Janice Radway, one of my professors in college, was studying the behavior and meaning behind romance novels’ readership for her book, Reading...
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Classic Movies On Marriage
Most vintage films tend to end with uncovering the murderer, two people we assume are going to get married – or they’re about cowboys....
“His Girl Friday” is “My Movie Favorite”
I’m often asked, “What is the ultimate dame movie?” (Ok, I’m the primary one asking myself that, but trust me, I ask myself a lot.) It’s...
Little-Known Facts About Jean Harlow
You’ve read the Jean Harlow post– now impress your friends (your easily impressedfriends) with these “Did You Know?” gems: Jean Harlow and...
Jean Harlow: Blonde Patron Saint of Hollywood Dames
Sexy blondes from Marilyn to Madonna owe 1930s movie superstar Jean Harlow a huge debt. (As does Clairol.) It may be hard for contemporary...
The Secret History of Hollywood is Doing God’s Work
Just when you think the world has gone to hell in a handbasket, from behind the dark clouds drifts to Earth a radiant angel, dressed in a...
Top 10 Classic Dame Films – Part 3
Here’s the third and last chapter in my hard-wrought Top Ten Dame Movies list. It’s been hard to whittle down the list, and if I thought Part...
Top 10 Classic Dame Films – Part 2
Here is a continuation of my Top Ten List of Classic Dame-y Movies. This is no easy task because there are so many movies that feature dames...
Top 10 Classic Dame Movies
The world is chock full of dames, some fully-blossomed, some who remain stunted as seedlings. One of the best ways to coax a nascent dame out...
Leslie Combemale is One Animated Cinema Siren!
Imagine that you grew up loving movies and art—and the artists who made them; And as an adult you wanted to hang out with all the cool people...
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