jocelyn brando has 54 screen credits, including the t.v. show 'dallas.' still, she may forever be thought of as the lucky older sister of the seethingly beautiful actor marlon. she was in the awful/fascinating 'mommie dearest' as well as the classic 'the big heat.' she knew gloria grahame! In later life, Jocelyn Brando, known for her sharp sense of humor, ran her own bookstore in Santa Monica, California, known as The Book Bin. She wrote poetry and conducted workshops at her home in the Intensive Journal method, a self-therapy technique developed by Ira Progoff.

more die of heartbreak

The French journalist Eugène Moineau initiated in 1984 the Prix Romy Schneider; this prize—the most prestigious award for promising actresses in the French film industry.

difference of opinion

elizabeth taylor hated making 'butterfield 8.' i like it! a lot. if studios weren't so greedy maybe they'd be up for showing a film in a double feature. then again,

movies have become awfully exhausting to sit through.

prescience

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.-Orson Welles. that's interesting. however, most of us feel the pain before it really arrives, yet we still go on. i suppose valor is it's own reward.

making up is hard to do

first love

my very first fave film was 'splendor in the grass.' i watched it over and over. when i found out that natalie and warren were a couple i flipped over the perfection of it all.

warren claims that he and natalie remained friends. he must have been so very sad when she died.

'along with all the love and all the tenderness
we should have looked down from above
to see the snakes among the grass'

Sue Lyon photographed by Bert Stern, 1960.

celluloid stars

'put your saturday night dress on
don't call me at home cause i'm gone
i'll be right over
gonna take you to the movies tonight'- nils lofgren

hitchcock's finest hours

it NEVER fails to amaze me how many people i meet do not know this film.

miss julie

i don't need a reason to mention my fave actress julie christie. however:

Christie was born on 14 April 1941 in Singlijan Tea Estate, Chabua, Assam, India, then part of the British Empire.

it is so interesting that one of the quintessential swinging sixties role models was born in india. this could very well be why she shines brighter for me that the other terrific british actresses. from 'darling' to 'heaven can wait' she glows. one of my most watched films is 'return of the soldier.' she plays a complicated, dissatisfied woman opposite the terrific alan bates. plus, ann-margret is really swell in it.

happy birthday beauty!

j.d.

'I was pumping gas, most definitely,' said Johnny. 'Printing T-shirts and selling ink pens, and you know anything and everything.
'And then the fact that you have a 20-year career of failures and then you do a pirate movie and that buys you an island - the irony of that is pretty good.'

what's it all about?

Alfie: You know what? When I look back on my little life and the birds I've known, and think of all the things they've done for me and the little I've done for them, you'd think I've had the best of it along the line. But what have I got out of it? I've got a bob or two, some decent clothes, a car, I've got me health back and I ain't attached. But I ain't got me peace of mind - and if you ain't got that, you ain't got nothing. I dunno. It seems to me if they ain't got you one way they've got you another. So what's the answer? That's what I keep asking myself - what's it all about? Know what I mean?