RIP Jaime Escalante, influential teacher (1930-2010) who inspired Stand and Deliver (1988)

Respected high-school calculus teacher Jaime Escalante has passed away at the age of 79.

I might never have heard of him were it not for the Academy Award nominated inspirational drama Stand and Deliver. When I was in grade school one of our math teachers had us watch it; it became an all time favorite of mine.

Mr. Escalante, the subject of the film, was known for his many years of dedication to his math students, preparing them for A.P. calculus exams.

In his native Bolivia he taught physics and mathematics for many years. He pursued studies in Puerto Rico and Pasadena, California in the 1960s, and earned a degree in mathematics from California State University where he specialized in calculus.

He began to teach at Garfield High (East Los Angeles, California) which had a very bad academic reputation. Mr. Escalante was instrumental in turning the tables, and motivated his students to excel in math. He pushed to have Advanced Placement calculus courses, but his colleagues and school administrators had little hope initially. In 1979 he was finally allowed to teach the first AP Calculus course to five students. Two passed the AP test. In the years that followed, more students enrolled in the course and more passed.

In 1982, all 18 of his students passed the test, but all 18 got the same answer wrong, and they were suspected of cheating.

The students were asked to retake the test under intense observation and they all passed again.

These events were dramatized in the 1988 movie Stand and Deliver

In the film, Mr. Escalante is portrayed by Edward James Olmos who won the "Best Actor" Independent Spirit award and was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role". Mr. Escalante came with Olmos to the Oscar ceremony that year - I remember watching the ceremony that year and was rooting for Olmos to win. Escalante became known as "America's Most Famous Teacher".

Below: View the trailer to the movie:




Math with Professor Escalante was definately the class to take at Garfield High after 1982. In 1983, the number of students enrolling and passing the A.P. calculus test more than doubled.

Mr. Escalante went on to teach math in schools in Sacramento, California and at East Los Angeles College.

In 2001, Escalante returned to his native Bolivia and taught part time at the local university. He returned to the United States frequently to visit his children.

In recent years he faced financial difficulties from the cost of his cancer treatment. Cast members from Stand and Deliver, including Edward James Olmos, and some of Escalante's former pupils, raised funds to help pay for his medical bills.

He passed away this Tuesday, March 30, 2010, aged 79, at his son's home near Sacramento while undergoing treatment for bladder cancer.He is survived by his wife Fabiola and his sons Fernando and Jaime Jr.

For a more detailed story of his life, read the Los Angeles Times tribute, the New York Times Tribute, and the Washington Post tribute.

Here is a great scene from the movie Stand and Deliver starring Edward James Olmos as Jaime Escalante:

North by Northwest (1959) and Robert Osborne and Eva Marie Saint in Chicago

Wed. March 31 2010 - Yesterday night, Chicago's last "golden-age" movie palace, The Music Box, screened North By Northwest - a free event sponsored by Turner Classic Movies.

My co-worker and I went right after work and got a spot close to the front of the line!

As suspected, the line eventually went "around the block" - literally.

BELOW: Outside the Music Box.






BELOW: I snapped this one just for fun...while we were waiting in line, I saw Eva and her husband get out of her limo and walk into the bar/grill across the street to have dinner with Robert Osbourne.



Every seat was filled. Robert Osborne was introduced and said a few words about the TCM on-the-road fest as well as next month's 4-day event in Hollywood(but he didn't mention the pricey festival passes) Then Eva came out and the two of them chatted for awhile. Osborne asked her what she remembers about Hitch and she said he was very strict and was meticulous with storyboarding; every scene in the movie was drawn out. She also said that she was impressed that he imported his bacon from Denmark.

BELOW: Robert Osborne



They opened the floor up to questions and someone said that she looks just as beautiful as she did in the movie. Someone then asked her if Cary Grant was a good kisser and she said yes, and she also said that Marlon Brando was the greatest actor she ever worked with. Then some girl addressed her as "Mrs. Saint"...and she affectionately corrected her by saying "Ms. Saint; you can call me Mrs. Hayden" referring to marriage to her husband, director Jeffrey Hayden (who was in the audience) and she mentioned that they have been married for 58 years, which drew alot of "Wow!'s" from the audience. One guy said to Eva that he saw her on stage (or TV, I can't remember) way back in 1952 when she was first starting out...it was a performance in which she sang, but I can't remember what they said.



