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Monday, March 30, 2020

Portrayals of Mental Illness/Trauma in Film: Ronald Colman as Anthony John in "A Double Life" (1947)

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Ronald Colman already had theatrical experience before he joined the London Scottish Regionals to fight in WWI. He had been a member of t...
Friday, March 27, 2020

Fashion Spotlight: Gwen Wakeling

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Fashion artist Gwen Wakeling was hired by Cecil B. DeMille while he was working for Pathe Studios. She first costumed 1927's ...
Friday, March 20, 2020

#FridayShort Old Hollywood Footage

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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

#SayHerName #SilentFilmEdition June Mathis

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Discovered Rudolph Valentino  Included German soldiers in drag in "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" (1921) Became chi...
Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Make This: John Rollin Ridge's "The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murrieta: The Celebrated California Bandit"

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Not much is known about the origins of Zorro except that a portion of his legend involves the life story of "The Robin Hood of th...
Friday, March 6, 2020

#FridayShort Hollywood on Parade

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Wednesday, March 4, 2020

#WomenDoingAwesomeThingsWednesday Janet Leigh dealing with Howard Hughes

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Since their meeting at Melvyn LeRoy's party, Howard Hughes had become obsessed with Janet. He persisted in unwanted attentions, f...
Monday, March 2, 2020

Portrayals of Mental Illness/Trauma in Film: Humphrey Bogart as Duke Mantee in "The Petrified Forest" (1936)

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Robert Emmet Sherwood's "The Petrified Forest" opened on Broadway January 7th, 1935 which wasn't the best ti...
Friday, February 21, 2020

#FridayShort MGM Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Twenty Years After" 1944 Promotional Short for MGM's 20th Anniversary

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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

#SayTheirNames #SilentEdition Helen Holmes

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Helen Holmes was supposedly reacquainted with Mabel Normand while on a trip to Los Angeles in 1911 after having known each other in N...