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Classic Dame Movies: “The Women” (1939)

I’ve seen 1939’s The Women approximately 20,000 times, give or take, still it’s one of the few movies I always watch whenever it’s on TCM....

Elizabeth Taylor was a dame from the top of her beautiful head to the tips of her probably well-manicured toes. Elizabeth lived her life in...

Jane Russell could have just been a punchline. A nice Christian girl devoted to faith and family, Howard Hughes put her under contract and...

Most vintage films tend to end with uncovering the murderer, two people we assume are going to get married – or they’re about cowboys....

When you find yourself alone with a feeling of hopelessness and nothing but a pint (okay, a tub) of ice cream to assuage you, perhaps a...

Paulette Goddard had this whole dame thing down pat. Wrapping a genius around her little finger, becoming a major movie star, marrying a...

Dametown is a place where dames are celebrated, appreciated, advocated, venerated, illuminated, cultivated, stimulated, instigated, sometimes...

You’ve read the Jean Harlow post– now impress your friends (your easily impressedfriends) with these “Did You Know?” gems: Jean Harlow and...

Sexy blondes from Marilyn to Madonna owe 1930s movie superstar Jean Harlow a huge debt. (As does Clairol.) It may be hard for contemporary...

What would you do if you had to choose between becoming a famous movie star or traveling the world with the love of your life? When she was...

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