Eva talked about the experience of filming in Chicago for the movie. She said they were only here for a few days, maybe 3 or 4. One day she and Cary went for a walk along the lake and she remembers seeing a woman walking with her husband - she noticed Cary and she poked her husband and said, "That's Cary Grant!".

Then Robert Osborne said "we have time for one more question" and some young woman (I think she was a member of the press -- alot of press and media people had reserved, front row seats) said "My question is for you Mr. Osborne" and went on to joke about how she's been "stalking" TCM and has been trying to find out how to get a job there. Osborne politely explained to her that he wasn't the person to talk to about getting a job at TCM but encouraged her to keep sending her resume to the right people.

Then the movie started. Every time I watch this movie I pick up something that I didn't notice before.

The two hosts, however, did not stay to watch the movie. So there was no autograph session afterward.

I imagine that Ms Saint, her husband, and Mr. Obsorne had a nice time together and maybe took a night cruise along the lake or something.

Overall it was a fun night.

Turner Classic Movies Film Fest: Tonight in Chicago

Tonight is the Chicago screening of North by Northwest at the Music Box, part of Turner Classics' on-the-road shows. One of my co-workers and I plan to attend this tonight after work. It's "first come first served" seating; there'll probably be a huge line. Also, I'm not sure if Robert Osborne and/or Eva Marie Saint will be signing autographs. We shall see. Even it they were not appearing I would still want to see just the movie; it is one of my all-time favorite films.

Autograph from June Havoc

Just last week I recieved an autographed 8x10 from Ms. Havoc via mail. I took a picture of it, below (sorry I didn't have a chance to scan it yet).

June Havoc (1912-2010)

Actress June Havoc has passed away at the age of 97.



Ms Havoc and her sister Rose performed on the vaudeville stage when they were very young (her sister became the well-known "Gypsy Rose Lee" burlesque performer)

Ms. Havoc went on to perform in, write, and direct broadway shows as well as act in movies and on television.

She had lead roles in "Intrigue" (1947) and "Sing Your Worries Away" (1942) but her performance that is perhaps best remembered today is her supporting role in "Gentleman's Agreement" (1947) as Gregory Peck's secretary.

In 2003 she was interviewed for a doctumentary "Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There"

She was married to radio and TV director William Spier from 1947-1973 until his death.

Filmography:

Four Jacks and a Jill (1942)
Sing Your Worries Away (1942)
Powder Town (1942)
My Sister Eileen (1942)
Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
No Time for Love (1943)
Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
Timber Queen (1944)
Casanova in Burlesque (1944)
Brewster's Millions (1945)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
Intrigue (1947)
The Iron Curtain (1948)
When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)
Chicago Deadline (1949)
Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
The Story of Molly X (1949)
Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950)
Once a Thief (1950)
Follow the Sun (1951)
Lady Possessed (1952)
Three for Jamie Dawn (1956)
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
Can't Stop the Music (1980)
A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)

Butch and Buddy

Above: Butch and Buddy with Deanna Durbin in the film "Spring Parade" (1940).

"Butch and Buddy" were a pair of kid actors played by Billy "Butch" Lenhart (1930-) Kenneth "Buddy" Brown (1932-).

They appeared together in several Universal films in the early 1940s. The first pairing was in Universal's "The Under-Pup" (1939) starring Gloria Jean in her first film. They played the sons of Billy Gilbert's character.

Universal needed two young boy actors again for the zany comedy "Sandy is a Lady" (1940) starring 2-year old Baby Sandy, who was Universal's answer to Shirley Temple. Lenhart and Brown were chosen to play "Butch" and "Buddy" in the film, and this is how they got their stage names.

They were such a hit that they were paired together in several more movies over the next five years.

