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A brilliant scientist restores the beauty of a stripper horribly disfigured in a car accident. …
East screen: When two box office superstars go after the same audience, they usually end …
Not even Hitchcock was immune. Chicago Tribune, Jan. 30, 1977.
Swingers’ Paradise may sound like a documentary account of Liz and Dick’s off-screen activities when …
Mommy dear, tell me please what makes these films belong? What does magician Cesar Romero, …
James Boo. Chicago Tribune, July 5, 1963
What? No Bugs Bunny cartoon? Chicago Tribune, July 21, 1972.
In answer to the second question, “Go get the butter.” Chicago Tribune, Nov. 23, 1973.
Budd & Burr. Chicago Tribune, July 24, 1959.
A couple of firsts and lasts: the only Scorsese picture to take place from a …
Everything goes great when served with rabid mastador!
More like lasts 2 days. A Hollywood superstar’s career slowly dies before our eyes, but …
Perhaps it was the closing shot of The Duke walking hand-in-hand into the sunset with …
Obviously the artful programming work of a strict Freudian deep in the throes of Koro …
The original odd coupling. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll watch Ali slowly die! Chicago Tribune, …
Try as they might, Disney Studios was never able to come up with a hare …
I was in the Loop on Easter Sunday, 1966, but unfortunately it was at the …
George Reeves auditioning for a part in Donnie Darko.
Technicolor never struck 70mm prints. As inviting at Techinrama 70 sounds, I'd just as soon …
Lead the Easter parade of patrons to your box office with the help of National …