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The Road to #TCMFF 2016: Kate Gabrielle, “The Button Girl”

At the end of my previous post about TCM Classic Film Festival (TCMFF) fan buttons, I promised you an interview with an entrepreneurial artist and classic film fan. Here is is! In covering TCMFF…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Fan Art, Film Festivals, Interviews, Kate Gabrielle, TCM Fans, TCM Film Festival, The Road to #TCMFF 2016
Apr, 19, 2016
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The Road to #TCMFF 2016: Paved With Buttons?

As part of my coverage of the 2016 TCM Classic Film Festival (which I’ll abbreviate to TCMFF from hereon), I’m debuting a new feature for my blog–The Road to #TCMFF 2016. Pieces in the…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Fan Art, Film Festivals, TCM Fans, TCM Film Festival
Apr, 18, 2016
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LAMB #1785

Spellbound by Movies is now LAMB #1785! Back in January of 2013, I applied for my blog to join the LAMB (Large Association of Movie Blogs). It’s a directory of movie blogs and a community…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Anouncements, Memberships, New Membership, the LAMB
Apr, 12, 2016
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Bird of Paradise (1951) & The Power of a Great Moment

When watching Debra Paget, For Example (2015) and seeing clips of the actress’s work, I was struck by the beautiful colors and dramatic shots that could be found in many of her films, which I…

Beth Ann Gallagher
1950s, Appreciations, Bird of Paradise (1951), Debra Paget, Delmer Daves, Directors, Guy Maddin, Moments, Movies
Apr, 06, 2016
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Review: Debra Paget, For Example (2015)

Beautiful, classic film era actress Debra Paget never quite became an A-list star. Despite being in some high profile films, she was mostly relegated to genre roles, usually playing exotic parts and often wearing…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Debra Paget, Directors, Documentaries, Film Essays, Mark Rappaport, Movie Reviews
Apr, 03, 2016
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TCM Classic Film Festival Media Credential Awarded to Spellbound!

This week has been like Christmas to me! I’ve been more excited than Ralphie discovering that last obsessively desired present–his official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle–hidden behind a desk. I…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Anouncements, Film Festivals, TCM Film Festival, Upcoming
Mar, 25, 2016
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Quote: Her One Wild Extravagance

“In a dull, miserable existence her one wild extravagance was her weekly orgy at the cinema, where for over two hours she lived in an enchanted world peopled by beautiful women, handsome heroes, fascinating…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Authors, Contemporary Film, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Movies, Quotations, Winifred Watson, Winifred Watson
Mar, 12, 2016
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The Casting That Almost Was–Louise Brooks as Dorothy Shaw

When refreshing about Anita Loos for my post on the writer, I stumbled across a reference in Pamela Hutchinson’s excellent silent film column Silent but Deadly! about a casting that almost was–Louise Brooks as Dorothy Shaw.

Louise…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928), Louise Brooks, Movies
Mar, 09, 2016
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Happy International Women’s Day 2016!

For International Women’s Day, let’s take a moment to remember a woman of words, Anita Loos.

She started screenwriting in the silent era, and she’s credited for elevating the intertitle beyond the functional into an art form….

Beth Ann Gallagher
Anita Loos, Holidays, International Women's Day, Screenwriters
Mar, 08, 2016
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The Women Film Critics Twitter List

What else was I up to during my winter blogging hiatus? My most initially time-consuming movie project outside of Spellbound involves Twitter. After articles from Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, and Variety bemoaned the lack of women film…