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What’s Your Classic Movie Intervention?

♦ June 16, 2021 ♦ 2 Comments

Okay here’s a question for all of you, who, like me, feel movies from the top of your head to the tips of your toes. What classic movie character would you like to stage an intervention for? Who makes you want to reach into the screen and say “Don’t do it!” I don’t mean warning …

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Reel Infatuation: Walter Huston as DODSWORTH

♦ June 18, 2016 ♦ 11 Comments

Who’s your cinematic someone—the movie character you’re most in love with? For me, it’s Walter Huston’s Dodsworth. When first we meet him, he’s gazing out the window of a great office. But this is no corporate overlord—you get the feeling he’d rather be out there on the floor. “The men are ready,” his secretary says softly. And so they are, some …

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Ruth Chatterton Could Teach FRISCO JENNY a Thing or Two

♦ September 12, 2015 ♦ 9 Comments

He was born on Leap Day. She was born on Christmas Eve. But when it came to working together, neither felt much like celebrating. In 1932, when director William Wellman was paired with Ruth Chatterton for Frisco Jenny, it seemed the set might not be big enough for two passionate perfectionists who were used to calling the …

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50 Classic Film Scenes in Black and White: The Original Fifty Shades of Grey

♦ March 1, 2015 ♦ 6 Comments

Had enough of the hype surrounding Fifty Shades of Grey, which has now made the transition from the page to the screen, much the way an awful cold might progress into pneumonia? Wondering why a dreadful hack writer seems to think she invented sex? And let’s not even talk about the shameless worship of expensive stuff, which, let’s face it, is …

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Win DODSWORTH in the First Sister Celluloid Contest!

♦ November 2, 2014 ♦ 4 Comments

Sister Celluloid is now just about six months old (websites grow up so fast—sniff!), and I’ve made so many new friends and met wonderful kindred spirits, I honestly can’t tell you how thankful I am. As a token of appreciation, I’ll be running contests with prizes including DVDs, CDs, vintage jewelry and other fabulous stuff. …

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