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Farewell in 2009
2nd January, 2010
Happy New Year to everyone as we enter 2010. Looking back over the last twelve months, the film industry lost its fair share of stars. As well as some tragic early deaths - Natasha Richardson, Farrah Fawcett, David Carradine and Patrick Swayze included - we also said farewell last year to several veteran performers, including Karl Malden, Richard Todd and Edward Woodward.
Elvis - 75 this week
2nd January, 2010
Had he lived, Elvis Presley would have been celebrating his 75th birthday this week. There will doubtless still be a lot of celebrating and remembering by his fans and everyone who continues to buy his music and merchandise today. He will of course always be thought of in musical terms, but his celluloid legacy deserves greater respect than it sometimes receives. His light and colourful musicals were a massively profitable - if generally critically lambasted - staple of sixties cinema. And his final two films, showing him performing, are a great reminder of him live in concert. And the posters and lobby cards produced for his movies provide some great images of the King.
Richard Todd OBE
7th December, 2009
This week brings the sad news of the death of Richard Todd, at the age of 90. His screen (big and small) career spanned nearly 60 years, and he was still appearing in the likes of Casualty and Heartbeat until very recently. He was Oscar nominated for his first film appearance, in The Hasty Heart, and followed this with a part in Hitchcock's Stage Fright the following year. His film roles included Robin Hood and Rob Roy, but he will be best remembered in War films, and in particular, as Guy Gibson in the bouncing bomb classic, The Dambusters.
Christie's Bond Bonanza
8th March, 2008
The Vintage Film Posters section of the Christie's London Interiors sale this week featured strong performance and high prices across a number of genres. In particular, it showed the continued and growing popularity of original James Bond 007 material. 29 lots, with a total guide price of around £24,000, sold for a total of almost £65,000. So although you should be buying original film posters because you like them, this suggests that the sooner you do so, the better........
The Coens' Year
27th February, 2008
It may not be their blackest film. Or their most violent film. Or their cleverest film. Or their funniest film. Or even their best film. But "No Country for Old Men" has achieved 4 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director for the Coen Brothers, Joel and Ethan. So congratulations to perhaps the best film-makers of the last 15 years, and we're sure that the Oscar will really tie the room together.
