home » publications » section iii : the action of heroin ( morphine ) » 9 : brain regions mediating the development of morphine . . . section iii : the action of heroin ( morphine ) * 1 : the action of heroin ( morphine ) . . . 3 : morphine binding within the reward pathway . * 4 : opiates binding to opiate receptors in the nucleus accumbens : increased . . .
the fda issued follow - up warning letters to six unapproved oral morphine sulfate manufacturers with one message : be ready for . . . see fda gives temporary reprieve to unapproved morphine elixir ) . in the last week of january , the fda approved the first . . . see fda okays morphine for tolerant patients ) . the fda had originally noted that the unapproved manufacturers could continue . . . but there is is no such anticipated shortage of the morphine sulfate solution , the fda said in its latest letters . . . .
luis buñuel ' s final film explodes with eroticism , bringing full circle to the director ' s lifelong preoccupation with the darker side of desire . buñuel regular fernando rey plays matthieu , an urbane widower , tortured by his lust for the elusive conchita . with subversive flare , . . .
, b / w , 2½x3½ . sealed in a psa / dna , 5½x3¼ , plastic casing . 1979 diamond greats card no . 126 . with an image of stratton wearing his white sox uniform and his lifetime pitching statistics printed on front . fine condition .
morphine activates neuroinflammation in a manner parallel to endotoxin . proc natl acad sci usa 2012 ; 109 : 6325 - 30 . . . . other opioids were converted into morphine equivalents , and then into heroin equivalents at the rate of 1 g of street heroin = . . . moreover , opioid patients dependent on short - acting opioids such as morphine , oxycodone and heroin undergo the clinical . . . 0 . 5 g morphine . the duration of opioid use was counted from the time of first use . if it became known that alcohol had been . . .
having directed two undisputed masterpieces , citizen kane and the magnificent ambersons , orson welles delved into the suspense film , crafting a baroque postwar thriller that drew upon the style of his previous work , while laying the groundwork for his later film noir classics the lady from . . .
but the sedation would wear off and they ' d groan , ' oh , give me morphine . morphine , morphine . ' . . . a nurse said , ' he wants more morphine . other than that there ' s nothing we can do for him . ' . . .
1997 ) antisense mapping of mor - 1 in rats : distinguishing between morphine and morphine - 6β - glucuronide antinociception . j . . . heroin vs morphine ) and a longer treatment duration ( 39 d of heroin vs 12 d of morphine ) . indeed , the brain levels of total . . . 1989 ) morphine - induced desensitization and downregulation at mu - receptors in 7315c pituitary tumor cells . life sci 45 : 1937 - 1942 . . . 1989 ) chronic morphine increases μ - opiate receptor binding in rat brain : a quantitative autoradiographic study . brain res 477 : . . .
2 ] briefly , morphine flux was determined as the slope of a plot of morphine concentration ( c ) versus time ( from t = 30 to t = . . . the permeability of morphine across frozen cadaver meninges has been reported previously [ 5 , 6 ] ; morphine shows low permeability . . . for this experiment , unlabelled morphine sulfate ( 0 . 1 - mg base ) and x [ micro sign ] ci14c - labeled morphine sulfate ( specific . . . an example of morphine flux curves for one tissue sample before and after dry - freezing are shown in figure 1 . the r value for . . .
milan , like paris or stuttgart , and like many other european cities , is the theater of the drama of immigration . demba reconstructs his story and that of his brother yaro , both senegalese immigrants in italy , in a long and fragmentary flashback that begins with yaro’s murder and recounts their . . .
clinical trials of ( + ) - naloxone co - formulated with morphine , intended for patients with severe pain , may even begin within the . . . like morphine ) and then amplify the body ' s addictive response to these drugs . . . . read more : urltoken morphine - heroin - addiction . html # ixzz49azfptzo . . .
color , 14x11 . illustrated with scene from the film , showing stewart ( in the title role as stratton ) , seated in the chicago white sox dugout , getting ready to take the mound for the first time , encouraged by sox manager jimmy dykes ( who played himself ) ink stamps on verso ( no show through ) . overall , fine condition ;
this true , shocking , astonishing story of what the belgians did in the congo was forgotten for over fifty years . congo describes leopold ii , king of the belgium ' s private colony of the congo between 1885 and 1908 as a gulag labor camp of shocking brutality . leopold posed as the protector of . . .
