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RKO 1935: we look at a couple of starring vehicles for two of the Queens of the Lot. First up is Anne Shirley in the deliberately slight and quietly charming Chasing Yesterday, paired with another father figure, O. P. Heggie (also her kindred spirit in the previous year’s Anne of Green Gables, from which she took her screen name and which was also directed by George Nicholls Jr.). Then, the not-at-all-quiet Break of Hearts, directed by Philip Moeller (or Jane Loring?), in which Katharine Hepburn’s dewy-idealed aspiring composer and Charles Boyer’s jaded superstar conductor engage in psychosexual warfare. Dave goes to bat for this unloved Hepburn vehicle and its unique view of female artistry. Should Berman get the credit again? 

Time Codes:

0h 01m 00s:                  CHASING YESTERDAY (dir. George Nicholls Jr.)

0h 43m 17s:                 BREAK OF HEARTS (dir. Philip Moeller)                          

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* Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s

*Intro Song: “Sunday” by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive)

* Find Elise’s latest film piece on Billy Wilder and 1930s Romantic Comedy

*And Read lots of Elise’s Writing at Bright Wall/Dark RoomCléo, and Bright Lights.*

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In Part 1 of our look at Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers’ cinematic pairings (part 2 is penciled in for January 2023), we discuss Mark Sandrich’s The Gay Divorcee and Top Hat, William A. Seiter’s Roberta, and George Stevens’ Swing Time. What formula does Sandrich set up for the stars, and how do the other films acknowledge and/or depart from it? What does RKO contribute to the 30s musical? Why is Ginger so paranoid? Is Fred really more like the romantic heroine? What makes Edward Everett Horton sexually irresistible? Expect these and other searching questions to be pondered. 

Warning: in case anyone in the world doesn’t know, Swing Time contains a blackface number. It’s not minstrelsy, perhaps… but it might be something even worse. 

 

For further information, we recommend:

Arlene Croce’s The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Book

The greatest studio documentary of them all: Hollywood – The Golden Years: The RKO Story (episode 2 is devoted to the Astaire/Rogers pictures)

 

Time Codes:

0h 01m 00s:      Preamble on the films  

0h 15m 17s:      The Gay Divorcee (1934) [dir. Mark Sandrich]

0h 57m 15 s:     Top Hat (1935) [dir. Mark Sandrich]

1h 29m 58s:      Roberta (1935) [dir. William A. Seiter]

1h 41m 35s:      Swing Time (1936) [dir. George Stevens]

           

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* Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s

*Intro Song: “Sunday” by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive)

* Find Elise’s latest film piece on Billy Wilder and 1930s Romantic Comedy

*And Read lots of Elise’s Writing at Bright Wall/Dark RoomCléo, and Bright Lights.*

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For our Fox 1935 episode of The Studios Year by Year, we look at two films about forming idyllic communities within a nightmare society: Henry King’s One More Spring, Fox’s version of a Depression movie (based on a novel by Portrait of Jennie author Robert Nathan); and John Ford’s Steamboat Round the Bend, another Will Rogers satire of Southern mores. Plus Dave reports on the reaction in Southern newspapers to Ford’s previous film with Rogers, Judge Priest, and some evidence about Black audience reception of the Rogers/Stepin Fetchit comic pairing in Atlanta. 

Time Codes:

0h 01m 00s:      One More Spring [dir. Henry King]          `                      

0h 37m 21s:      Steamboat Round the Bend [dir. John Ford]      

1h 21m 00s:      Brief Reports on Audience Reception – Judge Priest {1934)       

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* Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s

*Intro Song: “Sunday” by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive)

* Find Elise’s latest film piece on Billy Wilder and 1930s Romantic Comedy

*And Read lots of Elise’s Writing at Bright Wall/Dark RoomCléo, and Bright Lights.*

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Hello everyone!

Well, just in case you were wondering, here’s what we plan to watch & discuss for the rest of the decade. 

A little summary, for those who find this kind of thing overwhelming.

