For the blogathon, I interviewed Alyssa Botelho. We discussed her Lusitanic heritage, her career, the New Bedford Film Festival, & what’s in her future.
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This is the first guest post ever on Spellbound! Friend Ana Roland celebrates about her favorite actress Sônia Braga.
Spellbound by Movies has gone multimedia!
What else was I up to during my winter blogging hiatus? My most initially time-consuming movie project outside of Spellbound involves Twitter. After articles from Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, and Variety bemoaned the lack of women film critics or their lack of prominence in the industry, I decided to do something pro-active. I created a women film critics…
After hearing Julie London on String of Pearls, I searched for examples where her music not only intersected with film, but also the performer herself. I discovered she made over twenty films, and I found the gem below, an interlude in the Jayne Mansfield flick, The Girl Can’t Help It. London performed with a limited…
My apologies for the break! The posts will become more frequent in the coming months. Until then please enjoy the following: Leave or Read Comments.
To welcome you into the new year, here’s a clip from After the Thin Man (1936) featuring Penny Singleton (aka Blondie): If we put half as much effort into our new endeavors as Singleton does hoofing and singing in this scene, then we will all have a great year. Leave or Read Comments.
