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Review: The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond

30 December 2009 6:02 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Tennessee Williams is arguably one of the greatest American playwrights, and the film adaptations of his plays have become classics in their own right: The Glass Menagerie, Baby Doll, The Rose Tattoo, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and of course, A Streetcar Named Desire. The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond is one of the few, if only, plays Williams wrote specifically for film. Williams discussed the project in an interview with the New York Times in 1957, and Elia Kazan, the director of Baby Doll and A Streetcar Named Desire, was supposedly attached to direct. It's unclear now if Kazan was ever officially involved; the director instead went on to film Wild River and Diamond has gathered dust until now.

Bryce Dallas Howard stars as the eccentric Fisher Willow, a gorgeous young woman who chafes under the strict rules of her aunt Cornelia (Ann-Margaret) but also wants to make sure »

- Jenni Miller

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Q&A - Bryce Dallas Howard (Teardrop Diamond) on Delusions, Lobotomies and How Pregnancy Helped Her Get Into Tennessee Williams

29 December 2009 9:01 PM, PST | amctv.com - Exclusive Interviews | See recent amctv.com - Exclusive Interviews news »

It's not every day that an actor gets to originate a character from a Tennessee Williams script, but with the resurrection of the The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, Bryce Dallas Howard gets to do just that. Originally conceived as a movie for Elia Kazan to direct (following A Streetcar Named Desire and Baby Doll), the screenplay was abandoned for some 50 years. Howard talks about playing the part »

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Check Out 'The White Ribbon,' 'The Loss Of A Teardrop Diamond' And 'The Chaser' In This Week's unLimited

29 December 2009 9:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

New Year's week is typically a dry time for new releases, which is likely fine by multiplex employees. After last weekend's record box office, they could use a rest. But we cinephiles are always in need of fresh options, and just because it's the week after Christmas -- a traditional peak time for moviegoing -- doesn't mean there should be a total lack of new offerings. I know I'm not the only person who grew up regularly going to the movies on New Year's Eve.

Fortunately, while there seems to be no studio fare out this week, there are a few new films coming out in limited release. And each appears to be worth checking out if they're available in your area now or later, theatrically or otherwise.

"The White Ribbon"

What it is: The latest from Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke ("Funny Games"), "The White Ribbon" is a drama set »

- Christopher Campbell

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Eli Wallach: A Good Seducer

21 December 2009 1:14 PM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

At 94, the irrepressible Eli Wallach tells a good story. Of the film clips shown in the "Tennessee Williams on Screen and Stage" evening at the Times Center, part of the Museum of the Moving Image Series, the one of Baby Doll was the most provocative. A young sly Eli Wallach seduces a naive Carroll Baker. As Eli tells it, the Catholic Church banned the film saying anyone who sees it may be excommunicated, and it was sold out for the first 3 weeks. Just before, his wife Ann Jackson, sounding a bit like a Tennessee heroine, had taken the podium to tell her story of first meeting Tennessee, but then forgetting: "Sorry, we are unprepared." In fact, this special night was to honor the iconic playwright, newly inducted into the Poet's Corner and feted throughout this his centennial year. With »

- Regina Weinreich

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Tennessee Williams on Screen and Stage

14 December 2009 2:22 PM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

For over sixty years, the plays of Tennessee Williams have tackled mental illness, sexuality, and alcoholism, and illustrated it all with a stunningly lyrical language inspired by his upbringing in Missouri. His characters were real people, with hearts and blood and soul, and it changed American theater forever. His plays, living on all over the world nearly 25 years after his death, gives credence to the fact that he is one of the most “alive” playwrights ever. - For over sixty years, the plays of Tennessee Williams have tackled mental illness, sexuality, and alcoholism, and illustrated it all with a stunningly lyrical language inspired by his upbringing in Missouri. His characters were real people, with hearts and blood and soul, and it changed American theater forever. His plays, living on all over the world nearly 25 years after his death, gives credence to the fact that he is one of the most “alive” playwrights ever. »

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Interview: The Loss Of A Teardrop Diamond Director Jodie Markell

10 December 2009 7:59 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

Legendary playwright Tennessee Williams had a magical relationship with director Elia Kazan. They collaborated on both Baby Doll and A Street Car Named Desire, the first of which was nominated for four Academy Awards and the second, nominated for 12, winning four. The plan was to reunite for a third film, which Williams called The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, but when Kazan attended to other projects, the concept dissipated. It wasn.t until the screenplay landed in the hands of actress-turned-director Jodie Markell, that The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond received the breath of life it was meant to get decades earlier. In her directorial debut, Markell assembled a star-studded cast to bring the character Fisher Willow (Bryce Dallas Howard) to the big screen. In an effort to reestablish a reputation tarnished by her father's mistakes and secure the fortune of her great Aunt Cornelia (Ann-Margret), Fisher calls upon a »

