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Marie Prevost – Canadian-Born Actress
Marie Prevost (November 8, 1898 – January 21, 1937) was a Canadian-born actress of the early days of cinema. During her twenty year career, she made 121 silent and talking pictures. Early life Born Ma… more →
Party Girl (1930) Full Movie
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The Gang’s All Here: Five Reasons to Love The Racket (1928)
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wrote 2 months ago: Chicago—night, circa 1925. A high window opens and a head bobs up in front of the dim, disquieting j … more →
Pre-Code BINGO!
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wrote 4 months ago: “Damn. I’m just one square away from Pre-Code BINGO!” I love the Pre-Code era. I l … more →
She Works Hard For the Money: The Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection on DVD from TCM
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wrote 5 months ago: Sex sells, the old saying goes. It also employs, or at least it did in movies made before enforcemen … more →
Let’s Go to the Movies
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wrote 5 months ago: Orphan Annie thought going to the movies was beyond her wildest dreams. During the Great Depression, … more →
10 laps / 10 hours to go
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wrote 5 months ago: Another entry — just under the wire — from Stacia at She Blogged By Night — former … more →
The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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wrote 5 months ago: On March 5 1922, Louise Maunsell Field published her review of The Beautiful and the Damned in the N … more →
Stars of Slapstick #22: Marie Prevost
wrote 6 months ago: This is one in a series of posts we are producing in connection with our new book Chain of Fools: Si … more →
"Amazingly Unusual" : Two new reviews for Dangerous Curves Atop Hollywood Heels
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wrote 9 months ago: I’m always delighted when someone takes the time to read my books. I’m thrilled when th … more →
Dangerous Curves Atop Hollywood Heels
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wrote 9 months ago: Dangerous Curves Atop Hollywood Heels: The Lives, Careers and Misfortunes of 14 Hard-Luck Girls of t … more →
Marie Prevost - Canadian-Born Actress
wrote 1 year ago: Marie Prevost (November 8, 1898 – January 21, 1937) was a Canadian-born actress of the early days of … more →
Paid (1930)
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wrote 1 year ago: When Mary Turner (Joan Crawford) is unjustly accused of stealing from her workplace, she’s sen … more →
When Night Time Comes
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wrote 1 year ago: This tattered page from a mid-1920s movie magazine has inspired me for decades. It is one of my trea … more →
Ladies of Leisure (Frank Capra, 1930)
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wrote 1 year ago: I haven’t had much time for blogging lately, even for the shorter postings I keep vaguely prom … more →
Marie Prevost - Canadian-Born Actress
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wrote 1 year ago: Marie Prevost (November 8, 1898 – January 21, 1937) was a Canadian-born actress of the early days of … more →
While L.A. Burns....
wrote 1 year ago: … real estate gasps and sardonic graffiti marks even the most upscale areas. Nathanael West wo … more →
Oscar Vault Monday - The Racket, 1928 (dir. Lewis Milestone)
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wrote 1 year ago: The Racket was long thought a lost film. After the death of Howard Hughes, however, one surviving pr … more →
A Death in the Afternoon - Sad Fade Out on Afton Place
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wrote 2 years ago: Looking east down Afton Place showing the identical twin apartments, The Amesbury (L) and The Aftoni … more →
