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We adore old movies and believe they are good for you, like expensive chocolate and the spa. Fashionably filmy movie blogger.

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#nowwatching Celeste Holm flirts for the common good. silverscreenings.org/2026/10…
Flirting for the Common Good

Flirting for the Common Good

Three saintly, but inept, gold diggers. Image: IMDb Flirtatious people in movies often get a bad rap, but sometimes these folks can right social wrongs. Look at Three Little Girls in Blue (1946), a…

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Eva Marie Saint’s stolen glances

Eva Marie Saint’s stolen glances

Her performance as Eve Kendall in ‘North by Northwest’, Alfred Hitchcock’s unique, surreal masterpiece, will never be forgotten.

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Five Best Books on Women in the Movie Business

The author of ‘Jungle Red!’ on revelatory stories about women on camera and behind the scenes in Hollywood.

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#NowWatching Gloria Swanson discover there's no such thing as a free lunch: Manhandled (1922) silverscreenings.org/2026/09…
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Monday with a British Theatre Troupe: Curtain Up (1952) #BritishComedy silverscreenings.org/2026/09…
Monday at the Theatre: Curtain Up (1952)

Monday at the Theatre: Curtain Up (1952)

The perils of rehearsal. Image: IMDb Have you ever acted in community or professional theatre? We (yours truly) have never done so due to a lack of talent. Plus, we can’t be bothered memorizing lin…

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‘Notorious’: Roy Webb’s Slithery Hitchcock Score

‘Notorious’: Roy Webb’s Slithery Hitchcock Score

The composer’s fluid, psychologically attuned music proved an elegant and ahead-of-its-time enhancement to the classic 1946 spy romance starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman.

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What to do whilst awaiting an execution? Midnight (1934) examines the different points of view. #CapitalPunishment silverscreenings.org/2026/09…
Things to do While Awaiting an Execution

Things to do While Awaiting an Execution

Sidney Fox (right) with boyfriend, Humphrey Bogart. Image IMDb One of the most awkward social occasions is what to do whilst awaiting an execution. There are the women who knit, as Charles Dickens …

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Ingrid Bergman's So-Mo Power Struggle: Adam Had 4 Sons (1941) #NowWatching silverscreenings.org/2026/08…
Ingrid Bergman’s Slow-Mo Power Struggle

Ingrid Bergman’s Slow-Mo Power Struggle

Ingrid Bergman gets some bad news. Image: Reelgood Ingrid Bergman always gives an audience their money’s worth. The legendary actress, born in Stockholm, Sweden, came to Hollywood in 1939, wh…

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@925screenings saw #hisgirlfriday at cinema. russell stalking past journalists’ desks to editor’s office one of movies’ great tracking shots. whole things radiates fun and energy. has any other director given audience so much enjoyment?
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‘How Film Became History’ Review: Inventing the Documentary

‘How Film Became History’ Review: Inventing the Documentary

Early attempts to present real events on celluloid sometimes combined on-the-scene footage with staged reconstructions.

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#NowWatching April in Paris (1952), a musical comedy starring Doris Day and Ray Bolger. silverscreenings.org/2026/08…
A Movie that Grows on You: April in Paris (1952)

A Movie that Grows on You: April in Paris (1952)

Doris Day with handsome Claude Dauphin. Image: Blog Full of Jelly Have you attended a theatre or cabaret show in Paris? We, sadly, have not. That was something we missed on a trip to Paris many yea…

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‘A Century of Hitchcock’ Review: All Eyes on Alfred

‘A Century of Hitchcock’ Review: All Eyes on Alfred

Film critics and biographers have attempted to nail down the truth behind Alfred Hitchcock’s carefully maintained public image. They do not always agree.

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An early #Hitchcock film with a superb race between a public bus and a train. #classicfilm silverscreenings.org/2026/07…
A Lesser-Known Hitchcock Film: Number 17 (1932)

A Lesser-Known Hitchcock Film: Number 17 (1932)

Crime doesn’t pay, but it can get you a fabulous coat. Image: IMDb Well, here’s something we never saw coming: An Alfred Hitchcock movie that doesn’t quite hang together. Number Sevente…

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The opening shot of Dead End (1937) is an incredible blend of miniatures, forced perspective, and seamless editing. Nearly 90 years later, it still looks fantastic.
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The Evidence of the Film (1913) offers a behind-the-scenes look at how movies were edited
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Charley Chase, Silent Film’s Overlooked Comic Genius

Charley Chase, Silent Film’s Overlooked Comic Genius

The actor and director deserves to be remembered alongside Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton as one of Hollywood’s comedy pioneers.

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The fiesty Jane Eyre as a weirdly meek soul in "Jane Eyre" (1943), starring Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles. #CharlotteBronte #ClassicLit silverscreenings.org/2026/07…
The Abnormally Meek Jane Eyre (1943)

The Abnormally Meek Jane Eyre (1943)

You’d think this is brilliant casting. Image: IMDb Well, we just watched the 1943 version of Jane Eyre, based on the 1847 novel by Charlotte Brontë. As you know, Jane Eyre (the character) is a stro…

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