Marie Wilson
Bio
Harper Collins published my novel "The Gorgeous Girls". My feature film screenplay "Sideshow Bandit" has won several awards at film festivals. I have a new feature film screenplay called "A Girl Like I" and it's looking for a producer.
Stories (87/0)
I'd Like to Thank the Academy
I've been enthralled with movies since I was knee-high to Jiminy Cricket. So when the Catalina Film Festival nominated my script Sideshow Bandit for Best Screenplay I packed my best awards-ceremony garb and was on my way to movie central.
By Marie Wilsonabout a month ago in Wander
The End of Moonlight
A few years ago the moonlight disappeared from my courtyard. Previously, on a clear night, the leafy grove outside my door had been awash in silver glow. But suddenly that space and all the other courtyards in my apartment complex had no moonshadows.
By Marie Wilson2 months ago in Earth
Straight Down the Line: Into Film Noir
1. “She looked like a very special kind of dynamite wrapped in nylon and silk.” - Robert Young in They Won’t Believe Me (1947). This flick is one of the few noirs that features an homme fatale (Young). Susan Hayward & Jane Greer are his dupes. James Latimer penned the script from Gordon McDonell's story. Irving Pichel directed. And Harry J Wild was the DP.
By Marie Wilson2 months ago in Humans
Straight Down the Line: Into Film Noir
Crime Wave (1954) was directed by Andre De Toth & scripted by Crane Wilbur. Despite some gaping holes (what do you expect for a B picture shot in 13 days?) there’s much to love here: b&w 1950s Los Angeles, Sterling Hayden’s fast, clipped verbiage, Tim Carey as the usual nut job. And Jay Novello as the perpetually-sozzled, disgraced doctor turned compassionate veterinarian. Novello usually played nervous little guys with a comic edge but here, thanks to De Toth’s penchant for casting against type, he really brings depth to this beleaguered underworld sawbones.
By Marie Wilson2 months ago in Geeks
Muffs
Muffs were a fashion accessory from the old days. Really, they were. These “nests” or “little barrels”, as they were called, were made of sable or skunk or musquash (aka muskrat) among other materials. First called a snuffkin, skimskyn or snoskyn in England, they kept the hands of fine ladies cozy from as early as the 15th century. Sometimes these charming hand warmers did double duty and carried a latchkey, a tiny dog, or a pistol (at least in novels and movies, they did).
By Marie Wilson2 months ago in Styled
Brando
As Don Corleone in The Godfather (1973) he stuffed wads of toilet paper into his mouth and reportedly read cue cards. As Paul in Last Tango in Paris (1972), he mooned snobby ballroom dancers and buttered Maria Schneider up. In The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956) he turned Japanese (!) while as Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls (1955) he crooned softly into Jean Simmons's ear (by his own admission he couldn't sing, but sound editors patched together all his efforts, making it sound like he could).
By Marie Wilson2 months ago in Humans
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