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Lindsey D.'s ramblings on the moving image!

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Star Spotlight: Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell Born Catherine Rosalind Russell Date of birth: June 4, 1907 Date of death: November 28, 1976 Roles First role: “Mrs. Harrison” in Evelyn Prentice Final big-screen role: “Mrs. Pollifax” in Mrs. Pollifax – Spy Final television role: “Laurita Dorsey” in The Crooked Hearts (TV Movie) TMP’s favorites: It’s a two-way tie between “Sylvia… Read More Star Spotlight: Rosalind Russell

July 14, 2016 Lindsey2 Comments

Favorite things about… His Girl Friday (1940)

The favorite film: His Girl Friday, a 1940 screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks for Columbia Pictures The synopsis: Walter Burns is a newspaper man, the editor of one of Chicago’s most important papers. His star reporter and former wife Hildy Johnson has decided to quit the business to marry an insurance salesman named Bruce.… Read More Favorite things about… His Girl Friday (1940)

April 30, 2014 Lindsey3 Comments

Favorite things about… The Women (1939)

A note from Lindsey: Exactly a year ago today I published a post about 1939’s The Women, which I had discovered two days earlier. (I posted a very tiny review of it.) Here’s another look at the film, which became an instant favorite and was viewed multiple times last year. The favorite film: The Women,… Read More Favorite things about… The Women (1939)

February 7, 2013February 21, 2013 Lindsey10 Comments

Netflix Instant Pick #8 – Auntie Mame

“Life’s a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death.” So goes the expression that Auntie Mame (the amazing Roz Russell) lives by. She doesn’t want to be one of those poor suckers, and she certainly does live a full life! Eccentric Mame takes in her young nephew Patrick after her brother passes away,… Read More Netflix Instant Pick #8 – Auntie Mame

June 9, 2012October 19, 2012 Lindsey1 Comment

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