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. color , 14x11 . illustrated with scene from the film , showing allyson ( as mrs . stratton ) seated at a restaurant table , as stewart converses with new york yankees hall of fame catcher bill dickey ( who played himself ) staple holes at each corner and at bottom and top center . ½ - inch tear at top center staple holes . otherwise , fine condition ;
the four horsemen of the apocalypse ( 1921 ) - gripping anti - war drama about brothers fighting on opposite sides during world war i . this film cemented the career of rudolph valentino , who turned audiences on with his legendary tango dance . a well made epic co - starring alice terry and virginia warwick . 6 . jpg 114 min . - - music by the mont alto motion picture orchestra
see also frequently asked questions about heroin , morphine , and the opiates - heroin / morphine faq . . . morphine ( morphium ) : raw opium contains 10 - 17 % morphine codeine : is used mainly as an antitussivum . raw opium contains 1 - 4 % . . . cheap morphine . cheap phentermine . cheap ultram . cheap valium . cheap viagra . cheap viagra . cheap xanax . . . . opioid is the term used for substances with an analogue effect to morphine . opioids are ligands on opioid - receptors and they . . .
valentino : rediscovering an icon of silent film ( 1918 - 1922 ) , color and black & white , 226 minutes total , not rated , including a society sensation ( 1918 ) , black & white , 24 minutes , not rated , stolen moments ( 1920 ) , black & white and color - tinted black & white , 35 minutes , not rated , the young rajah ( 1922 ) , black & white , 54 minutes , not rated , and moran of the lady letty ( 1922 ) , black & white , 68 minutes , not rated .
t he mont alto motion picture orchestra comes from boulder , colorado and will be making their forth appearance at the silent film festival . the orchestra consists of a piano , violin , cello , clarinet , and trumpet . they are quite active in their hometown , have appeared several times in california , at the buster keaton festival , and have also made three cds of salon and silent film music . currently the mont alto can be heard supplying the music for the dvd releases of dr . jekyll & mr . hyde ( 1920 ) and blood and sand ( 1922 ) for kino video .
33 . 0 mg morphine equivalents [ iqr , 19 . 0 - 80 . 4 mg morphine equivalents ] versus 70 . 4 mg morphine equivalents [ iqr , 37 . 1 - 115 . 4 mg . . . 61 . 3 mg morphine equivalents [ iqr , 28 . 7 - 142 . 8 mg morphine equivalents ] versus 115 . 9 mg morphine equivalents [ iqr , 69 . 9 - 175 . 4 mg . . . the primary objective of the study was to evaluate 24 - hour postoperative opioid use ( in morphine equivalents ) . . . . morphine equivalents ] , p , 0 . 001 ) . however , after adjustment for potential confounders with linear regression analysis , study . . .
additional details are available on the morphine sulfate profile page . the generic ingredient in morphine sulfate is morphine . . . morphine sulfate . morphine sulfate . solution ; oral . 201947 . anda . vistapharm inc . . 66689 - 032 . 66689 - 032 - 50 . 5 tray in 1 case ( . . . morphine sulfate . morphine sulfate . solution ; oral . 201947 . anda . vistapharm inc . . 66689 - 032 . 66689 - 032 - 04 . 100 ml in 1 bottle ( . . . nda 201947 describes morphine sulfate , which is a drug marketed by actavis elizabeth , impax labs inc , par pharm inc , teva . . .
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the title of this two - disc sets the tone for this insightful and meticulously - assembled retrospective of valentino’s early films , some nearly lost forever , his star power and the legacy of the cult of valentino . — carl bennett
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early women filmmakers : an international anthology ( 1902 - 1943 ) . films by blaché , weber , dulac and more ! available from amazon
irvin willat’s behind the door ( 1919 ) starring hobart bosworth , jane novak and wallace beery . available from amazon
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documentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the paramount studios in hollywood , featuring dozens of stars captured candidly and at work .
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welles’s nazi marks an early postwar appearance from an archetypal baddie which the american cinema has . . .
this documentary reveals madonna as she really is , on stage and off - den . . .
the compelling and provocative documentary of john lennon ' s evolution from . . .
for generations , the price family has made very sensible , very conservative shoes for men .
against the backdrop of poverty , fear and the brutal dictatorship of haiti in . . .
an entertaining documentary that explores the african culture of colombia through music . the film presents the music of the sons of benkos , one of the most important black leaders in the fight for freedom during the times of slavery in colombia . the film also shows the evolution of afro - colombian . . .
the film presents the music of the sons of benkos , one of the most important black leaders in the fight . . .
milan is the theater of the drama of immigration . demba reconstructs his story and that of his brother . . .
amin and myriam are secretly in love . their families are rivals and when their relationship is discovered , conflict is inevitable . in the quiet atmosphere of the palm groves , the two communities have long nurtured the seeds of discord and hatred . the persecution is the first signal of inevitable . . .
amin and myriam are secretly in love . their families are rivals and when their relationship is discovered , . . .
dorothy dalton , lila lee , wallace reid , bebe daniels , gloria swanson , bebe daniels , anna q nilsson , william boyd , harrison ford , rudolph valentino and many others feature alongside glimpses of directors like sam wood and cecil b demille .
documentaries on eras , people , and movements in cinema history ( sans porn ) .
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