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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

The Many Loves of Elizabeth Taylor

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This exploration of the life, loves and career of Elizabeth Taylor is my entry for "The Wedding Bells Blogathon" hosted by Hom...
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Friday, January 10, 2020

Celebrating "The Shop Around the Corner" on its 80th Birthday

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Today marks the 80 th anniversary of the premiere of what has been called Ernst Lubitsch’s “most discreet tour de force of art conc...
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Sunday, November 17, 2019

Joyce Compton, What a Character!

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  This is my entry for the fabulous What a Character! blogathon hosted annually by Once Upon a Screen , Outspoken & Freckled and Pau...
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Saturday, November 9, 2019

This Noirvember: DARKNESS IN THE SIXTIES!

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Parlez vous French noir?   Three years ago I discovered French film noir thanks to Don Malcolm and his annual "The French Had a...
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Thursday, October 17, 2019

Bridging Old Hollywood and New: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

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This post is my entry for the Classic Movie Blog Association's Fall 2019 Blogathon. This year we honor the CMBA's 10th annive...
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Monday, August 26, 2019

Hitchcockian: François Truffaut 's The Soft Skin (1964)

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  ...For the Vive la France Blogathon... 35 years after his death in 1984, François Truffaut is best known today as the most successf...
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Sunday, August 25, 2019

"Vive la France!" - the Blogathon

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Welcome to the Vive la France! blogathon . My co-host, Christian Esquevin of Silver Screen Modes , and I have been thrilled that so ...
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Saturday, August 24, 2019

The French Roots of Noir: Two Films by Marcel Carné with Jean Gabin

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...For the Vive la France Blogathon... In 1946 four relatively recent American films inspired Italian-born French film critic Nin...
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Monday, July 15, 2019

Coming August 25 & 26: The Vive la France! Blogathon

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On July 14, France's Bastille Day, the Vive la France! blogathon was officially announced. Hosted by this blog and Silver Screen M...
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