Our future Acteurist Oeuvre-View subjects (after current protagonist Clara Bow) will be:

  1. Margaret Sullavan
  2. Daniel Day-Lewis
  3. Jean Arthur
  4. Dorothy McGuire
  5. Lilli Palmer
  6. Paul Robeson
  7. Diana Wynyard
  8. Gloria Grahame

For those 8 performers, we’ll be covering all of the films we can find (unless there’s a language barrier + no subtitles) 

After Gloria Grahame, we switched tactics and decided on an “Acteurist Spotlight” approach – covering 6 films (broken up over 3 episodes per performer). Our spotlighted stars (beginning January 9, 2026) will be:

  1. Delphine Seyrig
  2. Deborah Kerr
  3. Isabelle Huppert
  4. Jennifer Jason Leigh
  5. Sandra Dee
  6. Danielle Darrieux
  7. Michael Redgrave
  8. Merle Oberon
  9. Viviane Romance
  10. Lee Grant
  11. Greer Garson
  12. Elisabeth Bergner
  13. Edwige Feuillère
  14. Hideko Takamine
  15. Ann Dvorak
  16. Kinuyo Tanaka
  17. Betty Compson
  18. Mary Pickford
  19. Michèle Morgan
  20. Gloria Swanson
  21. Simone Signoret
  22. Lillian Gish
  23. Glynis Johns
  24. Greta Garbo
  25. Martine Carol
  26. Janet Gaynor

Our Ethan-Mordden inspired Hollywood Studios Year-By-Year feature will remain a constant, rotating through Paramount, MGM, Warner Brothers, Fox Film Corporation/20th Century Fox, RKO, and Universal, from 1930 to 1948 (when the “Paramount Decision” dramatically changed the nature of studio filmmaking). 

We’ll have a “Special Subject” every month (chosen on a 50/50 basis by Elise and Dave), covering everything from Poverty Row Studios, to directors, to literary source material, to thematic concerns. 

Also! If/Once this COVID crisis ever ends, we do anticipate getting back to our “Fear and Loathing in Toronto” feature (covering the movies we see in repertory cinemas across our fair city) – however, we’re thinking of making it a Patreon extra, so keep an eye out for some kind of Patreon type announcement circa 2022!

Some couples celebrate their love by making vows in front of a magistrate; others do it by vowing to watch and discuss movies until the end of time. We hope you’ll be here to share these experiences with us! 

Love,

Dave & Elise

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March 12, 2021:   Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Fox Film Corporation/20th Century Fox – 1935: ONE MORE SPRING (dir. Henry King) & STEAMBOAT ‘ROUND THE BEND (dir. John Ford)

March 19, 2021:   Special Subject – Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire, Part One – THE GAY DVORCEE (1934), TOP HAT (1935), ROBERTA (1935) & SWING TIME (1936)

March 26, 2021:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1935: CHASING YESTERDAY (dir. George Nicholls Jr.) & BREAK OF HEARTS (dir. Philip Moeller)

April 2, 2021: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Clara Bow – Part 6: KID BOOTS (1926) & IT (1927)

April 9, 2021:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1935: NIGHT LIFE OF THE GODS (dir. Lowell Sherman) & REMEMBER LAST NIGHT? (dir. James Whale)

April 16, 2021:  Special Subject – Produced By Joan Harrison, Part 1 – PHANTOM LADY (1944), THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF UNCLE HARRY (1945), NOCTURNE (1946), THEY WON’T BELIEVE ME (1947). Also: Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, the Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock by Christina Lane. 

April 23, 2021:  Acteurist oeuvre-view – Clara Bow – Part 7: CHILDREN OF DIVORCE (1927) & WINGS (1927)

April 30, 2021:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1936: THE GENERAL DIED AT DAWN (dir. Lewis Milestone) & THE PLAINSMAN (dir. Cecil DeMille)

May 7, 2021:   Acteurist oeuvre-view – Clara Bow – Part 8: HULA (1927) & GET YOUR MAN (1927)

May 14, 2021:  Special Subject – Eagle-Lion Assortment – I SEE A DARK STRANGER (1947), THE OCTOBER MAN (1948), WATERLOO ROAD (1948), THE BLUE LAMP (1950)

May 21, 2021:  Acteurist oeuvre-view – Clara Bow – Part 9: THE WILD PARTY (1928) & DANGEROUS CURVES (1929)

May 28, 2021:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1936: WIFE VS SECRETARY (dir. Clarence Brown) & LIBELED LADY (dir. Jack Conway)

June 4, 2021:   Acteurist oeuvre-view – Clara Bow – Part 10: SATURDAY NIGHT KID (1929) & TRUE TO THE NAVY (1930)

June 11, 2021:  Special Subject – The Tarkovskian Reflector – MIRROR (1975) & NOSTALGHIA (1983)

June 18, 2021:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1936: THE PETRIFIED FOREST (dir. Archie Mayo) & THREE MEN ON A HORSE (dir. Mervyn Leroy)

June 25, 2021:  Acteurist oeuvre-view – Clara Bow – Part 11: LOVE AMONG THE MILLIONAIRES (1930) & NO LIMIT (1931)

