I’ve been a fan of Lucille Ball since I was a kid. I remember watching episode after episode of I Love Lucy on Nick at Nite (when it actually showed classic television, that is …) and laughing constantly. Even if it was an episode I’d seen a dozen times, it still felt fresh and funny…
The Loving Lucy Blogathon starts tomorrow, August 6th!!!!!!!! (Is that enough exclamation points to get our excitement across to you? No? Well, here’s some more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) A note to all of the fabulous bloggers who’ve signed up to contribute: once you’ve posted your Lucy piece, come back here and leave a comment on this post. On…
Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; (I am large—I contain multitudes.) –Walt Whitman As regular readers can no doubt tell (and first-time visitors can likely glean from the quote above), I’m a lit nerd. I *heart* literature–the good, the bad, the trashy (hello, Harlequin romance) … I love it all (well,…
In 1954, Walt Disney and company decided to tackle their first science-fiction venture, a full-length live-action adaptation of Jules Verne’s 1870 novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Originally, the plan was to animate Verne’s story–after all, Disney’s animation studio had found undeniable success in adapting literary works ranging from Felix Salten’s environmental novel Bambi, A…
The past nine days have been busy and somewhat fruitful … well, everywhere except this blog. Carrie, Nikki, and I enjoyed a weekend in Birmingham (that’s Alabama, not England—though Lord knows we all probably wish it were) with some of our college buddies. All told, the seven of us had not all been in the…
Today marks the 100th birthday of the fabulous Ginger Rogers! I have to admit, I’m somewhat surprised that TCM is not marking the occasion with a day of Ginger-centric films—after all, there’s no dearth of great movies from Ginger’s extensive filmography. She could do it all: melodrama (1940’s Kitty Foyle), romance (1945’s Weekend at the Waldorf),…
Time seems to be flying by this summer. I can’t believe we’re less than a month from Lucille Ball’s centenary … and our Loving Lucy Blogathon! Naturally, we Lucyphiles are almost bursting with excitement. Here’s a quick update on how (we hope) things will work. The “rules” (I use the term loosely) for this blogathon…
For years, I was quite certain that when it came time to cast the role of the tortured, mysterious Maxim de Winter for the 1940 film version of Rebecca, the first—and only—name on everyone’s lips in Hollywood had to have been Laurence Olivier. How could it NOT be? The dashing, dark, and oh-so-handsome Brit had…
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