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Happy New Year!

Beth Ann Gallagher
Comedies, David Niven, Ginger Rogers, Holidays, New Year, New Year's Eve, Romantic, Screwball
Jan 1, 2014
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Wishing you a wonderful New Year’s Eve and New Year! May both be filled with everyone and everything you love–like movies! As a special holiday treat for you, here is a scene from one of my favorite screwball comedies, Bachelor Mother (1939). Its plot seems inspired by Clara Bow‘s It (1927). A salesgirl named Polly Parrish…

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Beth Ann Gallagher
Dancers, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gower Champion, Holidays, Marge Champion, Musicals, Romance, Valentine's Day
Feb 14, 2013
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For Valentine’s Day, here is one of my favorite romantic scenes from a musical. The film Lovely to Look At, a remake of Roberta, may not be memorable as a whole, but it showcases some imaginative dance sequences featuring Marge and Gower Champion. While they had the unenviable task of replacing Ginger Rogers and Fred…

Er’way in-hay the oney-may.

bethanngallagher
1930s, Biographies & Memoirs, Era, Ginger Rogers, Gold Diggers of 1933, Movies, Pre-Code
Dec 30, 2008
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I’ve been reading Ginger: My Story by Ginger Rogers. My favorite parts of the book are the behind-the-scenes scoop. Rogers doesn’t offer too much gossip. She focuses more on the making of her films and stage shows. Driven, she sought comfort in work even when her personal life went on the fritz. Sometimes she skimps on…

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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Er’way in-hay the oney-may.