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The End.
The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on Dec 10, 2016
The End.
December 10, 2016 / The Cinema Dilettante
Only Money Matters.
This blog is now closed.
Thank you for all of your support.
Please do yourselves a favor and purchase Hollywood Diva by Edward Baron Turk, Forever Young by Joan Wester Anderson, and The Purple Diar read more
On The Off Topic Of Death
The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on Jan 11, 2016
On The Off Topic Of Death
January 11, 2016 / The Cinema Dilettante
Holy Cross Cemetery Grotto (Google Images)
Yesterday, January 10th, 2016, a music legend died. Reading reactions by longtime friends and fans of an artist that I’ve never truly had a passion read more
Something Of Her Own
The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on Jan 5, 2016
Something Of Her Own
January 5, 2016January 5, 2016 / The Cinema Dilettante
Behold! The Cinema Dilettante’s entry for The Loretta Young Birthday Blogathon. This post started out in a whole different way, which actually matched the working title from the ros read more
The Loretta Young Birthday Blogathon Is Here!
The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on Jan 3, 2016
The Loretta Young Birthday Blogathon Is Here!
January 3, 2016January 6, 2016 / The Cinema Dilettante
Welcome, bloggers and readers, to our very first Loretta Young Birthday Blogathon, hosted by myself, Now Voyaging, and the Young Sisters Appreciation Group, on F read more
The Loretta Young Birthday Blogathon is almost here!
The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on Dec 28, 2015
The Loretta Young Birthday Blogathon is almost here!
December 28, 2015December 28, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante
There is still a little time and a lot of films to choose from, if you’d like to participate in the first Loretta Young Birthday Blogathon, host read more
Ann Vickers (1933)
The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on Dec 17, 2015
Ann Vickers (1933)
December 17, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante
Irene Dunne in a publicity photo for Ann Vickers, 1933
Irene Dunne. How do I adore thee? The ways are innumerable. As with most children of the 90’s, who were of a special brand of awesome, I was intro read more
Gratuitous Kathryn Grayson <3
The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on Nov 19, 2015
Gratuitous Kathryn Grayson <3
November 19, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante
Sometimes we all need a little KG. Could she be any more gorgeous?
That’s all.
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Announcing The Loretta Young Birthday Blogathon!
The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on Nov 15, 2015
Announcing The Loretta Young Birthday Blogathon!
November 15, 2015December 28, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante
Get those typing fingers ready, kids, because the Loretta Young Birthday Blogathon is right around the corner! Can you believe how close 2016 is?!
The Spe read more
The Case Of HOLD ON A MINUTE, I’LL BE BACK.
The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on Oct 26, 2015
The Case Of HOLD ON A MINUTE, I’LL BE BACK.
October 26, 2015October 26, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante
In the mean time, here’s a lovely space saver.
Enjoy the file name, if you save it.
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Sundays With Loretta 10.25.15
The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on Oct 25, 2015
Sundays With Loretta 10.25.15
October 25, 2015October 25, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante
Loretta and Polly Ann Young, publicity for The White Parade
Today is Polly Ann Young’s birthday, and for those new to this Earth, she is Loretta Young’s oldest sist read more
Super Sally Saturday 10.17.15
The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on Oct 17, 2015
Super Sally Saturday 10.17.15
October 17, 2015October 17, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante
Last week, in my Sundays With Loretta post, I talked about an upcoming novel that would feature Loretta as a main character, along with her sisters. That book is now on store s read more
Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, and what the tabloids are getting wrong.
The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on Oct 13, 2015
Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, and what the tabloids are getting wrong.
October 13, 2015October 12, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante
Tabloid newspapers across the globe have been having a field day with a supposed incident that is written about in the upcoming book read more
The Case Of The Diva’s Devotees 10.12.15
The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on Oct 12, 2015
The Case Of The Diva’s Devotees 10.12.15
October 12, 2015October 12, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante
Much to-do and speculation has been made, via our old reliable book Sweethearts, about the reason for Gene Raymond’s two year absence from the screen. Ac read more
Sundays With Loretta 10.11.15
The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on Oct 11, 2015
Sundays With Loretta 10.11.15
October 11, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante
In many ways, Gretch is still the skinny little girl who used to crawl into my bed at night, at the convent, whispering “Let me sleep with you, Bet, I’m lonely!”, the loyal c read more
Sundays With Loretta 10.4.15
The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on Oct 4, 2015
Sundays With Loretta 10.4.15
October 4, 2015October 4, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante
If you use disappointments as sort of mid- semester exams, for learning, you will learn that every disappointment you overcome makes you stronger- and wiser. The greatest success read more
The Case Of The Diva’s Devotees 9.28.15
The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on Sep 28, 2015
The Case Of The Diva’s Devotees 9.28.15
September 28, 2015September 25, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante
If we don’t stand for something, we’ll fall for anything.
The above quote is often attributed to Irene Dunne. While she certainly helped popular read more
Sundays With Loretta 9.27.15
The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on Sep 27, 2015
Sundays With Loretta 9.27.15
September 27, 2015September 27, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante
Still photo from The Road, S7E1 (EWTN.com)
In September, 1959, the seventh season of The Loretta Young Show began. The episode which aired is likely a very familiar one to e read more
Super Sally Saturday 9.26.15
The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on Sep 26, 2015
Super Sally Saturday 9.26.15
September 26, 2015September 27, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante
Having this access to online research libraries, through my college, has me feeling a little drunk with power. I’m not even in any classes that require research. I hav read more
Happy Walter Pidgeon’s Birthday, Movie Nerds!
The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on Sep 23, 2015
Happy Walter Pidgeon’s Birthday, Movie Nerds!
September 23, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante
Walter Pidgeon and Greer Garson doing the normal people stuff.
I must wish a happy birthday to one of my many fake dead husbands, today. Even though he was married to R read more
The Case Of The Diva’s Devotees 9.21.15
The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on Sep 21, 2015
The Case Of The Diva’s Devotees 9.21.15
September 21, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante
In some length, in the 2014 edition of Sweethearts, a “testimony” from Isabel Eddy is presented about the goings on between Jeanette and Nelson on the day of Jean read more