The first film where they were billed together as Butch and Buddy was in Spring Parade starring Deanna Durbin (read the new review here at the Deanna blog)

Their most well known films are:

"Never Give a Sucker and Even Break" (1941) with WC Fields and Gloria Jean

and

"In the Navy" (1941) with Abbott and Costello

After 1945 they pretty much dissovled as a comedy team, as neither had the desire to pursue film acting as a career.

Kenneth Brown appeared in only one other film after 1945, in "36 Hours" (1953) where he had a bit part as a cop.

Films with Butch and Buddy:

"Sandy is a Lady" (1940)
"Spring Parade" (1940)
"Jumpin' Jive" (1941)
"In the Navy" (1941)
"Man from Montana" (1941)
"Never Give a Sucker and Even Break" (1941)
"Doin the Town" (1941)
"Melody Lane" (1941)
"Johnny Doughboy" (1942)
"Cinderella Swings It" (1943)
"Spotlight Revue" (1943)
"A Lady Takes a Chance" (1943)
"Army Wives" (1944)
"Rough Ridin' Justice (1945) (cameo)

As of this writing, I do not know what they did after thier film career, but I am researching this.

100 movies, 100 number quotes

If you have about 10 minutes to spare, you've got to watch this awesome video: scenes from 100 movies -- you'll hear 100 snippets of numerically-laced dialogue. Watch how the clips count down from 100 to 1. Thanks to Meaghan, for posting a link to the clip, where I fist saw it the other day.

Tender Mercies (1983) and Crazy Heart (2009)

Note #1: There are some "spoilers" in this double-review.

Note #2: This is the last in a two part series on alcoholism (yesterday's review was Mad Wednesday)

So, just a few weekends ago, Jeff Bridges won his first Oscar for "Crazy Heart" which has been generating alot of buzz for months. Reviewers continue to draw comparisons to the 1983 classic "Tender Mercies" starring Robert Duvall as "Max Sledge": both movies tell the story of famous (although fictional) country stars who want to leave music behind, but just can't quit. And both have their share of demons, including the bottle.

My main interested in seeing "Crazy" was to find out if it is just an imitation, which they say is the sincerest form of flattery. So last weekend, I went to a local neighborhood theater to check it out. It was a matinee, so the price of admission was thankfully only five dollars. I was expecting alot of "aw, come on" similarities between this and the older, Bruce Beresford-directed film. And sure enough, it did have them. Here is my checklist:

• Washed up and broke country singer (check)


• Still has legion of fans (check)


• Sought after by reporter (check)


• Meets single mother and falls for her and the kid (check)


• Attempts to reconnect with his long lost kin (check)


• Tries to sell some of his songs while trying to keep up with the latest in country music (check)


• Puts down the bottle (check)

Also, I was surprised to find out that it also features Duvall himself in a supporting role as the fishing buddy of protagonist Bad Blake, played by Bridges. Bad Blake travels through the southwest alone in his truck looking for bar gigs in between drinks. One night while he's onstage, in the middle of a song, he excuses himself to go out in the alley to puke in a garbage can, only to return to the stage with a stained shirt and slurred voice. His behavior is that pathetic, and it only gets worse later on. I'd say for much of the film, it's very much a story about a trash talking alcoholic singer who is pretty much winging it through life; it's not until the very end of the film - and his closest relationships end - that he starts to sober up and look ahead to a more promising future.

As co-producer, Duvall obviously found alot to like in this film. As I was watching it, I was looking for that, and even imagined this film as a "sequel" of sorts to "Mercies", and seeing his supporting character as an older version of Mac Sledge. It's hard not to think that; in one scene he encourages Bad Blake: I know, I've been there before.

"Crazy Heart" was based on a 1987 novel, and directed by first-time director Scott Cooper, a supporting actor who's had mostly bit parts over the years. But he does get a very good performance out of Bridges, whose character is hard to like.

The best part of the movie is the music. I love country music and loved all these songs, and I was convinced that these were real hits by this former star. There is a young rival, played by Colin Farrell, who is obviously modeled after pop-country star Keith Urban. Even though Bad Blake is of the Kris Kristofferson generation (Bridges even resembles him a bit) he finds time to sing on stage with the younger act; in one exciting scene they both play to a sold-out crowd in a huge ampitheater. You feel like you're at the concert.

