By Scott Eyman 7/31/06 12:00am

Tributes to a Film Genius: Brave and Ruthless Chaplin

Last year in Paris, I went to a Chaplin exhibit at the Jeu de Paume. There were artifacts, stills, posters and very well done video projections of scenes from his films. One of the scenes being shown was the outtake from City Lights (1931), first uncovered by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill, in which the Read More

By Walter Bernstein 12/26/05 12:00am

Loving Tribute to Kazan Nearly Derailed by Politics

One day while still a young actor, Elia Kazan was standing on a street corner with his good friend, Martin Ritt, another young actor. Across the street were two pretty young women. Ritt suggested that he and Kazan go over and talk to them. “No point,” Kazan said. “They wouldn’t want anything to do with Read More