Archive for March, 2011
The Frightened Lady 1940
Lonely Wives 1931
The Courageous Avenger 1935
The Red Balloon (Le Ballon rouge) 1956
short film, directed by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse.
The thirty-four minute short, which follows the adventures
of a young boy who one day finds a sentient, mute, red
balloon, was filmed in the Menilmontant neighborhood of
Paris, France.
It won numerous awards, including an Oscar for Lamorisse for
writing the best original screenplay in 1956 and the Palme
d’Or for short films at Cannes. The film also became popular
with children and educators
Radiation Safety in Nuclear Energy
If the US response to hurricane Katrina is any indication of how competent our government will be reacting to a catastrophic nuclear event, we are going to have more diversity in human evolution than you ever thought possible.
Are We Civilized? 1934
The Last Time I Saw Paris 1954 Starring Elizabeth Taylor
Charles and Helen fall in love and start dating. After Helen recovers from a near-death case of pneumonia, they get married and settle in Paris. James good-naturedly joins the happy family of Charles, with Helen eventually having a daughter Vickie (Sandy Descher). Marion, having lost Charles to Helen, agrees to marry Claude. Charles struggles to make ends meet with his meagre salary, unsuccessfully works on his novels and looks after Vickie.At about this time, the barren oil fields in Texas James had bought years before finally begin to produce. Charles, to whom James had given the oil fields as a dowry, quits his job, and Helen and James begin to host parties instead of going to them. Sudden wealth changes Helen, who becomes more responsible, while Charles parties his wealth away after quitting his newspaper job and having all his novels rejected by publishers. They also each start to pursue other interests: Helen flirts with handsome tennis player Paul Lane (Roger Moore), while Charles competes in a local Paris-to-Monte Carlo race with professional divorcee Lorraine Quarl (Eva Gabor).After the race Charles returns to Paris, only to find Helen sitting in Café Dhingo with Paul. A fight breaks out between Paul and Charles, and an angry Charles goes home first and puts the chain on the door, preventing it from being opened all the way. When Helen comes home and tries to enter she can’t. She calls out to him, but Charles is in a drunken stupor on the staircase and we hear the bottle drop from his hands as Helen calls. Helen ends up having to walk all the way to her sister’s in the snow and rain. She catches pneumonia again and dies.Marion petitions for and gets full custody of Vickie, while Charles returns home to America. A few years later, having straightened himself out, published a book, and stopped boozing, Charles returns to Paris, hoping his reform will persuade Marion to give Vickie back to him. Marion refuses, still feeling resentful towards Charles for having fallen for Helen instead of her. Seeing that Charles and Vickie belong together, Claude steps in and tells Marion that she is punishing Charles for his not realizing that Marion loved him. It is painful for him to tell her that he, Claude, could not have all of her love, but Charles should not be punished any more.Marion goes into Café Dhingo (on whose main wall is a big picture of Helen) to look for Charles (who is gazing at the painting) and tells him that Helen would not have wanted him to be alone. Outside the cafe, Claude is with Vickie. The child runs to Charles and Charles and the child walk off together as the movie ends.
Saint Benny the Dip 1951
Man With A Camera starring Charles Bronson
A Yank in Libya 1942









