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Book Review: “Louis B. Mayer & Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation” — More of the Same

February 4, 2025
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At some point during the writing of the book, Ken Turan must have realized, sadly, that the Mayer/Thalberg/MGM story has been done to death. All he could do was what he did: tell well what had been told well before.

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Film Preview: Busby Berkeley’s Babylon at the HFA

December 7, 2016
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A 30-film series dedicated to Busby Berkeley, Hollywood’s architect of mind-blowing musical production numbers.

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Film Preview: Sheer Silent Film Magic — “He Who Gets Slapped” and The Alloy Orchestra

December 23, 2013
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“Lon Chaney is just a master,” says Roger Miller of The Alloy Orchestra, “and the film ‘He Who Gets Slapped’ has everything that he’s great at.”

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