Living in a former movie theatre, it was the architecture of the place that connected my home to its former function–until this week. This week I went up into my attic, the former projection booth, to see how its roof has been holding up under the recent barrage of rain. My landlord was too good at…
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- Anouncements
- Anthony Perkins
- Appreciations
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- Audrey Hepburn
- Authors
- Available on DVD
- Awards
- Back to Blogging
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- Before They Were Stars
- Ben Model
- Bette Davis
- Bettie Page
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- Beulah Annan
- Biographies & Memoirs
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- Classic Movie Blog Association
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- Criterion
- Fabulous Films of the 50s
- Fairy Tale
- Flicker Alley's Children of Divorce
- For the Love of Film
- Forgotten Stars
- Luso World Cinema Blogathon
- Pre-Code
- Romantic Comedy 2014
- The Caftan Woman Blogathon
- William Wellman
- World War One in Classic Film
- Book Reviews
- Books
- Booksellers on Film
- Business of Blogging
- Carmen Miranda
- Carole Lombard
- Cate Blanchett
- Caturday
- Channing Pollock
- Charles Laughton
- Clara Bow
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- Costuming
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- Cyd Charisse
- Dance
- Dancers
- David Niven
- Debbie Reynolds
- Debra Paget
- Diane Lane
- Directors
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Alice Guy Blaché
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Charley Chase
- Claire Parker
- David Lynch
- Delmer Daves
- Dorothy Arzner
- Frank Urson
- Georges Franju
- Germaine Dulac
- Guy Maddin
- Jeffrey Schwarz
- John Cassavetes
- John Waters
- Leni Riefenstahl
- Lois Weber
- Lotte Reiniger
- Mabel Normand
- Madeline Brandeis
- Marie-Louise Iribe
- Mark Rappaport
- Mary Ellen Bute
- Mary Harron
- Matthew Weiner
- Maya Deren
- Mrs. Wallace Reid
- Olga Preobrazhenskaia
- Pablo Berger
- Roger Corman
- Rupert Hughes
- Segundo de Chomón
- Tim Burton
- William Castle
- William Wellman
- Women Film Directors
- Woody Allen
- Divine
- Divorce
- Documentaries
- Dolores Hart
- Dorothy Malone
- Drama
- Édith Scob
- Edna Purviance
- Einar Hanson
- Eleanor Boardman
- Elsa Lanchester
- Era
- Eric Campbell
- Esther Ralston
- Evelyn Brent
- Experimental
- Fairhaven Film History
- Fairy Tales
- Fan Art
- Fashion
- Fifi D'Orsay
- Film Community
- Film Essays
- Film Fanatic Gear
- Film Fanatics
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- Film Noir
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- Films
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- Found Footage
- Francine Bergé
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- Funny Friday
- Gary Cooper
- George Sanders
- Ginger Rogers
- Glenda Farrell
- Glenda Jacksom
- Gretchen Mol
- Happy Birthday
- Harold Lloyd
- Hedda Hopper
- Herbert Marshall
- Hiatus
- Holiday Movies
- Holidays
- Hollywood Pets
- Horror
- Identify This Film
- Illeana Douglas
- Interviews
- Jack Lemmon
- Jean Arthur
- Jean Harlow
- Jessica Lange
- Joan Bennett
- Joan Crawford
- Joan Fontaine
- Judy Holliday
- Julienne Mathieu
- Kay Francis
- Kyle MacLachlan
- Laura Dern
- LBGTQ
- Length
- Lillian Gish
- Lillian Roth
- Louise Brooks
- Make-up
- Manifesta
- Margot Robbie
- Mark Gatiss
- Mary Pickford
- Maureen O'Hara
- Maurine Dallas Watkins
- Max von Sydow
- Memberships
- Memorials
- Mexico
- Mia Farrow
- Michel Vitold
- Miriam Hopkins
- Moira Shearer
- Movie Moguls
- Movie Podcasts
- Movie Reviews
- Movie Streams & Downloads
- Movie Studios
- Movies
- Behind the Door
- Bird of Paradise (1951)
- Chicago (1927)
- Children of Divorce (1927)
- Cry-Baby
- Filibus 1915
