Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on November 6, 2013

With as much excitement as Steve Martin in THE JERK (1979) with the arrival of new phone books, I enthusiastically offer you the 2013 WHAT A CHARACTER! Blogathon schedule!! Back by popular demand, the zany classic-film-loving and blogging trio of Aurora (aka @citizenscreen) of Once Upon A Screen, Pa   read more

Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on October 10, 2013

My definition of a perfectly spooky good time involves an October evening with a crisp Autumn atmosphere with the leaves rustling in yard as I cuddle up to my favorite classic films. My favorite October classic is Frank Capra's ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944). This film is a dark-as-ebony comedy...   read more

Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on October 10, 2013

My definition of a perfectly spooky good time involves an October evening with a crisp Autumn atmosphere with the leaves rustling in yard as I cuddle up to my favorite classic films. My favorite October classic is Frank Capra's ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944). This film is a dark-as-ebony comedy...   read more

Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on September 30, 2013

For the 2nd year in a row, I had the great pleasure of attending the Buster Keaton Celebration in Iola, Kansas at Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The "stone-faced" icon of the silent screen Buster was born in nearby Piqua, Kansas in 1895, where he started performing along with his vaudevillian...   read more

Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on September 30, 2013

For the 2nd year in a row, I had the great pleasure of attending the Buster Keaton Celebration in Iola, Kansas at Bowlus Fine Arts Center. The "stone-faced" icon of the silent screen Buster was born in nearby Piqua, Kansas in 1895, where he started performing along with his vaudevillian...   read more

Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on September 19, 2013

October translates into many seasonal offerings for me: a start to cooler weather, cozy sweaters and jeans instead of shorts and tank tops, my favorite scent of pumpkin spice candles burning throughout the house, crunchy tastes of apples and tart cranberries, an urge to bake more frequently, the fal   read more

Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on September 19, 2013

October translates into many seasonal offerings for me: a start to cooler weather, cozy sweaters and jeans instead of shorts and tank tops, my favorite scent of pumpkin spice candles burning throughout the house, crunchy tastes of apples and tart cranberries, an urge to bake more frequently, the fal   read more

Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on September 17, 2013

They are eccentric. They are unusual. And, they are BACK! No role is too small for the great actors who often appear in the periphery of our beloved classic films. For the second year in a row, we put them front and center. Hosted by Aurora of OnceUponAScreen (@citizenscreen), Paula...   read more

Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on September 17, 2013

The WHAT A CHARACTER! Blogathon is back! And to keep the whacky threesome hosts of Aurora (aka @citizenscreen) of Once Upon A Screen, Paula (aka @Paula_Guthat) of Paula's Cinema Club and yours truly ... Kellee (aka @IrishJayhawk66) of Outspoken & Freckled on track, we have organized a running ta   read more

Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on September 17, 2013

They are eccentric. They are unusual. And, they are BACK! No role is too small for the great actors who often appear in the periphery of our beloved classic films. For the second year in a row, we put them front and center. Hosted by Aurora of OnceUponAScreen (@citizenscreen), Paula...   read more

Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on September 17, 2013

The WHAT A CHARACTER! Blogathon is back! And to keep the whacky threesome hosts of Aurora (aka @citizenscreen) of Once Upon A Screen, Paula (aka @Paula_Guthat) of Paula's Cinema Club and yours truly ... Kellee (aka @IrishJayhawk66) of Outspoken & Freckled on track, we have organized a running ta   read more

Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on September 7, 2013

Light and dark. The hunted and the hunter. Charles Laughton's THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955) is a beautiful and deeply disturbing film of striking contrasts. A cinematic visual wonder, this film is rich in symbolism. Masterfully cast with outstanding performances, beautifully directed, and filmed in   read more

Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on September 7, 2013

Light and dark. The hunted and the hunter. Charles Laughton's NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955) is a beautiful and deeply disturbing film of striking contrasts. A cinematic visual wonder, this film is rich in symbolism. Masterfully cast with outstanding performances, beautifully directed, and filmed in sum   read more

Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on July 28, 2013

Recently, I was honored to hear I was awarded with the "One Lovely Blog Award" by the lovely "Movies Silently" blog. I'm a big fan of this silent film centric blog so I was all the more delighted hear the feeling was mutual! Fritzi Kramer (aka @MoviesSilently) is the tea-sipping,...   read more

Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on July 28, 2013

Recently, I was honored to hear I was awarded with the "One Lovely Blog Award" by the lovely "Movies Silently" blog. I'm a big fan of this silent film centric blog so I was all the more delighted hear the feeling was mutual! Fritzi Kramer (aka @MoviesSilently) is the tea-sipping,...   read more

Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on July 19, 2013

Sydney Pollack was an actor/director/producer of both the small and big screens. He was prolific and popular and known best for his films that spanned across the last thirty decades of the twentieth century. Films   read more

Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on July 19, 2013

Sydney Pollack was an actor/director/producer of both the small and big screens. He was prolific and popular and known best for his films that spanned across the last thirty decades of the twentieth century. Films like TOOTSIE (1982), OUT OF AFRICA (1985), TH   read more

Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on July 15, 2013

The Mary Tyler Moore Show was a landmark TV show that ran for seven seasons, from 1970-1977. It was a ground-breaking show named after it's central character's (Mary Richard) real name of the well-known TV actress Mary Tyler Moore. As arguably the first (and many may say the best) true...   read more

Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on July 15, 2013

The Mary Tyler Moore Show was a landmark TV show that ran for seven seasons, from 1970-1977. It was a ground-breaking show named after it's central character's (Mary Richard) real name of the well-known TV actress Mary Tyler Moore. As arguably the first (and many may say the best) true...   read more

Outspoken and Freckled Posted by Irish Jayhawk on July 13, 2013

From the brilliant minds of Aurora of Once Upon A Screen (@citizenscreen) and AnnMarie of Classic Movie Blog (@ClassicMovieBlog), it's the Dynamic Duos in Classic Film Blogathon. Of all the potential duos available- siblings, rivalries, best pals... my first thought turned to my favorite married cou   read more