Tag: Drama

Blogathons, Joan Crawford

A Mother’s Memory

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Born in 1889, Marjorie Burnet Rambeau started her stage career at the age of twelve. Before that, she had performed in saloons, singing, dancing and playing the banjo, whilst dressed as a boy. Her mother made her cross dress in order to avoid the avarice advances of men in Nome, Alaska, which at that time… Continue reading A Mother’s Memory

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Can’t Buy Me Love: Richard Burton in The VIPs

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The first of their eleven onscreen pairings, The VIPs was released at the start of the global frenzy and obsession regarding Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor's tempestuous and scandalous love affair. Even though it was the start of their mega film brand, it often falls by the wayside in favour of more critically acclaimed films such as Cleopatra, which… Continue reading Can’t Buy Me Love: Richard Burton in The VIPs

Noir Or Never

Drink Your Milk, Darling.

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Based on the play of the the same name written by Marguerite Vale Veiller, whose nom de plume was Martin Vale, The Two Mrs Carrolls was shot in 1945, but only released in 1947, when Humphrey Bogart was a firm box office draw after such films as The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca and The Big Sleep. However, not even Bogart and… Continue reading Drink Your Milk, Darling.