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EPISODE 53 - “Tribute to Gena Rowlands” - 09/16/2024

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When screen legend GENA ROWLANDS passed away last month at the age of 94, she left behind a film and TV legacy that will undoubtedly influence artists for decades to come. She was an acting titan who changed the way modern audiences looked at acting. From her historic independent movies with husband JOHN CASSAVETES to mainstream Hollywood to powerful performances in iconic television films, Rowlands’ performances were always honest, complicated, and emotionally raw. There was just no one like her; and there never will be again. This week, we pay tribute to her endearing legacy on and off the screen.

SHOW NOTES: 

Sources:

Cassavetes on Cassavetes (2001), by Ray Carney;

In The Moment: My Life As An Actor (2004), by Ben Gazzara;

“Family First, Says Pretty Blonde,” November 16, 1963, The Tribune (South Bend, IN);

“I Want It All…Husband…Children…Career!” June 1975, by Ronald Bowers, Photoplay;

“NBC Offers Drama About AIDS,” November 11, 1985, by John J. O’Connor, The New York Times;

“To Mom With Love: Gena Rowlands’ Son Directs Her Latest Film,” February 23, 1997, by Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press;

“Idol Chatter: Gena Rowlands,” 1999, by Al Weisel, Premiere Magazine;

“Shop Talk: Actress Gena Rowlands, Not Much of a Shopper, Tells Tales,” February 15, 2002, by Gwen Davis, The Wall Street Journal;

“Gena Rowlands On Pioneering The Indie Film Movement With Her Late Husband John Cassavetes,” November 13, 2015, by Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter;

“Oscar Goes To Gena Rowlands,” November 14, 2015, by Susan King, Los Angeles Times;

“And The Honorary Oscar Goes To…” November 20, 2015, by Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter;

“The Notebook’s Gena Rowlands Has Alzheimer’s, Is in Full Dementia,” June 25, 2024, by Cara Lynn Shultz, People Magazine;

“Gena Rowlands, Actress Who Brought Raw Drama To Her Roles, Dies at 94,” August 14, 2024, by Anita Gates, New York Times;

TCM.com;

IBDB.com;

Movies Mentioned: 

The High Cost of Loving (1958), starring Jose Ferrer;

Lonely Are the Brave (1962), starring Kirk Douglas;

The Spiral Road (1962), starring Rock Hudson;

A Child is Waiting (1963), starring Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland;

Tony Rome (1967), starring Frank Sinatra;

Faces (1968), starring John Cassavetes;

Minnie and Moskowitz (1971), starring Seymour Cassel;

A Woman Under the Influence (1974), starring Peter Falk;

Opening Night (1977), starring John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara;

A Question of Love (1978), starring Jane Alexander;

The Brink’s Job (1978), starring Peter Falk;

Gloria (1980), starring John Adams;

Tempest (1982), starring John Cassavetes;

Love Streams (1984), starring John Cassavetes;

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