Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on January 3, 2013

Happy New Year, everybody! I am sorry I have been AWOL for the last week or so. Since returning from my six-month stay in England, I’ve been zipping around seeing old friends. I have finally settled down and am now looking for a real job. Until then, it is back...   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on December 25, 2012

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Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on December 22, 2012

This post was written in conjunction with the Dueling Divas Blogathon hosted by Lara at BacklotsWomen in film are often represented as romantic rivals for a male character. Girlfriends and ex-girlfriends, wives and mothers, sisters and fiancées are perpetually warring with each other on the big scre   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on December 20, 2012

Shakespeare on Toast was published by Icon Books on September 11, 2012. Ben Crystal is an English actor/author who has been interviewed by many news agencies about his work with Shakespeare. His previous publications include two books co-authored by his father David Crystal: Shakespeare’s Wor   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on December 17, 2012

Walter Lang’s DESK SET (1957) is one of Katharine Hepburn’s few “Christmas movies.” You could possibly count LITTLE WOMEN (Cukor, 1933) or Anthony Harvey’s THE LION IN WINTER (1968), but DESK SET stands out as a film that really captures the Christmas spirit, at least f   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on December 10, 2012

Apparently, the day after I left England to return to the Unites States earlier this week, it snowed over there! What’s with that!? It seriously had to wait until I left the country before huge, white, fluffy snowflakes were released over the English towns and countryside?! Unjust! So now I&   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on December 7, 2012

“I’m a tough old broad from Brooklyn. I intend to go on acting until I’m ninety and they won’t need to paste my face with makeup.” “I want to go on until they have to shoot me.”  “It’s perhaps not the future I would choose. I still think it&#8217   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on December 1, 2012

Earlier this week I had the most amazing opportunity to visit the Victoria and Albert Museum in central London to see their Hollywood Costume exhibit. The exhibit showcases more than 100 iconic film costumes from the last 100 years of cinema. About thirty of the costumes were from what I...   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on November 26, 2012

As usual, TCM is closing out the month in style with three days of novel-film adaptations. Monday night into Tuesday morning will feature no less than a dozen quintessential stories from British Literature, including two Laurence Olivier pictures, WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939) by Emily Bronte and PRIDE A   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on November 22, 2012

A Little Princess is one of my all-time favorite books. I think I read it at least once a year. When I read it for the first time, I loved the ending so much that I just kept reading the last few chapters over and over again. I also consider myself...   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on November 19, 2012

This seems to be the week for awards! Annmarie of the Classic Movie Hub has passed the 7×7 Link Award to me. This ‘getting-to-know-you’ award helps bloggers share about the most popular posts on their blog, then pass along the honor to their favorite blogs. Thanks, Annmarie, for thi   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on November 19, 2012

Turner Classic Movies has planned out an amazing schedule for this Thanksgiving week. The week kicks off with a continuation of TCM’s month of “GreatAdaptations: Novel to Film.” Monday primetime and Tuesday morning will feature films based on Russian and French Literature. For tonight I can recommen   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on November 17, 2012

Aurora over at Once Upon A Screen has honoured me with another Liebster Award. The award is given to up-and-coming blogs with fewer than 200 followers, so I definitely qualify. I must share eleven things about myself, answer the questions posed by Aurora, then do the same for eleven other...   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on November 12, 2012

A previous post on this blog mentions the various “Great Adaptations” of films based on novels Turner Classic Movies will be featuring this month. Possibly the most quintessential American novel, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, has also been made into a number of popular films, two of   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on November 10, 2012

The month of November promises to be a good one for the classic film blogging community. As usual, The Great Katharine Hepburn will be right in the thick of it. Here are some things to look forward to this month and next. Katharine Hepburn movies this month on TCM are:...   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on October 31, 2012

“I wanted to remind people that the lowest types of humanity have within them the capacity for extreme self-sacrifice. The dwarfed, misshapen beggar of the streets may have the noblest ideals.” (Lon Chaney) “He someone who acted out our psyche. He somehow got inside the shadows inside ou   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on October 28, 2012

Turner Classic Movies will conclude their month of Spencer Tracy today, 29 October, with an evening of the four films he made with director Stanley Kramer. GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER (1967) was Spencer Tracy’s final film and will be showing at 1:30 am EST. It was the ninth film he...   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on October 21, 2012

WOMAN OF THE YEAR (1942) – 8:00 pm Directed by: George Stevens Written by: Ring Lardner, Jr. and Michael Kanin Genre: comedy, romance Co-starring: Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, Sara Haden Synopsis: When down-to-earth, all-American sports writer Sam Craig (Tracy) first meets high-flying internati   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on October 20, 2012

“Write a letter to your favorite dead star. What did you always want to tell them? How did they change your life? What’s your favorite thing about them? How did they impact the world and what legacies did they leave? Write about anything you like, as long as it’s addressed...   read more

Margaret Perry Posted by MargaretPerry on October 15, 2012

Turner Classic Movies continues their celebration of Spencer Tracy this month with an evening of five of his Academy-nominated performances, today, October 15. Tracy was nominated for a total of nine Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role, two of which he won (BOYS TOWN (1938) and CAPTAINS   read more