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Spellbound Awarded 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival Media Credential!

Beth Ann Gallagher
Classic Film, Film Festivals, TCM Film Festival, The Road to TCMFF 2017
Mar 10, 2017
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For the second year in a row, I’ve been awarded a media credential to the TCM Classic Film Festival.

Remembering Robert Osborne

Beth Ann Gallagher
Classic Film, Film Historians, Remembrances, Robert Osborne
Mar 8, 2017
6 Comments

Late Monday morning I was crying. A quick look at Twitter let me know something I hoped wouldn’t happen yet had.

The Road to TCMFF 2017: My Wish List

Beth Ann Gallagher
Classic Film, Film Festivals, Silent Film, TCM Film Festival, The Road to TCMFF 2017
Mar 6, 2017
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I fantasize about what the festival programmers could schedule.

TCMFF 2017’s Early Announced Films, How Classic Are They?

Beth Ann Gallagher
Film Festivals, TCM Film Festival, The Road to TCMFF 2017
Mar 5, 2017
6 Comments

Let’s review what’s being offered together!

Throwback Thursday: The Majestic Beauty of the Alabama Hills

The Alabama Hills are a photographer’s delight. When I visited, no matter what direction I looked in, I was surrounded by majestic and extremely photogenic beauty. All around me were rock formations that varied in shape and height, even within clusters. As morning turned into afternoon and the sun changed its angle in the sky, light slid…

Before They Were Stars: Audrey Hepburn’s Revue Days

In Audrey Hepburn‘s third film, the British comedy LAUGHTER IN PARADISE (1951), she played the part of “Cigarette Girl” She was cute and memorable in a role that gave her multiple scenes and lines. Costuming showed less faith than casting. They treated her body as something to be made more stereotypically sexy, so they padded and…

Things You Find When You Live in a Former Movie Theatre

Beth Ann Gallagher
1950s, 1960s, Directors, Era, John Cassavetes, Judy Holliday, Nightmare in Wax (1969), Roger Corman, The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956), Vista Theatre
Feb 25, 2017
18 Comments

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…

Quote: The Importance of Women Writing Their Own Stories

Beth Ann Gallagher
Illeana Douglas, Quotations, Women in Film
Feb 23, 2017
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“I did this show called TRAILBLAZING WOMEN, and the biggest thing I’ve learned in two years of doing the show is that men write their history and that’s why they’re remembered more than women. Cecil B. DeMille made sure to write everything down, but all the other women that were working at the same time…

Why I created a Patreon account.

Beth Ann Gallagher
Anouncements, Business of Blogging, Carole Lombard, Patreon
Jan 17, 2017
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I’ve been getting ambitious about Spellbound by Movies. There’s so much I want to do with my blog, I want to invest more time in it to promote classic and silent films. While I say Spellbound is sometimes irregularly, but always lovingly updated, I’d like to get on a regular schedule. I have expansion ideas. There are…

Happy Thanksgiving!

Things have been hectic at chez Spellbound. We’re moving! As I pack today, my husband’s been cooking our Thanksgiving dinner. While we hadn’t planned to move yet (our landlords are resuming occupancy of our apartment), something stressful has turned into a blessing. We’re relocating to a cool, new home–a loft on the second story of what…

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