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PATRICK MARMION: Thanks to star turns from Lily James and Kristin Scott Thomas , Penelope Skinner s new play which opened in the West End last night is all but sold out already.
If there is one thing that Hollywood seems to love, it’s stories about itself, and films about Hollywood and its stars have regularly appeared. These movies remind the viewer of the glamor and magic associated with the industry itself.
Pardon me, but do you speak American? NOT for the first time, a headline in our Voices section caused some controversy this week. It appeared above Andrew McKie’s column on Tuesday: “The budgets are still big. it’s Hollywood’s imagination and verve that have gotten small.” There was some spluttering of tea over toast on breakfast tables. Why were we following the American usage of the past participle of the verb “to get”? The explanation was that it fitted the theme of the piece, which was about Hollywood’s shrinking ambitions, and alluded to a famous line in the 1950 Billy Wilder movie, Sunset Boulevard, uttered by Gloria Swanson’s Norma Desmond. (But it was a misquote. The dialogue actually goes: Joe Gillis – You’re Norma Desmond. You used to be in silent pictures. You used to be big. Norma Desmond – I