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For the Love of Film Blogathon 2015

Beth Ann Gallagher
1910s, Blogathons, Era, Film Preservation, For the Love of Film, Science Fiction, Silent Film
May 12, 2015
9 Comments

Yesterday I wanted some background noise TV, but when I turned it on an error message popped up on my screen, and that led me to contacting cable support, who worked me through a series of steps only to tell me that my receiver/DVR combo unit had died. I thought I had lost all my…

Fairy Tale Blogathon: Claire (2001)

Beth Ann Gallagher
Blogathons, Fairy Tale, Fairy Tales, Silent Film
Nov 11, 2014
12 Comments

Contemporary silent film Claire frames a story of longings once impossible inside a loose adaptation of a Japanese fairy tale. The movie quietly champions the themes of acceptance, fatherhood, and families of choice. The methods used to depict this tale are strictly early twentieth century, and the images they make are a dream-like mix of the quotidian and the mystical. All…

CMBA Forgotten Stars Blogathon: The Time Bebe Daniels Couldn’t Get Out of a Speeding Ticket

Beth Ann Gallagher
Bebe Daniels, Blogathons, CMBA, Forgotten Stars
Oct 31, 2014
25 Comments

It reads like a publicity stunt out of the movie Bombshell. Silent film sweetheart Bebe Daniels was ticketed for speeding, tried, convicted, sentenced to jail, and forced to serve time. Rather than being planned like the stunts in that movie, Bebe did like to speed, and she had gotten caught. Her press agent helped her spin a potentially…

World War One in Classic Film Blogathon: Dark Journey (1937)

Beth Ann Gallagher
Blogathons, Conrad Veidt, Spy Films, Vivien Leigh, War Films, World War One in Classic Film
Sep 7, 2014
16 Comments

Vivien Leigh viewed Dark Journey as a “personal failure.” It was her sixth film, but “her first true leading role,” and her lack of confidence during the production made her overly critical of her performance. She might not have counted it among her best, but she plays the part of Madeleine Goddard better than she thought. A double agent during World…

World War One in Classic Film Blogathon

Beth Ann Gallagher
Blogathons, Documentaries, Drama, Mexico, Movie Streams & Downloads, Must Watch List, Old Time Radio, Trailers, Tune in or DVR, World War One in Classic Film
Aug 2, 2014
0 Comments

“Art is a wound turned into light,” said painter Georges Braque. It’s only fitting then that the place of light and shadows, the cinema, was where those early generations turned to make sense of The Great War. As soon as it was over, the first films featuring it as a subject came out. They still come…

Fabulous Films of the 50s CMBA Blogathon: It Should Happen to You (1954)

Beth Ann Gallagher
1950s, Blogathons, Classic Movie Blog Association, CMBA, Comedies, Era, Fabulous Films of the 50s, Jack Lemmon, Judy Holliday, Peter Lawford
May 26, 2014
10 Comments

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…

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 movies to watch at Christmas-time is Bell, Book and Candle. Growing up, I’d often watch it with my family as…

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 tracked dogs featured in his films even back to his British filmmaking days. I’m going to focus on one of my…

For the Love of Film Blogathon: Alfred Hitchcock & His Terriers

Beth Ann Gallagher
Alfred Hitchcock, Blogathons, Film Preservation
May 16, 2012
3 Comments

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 tiger,” but it was once favored by royalty, authors, and Hollywood stars. Princess Margaret, Dorothy Parker, Maurice Sendak, Humphrey Bogart, Elizabeth…

For the Love of Film (Noir): Christmas Holiday (1944)

bethanngallagher
Blogathons, Film Noir, Out-of-Print-in-the-US
Feb 14, 2011
11 Comments

Any holiday can bring out the worst in people, but Christmas Holiday really isn’t about the supposedly joyous season. It’s a noir, so how can it be? A soldier’s Christmas leave provides the frame for the story. He”s just been jilted by his sweetheart, and he’s angry, so angry that he has to call upon…

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