Inside the Hollywood Madhouse: The Frantic Satire of Jean Harlow’s “Bombshell”
Bombshell (1933), a fast-paced pre-Code satirical
comedy directed by Victor Fleming, stars Jean Harlow as Lola Burns, a glamorous
but utterly exhausted Hollywood movie star. Lola is the top “b read more
I bought Kino's Blu-ray of MADHOUSE earlier this summer. Even before the disc was officially released there were reports that the dialogue did not synch up with the actors' lip movements. When I got my disc I watched it and honestly felt that the problem wasn't really all that bad. However there was read more
I’ve forayed into the world of American International Pictures (AIP) before, most recently with The Dunwich Horror (1970). Madhouse has the distinction of starring not one, but three legendary horror icons with another two – one more of a villain than a horror icon – appearing in p read more
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Apr 16, 2011
Every scholar in eighteenth-century studies is undoubtedly familiar with William Hogarth and The Rake's Progress. The final scene of the series is among the most famous of Hogarth's images, with its arresting depiction of the miserab read more
