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- Debra Paget
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- Alfred Hitchcock
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- Charley Chase
- Claire Parker
- David Lynch
- Delmer Daves
- Dorothy Arzner
- Frank Urson
- Georges Franju
- Germaine Dulac
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- Jeffrey Schwarz
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- 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
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- Dorothy Malone
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- Edna Purviance
- Einar Hanson
- Eleanor Boardman
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- Gretchen Mol
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- Harold Lloyd
- Hedda Hopper
- Herbert Marshall
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- Identify This Film
- Illeana Douglas
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- 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
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- Mark Gatiss
- Mary Pickford
- Maureen O'Hara
- Maurine Dallas Watkins
- Max von Sydow
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- Michel Vitold
- Miriam Hopkins
- Moira Shearer
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- 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
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- Musidora
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- Noir Alley Ambassador 2020
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- Romance
- Roy Rogers
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- Summer Reading Challenge
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- Susan Sarandon
- Tab Hunter
- TCM Fans
- TCMFF 2017 Diary
- TCMFF 2018 Diary
- Television
- The Power of Costuming
- The Road to #TCMFF 2016
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- The Road to TCMFF 2019
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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 fandom, I knew I had to interview the delightful and talented Kate Gabrielle. She makes movie buttons that many festival attendees proudly…
Coming Back from Hiatus!
- Beth Ann Gallagher
- Hiatus, Upcoming
- Sep 1, 2015
- 0 Comments
I confess I took an unannounced hiatus from Spellbound by Movies. That doesn’t mean I’ve not been indulging in my movie love. I had an overwhelmingly good time at the twentieth San Francisco Silent Film Festival, and I flew out to New York state for my second Capitolfest, which remains a favorite. I’ll be blogging…
Saturday morning’s program starts with the family-friendly Speedy (1928), and some parents likely will bring their tots for an outing to this screening. I love seeing kids getting their introduction to silents or enjoying a return trip to the festival. Comedies are a great gateway into silent film for all ages. In this slapstick feature,…
It’s hard not to get seduced into enjoying Trouble in Paradise. Ernst Lubitsch‘s 1932 pre-code delights on all levels. Leads Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, and Herbert Marshall look their best while giving career high performances. The dialogue they speak with ease is witty, naughty, and quotable. They move about in gorgeous art deco sets. The…
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…
Love Crazy opens with Steve Ireland (William Powell) singing along with It’s Delightful to be Married. The film reunites him with frequent co-star Myrna Loy, playing his wife Susan. Together in the Thin Man series, they showed screengoers how delightful it was to be married. Their chemistry combined with their characters’ mature relationship with each other…
For Valentine’s Day, here is one of my favorite romantic scenes from a musical. The film Lovely to Look At, a remake of Roberta, may not be memorable as a whole, but it showcases some imaginative dance sequences featuring Marge and Gower Champion. While they had the unenviable task of replacing Ginger Rogers and Fred…
Spellbound by Movies is a passion project. I fell in love with movies at a young age. As an only child I might have been more susceptible to their lure. I was making up my own stories already, and I grew up in a place rich with history, which meant listening to others’ stories. Seeing…
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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