July 2, 2021:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1936: THE COUNTRY DOCTOR (dir. Henry King) & RAMONA (dir. Henry King)

July 9, 2021:  Acteurist oeuvre-view – Clara Bow – Part 12: CALL HER SAVAGE (1932) & HOOPLA (1933)

July 16, 2021:  Acteur/Auteur Special Subject– Max Ophuls & Edwige Feuillère – SANS LENDEMAIN (1940) & DE MAYERLING A SARAJEVO (1940)

July 23, 2021:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1936: A WOMAN REBELS (dir. Mark Sandrich) & MAKE WAY FOR A LADY (dir. David Burton)

July 30, 2021:  Acteurist oeuvre-view – Margaret Sullavan – Part 1: ONLY YESTERDAY (1933) & LITTLE MAN, WHAT NOW? (1934)

August 6, 2021:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1936: SHOWBOAT (dir. James Whale) & THREE SMART GIRLS (dir. Henry Koster)

August 13, 2021:  Special Subject – The Radical Renoir – LES BAS-FONDS (1935), LE CRIME DE M. LANGE (1936), & LA MARSEILLAISE (1937)

August 20, 2021: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Margaret Sullavan – Part 2: THE GOOD FAIRY (1935) & SO RED THE ROSE (1935)

August 27, 2021:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1937: SWING HIGH, SWING LOW (dir. Mitchell Leisen) & TRUE CONFESSION (dir. Wesley Ruggles)

September 3, 2021: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Margaret Sullavan – Part 3: NEXT TIME WE LOVE (1936) & THE MOON’S OUR HOME (1936)

September 10, 2021:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1937: CONQUEST (dir. Clarence Brown) & PARNELL (dir. John M. Stahl)

September 17, 2021: Special Subject – Marcel Carné & Jacques Prévert, Part 1 – JENNY (1936), QUAI DES BRUMES (1938), HOTEL DU NORD (1938), and LE JOUR SE LÈVE (1939)

September 24, 2021:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1937: CONFESSION (dir. Joe May) & STOLEN HOLIDAY (dir. Michael Curtiz)

October 1, 2021:  Acteurist oeuvre-view – Margaret Sullavan – Part 4: THREE COMRADES (1938) & SHOPWORN ANGEL (1938)

October 8, 2021: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1937: CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OLYMPICS (dir. H. Bruce Humberstone) & WAKE UP AND LIVE (dir. Sidney Lanfield)

October 15, 2021: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Margaret Sullavan – Part 5: SHINING HOUR (1938) & SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)

October 22, 2021: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1937: STAGE DOOR (dir. Gregory LaCava) & QUALITY STREET (dir. George Stevens)

October 29, 2021:  Special Subject – Halloween with Bergman – THE SILENCE (1963) & CRIES AND WHISPERS (1972)

November 5, 2021:  Acteurist oeuvre-view – Margaret Sullavan – Part 6: MORTAL STORM (1940) & BACK STREET (1941)

November 12, 2021: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1937: THE ROAD BACK (James Whale) & ONE HUNDRED MEN AND A GIRL (dir. Henry Koster)

November 19, 2021: Noirvember Special Subject – Anthony Mann noirs – T-MEN (1947), RAILROADED! (1947), RAW DEAL (1948) and SIDE STREET (1950)

November 26, 2021: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1938: IF I WERE KING (dir. Frank Lloyd) and THE BUCCANEER (dir. Cecil B. DeMille)

December 3, 2021: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Margaret Sullavan – Part 7: SO ENDS OUR NIGHT (1941) & APPOINTMENT FOR LOVE (1941)

December 10, 2021:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1938: TEST PILOT (dir. Victor Fleming) & TOO HOT TO HANDLE (dir. Jack Conway)

December 17, 2021: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Margaret Sullavan – Part 8: CRY HAVOC (1943) & NO SAD SONGS FOR ME (1950)

December 24, 2021: Christmas Special Subject – ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (1955) & CAROL (2015)

December 31, 2021:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1938: THE SISTERS (dir. Anatole Litvak) and DAWN PATROL (dir. Edmund Goulding)

January 7, 2022: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Daniel Day-Lewis – Part 1: MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (1985) & A ROOM WITH A VIEW (1985)

January 14, 2022: Special Subject – Anna Magnani Sampler, Part 1 – ROME OPEN CITY (1945), VOLCANO (1950), BELLISSIMA (1951) & THE GOLDEN COACH (1953)

January 21, 2022: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1938: SUEZ (dir. Allan Dwan) & IN OLD CHICAGO (dir. Henry King)

