Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on November 8, 2013

This post is written in conjunction with the second annual What a Character! blogathon hosted by Kellee at Outspoken and Freckled, Aurora at Once Upon a Screen, and Paula at Paula’s Cinema Club. Read my contribution to last year’s blogathon about black character actress Louise Beavers. C   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on November 2, 2013

This home movie was made by Katharine Hepburn’s husband, Ludlow “Luddy” Ogden Smith during the first years of their marriage, before Hollywood, fame, professional makeup artists, and costume designers came on the scene. Miss Hepburn would have been in her early 20s at the time. She   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on October 30, 2013

This post is written in conjunction with the Hitchcock Halloween blogathon hosted by Backlots. Alfred Hitchcock’s groundbreaking work had a ubiquitous effect on the film industry – there isn’t a scary movie today that has not in some way been influenced by the English director&#82   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on October 23, 2013

While working on my Katharine Hepburn capstone in college, my academic advisor and I discovered that it was more expedient to refer to the project as my “Hepstone” since “Hepburn capstone” is quite a mouthful. In the quest for a recurring feature on my blog, I’ve decide   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on October 21, 2013

It’s been a busy couple of months, and I must apologize to my faithful followers (hello, Judy!) for not having written much since the massively successful TCM Summer Under the Stars Blogathon, for which I earned a Blu-Ray copy of WEST SIDE STORY (1961). Although I’ve been dreadfully remi   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on October 2, 2013

We all indulge in a little wishful thinking at some times. “I wish political leaders wouldn’t use chemical weapons on their own people.” “I wish Congress would NOT shut down the entire US government.” “I wish Katharine Hepburn had made a film about Amelia Earhart.   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on September 7, 2013

This post is written in conjunction with the Gish Sisters Blogathon hosted by The Motion Pictures and Movies, Silently. For my previous post about Dorothy and Lillian Gish, see Conservatism in Revolution: The Gish sisters in D. W. Griffith’s ORPHANS OF THE STORM (1921). For more about silent m   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on September 2, 2013

Happy September, everybody! Alas, summer has gone and autumn is upon us. Actually, fall is my favorite season, so I’m not exactly sad that the wretched days of Virginia humidity are behind us. But I am bummed that there will be no more Summer Under the Stars on TCM until...   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on August 31, 2013

This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence and Scribe Hard on Film. Full listings for SUTS programming on Turner Classic Movies can be found HERE. “When I was ten we moved and I decided that none of the names I was then c   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on August 28, 2013

This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence and Scribe Hard on Film. Full listings for SUTS programming on Turner Classic Movies can be found HERE. “Deep down I am a small-town girl from Smithton, Pennsylvania.” Des   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on August 25, 2013

I won this book last year from my first ever blogathon, the Queer Film Blogathon 2012 hosted by Garbo Laughs and Pussy Goes Grrr. Not being terribly interested in queer theory myself, I was tempted to set this book aside. But flipping through I noticed a whole chapter devoted to...   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on August 20, 2013

This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence and Scribe Hard on Film. Full listings for SUTS programming on Turner Classic Movies can be found HERE. “We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on August 17, 2013

This post was written in conjunction with the 2013 Summer Reading Classic film book Challenge hosted by Out of the Past. This is my fourth contribution. For “The Private World of Katharine Hepburn,” photographer John Bryson was able to go where no man, or camera, had ever gone before &   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on August 14, 2013

This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence and Scribe Hard on Film. Full listings for SUTS programming on Turner Classic Movies can be found HERE. I love this dame and could talk abut the whys and wherefores of my respect for h   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on August 10, 2013

This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence and Scribe Hard on Film. Full listings for SUTS programming on Turner Classic Movies can be found HERE. Did you know…? Lana Turner was known as “The Sweater Girl” She   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on August 10, 2013

This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence and Scribe Hard on Film. Full listings for SUTS programming on Turner Classic Movies can be found HERE. Did you know…? Henry Fonda knew Marlon Brando’s family from Omaha &#   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on August 7, 2013

This post was written in conjunction with the 2013 Summer Reading Classic Film Book Challenge hosted by Out of the Past. This is my third summer book review. This time last year I was catching some rays at Raging Rivers Water Park and listening to Jennifer Garlen and her daughter Cate talk about the   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on August 3, 2013

This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence and Scribe Hard on Film. Full listings for SUTS programming on Turner Classic Movies can be found HERE. English actor Alec Guinness has been one of my all-time favorite performer   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on August 2, 2013

This post is written in conjunction with the Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence and Scribe Hard on Film. Full listings for SUTS programming on Turner Classic Movies can be found HERE. I’ll be perfectly honest – Doris Day is not my favorite. I al   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on July 31, 2013

Every year in August Turner Classic Movies hosts “Summer Under the Stars” (SUTS), a month-long movie marathon celebrating the biggest names in acting history. Each day features the films of one notable actor or actress. A complete listing of the SUTS schedule can be downloaded from the   read more