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- Lois Weber
- Lotte Reiniger
- Mabel Normand
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- Dorothy Malone
- Drama
- Édith Scob
- Edna Purviance
- Einar Hanson
- Eleanor Boardman
- Elsa Lanchester
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- Harold Lloyd
- Hedda Hopper
- Herbert Marshall
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- Identify This Film
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- Jack Lemmon
- Jean Arthur
- Jean Harlow
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- Joan Bennett
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- Joan Fontaine
- Judy Holliday
- Julienne Mathieu
- Kay Francis
- Kyle MacLachlan
- Laura Dern
- LBGTQ
- Length
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- Lillian Roth
- Louise Brooks
- Make-up
- Manifesta
- Margot Robbie
- Mark Gatiss
- Mary Pickford
- Maureen O'Hara
- Maurine Dallas Watkins
- Max von Sydow
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- Michel Vitold
- Miriam Hopkins
- Moira Shearer
- Movie Moguls
- Movie Podcasts
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- Movie Streams & Downloads
- Movie Studios
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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
- Musicals
- Musidora
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- My Family & Film
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- Natalie Wood
- Noir Alley Ambassador 2020
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- Television
- The Power of Costuming
- The Road to #TCMFF 2016
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- Throwback Thursday
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Before They Were Stars: Audrey Hepburn’s Revue Days
- Beth Ann Gallagher
- Audrey Hepburn, Before They Were Stars
- Mar 1, 2017
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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…
Happy Valentine’s Day!
- Beth Ann Gallagher
- Clara Bow, Holidays, Valentine's Day
- Feb 15, 2017
- 2 Comments
The holiday is over, and I’m off to slumber, but this redhead hopes your holiday was as least as good as hers! Leave or Read Comments.
Why I created a Patreon account.
- Beth Ann Gallagher
- Anouncements, Business of Blogging, Carole Lombard, Patreon
- Jan 17, 2017
- 0 Comments
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!
- Beth Ann Gallagher
- Fifi D'Orsay, Holidays, Thanksgiving
- Nov 24, 2016
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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…
Happy Thanksgiving!
- Beth Ann Gallagher
- Holidays, Lillian Roth, Thanksgiving, Thelma Todd
- Nov 26, 2015
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I hope everyone celebrating today had a lovely Thanksgiving! What kind of weekend do you have planned? I’ll be using a good chunk of my long holiday weekend to finish up Michelle Morgan‘s The Ice Cream Blonde, watch movies, and get some writing done. Leave or Read Comments.
Merry Christmas!
- Beth Ann Gallagher
- Christmas, Colleen Moore, Holidays
- Dec 25, 2014
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Merry Christmas from Spellbound by Movies HQ! The woman serenading us with carols is actress Colleen Moore. I selected her to share glad holiday tidings because 2014 was a great year for the departed actress. Her long thought lost final two silent films, Why Be Good? and Synthetic Sin, were restored, and they toured specialty…
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