"Crazy Heart" has even been compared with "The Wrestler"; there are some scenes where Bad Blake has a few close calls, and I became convinced that he only has a few years to go. It ends with him happy with his career and new life, even though he's still alone.

"Tender Mercies", written by the late Horton Foote (who won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay) is a film that tells a different story. Max doesn't struggle with drinking throughout the duration of the film like Bad Blake. In the very first scenes, he has already begun to settle down with his new family and has quit drinking. Max finds comfort in his renewed faith, his new family, and his music; he's sought after again by record companies and bands, and he has to deal with it all, especially the musical success of his ex-wife (Betty Buckley), also a singer. All of the main characters are very self reflective throughout, which I think makes this film the classic that it is. Life - and making peace with oneself - is one main theme; death - and it's meaning - is another. Another good performance in this is by the underrated actor Wilford Brimley, who was in lots of 1980s hits, including Cocoon (I think he should have won the Oscar, not Don Ameche). And the young actor who plays Max's stepson Sonny is so good; I was surprised to learn that this was his only film. Sonny never met his real dad, who may or may not have been killed. But he learns to love Max like a father; the ending scene stays with you for a long time and is an inspiring, tender if you will, moment on film. I didn't want this movie to end. With "Crazy Heart", I was glad it was over, I must say. My friend and I left the theater saying to each other "haven't we seen this film before"?

In closing, I highly recommend the 1983 movie, and highly recommend the CD of "Crazy Heart" if you like country music.

BONUS:

Here are the best songs from "Crazy Heart" (they should have been nominated for Oscars):

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1951) AKA Mad Wednesday

Preston Sturges wrote this zany comedy especially for Harold Lloyd, who hadn't made a film in 10 years. The story is about a recently-fired office worker whose drunken spree is so wild that he can't recall what he did the previous night. If you've seen "The Hangover" movie from last year, then you get the idea.

What's neat about this film is that it's a "sequel" (sort of) to Harold Lloyd's 1923 silent classic The Freshman, filmed over 20 years earlier. This type of revisiting old classics decades later sort of reminds me of what they're doing with the new Wall Street sequel coming out soon, with Michael Douglas reprising his role as "Gordon Geckko"; he last played this character over 20 years ago. Also, speaking of sequels to movies from 20+ years ago, a new "Ghostbusters" movie is in the works, with some of the original cast members already agreeing to be in it.

The same idea here with "Diddlebock": the film begins with the climax football game from the The Freshman, and features original shots of the unnamed undergrad played by Lloyd.

Newly filmed sequences with dialogue is edited in; it all appears seamless.

The photo below shows the unnecessary disclaimer which precedes the movie.



We learn the Lloyd's Freshman chracter's name is "Harold Diddlebock". We see him getting his first job out of college, in an ad agency. Lloyd, who was in his forties, still looked youthful enough to play these scenes as a young twentysomething yuppie.

Then there is a neat "passage-of-time" sequence, which to modern audiences is sort of cliche but it works in this film: the calender on the wall changes from year to year, and even shows a new picture of the current US president at the time. We flash-forward 20 years. Diddlebock has spent 20 years at that ad agency...and in the same desk. One day, he's called into his boss' office, and is fired for being too old, in a rather heartbreaking scene. He also says goodbye to his co-workers, including his crush at work, played by the beautiful actress Frances Ramsden (1920 - 2000). Unfortunately, Ms. Ramsden only appeared in two other movies before retiring from film.



Below: Frances Ramsden, Preston Sturges, Harold Lloyd



Below: American actors Harold Lloyd (left) and Frances Ramsden stand with their director Preston Sturges as they listen to a pianist accompanied by a violin on the set of their film ´The Sin of Harold Diddlebock,´ Hollywood, California, December 1945. Photo: Bob Landry./Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images Dec 01, 1945



Depressed, Diddlebock meets another out-of-work lug who talks him into going to a bar to wash away his troubles. Funny thing is, Diddlebock has NEVER had a drink in his whole life. The bartenter is only too thrilled to assist in the initiation, and is inspired to concoct a new "work of art" just for Diddlebock.