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Trailer for Tennessee Williams’ The Loss Of A Teardrop Diamond

28 November 2009 12:11 AM, PST | GordonandtheWhale | See recent GordonandtheWhale news »

There’s production purgatory and then there is this. A script written 50 years ago by renowned playwright and screenwriter Tennessee Williams (A Streetcar Named Desire) just now making its way to the silver screen. The film is The Loss Of A Teardrop Diamond, once proposed to be the third collaboration between Williams and director Elia Kazan (A Streetcar Named Desire, Baby Doll). Fast forward some decades later, the film is now being directed by actress turned director Jodie Markell and stars Bryce Dallas Howard (who took over for Lindsay Lohan), Chris Evans, Will Patton, and Ann-Margret.

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- James Wallace

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First Diamond trailer

25 November 2009 6:40 AM, PST | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »

This is a rather interesting tale of a lost script written by a famed playwright over forty years ago, a project that is just now seeing the light of day. For those of us young enough to think Tennessee Williams is a brand of whiskey, he's actually a hugely famous writer who penned A Streetcar Named Desire and Baby Doll, both of which landed him Oscar nominations. Both were collaborations with director Elia Kazan, and The Loss Of A Teardrop Diamond was meant to be a third venture, but for »

- Paul Tassi

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Not Available on DVD: Andy Warhol’s ‘Bad’

14 July 2009 7:49 AM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »

Obnoxious drag queens, sleepy hustlers, washed-up starlets, effeminate vampires, and sickly junkies were among the miscreants and lowlifes that inhabited a series of films made in the 60’s and 70’s under the banner of the Andy Warhol “Factory” label. Though the eccentric artist himself had virtually no creative input, Andy Warhol’S Flesh (1968), Andy Warhol’S Trash (1970), and Andy Warhol’S Heat (1972) though low-budget and mostly improvised, were milestones in underground independent cinema. The final film made under the Warhol banner was 1977’s Andy Warhol’S Bad, one of the most shocking black comedies of the 1970’s. Andy Warhol’S Bad differs from the earlier Warhol films because of its higher production values (a 1.5 million dollar budget) and studio-friendly casting, but retains its sense of underground cred thanks to a demented script by Pat Hackett and George Abagnalo that breaks many taboos of the time to create a hilarious deadpan satire. »

- Tom

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Karl Malden (1912 - 2009)

4 July 2009 8:57 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

Academy Award winner and Hollywood legend Karl Malden died yesterday at the age of 97 of natural causes. He has had one of the longest and most successful careers of any American actor and starred in some of the most Iconic films of all time (On the Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Birdman of Alcatraz, Patton) and starred in the 1970s TV drama The Streets of San Francisco. But what made Malden a house hold name were the American Express commercials he made in the 70s and 80s with the catchphrase “Don’t leave home without it.” Born Mladen Sekulovich on March 22, 1912 in Chicago, he was the son of a Serbian father and a Czech mother. His father was a steelworker and as a young man Malden took up the profession for a few years. He began acting in high school and in 1937 moved to New York to try his hand on Broadway. »

- Anthony Nicholas

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Black Malden Moan: 'Baby Doll'

2 July 2009 8:27 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

With the great titan of acting and frequent genius Karl Malden passing (at 97 years of age god bless him), I'm posting one of my favorite Malden movies and performances -- Baby Doll. Though there's many brilliant Malden performances to choose from, this one will leave you fuzzy and buzzy. And I think we all need some of that right now. "There isn't much of you, but what there is is choice. Delectable, I might say... You're fine-fibered. Soft and smooth...You make me think of cotton. No! No fabric or cloth, not even satin or silk cloth, and no kind of fiber, not even cotton fiber has the absolute delicacy of your skin." So says a predatory Eli Wallach to an aroused and "hysterical" Caroll Baker in one of the most notoriously erotic mainstream films ever produced at that time. The »

- Kim Morgan

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Daily news dose: Twilight's 'Eclipse' to shoot in August; Karl Malden dead at 97

2 July 2009 12:33 AM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »

Here is your dose of film news for July 2, 2009:

• "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" is apparently set to shoot between Aug. 17 and Oct. 31, according to Production Weekly. David Slade, whose credits include "30 Days of Night," will direct the flick from a script by Melissa Rosenberg. "Eclipse" is scheduled to open June 30, 2010. Chris Weitz's "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" will hit theaters Nov. 20.

