Bette Davis & The Queer Protagonist
While rightfully remembered for her immortalizing portrayal of Margo Channing in ALL ABOUT EVE, such an association often — though not on...
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The Power of Voice, Even In Silence: Kay Francis and CONFESSION
Vera Kowalska has nothing left but her voice — and yet, it is her purposeful silence that speaks deafening volumes. 1937 theatrical...
The Power of Voice, Even In Silence: Kay Francis and CONFESSION
Vera Kowalska has nothing left but her voice — and yet, it is her purposeful silence that speaks deafening volumes. 1937 theatrical...
OLD ACQUAINTANCE, or Something More? A Queer Examination
Publicity poster promoting OLD ACQUAINTANCE “There are certain things that one just doesn’t do! But I did!” publicity for OLD...
OLD ACQUAINTANCE, or Something More? A Queer Examination
Publicity poster promoting OLD ACQUAINTANCE “There are certain things that one just doesn’t do! But I did!” publicity for OLD...
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...
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...
Boxing & Bette Davis: Bite-sized Food for Thought
Poetry lies in the most ordinary happenstances of coincidence. A common thread unexpectedly found — and traced — between two entirely...
Boxing & Bette Davis: Bite-sized Food for Thought
Poetry lies in the most ordinary happenstances of coincidence. A common thread unexpectedly found — and traced — between two entirely...
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....
From the Archives: Replication: The Evolution of Blade Runner and its Meta-Text
Hello, readers! I thank you for your continued patience as I slowly (but surely) cultivate new pieces. I’m in the midst of trying to move...
From the Archives: Replication: The Evolution of Blade Runner and its Meta-Text
Hello, readers! I thank you for your continued patience as I slowly (but surely) cultivate new pieces. I’m in the midst of trying to move...
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 —...
From the Archives: ‘Smoke and Mirrors: The Influence of Memories and Noir on Blade Runner̵
Hello, fellow readers! The following piece was the last piece of writing I ever turned in before college graduation — my final paper of...
From the Archives: ‘Smoke and Mirrors: The Influence of Memories and Noir on Blade Runner̵
Hello, fellow readers! The following piece was the last piece of writing I ever turned in before college graduation — my final paper of...
On Dietrich and Von Sternberg:
Hello, friends! I’d like to preface this write up by acknowledging my dear friend Dru — not only is she an insanely talented artist in...
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