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Cantinflas: Mexico’s Answer to Charlie Chaplin
Margaret Perry Posted by Margaret Perry on Oct 11, 2014
“The first duty of every human being is to be happy , the second is to make others happy. “ The Mexican actor Cantinflas has been compared to two very different American comedians – Charlie Chaplin and Groucho Marx. Like Chaplin’s tramp, Cantinflas represents the Mexican Everyman with read more
Mickey Rooney at Disney: “There’s Always Magic at the Movies”
Margaret Perry Posted by Margaret Perry on Sep 24, 2014
“I SWEAR I saw a dragon!“ Even animated Rooney liked the ladies read more
A Bible and a Gun: ROOSTER COGBURN (and the Lady) (1975)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Aug 16, 2014
This post is part of the Build-Your-Own-Blogathon hosted by the Classic Film and TV Cafe. It follows Jennifer Garlen‘s post about BEND OF THE RIVER (1952), which is another Western that takes place in the American Northwest. For The Great Katharine Hepburn Blogathon earlier this year, Jennifer read more
THE WINNERS of The Great Katharine Hepburn Blogathon! (1)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on May 19, 2014
Thanks again to anyone and everyone who submitted a post to my first ever blogathon, The Great Katharine Hepburn Blogathon! It was a great experience and I look forward to hosting another blogathon in the future. I’d like to say a special thank you to Fritzi at Movies, Silently for the great read more
The Great Katharine Hepburn Blogathon Has Finally Arrived! (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on May 9, 2014
A big thank you to all the wonderful contributors who have sent in their posts about The Great Katharine Hepburn herself! I feel like it’s MY birthday, being showered with all these wonderful articles! Just to recap, all entries are due by MIDNIGHT on MONDAY, MAY 12 (Katharine Hepburn’s read more
10 Things to Love about WITHOUT LOVE (1945) (1)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on May 4, 2014
Harold S. Buquet’s WITHOUT LOVE (1945) is without doubt one of Katharine Hepburn’s most underrated films. She plays a Jamie Rowan, a scientist’s daughter who rents out part of her Washington DC home to a Pat Jamieson (Spencer Tracy), a scientist who cannot find anywhere to live an read more
How Katharine Hepburn Defied Sexist Ageism in Hollywood (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Apr 13, 2014
It is a widely acknowledged fact in Hollywood today that leading men are permitted to age on screen while their female colleagues are required to keep at least one toe dipped in the fountain of youth. The charts in this Vulture article compare the ages of leading men and their love interests film b read more
“The Internet Finds Andy Hardy” from The Classic Film Broad
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Apr 7, 2014
I have never reblogged another writer’s material before, as it definitely smacks of plagiarism, but I just thought this was THE BEST memorial to Mickey Rooney and I didn’t even want to try to match it with something of my own. This post comes from Ashley, The Classic Film Broad. Check ou read more
Announcing The Great Katharine Hepburn Blogathon! (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Mar 12, 2014
The time has come! After three years participating in the classic film blogging community with thegreatkh.blogspot.com, Margaret Perry is finally ready to host her very own blogathon. What will the topic of this blogathon be, you ask? Who else but my most favorite classic movie star ever, the great read more
Why LITTLE WOMEN (1933) is a very big deal (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Mar 2, 2014
“There’s one thing George and I agree on. Actually, we agree on almost everything. I don’t know anything we don’t agree on. One thing we really agree on is, we love LITTLE WOMEN. We loved doing it. And we love the film we made.” (Katharine Hepburn in Chandler, 83) LITTLE WOMEN (1933) was nominated read more
Oscar-Winning Director George Cukor (as in “cucumber”)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Feb 23, 2014
George Cukor was nominated for five Academy Awards for Best Director, ultimately winning in 1965 for MY FAIR LADY (1964). His first nominations were for two of the 10 films he made with Katharine Hepburn, LITTLE WOMEN (1933) and THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940). Producer Jack Warner, Audrey Hepburn, Re read more
Katharine Hepburn’s One and Only Academy Awards Appearance
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Feb 13, 2014
Katharine Hepburn was nominated for a whopping 12 Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role, more than any other actress in her time. Although Hepburn won the Oscar for four of her film roles (MORNING GLORY (1933), GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967), THE LION IN WINTER (1968), and ON read more
Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin write for the silver screen’s dream team
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Feb 6, 2014
When Garson Kanin published Tracy & Hepburn: An Intimate Memoir in 1972, Katharine Hepburn was furious and refused to talk to him for years. But after time went by and many of her friends started passing away, including Kanin’s wife and writing partner Ruth Gordon, Miss Hepburn came to val read more
Which of her many Oscar nominations should Katharine Hepburn have won?
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Feb 6, 2014
Katharine Hepburn was nominated for the Academy Award for Actress in a Leading Role 12 times, a record that has only been beaten in recent years by Meryl Streep, although treep has only won three of her nominations while Hepburn has won four. Of Katharine Hepburn’s Oscar nominations that she d read more
Mae West: The Original Blonde Bombshell (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Jan 29, 2014
This post is written in conjunction with Classic Chops – Blonde Bombshells, hosted by The LAMB. Mae West made some of the raciest films of the studio era, single-handedly necessitating the instigation of censorship in the motion picture industry. This voluptuous blonde almost exclusively playe read more
Hepquote! Tracy Lord is going crazy! (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Jan 25, 2014
One of the coolest things about Katharine Hepburn is her athleticism. She just loved standing on her head and could do so well into old age. I’ve never been able to stand on my head. One of the many ways I am not as cool as Katharine Hepburn. Alas. read more
Hepfact! Diana Barry is related to Katharine Hepburn
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Dec 5, 2013
Did you know that Schuyler Grant (pronounced “Skyler”), who played Diana Barry in the Anne of Green Gables TV movies, was Katharine Hepburn’s grand-niece? Schuyler Grant is the granddaughter of Katharine Hepburn’s younger sister Marion, who married her high school sweetheart read more
CMBA Film Passion 101 Blogathon: THE WOMEN (1939) (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Dec 2, 2013
This post is written in conjunction with the Classic Movie Blog Association (CMBA) Film Passion 101 Blogathon. Old movies were a natural part of my childhood. My parents have always enjoyed classic films, so I grew up with AMC, Turner Classic Movies, and movies from our own VHS collection. My mothe read more
Infographic: Gender Inequality in Film
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Nov 27, 2013
When I was an au pair in England last year, I had a really deep conversation with the bright little 10-year-old boy I was taking care of. As a fellow blogger, Louis couldn’t understand how I could find enough feministy film stuff to write about. read more
Hepclip! “Women in Defense”
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Nov 11, 2013
Katharine Hepburn narrated the words of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt for this 1941 short film entitled “Women in Defense” and produced by the Office for Emergency Management – Film Unit. In this clip, Hepburn describes the many ways women were involved in the war effort, from a sci read more