by David Krell | Mar 12, 2017 | David Krell
William Shakespeare, like other innovators, warned of worries that could prevent success—”Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt,” wrote the Bard in Measure for Measure. It is a certainty, of course, that...
by David Krell | Apr 14, 2015 | David Krell
In the 1989 movie Batman, Jack Nicholson brought his trademark sarcasm to the role of the Joker, perhaps Batman’s greatest foe. Nearly 20 years later, Heath Ledger inhabited the role, giving a performance of a diabolical, insane, delusional villain....
by David Krell | Feb 25, 2015 | David Krell
Leader. Visionary. Gentleman. Leonard Goldenson. The founder of ABC. In the early years of television, NBC and CBS had dominance, prestige, and history. ABC had Leonard Goldenson. NBC and CBS had A-list talent. ABC had Leonard Goldenson. NBC and CBS had their...
by David Krell | Apr 6, 2013 | David Krell
Tarzan inspired film studios to invent their versions of a jungle hero. The results range from hysterical to sober. In 1973, Disney mined Tarzan for laughs in The World’s Greatest Athlete, a benign film set on the fictional Merrivale College campus. Faced with...
by David Krell | Mar 13, 2013 | David Krell
Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass created animation legacies. A Canadian studio, Rankin-Bass entered the American market in 1961 with versions of two classic stories in first-run syndication. First-run syndication is television programming that initially broadcasts a...