Read Garv's blog post about the bar scene in this movie from a few months ago. He explains the scene perfectly.

What ensues is an irresponsible orgy of drunkeness (including moose calls), which is apprantly the "sin" of the title.

The next morning Diddlebock wakes up on his sister Flora's couch, hung over. (Maragret Hamilton, who played the Wicked Witch in Wizard of Oz, plays his sister, Flora) Not remembering a thing that happened to him the night before, he's informed by Flora that he ended up riding down the streets on a horse like Lady Godiva. Then he finds out he placed a few bets on some horses. And after winning big, he started to splurge, even purchasing a circus, which he claimed he had always wanted. But he doesn't remember a thing, and for the rest of the movie we learn about the entire night's events from the suppporting characters we meet along the way.

This movie is worth seeing. If you have to see just one scene, you must watch the skyscraper ledge scene (reminsicient of Lloyd's silent stunts in Safety Last) Diddlebock chases a circus lion (nicknamed "Jackie") up a fire escape of a building in downtown New York, then finds himself dangling over a forty-story ledge from Jackie's tail over the city streets, in a technically brilllant piece of special effects work. Needless to say, this role demanted plenty of physical comedy, and Lloyd was perfect to play in it.

Filming began in 1945, and it wasn't released in theaters until 1950.

Five years it sat on the shelf.

I read that producer Howard Hughes was not happy with the original version (for some reason) and ordered that serveral cuts of the film be made.

It was first released in the US as "Mad Wednesday" (referring to the crazy night of drunken bliss). Later (I'm not clear on when the title was changed) it was changed to "The Sin of Harold Diddlebock".

Personally, I don't really like either title. I would be happy if the film was simply called "Mr. Diddlebock".

Below, l-r: Harold Lloyd, "Jackie", Frances Ramsden



This was Harold Lloyd's (1893 - 1971) last film. It is available on DVD, but you might have to search for it. Other reviewers have called this film an homage to Lloyd's career, much like Limelight was for Chaplin.

Co-starring Franklin Pangborn and Rudy Vallee. Harold Lloyd was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor (Comedy) of 1950 (Lost to Fred Astaire in Three Little Words)

Here's a great review from the blog I Shoot the Pictures.

BONUS PHOTO:

Below: Harold Lloyd, the screen star, is shown (left) with his director, Preston Sturges (center), and Imperial Potentate William H. Woodfield Jr., of San Francisco, as they posed with "Jackie", famed acting lion on the set of Lloyd's new picture The Sin of Harold Diddlebook. Lloyd will head a delegation of film celebrities to the first national shrine convention since the war, in San Francisco. Jackie will be official mascot of the convention.


IMAGE: © Bettmann/CORBIS DATE PHOTOGRAPHED: January 02, 1946 LOCATION: Los Angeles, California, USA

Fess Parker (1924-2010)

Motion picture and television actor Fess Parker has passed away at the age of 85.



After WWII (and serving in the Marines) he studied history and drama and eventually made his way into films, with small roles in Island in the Sky (1953), The Bounty Hunter (1954), and Battle Cry (1955).

His big break came after he appeared in the Sci-Fi classic Them! (1954). Rumor has it that Walt Disney was impressed with his performance and cast him as the character of Davy Crockett for a new tv adventure set in 1800s America. The series and main character of coonskin-cap-wearing outdoorsman Crockett became an American pop cultural craze in 1955.

There were only a total of five episodes, which were scheduled over the course of a year; a new episode appeared on the "Disneyland" TV series (AKA "Walt Disney Presents") every few months or so during 1955.

The first three episodes were edited together for a feature-length film which was released during the summer of '55.

Parker made other films for Disney including the classic Old Yeller.



His other films of the 1960s include Alias Jesse James (1959), The Jayhawkers (1959), and Hell is for Heroes (1962). On television, he had another huge hit with "Daniel Boone" which was on the air for 6 years.

