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Dec 23, 2022 · Babylon: Directed by Damien Chazelle. With J.C. Currais, Diego Calva, Jimmy Ortega, Marcos A. Ferraez. A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.
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- Comedy, Drama, History
- Damien Chazelle
- 2022-12-23
- Were There Really That Many Drugs?
- The Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle Scandal
- Clara Bow – Vamp Or Victim?
- Anna May Wong – Pioneering Actress
- Was There Really A Party Tunnel with Orgies, Rats and Alligators?
There was definitely a drug scene in Hollywood and drug dealing rings operating at the studios, especially in the early 1920s before William Hays came to town and started cracking down on morals both on and offscreen. While it’s highly unlikely that parties offered mountains of cocaine piled on tables for party guests to freely indulge in, as the f...
Though he’s only onscreen for a minute or two, the character of Orville Pickwick, a wealthy, corpulent man who laughs while a young woman urinates over his body during the film’s first wild party sequence, seems to have been loosely inspired by Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle. Later on during the party scene, Pickwick finds the woman passed out, presumably...
In “Babylon,” Robbie plays Nellie LeRoy, an aspiring actress whose character is partially inspired by Clara Bow. Like Bow, LeRoy comes from an impoverished background and ends up rocketing to fame. Dubbed “The It Girl,” Bow became a huge star, but her career was nearly finished by the time she was just 25. Like the Robbie character, Bow enjoyed gam...
Li Jun Li plays Lady Fay Zhu in “Babylon,” dressed in a top hat and tails like Marlene Dietrich. Her character is inspired by Anna May Wong, the pioneering Chinese American actress who starred with Dietrich in “Shanghai Express.” Robbie’s character says of Li, “Do you think she swings both ways?” Dietrich claimed to have had a romance with Wong, an...
Absolutely not. But there were bootleg booze tunnels running to speakeasies in downtown L.A. — which could have served as the setting for an illicit encounter or two. “Babylon” captures the massive changes in the business with an admittedly exaggerated view, but there’s no question it was an exciting time. “Many people look back at the silent era a...
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Jan 13, 2023 · Babylon hit theaters on Dec. 23, 2023. The film has a total runtime of 3 hours and 8 minutes, according to Variety . Here's everything to know about 'Babylon,' the 2022 movie starring Brad...
Nov 15, 2022 · Nov 14, 2022 10:09pm PT. ‘Babylon’ First Reactions Are All Over the Place: Responses for Damien Chazelle’s Film Range From a ‘Daring Hollywood Epic’ to ‘Truly Monstrous’. By J. Kim Murphy....
Dec 13, 2022 · We don't have too long of a wait for Babylon as Paramount has announced that the film will now have a wide release on December 23, 2022. It was previously announced that the film would have a...
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Dec 23, 2022 · A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, Babylon traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.
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Nov 28, 2022 · Movies. Movie News. ‘Babylon’ Trailer Sees Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt Get Tangled in Hollywood Debauchery. Written by Damien Chazelle, the Paramount Pictures film is set to release in theaters...