• Oscar winner Karl Malden, whose credits include "The Streets of San Francisco" and "A Streetcar Named Desire," died Wednesday at his Brentwood, Calif. home. He was 97. Malden also won an Emmy for his supporting role in "Fatal Vision." Some of this other credits include "Baby Doll," "Gypsy," "Patton" and "How the West Was Won."

• Sony today announced some release date changes for some of its projects: "Grown Ups," a comedy with Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade and Rob Schneider, has been moved to June 25 from March 12, 2010. Also, »

- Franck Tabouring

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Veteran Actor Karl Malden Dies at 97

1 July 2009 9:00 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

Many of us grew up remembering him as Lieutenant Mike Stone of the San Francisco police department, the tough but kind-hearted detective who mentored the young Steven Keller — played by an equally young Michael Douglas — on the ABC series The Streets of San Francisco between 1972 and 1977. An older generation recall his tremendous performance as Father Barry opposite Marlon Brando in the 1954 classic film, On the Waterfront. For both generations, Karl Malden was a truly compelling character actor. And today we will miss him, for at age 97, Karl Malden has died.

Malden passed away in his sleep at about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, according his manager, Bud Ross. The cause of death has not yet been determined, but given Malden's death, it could have been a combination of factors, all most probably brought on naturally as a consequence of age.

Malden appeared alongside Marlon Brando in two of director Elia Kazan »

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Karl Malden (Rip)

1 July 2009 7:45 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

A Streetcar Named Desire in 1947 [via]

This past week has been very rough on the entertainment industry and our cultural history. Today, with Karl Malden's death, we've lost the last remaining principal cast member of Tennessee William's legendary play turned movie A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). Now, Malden's career was much larger than mama's boy Harold "Mitch" Mitchel but that classic role, which he originated and owned, is a vital part of his legacy.

Strangely, Jessica Tandy's Tony honor (the original "Blanche DuBois") was the show's only attention from 'Broadway's Oscars' if you will. All the principles transferred to the movie except Tandy who was replaced by the cinema's most legendary southern belle (even though she was British) Vivien Leigh. When it came to the Oscars, three of the four actors (including Malden) collected statues. In typical Oscar fashion the performance most often regarded as game changing for the entire »

- NATHANIEL R

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Karl Malden Passes Away at the Age of 97

1 July 2009 5:34 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

It has been a rough two weeks for the entertainment business when it comes to the passing of major celebrity names as Karl Malden has passed away at the age of 97. Malden died in his sleep about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, his manager Bud Ross tells CNN. Malden won an Oscar for his performance alongside Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire and was also nominated for another one of his performances opposite Brando in On the Waterfront in 1955. Only five years ago at the 2004 Screen Actors Guild Awards he was recognized with a Life Achievement Award and has long been recognized as a Hollywood icon. My personal experience with his movies has been relatively limited considering the overal breadth of his career but I have seen him in films such as A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront, Baby Doll, How the West Was Won, The Cincinnati Kid, Patton »

- Brad Brevet

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Acting Legend Karl Malden Dead At 97

1 July 2009 1:56 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Oscar winner Karl Malden has died at his home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, three years shy of his 100th birthday. The Streets of San Francisco star was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1912 and raised in Gary, Indiana - coincidentally the birthplace of Michael Jackson, who died last week. »

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Veteran Actor Karl Malden Dead at 97

1 July 2009 9:30 AM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

Karl Malden the everyman's actor who won an Oscar for his performance as Mitch in 1951's A Streetcar Named Desire, died today at his home in Los Angeles.

The 97-year-old actor first appeared on the big screen in 1946's They Knew What They Wanted. Malden then went on to appear in dozens of movies, including critically acclaimed roles in On the Waterfront (1954) and Baby Doll (1956), as well as Streetcar. Malden is perhaps best-known for his five-year stint as Detective Lt. Mike Stone in the 1970's TV series The Streets of San Francisco and for his 21 years as the trench coat-wearing spokesperson who reminded people to not leave home without their American Express card.

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Carroll Baker To Be Honored at Nac, 6/15

9 June 2009 11:33 PM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

Legendary actress Carroll Baker will be awarded the prestigious Medal of Honor at a dinner held in her honor at The National Arts Club in New York City. Baker, whose most notable film, Baby Doll (1956), garnered her a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, will join the esteemed ranks of previous honorees including Arthur Penn, Cliff Robertson, Sylvia Sydney, Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Whoopi Goldberg, Richard Dreyfuss, Danny Aiello, Lynn Redgrave, Olympia Dukakis and Norman Jewison. »

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