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Rosalind Russell and Hayley Mills match wits in “The Trouble with Angels” The Trouble with Angels (1966) is an American comedy film directed by Ida Lupino and starring Rosalind Russell and Hayley Mills. The strong supporting cast includes Binnie Barnes, Mary Wickes, Marge Redmond, G read more

Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant in “His Girl Friday” His Girl Friday (1940) is an American screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. Based on the play The Front Page (1928) by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, Hawks decided to t read more

Classic Movie Travels: Rosalind Russell[ Rosalind Russell Throughout her career, Rosalind Russell portrayed a wide range of strong female characters. From her witty performance as Hildy Johnson in His Girl Friday (1940) to Mame Dennis in Auntie Mame (1958) and so many more, Russell enjoyed muc read more

Crystal of In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood is celebrating the great Rosalind Russell with a blogathon running on June 4th to the 6th. John Boles, Rosalind Russell After two years of marriage, Walter Craig played by John Boles is still besotted with his lovely wife Harriet played by read more

Auntie Mame (1958) is an outrageously charming film. It insists on your love. Against all odds it even charmed my Taylor Swift-loving skeptical tween. As she sat there howling at Rosalind Russell attempting and failing to master the complexities of a telephone switchboard I felt the awe of a tr read more

Share This! She’s the Smartest Woman Who NEVER Got Kissed. One can wonder what there is about What a Woman! that deserves mention, certainly on any extended level, a review, say.  Not very much, really.  That it might provide, under the proper conditions, some degree of entertainment on a cold read more

“Jejum de Amor / His girl Friday”: Rosalind Russell em seu melhor momento Melhor que uma boa comediante, só uma boa atriz dramática que também atua em excelentes comédias. Exemplos não faltam: Barbara Stanwyck, Katharine Hepburn, Sophia Loren ou mesmo Myrna Loy e Carole Lombard, read more

“Jejum de Amor / His girl Friday”: Rosalind Russell em seu melhor momento Melhor que uma boa comediante, só uma boa atriz dramática que também atua em excelentes comédias. Exemplos não faltam: Barbara Stanwyck, Katharine Hepburn, Sophia Loren ou mesmo Myrna Loy e Carole Lombard, read more

A new month brings two more inductees for my Hall of Fame. Two more wonderful women. Ginger Rogers and Rosalind Russell. Ginger earns his way into All Good Things Hall Of Fame thanks to her complete annihilation of other actresses in this year's Favorite Classic Actress tourney. I mean she crus read more

LAMB Acting School 101: Rosalind Russell This post is written in conjunction with the LAMB Acting School 101 hosted by the Large Association of Movie Blogs. Rosalind Russell has been one of my favorite actresses ever since I first saw her in THE WOMEN and HIS GIRL FRIDAY. I love the verve, ene read more

LAMB Acting School 101: Rosalind Russell Labels: Academy Awards, Auntie Mame (1958), His Girl Friday (1940), Picnic (1955), Rosalind Russell, The Women (1939) This post is written in conjunction with the LAMB Acting School 101 hosted by the Large Association of Movie Blogs. Rosalind read more

This post is written in conjunction with the LAMB Acting School 101 hosted by the Large Association of Movie Blogs. Rosalind Russell has been one of my favorite actresses ever since I first saw her in THE WOMEN and HIS GIRL FRIDAY. I love the verve, energy, wit, and confidence that she expresses on read more

Her autobiography, written with Chris Chase, Life Is a Banquet, was published a year after her death. In the foreword (written by her husband), he writes that Russell had a mental breakdown in 1944, the year she she did not make any films. In 2009, a documentary film Life Is a Banquet: The Lif read more

“At MGM there was a first wave of top stars, and a second wave to replace them in case they got difficult. I was second in line of defence, behind Myrna Loy.” ~ Rosalind Russell “In all those types of films I wore a tan suit, a grey suit, a beige suit and then a negligee for t read more

As my beloved aging MacBook seems to be having an issue with the internet lately, I was relegated to hold off on the Star of the Week post until today. Sorry for the delay–I am currently using my mom’s PC to make this post. I don’t know PCs very well and I hate using them, so I b read more

Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976). Personal Quote: Taking joy in life is a woman's best cosmetic. Please click here to learn more about Rosalind Russell. Video: Rosalind Russell Tribute. read more

Rosalind Russell, was an actress of stage and screen, best known for her role as a fast-talking newspaper reporter in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy His Girl Friday, as well as the role of Mame Dennis in the film Auntie Mame. She won all 5 Golden Globes for which she was nominated, and was tied read more

Happy Birthday to the great Rosalind "Roz" Russell (1907-1976). My favorite performance of hers is of Hildy Johnson in my favorite movie of all time, His Girl Friday. read more

“Jejum de Amor / His girl Friday”: Rosalind Russell em seu melhor momento Melhor que uma boa comediante, só uma boa atriz dramática que também atua em excelentes comédias. Exemplos não faltam: Barbara Stanwyck, Katharine Hepburn, Sophia Loren ou mesmo Myrna Loy e Carole Lombard, read more