Appearance & Deceit: The Veiled Queerness of STOLEN HOLIDAY
Introduction Publicity poster advertising STOLEN HOLIDAY, 1937 It’s a common theme in Kay Francis movies to see her enter a loveless...
Appearance & Deceit: The Veiled Queerness of STOLEN HOLIDAY
Introduction Publicity poster advertising STOLEN HOLIDAY, 1937 It’s a common theme in Kay Francis movies to see her enter a loveless...
The Circus of Cinema: A Case Study of Hagsploitation
In contemporary English, a circus is defined as a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and other entertainers which gives performances,...
The Circus of Cinema: A Case Study of Hagsploitation
In contemporary English, a circus is defined as a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and other entertainers which gives performances,...
Melody and Malady: Humoresque, Deception, & the Musical Melodrama
Swanky apartments that boast sweeping panoramas of the Manhattan skyline swell with sound and emotion. Arenas in which the players...
Melody and Malady: Humoresque, Deception, & the Musical Melodrama
Swanky apartments that boast sweeping panoramas of the Manhattan skyline swell with sound and emotion. Arenas in which the players...
Curtain Call: Trog, Wicked Stepmother, and the Inevitability of Conclusion
When compared objectively, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford boast impressive careers — Joan’s just shy of half a century, and Bette’s...
Curtain Call: Trog, Wicked Stepmother, and the Inevitability of Conclusion
When compared objectively, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford boast impressive careers — Joan’s just shy of half a century, and Bette’s...
Confronting Senility on the Screen & in the Self
Bette Davis in publicity for “A Piano for Mrs. Cimino,” 1982 The year is 1982. The film, a made for TV vehicle filmed for CBS, is titled...
Confronting Senility on the Screen & in the Self
Bette Davis in publicity for “A Piano for Mrs. Cimino,” 1982 The year is 1982. The film, a made for TV vehicle filmed for CBS, is titled...
Caricatures of Contempt: Revisiting Torch Song and The Star
Torch Song, at face value, is easily overlooked as a run of the mill, low budget MGM musical production. Metro was in their golden era of...
Opposing reflections: musings on Joan Crawford and Bette Davis
For years, they remained two ships in the night, sailing silently by one another in trajectories that practically mirrored the other’s....
Cultivated Celebrity: How Joan Crawford Crafted A Desirable Public Image
This was a piece I wrote my final year of undergrad which aimed to further explore and analyze one of the most meticulously maintained —...
Cultivated Celebrity: How Joan Crawford Crafted A Desirable Public Image
This was a piece I wrote my final year of undergrad which aimed to further explore and analyze one of the most meticulously maintained —...
SOME THOUGHTS ON FEUD
Joan Crawford said it best herself: “Nobody can imitate me … because I’ve only been drawn on myself only.” That hasn’t stopped Hollywood...
SOME THOUGHTS ON FEUD
Joan Crawford said it best herself: “Nobody can imitate me … because I’ve only been drawn on myself only.” That hasn’t stopped Hollywood...
Happy birthday, Joan! A poetry tribute
JOAN CRAWFORD 3/23/190(6) – 5/10/1977 Joan Crawford in “Untamed” (1929) Joan Crawford is one of my favorite celebrities and favorite...
Happy birthday, Joan! A poetry tribute
JOAN CRAWFORD 3/23/190(6) – 5/10/1977 Joan Crawford in “Untamed” (1929) Joan Crawford is one of my favorite celebrities and favorite...
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