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Sara Haden: What a Character! (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Nov 8, 2013
This post is written in conjunction with the second annual What a Character! blogathon hosted by Kellee at Outspoken and Freckled, Aurora at Once Upon a Screen, and Paula at Paula’s Cinema Club. Read my contribution to last year’s blogathon about black character actress Louise Beavers. read more
HepGIF! Even before Hollywood, Miss Hepburn loved to dress up for the camera
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Nov 2, 2013
This home movie was made by Katharine Hepburn’s husband, Ludlow “Luddy” Ogden Smith during the first years of their marriage, before Hollywood, fame, professional makeup artists, and costume designers came on the scene. Miss Hepburn would have been in her early 20s at the time. She read more
Alfred Hitchcock Cavorting with Cavett (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Oct 30, 2013
This post is written in conjunction with the Hitchcock Halloween blogathon hosted by Backlots. Alfred Hitchcock’s groundbreaking work had a ubiquitous effect on the film industry – there isn’t a scary movie today that has not in some way been influenced by the English directorR read more
Introducing the Heptoid! (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Oct 23, 2013
While working on my Katharine Hepburn capstone in college, my academic advisor and I discovered that it was more expedient to refer to the project as my “Hepstone” since “Hepburn capstone” is quite a mouthful. In the quest for a recurring feature on my blog, I’ve decide read more
Websites Worth Visiting
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Oct 21, 2013
It’s been a busy couple of months, and I must apologize to my faithful followers (hello, Judy!) for not having written much since the massively successful TCM Summer Under the Stars Blogathon, for which I earned a Blu-Ray copy of WEST SIDE STORY (1961). Although I’ve been dreadfully remi read more
Five Roles Katharine Hepburn Never Played: The Great Imaginary Film Blogathon
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Oct 2, 2013
We all indulge in a little wishful thinking at some times. “I wish political leaders wouldn’t use chemical weapons on their own people.” “I wish Congress would NOT shut down the entire US government.” “I wish Katharine Hepburn had made a film about Amelia Earhart. read more
REMODELING HER HUSBAND (1920): A lost Gish sisters treasure (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Sep 7, 2013
This post is written in conjunction with the Gish Sisters Blogathon hosted by The Motion Pictures and Movies, Silently. For my previous post about Dorothy and Lillian Gish, see Conservatism in Revolution: The Gish sisters in D. W. Griffith’s ORPHANS OF THE STORM (1921). For more about silent read more
Goodbye, Summer – Hello, September!
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Sep 2, 2013
Happy September, everybody! Alas, summer has gone and autumn is upon us. Actually, fall is my favorite season, so I’m not exactly sad that the wretched days of Virginia humidity are behind us. But I am bummed that there will be no more Summer Under the Stars on TCM until next year. Thank you t read more
Rex Harrison (31 August SUTS) (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Aug 31, 2013
This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence and Scribe Hard on Film. Full listings for SUTS programming on Turner Classic Movies can be found HERE. “When I was ten we moved and I decided that none of the names I was read more
Shirley Jones (28 August SUTS) (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Aug 28, 2013
This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence and Scribe Hard on Film. Full listings for SUTS programming on Turner Classic Movies can be found HERE. “Deep down I am a small-town girl from Smithton, Pennsylvania.” read more
Book Review: “Celluloid Gaze” by Boze Hadleigh
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Aug 25, 2013
I won this book last year from my first ever blogathon, the Queer Film Blogathon 2012 hosted by Garbo Laughs and Pussy Goes Grrr. Not being terribly interested in queer theory myself, I was tempted to set this book aside. But flipping through I noticed a whole chapter devoted to George Cukor, Kathar read more
Hattie McDaniel (20 August SUTS) (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Aug 20, 2013
This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence and Scribe Hard on Film. Full listings for SUTS programming on Turner Classic Movies can be found HERE. “We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood read more
“The Private World of Katharine Hepburn” by John Bryson
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Aug 17, 2013
This post was written in conjunction with the 2013 Summer Reading Classic film book Challenge hosted by Out of the Past. This is my fourth contribution.
For “The Private World of Katharine Hepburn,” photographer John Bryson was able to go where no man, or camera, had ever gone before & read more
Bette Davis (14 August SUTS) (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Aug 14, 2013
This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence and Scribe Hard on Film. Full listings for SUTS programming on Turner Classic Movies can be found HERE. I love this dame and could talk abut the whys and wherefores of my respect read more
Lana Turner (10 August SUTS) (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Aug 10, 2013
This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence and Scribe Hard on Film. Full listings for SUTS programming on Turner Classic Movies can be found HERE. Did you know…? Lana Turner was known as “The Sweater Girl” read more
Henry Fonda (11 August SUTS) (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Aug 10, 2013
This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence and Scribe Hard on Film. Full listings for SUTS programming on Turner Classic Movies can be found HERE. Did you know…? Henry Fonda knew Marlon Brando’s family from read more
Book Review: “Beyond Casablanca” by Jennifer Garlen
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Aug 7, 2013
This post was written in conjunction with the 2013 Summer Reading Classic Film Book Challenge hosted by Out of the Past. This is my third summer book review. This time last year I was catching some rays at Raging Rivers Water Park and listening to Jennifer Garlen and her daughter Cate talk about read more
Alec Guinness (3 August SUTS) (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Aug 3, 2013
This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence and Scribe Hard on Film. Full listings for SUTS programming on Turner Classic Movies can be found HERE. English actor Alec Guinness has been one of my all-time favorite performer read more
Doris Day (2 August SUTS) (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Aug 2, 2013
This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence and Scribe Hard on Film. Full listings for SUTS programming on Turner Classic Movies can be found HERE. I’ll be perfectly honest – Doris Day is not my favorite. read more
The Summer Under the Stars Blogathon 2013 is Finally Here! (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Jul 31, 2013
Every year in August Turner Classic Movies hosts “Summer Under the Stars” (SUTS), a month-long movie marathon celebrating the biggest names in acting history. Each day features the films of one notable actor or actress. A complete listing of the SUTS schedule can be downloaded from the read more