Spellbound with Beth Ann * Page 18 of 21 *

Elsa Lanchester as Queenie in Bell, Book and Candle

This post is part of the What A Character! Blogathon. It runs September 22 through 24. It celebrates the character actors who helped make classic film as great as it was.

One of my favorite…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Blogathons, Elsa Lanchester
Sep, 21, 2012
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Accents & Sally’s Diction Lessons from Radio Days (1987)

My husband told me he heard a young actress being interviewed who pronounces her Gs the same why I do. More specifically, she uses a hard G when saying words ending in -ing. That…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Comedies, Directors, Judy Holliday, Mia Farrow, Old Time Radio, Woody Allen
Sep, 08, 2012
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Elsa Lanchester, What A Character!

This month I’m participating in the What A Character! Blogathon. Organized by Paula of Paula’s Cinema Club, Kellee of Outspoken & Freckled, and Aurora of Once Upon a Screen, the blogathon celebrates those character…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Blogathons, Classic Hollywood, Elsa Lanchester
Sep, 02, 2012
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Back from the Rodeo & Will Rogers’ The Ropin’ Fool

Yesterday I went to my first rodeo at the Stanislaus County Fair. Keeping today’s post in a cowboy theme, here’s an excerpt of Will Rogers’ The Ropin’ Fool.

This novelty, silent short from 1922 was…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Cowboy Films, Novelty Films, Silent Film, Westerns, Will Rogers
Jul, 20, 2012
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Quick Impressions from the San Francisco Silent Film Festival–Night One

I’m overstimulated with images and sounds and staying up too late. That can mean only one thing–I’m attending the 17th annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Well, most of it. Sometimes sleeping or eating…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Clara Bow, Film Festivals, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Silent Film
Jul, 14, 2012
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For the Love of Film Blogathon: Rear Window’s Just a Little Dog

Since Hitchcock was so invested in his dogs, it’s easy to see that his relationships with them inform the presence of his film dogs and sometimes give them pivotal roles to play. Others have…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Alfred Hitchcock, Blogathons
May, 18, 2012
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For the Love of Film Blogathon: Alfred Hitchcock & His Terriers

Alfred Hitchcock’s visage has been compared to the bulldog’s, but he preferred terriers. He was a fancier and owner of Sealyham Terriers. The Sealyham faces extinction today and has been called “rarer than a…

Beth Ann Gallagher
Alfred Hitchcock, Blogathons, Film Preservation
May, 16, 2012
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A Completely Fluffy Post About Oscar & Film Fashion

It’s time to dust off Spellbound with a completely fluffy post about Oscar and film fashion. Over the weeks in-depth posts will follow, but for now some simple visuals.

I’m another gown watcher of the…

bethanngallagher
Fashion, Joan Crawford, Oscars
Feb, 28, 2012
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Say It With Firecrackers

Somehow it’s a little too dry and a little too chilly for fireworks in the Bay Area, but I’m going to wish you a happy Fourth of July and say it with fireworks anyway….

bethanngallagher
Available on DVD, Dance, Fred Astaire, Holiday Movies, Tap
Jul, 03, 2011
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Name this Film? An Unidentified Silent Film Featuring Dorsey

The Nitrate Film Interest Group has posted new stills from another unidentified film in its vaults. Can you help them solve the mystery? Here are your first clues. The film is a silent, and…