The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on December 10, 2016

The End. December 10, 2016 / The Cinema Dilettante Only Money Matters. This blog is now closed. Thank you for all of your support. Please do yourselves a favor and purchase Hollywood Diva by Edward Baron Turk, Forever Young by Joan Wester Anderson, and The Purple Diar   read more

The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on January 11, 2016

On The Off Topic Of Death January 11, 2016 / The Cinema Dilettante Holy Cross Cemetery Grotto (Google Images) Yesterday, January 10th, 2016, a music legend died. Reading reactions by longtime friends and fans of an artist that I’ve never truly had a passionate f   read more

The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on January 5, 2016

Something Of Her Own January 5, 2016January 5, 2016 / The Cinema Dilettante Behold! The Cinema Dilettante’s entry for The Loretta Young Birthday Blogathon. This post started out in a whole different way, which actually matched the working title from the roster.   read more

The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on January 3, 2016

The Loretta Young Birthday Blogathon Is Here! January 3, 2016January 6, 2016 / The Cinema Dilettante Welcome, bloggers and readers, to our very first Loretta Young Birthday Blogathon, hosted by myself, Now Voyaging, and the Young Sisters Appreciation Group, on Facebo   read more

The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on December 28, 2015

The Loretta Young Birthday Blogathon is almost here! December 28, 2015December 28, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante There is still a little time and a lot of films to choose from, if you’d like to participate in the first Loretta Young Birthday Blogathon, hosted by   read more

The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on December 17, 2015

Ann Vickers (1933) December 17, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante Irene Dunne in a publicity photo for Ann Vickers, 1933 Irene Dunne. How do I adore thee? The ways are innumerable. As with most children of the 90’s, who were of a special brand of awesome, I was intro   read more

The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on November 19, 2015

Gratuitous Kathryn Grayson <3 November 19, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante Sometimes we all need a little KG. Could she be any more gorgeous? That’s all. Share this:TwitterFacebookGoogleLike this:Like Loading... Related   read more

The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on November 15, 2015

Announcing The Loretta Young Birthday Blogathon! November 15, 2015December 28, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante Get those typing fingers ready, kids, because the Loretta Young Birthday Blogathon is right around the corner! Can you believe how close 2016 is?! The Specific   read more

The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on October 26, 2015

The Case Of HOLD ON A MINUTE, I’LL BE BACK. October 26, 2015October 26, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante In the mean time, here’s a lovely space saver. Enjoy the file name, if you save it. Share this:TwitterFacebookGoogleLike   read more

The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on October 25, 2015

Sundays With Loretta 10.25.15 October 25, 2015October 25, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante Loretta and Polly Ann Young, publicity for The White Parade Today is Polly Ann Young’s birthday, and for those new to this Earth, she is Loretta Young’s oldest sister. I   read more

The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on October 17, 2015

Super Sally Saturday 10.17.15 October 17, 2015October 17, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante Last week, in my Sundays With Loretta post, I talked about an upcoming novel that would feature Loretta as a main character, along with her sisters. That book is now on store shelve   read more

The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on October 13, 2015

Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, and what the tabloids are getting wrong. October 13, 2015October 12, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante Tabloid newspapers across the globe have been having a field day with a supposed incident that is written about in the upcoming book, The   read more

The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on October 12, 2015

The Case Of The Diva’s Devotees 10.12.15 October 12, 2015October 12, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante Much to-do and speculation has been made, via our old reliable book Sweethearts, about the reason for Gene Raymond’s two year absence from the screen. Accordi   read more

The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on October 11, 2015

Sundays With Loretta 10.11.15 October 11, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante In many ways, Gretch is still the skinny little girl who used to crawl into my bed at night, at the convent, whispering “Let me sleep with you, Bet, I’m lonely!”, the loyal child   read more

The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on October 4, 2015

Sundays With Loretta 10.4.15 October 4, 2015October 4, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante If you use disappointments as sort of mid- semester exams, for learning, you will learn that every disappointment you overcome makes you stronger- and wiser. The greatest success stor   read more

The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on September 28, 2015

The Case Of The Diva’s Devotees 9.28.15 September 28, 2015September 25, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante If we don’t stand for something, we’ll fall for anything. The above quote is often attributed to Irene Dunne. While she certainly helped popularize i   read more

The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on September 27, 2015

Sundays With Loretta 9.27.15 September 27, 2015September 27, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante Still photo from The Road, S7E1 (EWTN.com) In September, 1959, the seventh season of The Loretta Young Show began. The episode which aired is likely a very familiar one to everyo   read more

The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on September 26, 2015

Super Sally Saturday 9.26.15 September 26, 2015September 27, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante Having this access to online research libraries, through my college, has me feeling a little drunk with power. I’m not even in any classes that require research. I haven&#8   read more

The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on September 23, 2015

Happy Walter Pidgeon’s Birthday, Movie Nerds! September 23, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante Walter Pidgeon and Greer Garson doing the normal people stuff. I must wish a happy birthday to one of my many fake dead husbands, today. Even though he was married to Ruth f   read more

The Cinema Dilettante Posted by Kayla on September 21, 2015

The Case Of The Diva’s Devotees 9.21.15 September 21, 2015 / The Cinema Dilettante In some length, in the 2014 edition of Sweethearts, a “testimony” from Isabel Eddy is presented about the goings on between Jeanette and Nelson on the day of Jeanette&   read more