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Humphrey Bogart (1 August SUTS) (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Jul 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. “What an odd fellow. Very generous and thoughtful. Sweet to me. And read more
“Movies and the Battle of the Sexes” by ZetMec
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Jul 23, 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 second summer book review. A few months ago, “Movies and the Battle of the Sexes” showed up in my mailbox – a fellow-classic movie lover requested tha read more
Barbara Stanwyck: A Lady or a Liar? (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Jul 21, 2013
Just this past December, I profiled TCM’s then star of the month, Barbara Stanwyck, or “Babs from Brooklyn.” The sassy broad is back again for the Barbara Stanwyck Blogathon, hosted by The Girl with the White Parasol. Barbara Stanwyck played her share of angelic mothers and the lik read more
“Knowing Hepburn and Other Curious Experiences” by James Prideaux
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Jul 7, 2013
My first contribution to the 2013 Summer Reading Classic Film Book Challenge (Out of the Past) will be about my least favorite Katharine Hepburn biography. Actually, “Knowing Hepburn and Other Curious Experiences” by James Prideaux is less a Hepburn biography and more a Prideaux autobiog read more
Bringing THE HEAT (2013) with Bullock and McCarthy
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Jul 3, 2013
Women are being funny again, how about that! The premise of THE HEAT is simple, and very familiar: two mismatched cops are forced to work together against their will, and in the process of fighting the forces of evil, they bond and become best buds. The plot would be clichéd if it weren’t read more
Epic Fail: Operation IRON PETTICOAT (1956) (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Jun 12, 2013
“I believe, I hope, audiences have forgotten I ever made that film. I try not to say bad things about pictures I chose to make and took money for making them, but this one doesn’t count.” (Katharine Hepburn, Chandler 216) When THE IRON PETTICOAT was released in the middle of America’s Mc read more
“Women in Pants: Manly maidens, cowgirls, and other renegades” by Catherine Smith and Cynthia Greig
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on May 24, 2013
Women throughout history have cast aside their cumbersome petticoats, crinolines, corsets, and bustles in favour of more practical bifurcated garments. Although we are still navigating the complexity of the body-image standards to which women are being held today, can you imagine being arrested for read more
Kit Houghton Hepburn, Her Daughter’s Mother
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on May 15, 2013
“Mother with her real savvy of life. She adored [father]. She adored us. She was deep. She was witty. Some say I am like her. I hope so, I’d be so proud.” (Hepburn 27) As much as I admire Katharine Hepburn the film actress, the real heroine of that family was her mother Kit. On the read more
“On this unworthy scaffold”: Experiencing Shakespeare on Film
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Apr 6, 2013
Yours Truly at the Tower of London, Summer 2008 In the autumn of 2008 I travelled with a group of students and two professors from my college to England for a Shakespeare abroad. After about a week in Oxford, we went to London to take acting classes at the Globe theatre and to pursue our individual read more
Book Review: “At Home With Kate” by Eileen Considine-Meara
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Mar 15, 2013
“At Home With Kate: Growing Up in Katharine Hepburn’s Household: An Intimate Portrait” is a bit of a highfalutin title for this humble volume. The book is written by the daughter of Katharine Hepburn’s cook/housekeeper at the NYC residence, so the author did not actually R read more
Oscar Fail 2013
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Feb 25, 2013
So I showed up to work today and everybody’s all up in my grill asking me what did I think of the Oscars. What did I think of the Oscars!? What did I think of the Oscars!? They were lame. That’s what I thought of the Oscars. 1.) Seth MacFarlane You know how William Shatner/Captain Kirk read more
The Pre-Oscar Buzz Is Getting Serious
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Feb 20, 2013
‘Tis the season to watch movies, fa la la la laaaaa la la la la! The holidays might be over, but ever movie lover knows that January and February are the most exciting months in the cinematic calendar. This year the 85thAcademy Awards ceremony will be held on February 24, a date I am certain m read more
BRINGING UP BABY (1938) or “Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant Go Leopard Hunting in Connecticut”
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Feb 20, 2013
Friends often ask me which Katharine Hepburn film is my all-time favorite. I usually hem and haw and feed them a line about how there is a Hepburn film for every occasion. Sometimes I say that the one I saw last is my favorite. Other times I’ll list a top five and watch as their eyes glaze ov read more
THE HOBBIT (2012): An Unexpected Pleasure
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Feb 16, 2013
If truth be told, I wasn’t expecting much when I phoned up my friend and asked her if she wanted to go see THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY with me. I was more interested in chatting to her over dinner than I was in getting to the theatre on time. However, I am very glad we did make it. Aro read more
Happy Belated Birthday, Miss Bankhead, Dahling! (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Feb 4, 2013
“Say anything about me, darling, as long as it isn’t boring.” “My father warned me about men and booze, but he never mentioned a word about women and cocaine.” Tallulah Bankhead, who passed away in 1968 at the age of 66, would have turned 111 years old last Thursday. read more
“17 Women Who Shook the World” by Preethi Burkholder
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Jan 31, 2013
I am always interested in a book profiling strong women from history. There is something so desirably important about remembering, and reminding others, that women were active participants in every stage of history since the dawn of time. Not only did women participate in world events, they were ins read more
LES MISERABLES (2012): Less Miserable Than Expected
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Jan 30, 2013
Director Tom Hooper adopted a huge legacy when he agreed to make yet another version of Victor Hugo’s classic French tale. There are two French film versions of the story: the epic Raymond Bernard production of 1934 and the lesser-known 1958 film directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois. Hollywood presented read more
The Hepburn Alma Mater: Bryn Mawr College (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Jan 28, 2013
Katharine Hepburn’s brand of feminism can be traced back to the philosophies and practices of Bryn Mawr College, one of the Seven Sisters Colleges of the East. Both Hepburn and her mother attended the college which was seen by many to embody the feminist ideals of its first dean and second president read more
Feministing the Classic Hollywood Starlet (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Jan 14, 2013
Secondly, the level of an actress’s feminist tendencies is not inherently indicative of her strength of character. Nor does it in any way quantify or qualify her abilities as a performer. For example, some may call Joan Crawford a feminist because she worked so hard to earn a fantabulous caree read more
Star of the Month Profile: Loretta Young (2)
Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on Jan 9, 2013
Religion
Roman Catholic. Young attended Ramona Convent Secondary School as a teen and contributed to a number of Catholic charitable causes during her career. Marlene Deitrich once said of Young, “Every time she sins, she build a church. That’s why there are so many Catholic churches i read more