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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
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Let’s review what’s being offered together!

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
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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…

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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
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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…

Toronto Silent Film Festival News!

Beth Ann Gallagher
1920s, Anouncements, Chicago (1927), Era, Film Festivals, Movies, Phyllis Haver, Publication, Silent Film, Toronto Silent Film Festival
Dec 21, 2016
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The Toronto Silent Film Festival is selling early bird passes for its 2017 edition. Get yours before they run or time out! While things didn’t work out for me to attend in 2016, I’ll be there at least in published word in April. I’m very excited to be contributing a piece about CHICAGO (1927) and…

Guest Appearance on First Time Watchers

Beth Ann Gallagher
First Time Watchers, Harold Lloyd, Movie Podcasts, Podcast Guest Appearance, Silent Film
May 19, 2016
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I’d been keeping a secret for a little while, in case it fell through, but it happened! I made a guest appearance on First Time Watchers this week. It’s a movie podcast hosted by Tim Costa, Hermano DaSilva, and Walter Vinci. I want to disclose the last host is one of my cousins! Movie madness runs in…

Celebrating National Classic Movie Day with the 5 Movies on an Island Blogathon

Beth Ann Gallagher
5 Movies on an Island, Blogathons, Classic Film, Holidays, National Classic Movie Day
May 15, 2016
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Monday, May 16 is National Classic Movie Day. As part of its festivities, I’ve joined other classic film bloggers in promoting the holiday with the 5 Movies on an Island Blogathon. I’ve selected five classic movies that would entertain and sustain me on this miraculous deserted island having screening capabilities. I explain my choices below!…

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…

#52FilmsByWomen

Beth Ann Gallagher
#52FilmsByWomen, Directors, Viewing Campaigns, Women Film Directors
Mar 5, 2016
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During my recent blogging hiatus, I took a movie-watching pledge that’s perfect to share with you during March, which is Women’s History Month. I pledged to watch 52 Films By Women. I’m watching at least one film directed by a woman a week. I started fulfilling my pledge in January. I’m not alone in joining the…

San Francisco Silent Film Festival Preview, Why Be Good? (1929)

Beth Ann Gallagher
Colleen Moore, Film Festivals, Louise Brooks, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Silent Film
May 31, 2015
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My San Francisco Silent Film Festival preview was interrupted due to being felled by a bug, but I want to mention a surefire hit of the fest screening today–Colleen Moore in Why Be Good? (1929). Thanks to Ron Hutchinson and The Vitaphone Project, Colleen Moore returns to the festival in Why Be Good (1929)! Her Wild Oat Screened…

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