All Good Things Posted by monty on February 24, 2013

A quick post to let everyone know that the play-in match between Mary Astor and Miriam Hopkins in the pre-codes category of the 30's era bracket is underway. Winner will claim the 8th and final spot in that category. Voting ends Wednesday evening and the poll is on the sidebar...   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on November 5, 2012

Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess whose mean father and evil mother worked her to the bone, lived off her earnings and kept her a prisoner in a castle called Moorcrest in a place called Hollywood. Sounds a little "Jane Eyre" and "Cinderella" with a dash of...   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on January 3, 2012

This is the first in the "Bitches and Blaggards" series; monthly posts devoted to my favorite movie bad girls and rogues. A bitch is a selfish, malicious woman. A blaggard is a villain, a rogue and a black-hearted man. Both are bad, both are devastatingly alluring. Mary AstorMary Astor is...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on May 6, 2010

Mary Astor, is most remembered for her role in The Maltese Falcon (1941). Astor began her movie career as a teenager in the silent movies of the early 1920s. She made a successful transition to talkies. Astor had great success on the screen, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting...   read more