by Lesley Gaspar | May 17, 2025 | 1950s, Academy Awards, Classic movies, Douglas Sirk, Women's Films
This is an entry for “Cry Me a River,” the CMBA 2025 Spring Blogathon. Note: If you’re new to Imitation of Life, you might want to start with a viewing or by reading some other more general pieces. I don’t want to spoil any of it for you. But...
by Lesley Gaspar | Nov 11, 2023 | 1940s, Classic movies, Jean Negulesco, Joan Crawford, John Garfield
Thrilled to be writing this for the 2023 CMBA fall blogathon, because Humoresque is a classic Second Sight movie where the riches it offers mostly get eclipsed. In this case it’s by Crawford’s dazzling diva turn, which sweeps all before it. Hoping to stir...
by Lesley Gaspar | Jan 18, 2022 | 1960s, Academy Awards, Adolph Deutsch, Billy Wilder, Blogathons, Classic movies, Joseph LaShelle
Why do I watch The Apartment whenever it’s on, and why, after all these viewings, do I get a little bit excited every time it’s on the schedule? Same reason I watch a lot of movies the same way. I watch them the same way I listen to music I love, which is to say, not...
by Lesley Gaspar | Dec 5, 2021 | 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, Actors, Blogathons, Classic movies, Jack Carson
First, pick a Jack. Jack #1: Sad Sack Jack Never nominated, he worked a lot but wasn’t taken seriously, was given few chances to stretch beyond comedies. He was a depressive who drank too much and was awkward and distant in intimate relationships. Died at 52, weeks...
by Lesley Gaspar | Oct 31, 2021 | 1940s, Bernard Herrmann, Classic movies, film noir, Orson Welles, Uncategorized
NOTE: Dear reader, I know you’ve all been in tech hell once in a while. Unfortuately, I have been all week, and while I won’t bore you with the dull, frustrating details, the upshot is, I got o photos for this post, so it is incredibly dreary to look at....
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