After retiring from film and tv he devoted time to operating a winery in California. (I didn't know this - sounds nice!) He was married for over 50 years and had two children, 11 grandchildren and one great-grandson.

Below: 6-foot, 5 inch Fess Parker standing next to his much shorter co-stars (Arnold Stang and Peter Lorre) from an episode of the TV series "Playhouse 90" from 1958.



Below: At a Disneyland ceremony in 2004, Mr. Parker receives a window on Main Street. (source: the "Disney parks blog") At the theme park, receiving a "window" somewhere in the park is the equivalent of being honored with a "star" on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood. I just learned about all this from Laura's blog. Next time I go back to Disneyland I'll have to take a closer look at these; I was there last year but I didn't notice the windows.



Tributes from other blogs:


MousePlanet: Last year's article "Crockett Memories from Fess Parker"

Viewliner, LTD: Tour of Americana: Tribute

DISNEY HISTORY BLOG: Tribute

The Flaming Nose: Tribute

The Cartoon Cave: Tribute and Caricature

Bill Crider Pop Culture Magazine: Tribute

Random Shelf: Tribute

Laura's Miscellaneous Musings: Tribute

FilmFiles: Tribute

Shroud of Thoughts: Tribute | The Davey Crockett fad

The Tainted Archive: Tribute

Gold Country Girls: Tribute

The Roads of Autumn Dust: Tribute | Fess Parker in "Them!"

The Inner Toob: Davy Crockett gallery | Coonskin Cap Craze | Davy Crockett TV Show | Davy Crockett and the Alamo | Davey Crockett and Daniel Boone | Daniel Boone Gallery | "Daniel Boone" song, sung by Fess Parker | Daniel Boone TV show

Peter Graves (1926-2010)

Emmy and Golden Globe award winning actor Peter Graves has died at the age of 83.

More information:

Read Bob Thomas's obituary for the AP (as posted on the Washington Post site)

Michael Pollak's obituary from the New York Times

He started appearing in films in the early 1950s in mostly supporting roles; the most notable film from this period is one of my favorites of all time, Billy Wilder's Oscar-winning Stalag 17. The picture starred William Holden and Graves as POWs in a Nazi prison camp who discover that a spy living among them. It's a brilliant blend of comedy and suspense from Wilder. I can't spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen this film, but let me just say that Graves has a VERY pivotal supporting role.



Other notable films include a small role in the classic thriller Night of the Hunter (1955) and the spaghetti western The Five Man Army (1969), one of the few theatrical films where Mr. Graves has a lead role.

Then came his sucess on television with "Mission Impossible" (1967-1973). He won a Best Actor Golden Globe in 1969.

In 1980 he was in the comic-spoof film Airplane!, where he appears as a kooky pilot who passes out in mid-air.

Throughout the 1980s he continued to act on television, including a revival of "Mission Impossible for two seasons. And then came his regular role as narrator (1994-2006) on the long running Biography documentary series on A&E, a program I spent many hours enjoying.

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More from Stalag 17

The videos below are from the last half hour of Stalag 17. These scenes feature Graves, Holden, Otto Preminger, Neville Brand, and Robert Strauss. By this point in the movie, several of the POWs are suspected of being the spy. SPOILER ALERT: don't watch these until you see the entire movie!

Dorothy Janis (1910-2010)

Dorothy Janis, one of the last stars of silent films, has passed away at the age of 100.



From IMDB: Dorothy Janis' short film career began when she was visiting a cousin, who was working on a film at Fox in 1927. Her beauty was noticed at once and she was asked to test for a role. She made only five films, four silents and one talkie (Lummox). She is best known for her performance opposite Ramon Navarro in The Pagan. She retired at the age of twenty and married bandleader Wayne King in 1932. They were married 53 years, until his death in 1985.

Filmography:

Kit Carson (1928)
Fleetwing (1928)
The Overland Telegraph (1929)
The Pagan (1929)
Lummox (1930)

Top 10 Most Popular Movie Stars of 1934

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1. Will Rogers

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