Remember When?
A wacky find from my archives: An old mid-1990s TCM warning that a movie they were showing had been edited for content.
StinkyLulu’s Smackdown: 1992
I was once again charmed with the opportunity to participate in StinkyLulu’s excellent Supporting Actress Smackdown series, and this year was a great one: 1992. Don’t remember it off the top of your head? Two words: Marisa Tomei. You have to go read the comments and reviews on StinkyLulu’s post! …
Bette Davis Project #4: Bordertown (1935)
Paul Muni is Johnny Ramirez, a poor Latino living in L.A. who has just earned his law degree by spending 5 years in night school. His first real case comes when an elderly neighbor is hit by a drunk driver, the exceptionally racist and spoiled Dale Ewell (Margaret Lindsay) and …
Bette Davis Project #3: Housewife (1934)
Housewife (1934): Bill Reynolds (George Brent) and wife Nan (Ann Dvorak) are happily married but struggling financially and quite frustrated with everyday irritations. Nan tries to get Bill to apply for better jobs because she’s disappointed that he is such a milquetoast, and of course this attitude strains their marriage …
Counting Down the Zeroes: Gosford Park (2001)
Ibetolis at Film for the Soul is more than just a gifted blogger with an ambitious project, he is also the model of patience. As part of the Counting Down the Zeroes series, I was fortunate enough to again participate with a post about “Gosford Park” (2001), which originally appeared …
Barbara Leonard
A little art deco glamour: Barbara Leonard from Monsieur le Fox (1930)
Marie Prevost
A little Marie Prevost cheesecake brightens anyone’s day.
Rudolph Valentino
A little Rudy beefcake for your Wednesday evening.
Anna May Wong
Anna May Wong from the film “Forty Winks”.
Bette Davis Project #2: The Bad Sister (1931)
Bette Davis attended John Murray Anderson‘s acting school in her early 20s and hit Broadway in 1929 at the ripe old age of 21, where she was quickly discovered by Universal. The studio realized it had no idea what to do with her, however, and after a few films did …