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Happy New Year!

To welcome you into the new year, here’s a clip from After the Thin Man (1936) featuring Penny Singleton (aka Blondie):

If we put half as much effort into our new endeavors as Singleton does…

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Seasonal Greetings
Jan, 01, 2009
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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…

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1930s, Biographies & Memoirs, Era, Ginger Rogers, Gold Diggers of 1933, Movies, Pre-Code
Dec, 30, 2008
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Event: The Pre-Code Follies

The highlight of my weekend mail was the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum Newsletter. Each month I scan their listings looking for goodies. Lately they’ve been experimenting with their offerings. They used to hold…

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Screenings
Dec, 28, 2008
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Cause for Alarm!

Cause for Alarm! (1951)Directed by Tay GarnettWritten by Larry Marcus, Mel Dinelli, & Tom LewisStarring Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, & Bruce Cowling
This film mixes camp and noir, so purists may not like it, but…