From Helen Rose to Nolan Miller - Interview with Designing Woman Jorjett Strumme

There are many of us who long to have lived during the Golden Age of Hollywood, or at least during the last breath of that glorious time. I recently became acquainted with someone who did just that - Jorjett Strumme. You could consider her a classic film Zelig. She left Oregon in her early 20s for t... Read full article

On Blu-ray: Bacall and Peck in Designing Woman (1957)

There’s a particular kind of mood that a film like Vincente Minnelli’s Designing Woman (1957) fulfills. It doesn’t go deep, but sometimes it is the beautiful milieu you deeply desire. Everyone onscreen looks well groomed, even the people who are supposed to be slobs, the sets are g... Read full article

Carole Lombard, designing woman

As we've stated in previous entries, Carole Lombard's relative lack of formal education never prevented her from high achievement in the movie industry -- not merely as an actress, but in executive areas as well.She's shown directing Alfred Hitchcock through his customary cameo in "Mr. & Mrs, Smith,... Read full article

The Odd Stew of Designing Woman

It’s surprising the screenplay for Designing Woman (1957) won George Wells an Oscar, given its strange stew of marital conflict, mob threats, brain damage, fashion, and acrobatic fight moves. But there is a cleverness to it, and some insights about marriage one doesn’t usually get in a c... Read full article

The Odd Stew of Designing Woman

It’ surprising the screenplay for Designing Woman (1957) won George Wells an Oscar, given its strange stew of marital conflict, mob threats, brain damage, fashion, and acrobatic fight moves. But there is a cleverness to it, and some insights about marriage one doesn’t usually get in a co... Read full article