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Ziegfeld Beauties: Hijacked By Hollywood
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Apr 19, 2011
Florenz Ziegfeld, master showman of Broadway, hated Hollywood. No, it wasn't an east coast-west coast thing. It wasn't even theater vs. film snobbery. He hated Hollywood (and the movies) because Flo, the great glorifier of the American girl, was constantly having his stable of lovelies stolen read more
Brunettes in a Blonde World: The Lost Diaries of Ann Dvorak and Miriam Cooper
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Apr 15, 2011
The long lost diaries of two of old Hollywood's most alluring brunettes have been discovered! While Miriam Cooper worked in the teens and early 20s and Ann Dvorak worked primarily in the 1930s and 40s, both seemed to have struggled against the rule of the Hollywood Blondes. Keep reading for a read more
Marlene Dietrich - In Her Own Words
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Apr 10, 2011
"A Personal Biography"
A review of the new book "Marlene" by Charlotte Chandler.
I approached "Marlene" by Charlotte Chandler with lots of preconceived notions about Marlene Dietrich. The positives: gorgeous, glamorous, tremendous star, great cook, good mother and war hero. The negatives: remo read more
Ann Sheridan: One Swell Gal
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Apr 6, 2011
Fifth in a series about strong women in film. Strong women are independent, beautiful, sexy, feminine and just want everything in life that a man wants and believe that they have every right to have it!
Many great stars seem made of stardust, sent from the heavens to amuse the mere mortals. But read more
Is a Puzzlement... Little Movie Things That Keep Me Up At Night.....
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Mar 30, 2011
As Yul Brynner says in "The King and I":
Is a Puzzlement!
Now, I can suspend disbelief with the best of them. Audrey Hepburn falling in love with Humphrey Bogart in "Sabrina?" I got with the program. Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" sacrificing all for the obsession with Dorothy Comingore (Dorothy read more
Hope & Crosby: Bob + Bing = Bliss
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Mar 25, 2011
There are some stars that earn the adjective "beloved." Either for their professional or personal contributions, or both, they are adopted by the audience and become a part of the "family." Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, separately, were two such stars.
Bob Hope
With a favorite co-star, Jane Russel read more
Elizabeth Taylor: American Beauty
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Mar 23, 2011
Oh, La Liz, we will surely miss you and are sure that we will never , ever see another like you! You lived large, loved large, laughed large and suffered large. We loved you for it and will miss you endlessly. You were a diamond-studded diva with a heart of pure gold, precious in every way.
Besides read more
Lina Lamont's Lament
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Mar 18, 2011
Dora Bailey reporting here from Hollywood!
Imagine that you have been a loyal employee for many years. Suddenly, new technology is introduced into your workplace and your employer no longer needs nor wants you. To make matters worse, he ridicules you in front of the entire world. This, my friends, w read more
The Flappers: Free, Female & 21
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Mar 12, 2011
Fourth in a series about strong women in film. Strong women are independent, beautiful, sexy, feminine and just want everything in life that a man wants and believe that they have every right to have it!
The 1920s, that youth-worshiping decade of freedom and abandon, spawned a female pheno read more
Norma Desmond: Big Star Meets Small Screen. Chapter 3 of the Norma Desmond Chonicles
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Mar 8, 2011
Norma got off on a temporary insanity plea, did a short stint in a spa-like psych center and is now free in Hollywood. She's back and better than ever!
At last, Norma was ready to get out of that Sunset mansion and back into the limelight! She had secured an ad endorsement with Abdullah Cigarettes read more
How Many Times Can You Watch That Movie?
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Mar 1, 2011
My Favorite Colors: Black and White!
Oprah calls them "Aha Moments," those moments in life when you are struck by a clarity of purpose and discover your defining passion in life. As a movie-mad kid, that moment came for me when, after watching the same Abbott and Costello movie countless nights in a read more
And The Oscar Goes To... Some Criminally Overlooked Categories
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Feb 23, 2011
My popcorn and Dom Perignon are at the ready and my tiara is on straight! As I settle in for a long night of red carpets, longer speeches, happy winners and not-so-happy losers, I sneak a little nap and dream of categories that were missed...
LADIES FIRST
Best performance by an actress in a bad wig read more
Joan Crawford: I Will Prevail
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Feb 16, 2011
Third in a series about strong women in film. Strong women are independent, beautiful, sexy, feminine and just want everything in life that a man wants and believe that they have every right to have it!
Joan Crawford is one actress that it has taken me almost a lifetime to appreciate. My first bru read more
♥ Silent Sweethearts: Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance ♥
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Feb 11, 2011
One of the reasons I love Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp above all others is that he is romantic. Yes, he is clever, acrobatic and hysterically funny, but there is a depth to his character that was introduced through the element of romance. Before Edna Purviance (his leading lady from 1915-1923), Ch read more
Norma Desmond: What Next? Chapter 2 in The Norma Desmond Chronicles
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Feb 4, 2011
Norma got off on a temporary insanity plea, did a short stint in a spa-like psych center and is now free in Hollywood. The New Year's Eve party was a success, but now Norma was faced with with the $64,000 question: What does she do with the rest of her life?
Hollywood had welcomed her back with ope read more
I Know It's Wrong (But It Looks So Right): Women Who Shoot, Men Who Smoke
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Jan 31, 2011
I admit I am a victim of Old Hollywood's sales pitch for evil. I fall for sin every time. I hate guns in real life and I hate cigarettes in real life, but in Reel Life, man - do they look sexy!
Girls With Guns
Joan looks very comfortable with these
Seems like overkill, but Louise handles them we read more
Ann Dvorak: A Penthouse, Pre-Code and You
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Jan 27, 2011
Second in a series about strong women in film. Strong women are independent, beautiful, sexy, feminine and just want everything in life that a man wants and believe that they have every right to have it!
Ann Dvorak was an ultra-feminine actress whose first finest hours occurred in the pre-code era read more
What More Is There To Say About Cary Grant?
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Jan 20, 2011
Is there anything left to be said about Cary Grant? As time goes by, he is probably the most popular, most enduring and endearing of all classic Hollywood stars. We love him and have praised him and will continue to praise him to the skies. We never tire of him. He could do it all and I can find no read more
Bette Davis - No Apologies
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Jan 13, 2011
First in a monthly series about strong women in film. Strong women are independent, beautiful, sexy, feminine and just want everything in life that a man wants and believe that they have every right to have it!
Bette Davis was not apologetic. In a world that values surface over substance, friv read more
SCANDAL Rocks the Keaton Administration! #7 in a series of 7
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Jan 7, 2011
While President Buster was busy trying to recover from his media and product demonstration debacle, his Cabinet had been busy:
Vice President Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle: While Roscoe always meant to support Buster, he really did not anticipate the amount of work it took to be a Vice President. Feeling read more