The Silver Screen Oasis

More Photos of Festival Fun…


Actor Glenn Taranto and Carol Arthur DeLuise after a screening of Blazing Saddles. Carol played the school marm in Rock Ridge…


Interviewing Director Alexa Foreman before a #TCMFF screening of her documentary Scandal: The Trial of Mary Astor in a packed house at Larry Edmunds….(2018)

An LA coffee emporium can do custom made lattes! (2018)

EP Millstone wrote: ↑February 4th, 2023, 2:36 pm

Sue Sue Applegate wrote: ↑February 4th, 2023, 11:22 am An LA coffee emporium can do custom made lattes! (2018)

The barista who did that Mary Astor latte is, IMO, the Michelangelo of Caffè Latte Art. Astounding, incredible, and impressive!

Those are done by machines called drink printers. Here's one:

https://www.drinkripples.com/

Haha! Only time will tell, EP.
I always drop by Larry Edmunds at least twice during the festival. Jeff or Sean can always find what I’m looking for if it’s not in the shop.

Festival fun from 2016…


Meeting up with Ileana Douglas in the lobby of the Roosevelt…


Being interviewed by Cinecon journalist and friend Chris Sturhann…


Friend Margaret always has a cute vintage purse…


Carl Reiner signing copies of his latest book…


Lee Meriwether and Adam West before a screening of Batman poolside…


Director Alexa Foreman and Eddie Muller, the Czar of Noir…


Jennifer Grant…


Social media friends and fans of TCM…

Sue Sue Applegate wrote: ↑February 4th, 2023, 9:59 pm Haha! Only time will tell, EP.
I always drop by Larry Edmunds at least twice during the festival. Jeff or Sean can always find what I’m looking for if it’s not in the shop.

I visit the Larry Edmunds shop at least once a year (I'm 60 miles south of it). Must see for studio-era movie fans. Most of the "stuff" I have is from that shop.

That’s great, jamesjazzguitar! I’ve found several books and lobby cards there for a project I’ve been working on. And I always spend too much when I walk through the doors.
Living so close would constantly tempt me.

More from 2016..

Lee Meriwether spent quite a bit of time talking to me on the Red Carpet about her experiences making Batman with Adam West, and discussed the making of The Undefeated with Rock Hudson, John Wayne, and LA Rams quarterback Roman Gabriel. Parts of the production in Durango were hot, dusty, and rough, but she said they all had fun after the shooting was over with for the day.
She adored working with Adam West.


Leonard Maltin had plenty to say about one of his favorite character actresses, Thelma Ritter, and admitted his favorite film of hers is The Mating Season with Gene Tierney and John Lund…

Academy Museum Day: April 19, 2022…

North By Northwest…


The gown worn by actress Rita Moreno at two different Oscars ceremonies: 1962 and 2018…


Why, Hello, Bruce!


Woody!


Buzz!












The Academy Cafe…


Lunch in the cafe with Theresa Brown, Cinemaven, from the TCM Message Boards…

Thanks for sharing the pix, Sue Sue.

Regarding the latest batch, color me amazed that Rita Moreno could still fit into the same gown after 56 years!

It appears to me that the wall in the Academy Cafe seemed to be dedicated to Fanny Brice.

It was, EP. Thank you. Don’t know if they changed them by now,,though. I’m hoping they leave them. The cafe is called Fanny’s: https://www.fannysla.com/

Moreno’s gown was made in The Philippines where Moreno was filming before the Oscars presentation in ‘62.

FYI: Thelma Ritter knew Fanny Brice and once went to dinner with her and a few others…like the Rouben Mamoulians…

Keep in mind that Streisand was a donor: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 235017481/

Sue Sue Applegate wrote: ↑February 8th, 2023, 10:37 am It was, EP. Don’t know if they changed them by now,,though. I’m hoping they leave them. The cafe is called Fanny’s: https://www.fannysla.com/

FYI: Thelma Ritter knew Fanny Brice and once went to dinner with her and a few others…

Keep in mind that Streisand was a donor…

The name says it all - it's named after Fanny Brice.

https://www.fannysla.com/about-us/

Yes! The ambience and devotion to her is apparent. I hope they keep up the tributes in the space.

They even had Fanny Brice’s chicken soup the day I was there. It just has to be better than L.B. Mayer’s!

EP Millstone wrote: ↑February 8th, 2023, 11:40 am

Sue Sue Applegate wrote: ↑February 8th, 2023, 10:37 am Keep in mind that Streisand was a donor: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 235017481/

The "Barbara Streisand Bridge."

I wonder, when you stand on it on a clear day you can see forever?

WhattumItalkin'! It's Los Angeles! There are no clear days!

The real views are from the Dolby Terrace (which you get to by crossing on the Streisand Bridge), and the terrace sits on top of the Geffen Theatre. To me, the whole thing looks lik the front of the spaceship Discovery from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

It’s a marvel! Yes, quite futuristic!







And the view just seemed to transport me to a different time and place, and the guests, too. When visitors would walk out from the bridge, they would always exclaim “Ahh” or “Wow!”

So “A View From The Bridge” is worth a visit.

Nice mid-week update!