GlamAmor Posted by on July 21, 2020

Last weekend, a couple hundred fans of both film and fashion came together online to celebrate the life and style of 1930s icon Kay Francis! I couldn't have asked for more excitement for the second event in my 6-part Pre-Code series The Style of Sin. The Pre-Code era of Hollywood...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on July 7, 2020

Hope everyone had a fun sunny holiday weekend! July gets even hotter with the next in my online Pre-Code series THE STYLE OF SIN. The second event in the 6-part series focuses on the early life and style of Kay Francis with stories behind the style of films like Girls...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on July 22, 2019

Last Saturday was the second in my STYLE OF SIN series at the American Cinematheque, and it was focused on the Queen of Pre-Code herself - Kay Francis. I spoke all about the Production Code, Kay's life and career, and then the backstories of our double feature Girls About Town...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on July 17, 2019

This Saturday is the next event in my 6-part Pre-Code speaker/screening series at the American Cinematheque! THE STYLE OF SIN: KAY FRANCIS PRE-CODE FILM WITH KIMBERLY TRUHLER Egyptian Theatre Hollywood, CA Talk starts at 1:00 pm followed by screenings of Girls About Town (1931) and Jew   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 11, 2018

No actress gave the classic melodramatic weeper more depth than Kay Francis. In a genre crafted to manipulate emotions, she threw herself into the drama with such abandon that you can’t help forgiving her for working your tear ducts so relentlessly. Now on DVD from Warner Archive, Comet Over B   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on August 4, 2016

As a Kay Francis and Deanna Durbin completist, I was delighted to see the pair starring in the recent Warner Archive release of It's a Date (1940), which is making its DVD debut. The first of four films Durbin would make with director William Seiter at Universal Studios, it's a...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on September 11, 2015

After all melodrama I sniffled through in the pair of Francis flicks I reviewed earlier in the week, I needed something lighter, and I got it with The Feminine Touch. Francis takes a supporting role in this comedy about jealousy in romantic relationships now available on DVD from Warner Archive....   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on September 9, 2015

Image There is no movie genre that makes me ugly cry more profusely than the maternal sacrifice melodrama. Perhaps Barbara Stanwyck has played the most famous of these mothers in Stella Dallas (1937), where she stood in the rain, an outcast, looking through the window at her daughter's wedding, e   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on May 16, 2015

Kay Francis hits her target in British Agent (1934).   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on April 11, 2015

Picture perfect Kay Francis in The House on 56th Street (1933)   read more

Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on July 15, 2014

Hey Stella! Barbara StanwyckPublicity Still for Stella Dallas "Offhand how many girls or women whose names are Stella can you name? Not very many we think. However we may be wrong and perhaps you can rattle off the names of 10. So if you name happens to be Stella you...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on March 27, 2013

Personal Quote: "A dog has kindliness in his heart and dignity in his demeanor. The finest qualities anyone can have".   read more

ScribeHard on Film Posted by ScribeHard on August 21, 2012

Today’s Summer Under the Stars spotlight is a quintessential Pre-Code dame – Kay Francis. Like style?  Then you’ll love what Kimberly from GlamAmor has to offer, as she looks at  Francis’ trendsetting 1930s style. And the blogathon welcomes Danny Reid from Can’t Stop   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on January 28, 2012

I've sung their praises before, but Ann Dvorak and Kay Francis are two of my favorite actresses. Ann Dvorak Besides being beautiful brunettes, both ladies had a lot in common. Kay Francis Both Ann and Kay: a Spent the best part of their careers under contract at Warner Brothers (although...   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on November 29, 2011

Until recently, I never had any real interest in Kay Francis. I was aware of her, had seen her in a few films, but never was impressed enough to pursue her. Well, all I can say about me is - what a dope!Now, I am all over this woman. An...   read more