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Pictured Above: 1931 Academy Awards November 5th, 1930
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About Me:
I've loved movies for as long as I can remember. For the past 20 years, I've worked for several of the major studios, including MGM, Warner Bros. & 20th Century Fox in their Home Entertainment divisions. The 1930's is my favorite decade for movies and I'm really partial to pre-code & Film Noir.
I've loved movies for as long as I can remember. For the past 20 years, I've worked for several of the major studios, including MGM, Warner Bros. & 20th Century Fox in their Home Entertainment divisions. The 1930's is my favorite decade for movies and I'm really partial to pre-code & Film Noir.
Blogathons:
I will be writing about Red Dust ('32), which starred Clark Gable, Jean Harlow & Mary Astor & comparing it to the remake Mogambo ('53) which also starred Gable, but with Ava Gardner & Grace Kelly. Link to blogathon: https://bit.ly/2PnKtwk
I will be wrote about My Gal Sal (1942), starring Rita Hayworth & Victor Mature for the 100 Years of Rita Hayworth Blogathon on October 17th. Here is the link to he event: https://bit.ly/2O0OX87
I will be writing about Billy Wilder's classic Some Like it Hot for the Gender Bending the Rules Blogathon on September 21st. Here is the link: https://bit.ly/2JyHOIy
I will be blogging about Preston Sturges' Remember the Night for the Fred MacMurray Blogathon on August 30th. Here is the link: https://bit.ly/2NXSrbo
I will be writing a piece about John Ford's The Searchers for the Natalie Wood Blogathon on July 17th. Link to hosting website here: https://bit.ly/2L6gX89
I will be Blogging about Jean Vigo's masterpiece L'Atalante ('34) for the Free For All Blogathon on 3/3.
I will be reviewing Mogambo ('53), starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner & Grace Kelly for The Clark Gable Blogathon on Feb 1st.
I will be reviewing Criss Cross (1949, Robert Siodmak) for the It Takes a Thief Blogothon on 11/17/17
I will be blogging about Wild Orchids for the Greta Garbo Blogathon on 11/22
I'll be blogging about Blood Simple in the 'Till Death Us Do Part Blogathon on 7/24
I'll be blogging about The Red Shoes in the En Pointe: The Ballet Blogathon on 8/4 & 8/5.
Featured Actor/Actress
Top 10 Miriam Hopkins Films
Miriam Hopkins would never be called a shrinking violet. She was bold, mischievous & strong headed, but every bit the Southern gentlewoman she was raised to be. She was whip smart, friend to authors and politicians & was an avid art & book collector. She was also a daring actor, who was at one point Margaret Mitchell's choice to play Scarlett O'Hara. While she is most remembered for her multiple performances in a string of witty Ernst Lubitsch films in the 1930's, her career spanned 5 decades, but produced only 36 film roles. Because she moved from studio to studio & worked with multiple producers there is no defining style that she is identified with, but that freedom allowed her focus on the roles that suited her. She appeared in the first all Technicolor feature (Becky Sharp ('35 Mamoulian), and was a regular on stage and later on television. Her best work was definitely in the 1930's, but her later performance in The Heiress ('49 Wyler) won her praises as well.
Featured Director
Top 10 Billy Wilder Films
Billy Wilder may be the greatest director in American movie history. He transcended genre, creating arguably the best Noir film (Double Indemnity), the greatest comedy (Some Like it Hot) & the best film about Hollywood (Sunset Blvd.), among a career that garnered 6 Oscars & another 8 nominations & spanned more than 35 years. His Top10 list is no easy feat, but we'll pare it down shortly.
Picture Credits: Dr Macro
