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Tragic Star: Beautiful Olive Borden
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Jan 4, 2015
2015 is the year of the Tragic Star at A Person in the Dark. January's Tragic Star is Olive Borden.
Beautiful Olive Borden had it all, but she ended up making beds, washing dishes and scrubbing floors at a mission for destitute women. How did this happen?
This striking beauty was read more
Mirror Mirror on the Wall......
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Dec 28, 2014
Can you pass a mirror without a primp or a frown? Are you the type that is satisfied at the image that stares back at you or would you prefer to cover all mirrors in the vicinity with back cloth? Do you think the way you see yourself is the way others see you?
Mirrors have always been a pro read more
Christmas Gifts for My Favorite Movie Characters
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Dec 21, 2014
Here is my wish list for a few of my needy favorites:
Vivian Revere ("Three on a Match")
I wish Vivian a trip to rehab before her son was kidnapped and she took that final swan dive out the window. It might have helped.
Lina Lamont ("Singin' in the Rain")
I wish Lina a seat on the board read more
THE BORZOI - ELEGANT ACCESSORY OF THE STARS
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Dec 6, 2014
I am not a fan of using animals as accessories, but there is no denying that a beautiful beast can class up a joint. lately, all of the "it" people like to have a mini pooch stuffed in a carry-all, but back in the day, nothing said elegance like the sleek Borzoi (also know as the Russian Wolfh read more
WHAT IS BEAUTY?
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Nov 26, 2014
I recently came across a list I made about 20 (yikes!) years ago of those stars who I considered to be the 10 most beautiful male and female stars. I have always viewed film as a medium designed to pay tribute to and honor the beauty of the human face, form and spirit. But what, exactly, is be read more
WHAT A CHARACTER! ANN DVORAK and the road less traveled
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Nov 17, 2014
This is my entry in the What A Character Blogathon hosted by Paula at Paula's Cinema Club, Kellee at Outspoken and Freckled and Aurora at Once Upon a Screen. Check out their sites for more fabulous film characters.
I admit to being an Ann Dvorak freak and have written about her often. Ho read more
RUBBAH!! Jeanne Eagels in THE LETTER
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Nov 13, 2014
This is my entry in the British Empire Blogathon, hosted by Phantom Empires and The Stalking Moon. Click HERE for more fabulous entries!
What happens when you plunk a cool, icy Brit down in the middle of the steamy tropics? Do you really have to ask? Why, illicit sex, mayhem and usua read more
Forgotten Stars Blogathon: Evelyn Brent
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Oct 28, 2014
This is my entry in the Classic Movie Blog Association Forgotten Stars blogathon. Click HERE to read more entries about stars who were once at the top of the heap.
EVELYN BRENT:
The Scowling Seductress of the Silents
the beauteous Evelyn Brent
The rise and fall of Evelyn Brent is a tru read more
2015 FlickChick Calendars Are Here!
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Oct 25, 2014
The 2015 FlickChick Calendar theme is "Stars and Their Pets." This year I went for a nicer, sturdier stock paper, so this wall calendar will withstand anything 2015 can throw at it.
Here is the year of stars and their pets:
Cover:
Cary Grant and his pooch, Archibald Leach. Clever name, read more
Stage to Screen Blogathon: Marilyn Miller in "Sally"
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Oct 16, 2014
This is my entry in the Stage to Screen Blogathon hosted by the Rosebud Cinema and Rachel's Theater Reviews.
This article is a pastiche of several articles I have written about Marilyn Miller
Back in the 1920s it
was inconceivable that Marilyn Miller would someday read more
O Canada Blogathon: Dudley Do-Right and Canadian Manhood
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Oct 3, 2014
This is my contribution to the O Canada! Blogathon hosted by Speakeasy and Silver Screenings. Click here for more wonder from the Great White North.
English men are charming,
Italians romantics,
And Latins can sway you
with their amorous antics.
But Canadians are stalwart and
Pr read more
There's One Thing I Do Know....and that is that I love you, Scarlett. In spite of you and me and the whole silly world going to pieces around us, I love you.
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Sep 28, 2014
Scarlett is 75 and she never looked better! (keep reading for more information about the giveaway!)
You're beautiful. No, you're beautiful
Say what you want, the gal has staying power. She has been restored to her original Technicolor glory and she is more beautiful than ever.
Real Estat read more
MOVIE ROLE MODEL: JOAN CRAWFORD, GENE TIERNEY AND BARBARA STANWYCK IN A SUIT
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Sep 20, 2014
All of my role models were movie or TV stars. I’m sorry – no public servants, no servants of God, no philanthropists. What can I say? I’m shallow (but in a deep sort of way).
Somebody get this woman her coffee
Growing up in the ‘60s, the perceived, went through ra read more
MATA HARI: Garbo goes undercover
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Sep 5, 2014
This is my entry in the World War One in Classic Film Blogathon hosted by Movies Silently and Silent-ology. Click HERE for more war to end all wars brilliance.
MATA HARI
Rhianna and JLo got nothing on this fashionista
"Mata Hari. She makes love for the papers."
Alicia Huberman, Notorious read more
MANTRAP: WARNING! CLARA BOW USES WEAPONS OF MASS SEDUCTION!
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Aug 19, 2014
This is my entry in the Build Your Own Blogathon, hosted by The Classic Film & TV Cafe, featuring 20 bloggers over 20 days.
MANTRAP
Alverna does her daily flirting exercises. A girls has to keep in shape!
No, Clara Bow is not the mantrap of the title (yeah right). Mantrap is the name read more
The Art of Bill Jart
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Aug 10, 2014
You can meet the most interesting people on Facebook. Who is Bill Jart? Well, I am not quite sure. I know that he is a regular on my Flickchick's Movie Playground Facebook page and that he generously posts his amazing classic film artwork. He posts them on the star's birthday or the day TC read more
HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD: SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Aug 2, 2014
Since my slavish devotion to Lina Lamont is well known to anyone who might have stumbled by here in the past, I simply had to include Singin’ in the Rain as part of the Hooray for Hollywood series.
I can’t help viewing this film as a musical counterpoin read more
COMFORT FOOD/COMFORT FILM
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Jul 21, 2014
There is so much sadness and turmoil in the world lately that it is sometimes hard not to despair. No matter how much we try, the enormity of the state of the globe can be scary and downright depressing. Watching the global mess on TV only adds to the sense of helplessness. When I am feeling overwhe read more
Accidentally Hilarious: The Terror of Tiny Town
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Jul 12, 2014
This is my contribution to the Accidently Hilarious Blogathon hosted by Movies Silently. Click HERE to read about sidesplitting cinematic misadventures of the unintentionally hilarious kind.
Jeff Buell owned his midgets?
The Terror of Tiny Town (1938)
Before we go any further, please ac read more
The Bennett Sisters: It Runs in the Blood
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Jul 6, 2014
No - not THOSE Bennett sisters. No pride and prejudice here. More like glamour, sophistication, scandal and men. So take that Elizabeth, Jane, Mary, Catherine and Lydia, and while we are at it Kim, Khloe and whatever, too. These sister ruled the Hollywood scene during the 1930s and 1940s and m read more