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Glenda Farrell & Her Twin Siamese Cats

Beth Ann Gallagher
Books, Caturday, Fay Wray and Robert Riskin, Glenda Farrell, Robert Riskin
Mar 9, 2019
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Victoria Riskin’s new family memoir lets us in on a “secret” that’s been staring back at us from photographs of feline-loving Glenda Farrell.

Women’s History Month Read THE GIRLS IN THE PICTURE

Beth Ann Gallagher
Book Reviews, Frances Marion, Mary Pickford, Women's History Month
Mar 23, 2018
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Melanie Benjamin’s novel delves into the extraordinary friendship and careers of Mary Pickford and Frances Marion.

The Casting That Almost Was–Louise Brooks as Dorothy Shaw

Beth Ann Gallagher
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928), Louise Brooks, Movies
Mar 9, 2016
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When refreshing about Anita Loos for my post on the writer, I stumbled across a reference in Pamela Hutchinson‘s excellent silent film column Silent but Deadly! about a casting that almost was–Louise Brooks as Dorothy Shaw. Louise was the studio’s choice to appear in the first screen adaptation of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928). If she had been cast,…

Happy International Women’s Day 2016!

Beth Ann Gallagher
Anita Loos, Holidays, International Women's Day, Screenwriters
Mar 8, 2016
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For International Women’s Day, let’s take a moment to remember a woman of words, Anita Loos. She started screenwriting in the silent era, and she’s credited for elevating the intertitle beyond the functional into an art form. A wordsmith, wit, and satirist, her intertitles had zing. Yes, they had “It.” It’s likely her exposure to the family tabloid…

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Glenda Farrell & Her Twin Siamese Cats

Women’s History Month Read THE GIRLS IN THE PICTURE

Happy International Women’s Day 2016!