Two Andy Warhol paintings of Elvis Presley and Marlon Brando sold for a combined $151.5 million at Christie’s in New York. “Triple Elvis,” a 1963 silkscreen of Presley in a publicity image for the movie “Flaming Star” in which he is shown as a cowboy with a gun, sold for $81.9 million. The almost 7-foot-tall […]
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The 1955 film Guys and Dolls starring Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Jean Simmons and Vivian Blaine will get the re-release treatment in the U.K. this Christmas with a Sing-a-long version. More info via Empire Magazine: http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=42590 Fun Fact 1: Guys and Dolls is Brando’s second film with co-star Jean Simmons following Désirée (1954) Fun Fact 2: Guys and […]
Take an in depth listen to the early 1970s portion of Marlon Brando’s career by way of the You Must Remember This podcast, a weekly exploration of the “secret and/or forgotten history of Hollywood’s first century”. Host Karin Longworth unpacks many of the notions of this specific era of Mr. Brando’s career with the help of Austin Wilkin, […]
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By WILLIAM YARDLEY (New York Times) AUG. 1, 2014 Dick Smith, who made flesh peel from famous actors’ faces, who made the young old and the beautiful hideous and who transformed a girl into a particularly possessed tween — all while working as one of film and television’s most original and accomplished makeup artists, died on Wednesday […]
The Hawai’i State Senate recognizes, commends, and honors The Brando Tetiaroa, and Richard Bailey for their innovation in resiliency and sustainability. The Hawai’i State Senate is proud to recognize individuals and businesses that enrich the lives of our global community through responsible actions that promote ecologically friendly practices that are socially, environmentally and economically sustainable. […]
By Susan Mizruchi It was the late 1970s and one of Hollywood’s hottest directors had undertaken an incredible challenge: to make cinematic sense of America’s devastating war in Vietnam. The film shoot was wildly out of control: typhoons and cost overruns, a death from an accident on set, and a heart attack suffered by lead […]
[scroll down for links to reviews] When Marlon Brando arrived in Manhattan in the spring of 1943, he was a Nebraskan by way of Illinois with a knack for mimicry. Just four years later, he would transform himself into one of the most important American artists of the twentieth century, originating […]
July 1 of this year marks the 10th anniversary of actor Marlon Brando’s death. While most people know Brando as a leading man, not everyone knows of his wide and varied exploits beyond the screen. Here are four things you might not have known about Marlon Brando, as provided by Austin Wilkin, archivist for the […]
It’s been ten years today since the world’s most famous Method actor died. Did we even know the guy? Consider these lesser-known facts. By Jonathan Kiefer on July 1, 2014 HE WAS IN A CHARLIE CHAPLIN MOVIE. That is, a movie directed by Chaplin. The 1967 romantic comedy A Countess from Hong Kong, also starring Sophia Loren. This was […]