A reminder: TCM has scheduled a tribute tonight to the late actress Patricia Neal, who passed away last month at the age of 84. Make sure you catch a fantastic lineup of films featuring some of Neal’s most indelible screen performances, beginning with her Private Screenings interview with host Robert Osborne at 8PM EST. The…
It should come as no surprise that the three of us grew up loving animated films in general, and Walt Disney feature films in particular. We grew up in the time of the “clamshell” video cases, and I remember a veritable forest of them populating the shelves of my parents’ entertainment center. In fact, they’re…
Welcome to the introductory post for our Feminist Fridays series! Keep in mind that many of the comments contained herein are tongue-in-cheek in nature and are not intended to offend or inflame those who may take them otherwise. Also, these posts are not intended to be scholarly or academic or otherwise “learned” reviews, but are…
In the 1937 film Broadway Melody of 1938, a young Judy Garland sings “Dear Mr. Gable: You Made Me Love You” to a photograph of the handsome star: “Dear Mr. Gable, I am writing this to you and I hope that you will read it so you’ll know My heart beats like a hammer and…
In a mere three weeks, Gone With the Wind fans raised more than $30,000 to ensure the restoration and care of five costumes from the 1939 film. The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, which holds the costumes, intends to restore them in time to display them (and perhaps tour other…
The following is a short story I wrote for an undergraduate writing class. I was fascinated by the interaction between Alfred Hitchcock and mega-producer David O. Selznick, a storied rivalry that has since become Hollywood legend. This story is my imagining of Selznick’s notorious memo-writing prowess and Hitchcock’s reaction to his micromanaging techniques. In the…
Alfred Hitchcock’s 1957 film The Wrong Man marks such a departure in tone, storyline, and the typical “Hitch” tropes that, upon first seeing it, many viewers may question whether they are actually watching a Hitchcock movie at all. The movie is a somewhat strange entry in Hitchcock’s repertoire. Based on a true story, it’s less…
You’re welcome. 🙂 I don’t know what made me think of this today, but I was glad to find it posted online! In “The Autograph Hound,” released by Walt Disney Studios in 1939, Donald Duck travels around “Hollywood Studios” in search of autographs from the famous stars of the day, all while trying to allude…
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