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NOVEL NOIR: TAKE HER FOR A RIDE
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Apr 29, 2013
Are you one of those people who knows more about old Hollywood than anyone else in your circle of friends? Do you know who was who at every major studio? Do you know the seamy side of the silver screen? Do you think you have a book in you?
Steven M. Painter, a film read more
ANTICIPATION: OH GATSBY, PLEASE BE GREAT!
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Apr 21, 2013
The countdown to the days before the film I have anticipated forever has begun!!
F.Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is my favorite novel. It is compact, spare, gorgeous, heartbreaking and haunting. Its theme of America being a place anyone can reinvent themselves is one that makes the classi read more
Scandal! Charlie Chaplin Part 2
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Apr 17, 2013
Welcome to 2013 - a year of scandals at A Person in the Dark. Yes, I love movies, but I confess I am a sucker for those juicy Hollywood scandals of old.
April's Scandal: Charlie Chaplin Part 2: Charlie, Joan Barry & Uncle Sam
Once America's most beloved star, Chaplin is fingerprinted lik read more
The Roaring Twenties: The Biggest Shot of Them All
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Apr 12, 2013
This is my contribution to the James Cagney Blogathon, hosted by The Movie Projector. Click HERE for more, more, more about Mr. Cagney, the man who could do it all.
Simply Irresistible
Before I dive into this film, let me first say that, in my book, James Cagney could do no wrong. I love almost read more
Amazon Knows Me (or so they think)
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Apr 3, 2013
I wandered over to Amazon to see if I could purchase the 1930 version of "Holiday" starring Mary Astor (for the upcoming Mary Astor Blogathon). Bad luck - they don't have it.
Amazon thinks I should be watching a lot of Carole Lombard
But, while I was there, I clicked on to "My Amazon" at my fa read more
Giving Them The Slip: When Passion Meets Fashion
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Mar 25, 2013
This is my contribution to The Hollywood Revue's Fashion in Film Blogathon. Click HERE for more fashion, more fun and more fabulosity!
Joyce Compton approves of Barbara Kent's slip
According to Wikipedia, the slip is:
"a woman's undergarment worn beneath a dress read more
Rita Hayworth: American Exotic
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Mar 16, 2013
Film historian David Shipman had this to say about Rita Hayworth in his masterful "The Great Movies Stars: The Golden Years":
"The appellation 'The Love Goddess' has been used about a dozen stars, but mostly about Rita Hayworth. Whatever other girls had - and sexy, desirable girls were never in sho read more
Scandal! Charlie Chaplin - Part 1
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Mar 10, 2013
Welcome to 2013 - a year of scandals at A Person in the Dark. Yes, I love movies, but I confess I am a sucker for those juicy Hollywood scandals of old.
March's scandal: Charlie Chaplin & Lita Grey
Charlie and Lillita Louise MacMurray
In 1924 Charlie Chaplin was one of the world's most read more
Castle on the Hudson: I'll Do Anything To Get Outta Here!
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Mar 3, 2013
This is my contribution to the John Garfield 100th Birthday Blogathon, hosted by They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To. Please take the time to read all of the wonderful tributes to this very special actor.
Let's see.... tough but charming hoodlum lives the high life in the Big Apple. He read more
A Lover's Scandal! Ingrid Bergman: Influence of Evil
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Feb 11, 2013
Welcome to 2013 - a year of scandals at A Person in the Dark. Yes, I love movies, but I confess I am a sucker for those juicy Hollywood scandals of old.
February's Scandal: Ingrid Bergman - from Saint to Whore
WTF?
It is hard to believe that this woman was once denounced on the US Senate f read more
Garbo vs. Gable: The Talkies Have Won
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Feb 2, 2013
Susan Lenox (Her fall and Rise)....the fall of silence, the rise of sound
Garbo and Gable: what a pair! MGM was notoriously dense when providing Garbo with a suitable leading man, but here they nailed it.
They walk in beauty
In 1931, Greta Garbo was more than a queen of the movies. Like the emp read more
Scandal! Roscoe Arbuckle's Day Off
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Jan 19, 2013
Welcome to 2013 - a year of scandals at A Person in the Dark. Yes, I love movies, but I confess I am a sucker for those juicy Hollywood scandals of old.
January's Scandal: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
Hollywood in the early part of the twentieth century was a tough place. The work was hard and the read more
Book Review: "Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips" by Michael G. Ankerich
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Jan 7, 2013
Like the fictional Lina Lamont of “Singin’ in the Rain,” the real-life Mae Murray was “a shimmering, glowing star in the cinema firmament." While real people walked on the ground, Mae Murray fluttered above it on gauzy fairy wings. While real people breathed oxygen, Mae Murra read more
New Year's Resolutions: Cinema Style
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Dec 30, 2012
Once more unto the breach!
Yes, it's a new year, and with new beginnings come those resolutions. This time, I intend to use some cinematic inspiration.
1.Get Organized!
Somewhere between this:
and this:
Must not go all crazy-eyed Sleeping with the Enemy
are my orderly clos read more
My Fantasy Christmas
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Dec 16, 2012
I usually avoid writing about television, this being a movie blog and all that. However, television was the medium that introduced me to classic films, fed my dreams of Hollywood and remains, still, through DVDs and TCM, my main venue for viewing movies. It was also the first breeding ground of my f read more
A Sumptuous, Passionate and Utterly Cinematic Anna Karenina
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Dec 6, 2012
If you are dazzled by beauty, daring, and creativity, I think you will like the new cinematic stab at “Anna Karenina.” While I looked forward to seeing this, the weight of the earlier performances of both Greta Garbo and Vivien Leigh seemed too much for the frail little shoulders of Keir read more
True Classics Limericks - Part Deux
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Nov 27, 2012
These are yet more entries in the
True Classics Limerick Contest.
Click HERE and check out all of the
fun and fabulous entries!
(I just can't help myself!)
The Apartment
A man with a key had appeal
To his boss - for his love nest - that heel!
But read more
True Classics Movie Limerick Contest: My Inner Poet Says: Sunset Boulevard
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Nov 26, 2012
This is my entry in
True Classics Limerick Contest.
Click HERE and check out all of the
fun and fabulous entries!
Sunset Boulevard
A Joe who couldn't pay for his car
Crashed a Sunset crib quite bizarre.
The mistress was spunky, read more
Taking the Long Way To...Gary Cooper
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Nov 21, 2012
Yup, I've been a real chump about appreciating Gary Cooper. It took me long enough, but, finally, here I am - just loving the man.
It's really not my fault. My first introduction to Gary was his work during the 1950s, the time when Hollywood starred its aging leading men with young female stars read more
Broadway Greats Via The Silver Screen
A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on Nov 13, 2012
Broadway vs. Hollywood - it's always been a case of apple and oranges. Hollywood stars don't always shine as brightly on the stage and stage legends don't always make the grade on the screen and whichever you prefer, it's always a matter of taste. However, there is one thing the movies have ov read more