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Monday, February 26, 2018

#WomanEmpowermentWednesday Greer Garson and "She M'Daisy" in Random Harvest (1942)

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Although "Random Harvest" was a film adaptation of a popular novel, its two main characters brought plenty of characterizatio...
Sunday, February 25, 2018

#WomanEmpowermentWednesday #MemorableSupportingActor Beulah Bondi

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Bondi was better known to have played James Stewart's mother in four different movies including "It's a Wonderful Life...

Make This: William Haines Bio Pic

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One day in 1933 in Louis B. Mayer's office, an ultimatum was made. Either his most popular actor, silent star William Haines enter a ...

#FridayShort Hollywood on Parade

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Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Remake This: "Random Harvest" by James Hilton

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World War 2 helped create the response to Mervyn LeRoy's Oscar nominated film. 1942's "Random Harvest" brought in 4.5 m...
Sunday, January 28, 2018

Oscar Winning Fashion Spotlight #AcademyAwards #BestCostumeDesign Edith Head

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For being a graduate in letters and sciences with honors in French, this isn't the usual beginnings for the legendary Oscar winning cost...

#WomanEmpowermentWednesday #AcademyAwards #BestActressWinner Norma Shearer

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Got director Viktor Tourjansky fired because he was not sure of her cross-eyed stare When Louis B. Mayer hired director W.S. "One...

#ManCrushMonday #AcademyAwards #BestActorWinner Fredric March in "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946)

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Al Stephenson finally comes after the war to his wife and his adult children, but life as a civilian is difficult. But he tries to make t...

#WomanEmpowermentWednesday Joan Harrison

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Reviewed films for the student newspaper at St. Hugh's College, Oxford One of three female producers in the 1940s-1950s Had amb...

#ManCrushMonday Allan Jones in "Showboat" (1936)

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Gaylord Ravenal was just a gambler living completely on charm before finding himself the male lead on the show boat "The Cotton Blossom...