Writer, researcher, and film historian focusing especially on the silent/pre-Code eras (and the overlooked faces within). I talk a lot about Jean Harlow.
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I was lucky enough to receive a fabulous tour of Jean Harlow’s 1932 custom-built mansion on South Beverly Glen Boulevard, now listed for the first time in decades. Read about the history of this well-preserved, idiosyncratic property and take a walkthrough with me at link below:
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Rare W for the Dolores Costello Fan Club 2026 Lineup… and I actually get to remove a film from my lost film wishlist…. yay!!!!
Incredible news to close the year! The 1926 silent film THE LITTLE IRISH GIRL, considered lost since the late 1940s has been found in Australia and has now been restored by the National Film and Sound Archive. The film stars Dolores Costello and John Harron.
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Timeline reset with a relaxed and unbothered Fay Wray, circa 1933.
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My latest Comet Over Hollywood video looks at my favorite not-so-scary Halloween classic films, features some of my DIY Halloween costumes and one of my dumbest impressions to date.
Watch here:
youtube.com/watch?v=qNsfLAPi…
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I would love for as many people as possible to read this beautifully researched and ultimately very moving essay — the kind of original film-history writing we should get behind. vitaphonezone.substack.com/p…
I wrote about the life and times of the president of the first Official Jean Harlow Club, Minnette Shermak, who singlehandedly proves fan circles have been around a lot longer than we think. Link below
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You’re not a real cinephile until you know it’s “Mamie Van Doren” and “Erich von Stroheim”. Don’t fuck that up
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Using the fact that I just fixed the wrongly capitalized “for” in the title as further self-promotion
I wrote about the life and times of the president of the first Official Jean Harlow Club, Minnette Shermak, who singlehandedly proves fan circles have been around a lot longer than we think. Link below
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this is the one time a year women get together and act like the biggest basement dwelling incels and say shit like “you can find this mid at any trader joe’s” i love women in male dominated fields
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Nice candid color (not colorized) portrait of Groucho at Sardi's restaurant for the Tony Awards after-party in April of 1968. Groucho was a presenter that year; not a nominee. (Photo by Oscar Abolafia)
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Maggy Rouff has not received the attention she deserved as an important designer. Alongside her creative outputs she was also head of the most important anti-piracy association in Paris which sought to protect the work of fellow artists. Here, one of her dresses c1950 #bonhams
ALT Back view of a pink silk sleeveless dress with full skirt and narrow straps. The back view has a pale blue and a red sash hanging down the back
ALT Front view of the pale pink silk evening dress with narrow straps. There is a hint of the pale blue and red silk at the waist which is more prominent at the back
ALT Detail of the centre front of the pale pink silk evening dress which shows how full the skirt is and the placement of the pale blue and red silk sash at the waist
ALT Black and white photograph of a model wearing a Maggy Rouff dress from the same period as the pink dress
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Enjoying my sneak of @thescrewballgrl's upcoming #VirginiaGrey bio 🤩 Shown here rehearsing with #GeorgeCukor & new friend #JoanCrawford for the perfume counter scene in #TheWomen. IRL the independent Grey definitely had opinions about her rather controlling new pal. 😉 #TCMParty
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From Canto V of the epic poem "Orlando Furioso",
Illustration: Gustave Doré, 1877.
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I have this on my fridge.
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