Photo Credit: Book cover for the Dover Thrift Edition of Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth, 2002, uploaded 6 July 2008 by Wolf Gang: Wolf Gang/Flickr/CC BY SA 2.0 "'Once—twice—you gave me the chance to escape from my life, and I refused it: refused it because I was a coward.'" (Lily Bart to Lawrence Selden, … Continue reading “She Can’t Help It”: Revisiting Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth
***This post is part of the Movie Scientist Blogathon, hosted by Christina Wehner.*** ***Some spoilers*** “[The film] has, in the person of Malita, what… may be the silver screen’s very first female mad scientist.” (El Santo, par. 9) A few weeks ago, I participated in the Barrymore Trilogy Blogathon with this blog post. I focused … Continue reading The First Female Mad Scientist – Malita in The Devil-Doll (1936)
***This post is part of the It’s Just a Joke: The Movie Parody Blogathon, hosted by Movie Movie Blog Blog.*** ***Some spoilers*** “Smile… is such a pungent surprise, a rollicking satire that misses few of the obvious targets…” (Canby, par. 2) The 1970’s was a great time for the social satire film genre. Historically, the … Continue reading A Pungent Surprise – Smile (1975)
***This post is part of The 3rd Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon, hosted by Virginie Pronovost of The Wonderful World of Cinema. *** ***Some spoilers*** “[Hedda] can be witty and charming. She’s knowledgeable and smart – and that is the problem. Hedda Gabler is too smart for her own good.” (Silver Screenings, par. 3) I’ve been a classic film … Continue reading Too Smart For Her Own Good: Ingrid Bergman in Hedda Gabler (1962)
***This post is part of the En Point: The Ballet Blogathon, hosted by Christina Wehner. *** ***Some spoilers*** “Mr. Goulding's avowed intention in bringing [Grand Hotel] to the screen was to use the camera as a ‘walking personality,’ letting it follow the tangled destinies of the central characters of the Continental setting as an invisible … Continue reading A Walking Personality: Greta Garbo in Grand Hotel (1932)
Photo Credit: The many editions of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar. Taken September 5, 2011 by Mike Krzeszak: Photos By Mavis/Flickr/CC BY 2.0 ***Some spoilers*** I discovered Sylvia Plath’s work in high school. My twin sister was a huge fan of Plath’s poetry and read voraciously everything published at that time (late 1980’s). I stole … Continue reading Revisiting Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar
***This post is part of The Second Annual Bette Davis Blogathon, hosted by Crystal of In The Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood.*** ***Some spoilers below*** As most of my readers know, I love classic films and even though this blog is focused on writing, creativity, and dreams, I can’t resist participating now and … Continue reading Career vs. Family in All About Eve and The Star