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928)
- Gold Diggers of 1933
- Jamaica Inn (1939)
- Ladies and Gentlemen
- Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
- Nightmare in Wax (1969)
- Of Human Bondage
- Pin Up Girl (1944)
- Star Wars (1977)
- The Fabulous Stains (1982)
- The Red Shoes (1948)
- The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
- Times Square (1980)
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
- Women He's Undressed
- Movies About Making Movies
- Musicals
- Musidora
- Must Watch List
- My Family & Film
- Myrna Loy
- Natalie Wood
- Noir Alley Ambassador 2020
- Norman Lloyd
- Novelty Films
- October Terrors
- Old Time Radio
- Oscars
- Out-of-Print-in-the-US
- Patsy Kelly
- Personal Recollections
- Peter Lawford
- Phyllis Haver
- Podcast Guest Appearance
- Pre-Code
- Preservationists
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- Quick Reviews
- Quotations
- Reel Life & Real Life
- Remakes
- Remembrances
- Revenge
- Rio Vista
- Robert Montgomery
- Romance
- Romance
- Roy Rogers
- Saoirse Ronan
- Science Fiction
- Screening Alert
- Screenings
- Screenwriters
- Seasonal Greetings
- Sherlock Holmes
- Silent Film
- Sisterhood
- Snub Pollard
- Sônia Braga
- Special Occasions
- Spellbound By Movies Events
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- Spy Films
- Summer Reading Challenge
- Susan Hayward
- Susan Sarandon
- Tab Hunter
- TCM Fans
- TCMFF 2017 Diary
- TCMFF 2018 Diary
- Television
- The Power of Costuming
- The Road to #TCMFF 2016
- The Road to TCMFF 2017
- The Road to TCMFF 2018
- The Road to TCMFF 2019
- Thelma Todd
- Throwback Thursday
- Traci Lords
- Trailers
- Trick Films
- Tune in or DVR
- Turner Classic Movies
- TV Biopics
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- Universal Monsters
- Unreleased to DVD
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- Victor Mature
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- Vista Theatre
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1950s
Happy New Year!
- Beth Ann Gallagher
- 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, Cyd Charisse, Era, Evelyn Brent, Fashion, Holidays, Kay Francis, New Year, New Year's Eve, Susan Hayward
- Jan 3, 2017
- 0 Comments
In the United States we’ve been lucky to have two New Year’s Days this year–Sunday the actual day and Monday the legally recognized holiday. Before both have been departed too long, I’d like the glamour of the holiday to linger a little longer, at least on the pages of my blog. New Year’s Eve I…
Spellbound by Movie’s #TCMFF Bésame Cosmetics Giveaway Contest!
- Beth Ann Gallagher
- Bésame, Contests, Film Festivals, TCM Film Festival
- Apr 22, 2016
- 2 Comments
When I submitted my media credential application to cover the TCM Classic Film Festival (TCMFF), I told them one of my coverage interests was how fans present themselves, how they dress or adorn themselves to show their love of classic movies and their eras and TCM. I’ve done a bit of that in advance by reporting…
Garson Kanin originally wrote It Should Happen to You as a vehicle for Danny Kaye. When his creative partner and wife Ruth Gordon read it, she knew who would be perfect for the part—Judy Holliday! The script was rewritten for her. What resulted was part satire on the pursuit of fame and part…
You Know You’re A Film Fanatic When–Judy Holliday!
- Beth Ann Gallagher
- Appreciations, Awards, Comedies, Judy Holliday, Oscars, Performances
- Apr 5, 2014
- 0 Comments
You know you’re a film fanatic when you get emotional defending Judy Holliday‘s 1950 Oscar win for Born Yesterday to your husband–and he agrees with you the whole time! Judy had formidable competition that year. She was up against Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard, Bette Davis and Anne Baxter for All About Eve, and…
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