I will always wonder if La Cava heard Annie Ross's "Twisted" before he passed away. Not to let my own interests cloud my judgment of La Cava. Anyway, reporting back from my screening of Private Worlds (1935) at The Cinema Museum (it is still a wonderful surprise to say that)! I'd like to thank again… Continue reading “My analyst told me”: La Cava’s Private Worlds (1935) on 16mm at The Cinema Museum
The "La Cava Method" of improvisation and the alteration of dialogue to fit the actor's real personality became of particular interest following My Man Godfrey (1936), but there seemed to be a definite change in interested in the director's particular idiosyncrasies following the release of Stage Door (1937). It is possibly due to the popularity… Continue reading “Give Me Real People”: Stage Door (1937) and the Gregory La Cava Method for Collier’s, March 26, 1938
Gregory La Cava on the set of The Age of Consent (1932) "He started out to be a painter and he is a painter — a Master Artist. For he transcribes life — not to a small canvas hidden away in some musty, dusty museum. But he brings living creations to that universal canvas, the… Continue reading An Introduction
