A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on May 29, 2013

Welcome to 2013 - a year of scandals at A Person in the Dark. Yes, I love movies, but I confess I am a sucker for those juicy Hollywood scandals of old. May's scandal: Mabel Normand and Edna Purviance party down! Best buds Mabel & Edna party with playboy Courtland...   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on May 23, 2013

This is my contribution to the Children in Film Blogathon hosted by Comet Over Hollywood. Click HERE to read about more talented tinseltown tykes! Before the Beatles, before Carnaby Street, before Twiggy, my heart had already been invaded by the British. Hayley Mills was my favorite pre-teen, tee   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on May 11, 2013

From the moment that I heard Leonardo DiCaprio was cast as Jay Gatsby in Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby," I have been counting the hours until the moment when I could see this on the big screen. It was a long wait, with its planned December 2012 release delayed until...   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on May 6, 2013

This is my entry in the Mary Astor Blogathon hosted by Tales of the Easily Distracted and Silver Screenings . Click here for all who agree that there is just something about Mary! Cary Grant is Johnny Case and Katharine Hepburn is Linda Seton in the film version of the...   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on April 29, 2013

Are you one of those people who knows more about old Hollywood than anyone else in your circle of friends? Do you know who was who at every major studio? Do you know the seamy side of the silver screen? Do you think you have a book in you? Steven...   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on April 21, 2013

The countdown to the days before the film I have anticipated forever has begun!! F.Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is my favorite novel. It is compact, spare, gorgeous, heartbreaking and haunting. Its theme of America being a place anyone can reinvent themselves is one that makes the classi   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on April 17, 2013

Welcome to 2013 - a year of scandals at A Person in the Dark. Yes, I love movies, but I confess I am a sucker for those juicy Hollywood scandals of old. April's Scandal: Charlie Chaplin Part 2: Charlie, Joan Barry & Uncle Sam Once America's most beloved star, Chaplin...   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on April 12, 2013

This is my contribution to the James Cagney Blogathon, hosted by The Movie Projector. Click HERE for more, more, more about Mr. Cagney, the man who could do it all. Simply Irresistible Before I dive into this film, let me first say that, in my book, James Cagney could do...   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on April 3, 2013

I wandered over to Amazon to see if I could purchase the 1930 version of "Holiday" starring Mary Astor (for the upcoming Mary Astor Blogathon). Bad luck - they don't have it. Amazon thinks I should be watching a lot of Carole Lombard But, while I was there, I clicked...   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on March 25, 2013

This is my contribution to The Hollywood Revue's Fashion in Film Blogathon. Click HERE for more fashion, more fun and more fabulosity! Joyce Compton approves of Barbara Kent's slip According to Wikipedia, the slip is: "a woman's undergarment worn beneath a dress or skirt to help it hang smoo   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on March 16, 2013

Film historian David Shipman had this to say about Rita Hayworth in his masterful "The Great Movies Stars: The Golden Years": "The appellation 'The Love Goddess' has been used about a dozen stars, but mostly about Rita Hayworth. Whatever other girls had - and sexy, desirable girls were never in...   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on March 10, 2013

Welcome to 2013 - a year of scandals at A Person in the Dark. Yes, I love movies, but I confess I am a sucker for those juicy Hollywood scandals of old. March's scandal: Charlie Chaplin & Lita Grey Charlie and Lillita Louise MacMurray In 1924 Charlie Chaplin was one...   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on March 3, 2013

This is my contribution to the John Garfield 100th Birthday Blogathon, hosted by They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To. Please take the time to read all of the wonderful tributes to this very special actor. Let's see.... tough but charming hoodlum lives the high life in the Big...   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on February 11, 2013

Welcome to 2013 - a year of scandals at A Person in the Dark. Yes, I love movies, but I confess I am a sucker for those juicy Hollywood scandals of old. February's Scandal: Ingrid Bergman - from Saint to Whore WTF? It is hard to believe that this woman...   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on February 2, 2013

Susan Lenox (Her fall and Rise)....the fall of silence, the rise of sound Garbo and Gable: what a pair! MGM was notoriously dense when providing Garbo with a suitable leading man, but here they nailed it. They walk in beauty In 1931, Greta Garbo was more than a queen of...   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on January 19, 2013

Welcome to 2013 - a year of scandals at A Person in the Dark. Yes, I love movies, but I confess I am a sucker for those juicy Hollywood scandals of old. January's Scandal: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Hollywood in the early part of the twentieth century was a tough place....   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on January 7, 2013

Like the fictional Lina Lamont of “Singin’ in the Rain,” the real-life Mae Murray was “a shimmering, glowing star in the cinema firmament." While real people walked on the ground, Mae Murray fluttered above it on gauzy fairy wings. While real people breathed oxygen, Mae Murra   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on December 30, 2012

Once more unto the breach! Yes, it's a new year, and with new beginnings come those resolutions. This time, I intend to use some cinematic inspiration. 1.Get Organized! Somewhere between this: and this: Must not go all crazy-eyed Sleeping with the Enemy are my orderly closets a   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on December 16, 2012

I usually avoid writing about television, this being a movie blog and all that. However, television was the medium that introduced me to classic films, fed my dreams of Hollywood and remains, still, through DVDs and TCM, my main venue for viewing movies. It was also the first breeding ground...   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on December 6, 2012

If you are dazzled by beauty, daring, and creativity, I think you will like the new cinematic stab at “Anna Karenina.” While I looked forward to seeing this, the weight of the earlier performances of both Greta Garbo and Vivien Leigh seemed too much for the frail little shoulders of...   read more