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Tag Archives: Carole Lombard
“Personally, I resent being tagged ‘glamour girl’. It’s such an absurd, extravagant label. It implies so much that I’m not.” — Carole Lombard
It’s her birthday today! Carole Lombard played ditzy and impulsive, but she didn’t play dumb. One of her greatest gifts as a comedienne is her craftiness, how well she creates cunning and sometimes selfish women, women who are heedless, sometimes … Continue reading →
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Tagged Carole Lombard, Howard Hawks, screwball comedy
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April 2021 Viewing Diary
Jewel Robbery (1932; d. William Dieterle) This glittering pre-Code, starring William Powell as a jewel thief, and Kay Francis as a married woman in love with her jewels, is such a subversive delight. Powell is devastatingly charming and Francis is … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Carole Lombard, Cary Grant, comedy, Costa-Gavras, David Lynch, documentary, drama, England, France, Greece, historical drama, horror, Jack Nicholson, Joanna Hogg, Joel McCrea, Kay Francis, literary adaptation, Martin Scorsese, Memphis, Monte Hellman, Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, Pre-Code, Roman Polanski, Russia, sci-fi, short films, Stalag 17, Tilda Swinton, Ukraine, Warren Oates, westerns, William Holden, William Powell, women directors
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September 2020 Viewing Diary
September was the longest month of my life. I started out putting my cat to sleep. I was in Rhode Island and had been so for a month. I came home, and everything had changed. And everything will keep changing. … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan Ladd, backting, Barbara Stanwyck, Carole Lombard, comedy, documentary, drama, film noir, George Sanders, historical drama, Jim Jarmusch, Joan Blondell, Mervyn LeRoy, Mia Wasikowska, Natalie Portman, Pre-Code, religious movies, Richard Linklater, sci-fi, Supernatural, Tilda Swinton, women directors
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December 2016 Viewing Diary
Supernatural, Season 7, Episode 22, “There Will Be Blood” (2012; d. Guy Norman Bee) I had started a re-watch of Season 7 in November, so I finished it out this month. Season 7 was one of my least favorites, when … Continue reading →
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Tagged Akira Kurosawa, Belfast, Carole Lombard, Cary Grant, Channing Tatum, Chantal Akerman, Claude Rains, Coen brothers, Cyd Charisse, documentary, East of Eden, Elia Kazan, Ewan McGregor, France, George Clooney, Gloria Grahame, Greta Garbo, Horton Foote, Humphrey Bogart, Isabelle Huppert, James Dean, Japan, Jean-Luc Godard, Jeff Bridges, John Steinbeck, Julie Harris, Kentucker Audley, Kristen Stewart, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Scorsese, Mélanie Laurent, Nicholas Ray, Norway, Robert Duvall, Robert Mitchum, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Scarlett Johansson, Supernatural, Tilda Swinton, Warren Oates, William Faulkner, women directors
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August 2015 Viewing Diary
Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine (2000; d. Bahman Farmanara). A profound and touching (and very funny) film from Iran, written and directed by and starring Farmanara. It tells the story of a death-obsessed film director who hasn’t made a … Continue reading →
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Tagged Abbas Kiarostami, Albert Maysles, Barbara Stanwyck, Busby Berkeley, Canada, Carole Lombard, Christian Petzold, documentary, family, Germany, Iran, Iranian film, Jack Nicholson, John Wayne, Jonathan Demme, Monte Hellman, Nina Hoss, Sam Rockwell, Supernatural, The Rolling Stones, Warren Oates, William Powell, X-Files
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January 2015 Viewing Diary
I’m going to start listing everything I saw each month. It’ll be a good way for me to keep track, and also a good record for my end-of-year lists. So here’s everything I watched in January, 2015. Inherent Vice (2014; … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bette Davis, Carole Lombard, Claudette Colbert, Corneliu Porumboiu, Elvis Presley, England, France, Italy, Jane Russell, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Michael Mann, Michelangelo Antonioni, My Man Godfrey, Paul Thomas Anderson, Preston Sturges, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Linklater, Robert Mitchum, Romania, Sofia Coppola, Supernatural, Tom Cruise, William Powell, William Wyler, X-Files
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Carlo The Protégé Tries To Cheer Up Carole Lombard
I don’t care how many times I see this scene. It still makes me fall apart at the seams. One of the greatest joys of my life was going to the Carole Lombard double-feature at The Film Forum and listening … Continue reading →
Love Before Breakfast (1936); Dir. Walter Lang
Carole Lombard plays ditzy and impulsive, but she doesn’t play dumb. One of her greatest gifts as a comedienne is her craftiness, how well she creates cunning selfish women, heedless, manipulative, who do not know their own minds (or, to … Continue reading →
Love, Lombard-style
And Sheila-style as well. Found this poster in a bin on Bleecker Street and promptly purchased it. It now hangs in my room, a glorious reminder of the upheaval of love (before breakfast and otherwise). I am in love with … Continue reading →