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What’s Up, January 2013!

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Jan 3, 2013

Happy New Year, everybody! I am sorry I have been AWOL for the last week or so. Since returning from my six-month stay in England, I’ve been zipping around seeing old friends. I have finally settled down and am now looking for a real job. Until then, it is back to full-time blogging! 2012 was read more

Dueling Divas and Why Hepburn Isn’t One

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Dec 22, 2012

This post was written in conjunction with the Dueling Divas Blogathon hosted by Lara at BacklotsWomen in film are often represented as romantic rivals for a male character. Girlfriends and ex-girlfriends, wives and mothers, sisters and fiancées are perpetually warring with each other on the big scre read more

“Shakespeare on Toast: Getting a Taste for the Bard” by Ben Crystal

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Dec 20, 2012

Shakespeare on Toast was published by Icon Books on September 11, 2012. Ben Crystal is an English actor/author who has been interviewed by many news agencies about his work with Shakespeare. His previous publications include two books co-authored by his father David Crystal: Shakespeare’s Wor read more

DESK SET (1957): A Happy Hepburn Christmas (2)

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Dec 17, 2012

Walter Lang’s DESK SET (1957) is one of Katharine Hepburn’s few “Christmas movies.” You could possibly count LITTLE WOMEN (Cukor, 1933) or Anthony Harvey’s THE LION IN WINTER (1968), but DESK SET stands out as a film that really captures the Christmas spirit, at least read more

Where’s the snow, Miss Hepburn?

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Dec 10, 2012

Apparently, the day after I left England to return to the Unites States earlier this week, it snowed over there! What’s with that!? It seriously had to wait until I left the country before huge, white, fluffy snowflakes were released over the English towns and countryside?! Unjust! So now I& read more

Babs from Brooklyn: December’s Star of the Month on TCM

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Dec 7, 2012

“I’m a tough old broad from Brooklyn. I intend to go on acting until I’m ninety and they won’t need to paste my face with makeup.” “I want to go on until they have to shoot me.”  “It’s perhaps not the future I would choose. I still think it’ read more

Sequins, Satin, and Silk: Hollywood Costumes at the V&A

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Dec 1, 2012

Earlier this week I had the most amazing opportunity to visit the Victoria and Albert Museum in central London to see their Hollywood Costume exhibit. The exhibit showcases more than 100 iconic film costumes from the last 100 years of cinema. About thirty of the costumes were from what I consider th read more

Closing the Book on "Great Adaptations"

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Nov 26, 2012

As usual, TCM is closing out the month in style with three days of novel-film adaptations. Monday night into Tuesday morning will feature no less than a dozen quintessential stories from British Literature, including two Laurence Olivier pictures, WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939) by Emily Bronte and PRIDE A read more

The Battle of the Little Princesses: Novel vs. Film (2)

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Nov 22, 2012

A Little Princess is one of my all-time favorite books. I think I read it at least once a year. When I read it for the first time, I loved the ending so much that I just kept reading the last few chapters over and over again. I also consider myself something of a Shirley Temple fan. I couldn’t read more

7×7 Link Award (2)

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Nov 19, 2012

This seems to be the week for awards! Annmarie of the Classic Movie Hub has passed the 7×7 Link Award to me. This ‘getting-to-know-you’ award helps bloggers share about the most popular posts on their blog, then pass along the honor to their favorite blogs. Thanks, Annmarie, for thi read more

Great Adaptations Tonight on TCM (2)

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Nov 19, 2012

Turner Classic Movies has planned out an amazing schedule for this Thanksgiving week. The week kicks off with a continuation of TCM’s month of “GreatAdaptations: Novel to Film.” Monday primetime and Tuesday morning will feature films based on Russian and French Literature. For tonight I can recommen read more

I’ve Been Liebstered!

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Nov 17, 2012

Aurora over at Once Upon A Screen has honoured me with another Liebster Award. The award is given to up-and-coming blogs with fewer than 200 followers, so I definitely qualify. I must share eleven things about myself, answer the questions posed by Aurora, then do the same for eleven other bloggers. read more

Poll: Great Adaptations of LITTLE WOMEN (2)

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Nov 12, 2012

A previous post on this blog mentions the various “Great Adaptations” of films based on novels Turner Classic Movies will be featuring this month. Possibly the most quintessential American novel, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, has also been made into a number of popular films, two of read more

Upcoming Events and Blogathons (2)

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Nov 10, 2012

The month of November promises to be a good one for the classic film blogging community. As usual, The Great Katharine Hepburn will be right in the thick of it. Here are some things to look forward to this month and next. Katharine Hepburn movies this month on TCM are: Turner Classic Movie‘s s read more

The Man of a Thousand Faces: "Don’t step on it, it might be Lon Chaney!"

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Oct 31, 2012

“I wanted to remind people that the lowest types of humanity have within them the capacity for extreme self-sacrifice. The dwarfed, misshapen beggar of the streets may have the noblest ideals.” (Lon Chaney) “He someone who acted out our psyche. He somehow got inside the shadows inside read more

GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER? (1967): Love, Controversy, and Progress

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Oct 28, 2012

Turner Classic Movies will conclude their month of Spencer Tracy today, 29 October, with an evening of the four films he made with director Stanley Kramer. GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967) was Spencer Tracy’s final film and will be showing at 1:30 am EST. It was the ninth film he and read more

Hepburn and Tracy Get Steamy on TCM (2)

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Oct 21, 2012

WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942) – 8:00 pm Directed by: George Stevens Written by: Ring Lardner, Jr. and Michael Kanin Genre: comedy, romance Co-starring: Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, Sara Haden Synopsis: When down-to-earth, all-American sports writer Sam Craig (Tracy) first meets high-flying internati read more

Dear Katharine Hepburn…

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Oct 20, 2012

“Write a letter to your favorite dead star. What did you always want to tell them? How did they change your life? What’s your favorite thing about them? How did they impact the world and what legacies did they leave? Write about anything you like, as long as it’s addressed to your read more

"And The Award Goes To… Spencer Tracy!"

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Oct 15, 2012

Turner Classic Movies continues their celebration of Spencer Tracy this month with an evening of five of his Academy-nominated performances, today, October 15. Tracy was nominated for a total of nine Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role, two of which he won (BOYS TOWN (1938) and CAPTAINS read more
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