January 28, 2022: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Daniel Day-Lewis – Part 2: NANOU (1986) & THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING (1988)

February 4, 2022:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1938: VIVACIOUS LADY (dir. George Stevens) & HAVING WONDERFUL TIME (dir. Alfred Santell)

February 11, 2022: Special Subject – With Love From Leos Carax – BOY MEETS GIRL (1984) & LES AMANTS DU PONT-NEUF (1991)

February 18, 2022: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1938: THE RAGE OF PARIS (dir. Henry Koster) & A LETTER OF INTRODUCTION (dir. John M. Stahl)

February 25, 2022:  Acteurist oeuvre-view – Daniel Day-Lewis – Part 3: STARS AND BARS (1988) & MY LEFT FOOT (1989)

March 3, 2022: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1939: CAFÉ SOCIETY (dir. Edward H. Griffith) and DISPUTED PASSAGE (dir: Frank Borzage)

March 10, 2022: March Special Subject – Henry James Book Club – THE HEIRESS (1949) & THE INNOCENTS (1961) + reading Washington Square (1880) and The Turn of the Screw (1898)

March 17, 2022: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1939: BABES IN ARMS (dir. Busby Berkeley) and REMEMBER? (dir. Norman Z. McLeod)

March 24, 2022: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Daniel Day-Lewis – Part 4: EVERSMILE, NEW JERSEY (1989) & THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (1992)

March 31, 2022: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1939: THE ROARING TWENTIES (dir: Raoul Walsh) and DUST BE MY DESTINY (dir. Lewis Seiler)

April 7, 2022: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Daniel Day-Lewis – Part 5: THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (1993) & IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER (1993)

April 14, 2022:   Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1939: YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (dir. John Ford) and DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK (dir. John Ford)

April 21, 2022:   April Special Subject – Sex, Satire and American Culture – ARTISTS AND MODELS (1955) & KISS ME, STUPID (1964)

April 28, 2022:   Acteurist oeuvre-view – Daniel Day-Lewis – Part 6: THE CRUCIBLE (1996) & THE BOXER (1997)

May 6, 2022: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1939:  THE GREAT MAN VOTES (dir. Garson Kanin) and BACHELOR MOTHER (dir. Garson Kanin)

May 13, 2022:    Acteurist oeuvre-view – Daniel Day-Lewis – Part 7: GANGS OF NEW YORK (2002) & THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007)

May 20: 2022:    Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1939: WHEN TOMORROW COMES (dir. John M. Stahl) and THE HOUSE OF FEAR (dir. Joe May)

May 27, 2022:    May Special Subject – Jacques Becker Sampler – ANTOINE ET ANTOINETTE (1947); CASQUE D’OR (1950) and TOUCHEZ PAS AU GRISBI (1954)

June 3, 2022:      Acteurist oeuvre-view – Daniel Day-Lewis – Part 8: NINE (2009) & LINCOLN (2012)

June 10, 2022:    Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1940: THE GREAT MCGINTY (dir. Preston Sturges) and THE WAY OF ALL FLESH (dir. Lewis King)

June 17, 2022:    Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 1 – WHIRLPOOL (1934) and THE MOST PRECIOUS THING IN LIFE (1934)

June 24, 2022: June Special Subject – Silent Dreyer Sampler – MICHAEL (1924) & MASTER OF THE HOUSE (1925)

July 1, 2022: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1940: STRANGE CARGO (dir. Frank Borzage) and NORTHWEST PASSAGE (dir. King Vidor)

July 8, 2022:   Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 2: THE WHOLE TOWN’S TALKING (1935) and PARTY WIRE (1935)

July 15, 2022: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1940: ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO (dir. Anatole Litvak) and THE LETTER (dir. William Wyler)

July 22, 2022: July Special Subject – Duels in Max Ophuls – LIBELEI (1934); LETTER FROM AN UNKOWN WOMAN (1948); and THE EARRINGS OF MADAME DE… (1953)

July 29, 2022: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 3: PUBLIC HERO NO. 1 (1935) and DIAMOND JIM (1935)

August 5, 2022: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1940: BRIGHAM YOUNG (dir. Henry Hathaway) and JOHNNY APOLLO (dir. Henry Hathaway)

August 12, 2022: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 4: THE PUBLIC MENACE (1935) and IF YOU COULD ONLY COOK (1935)

August 19, 2022: August Special Subject – German Sirk Sampler – Part 1 – THE GIRL FROM THE MARSH CROFT (1935) & PILLARS OF SOCIETY (1936)

August 26, 2022: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1940: ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS (dir. John Cromwell) and A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT (dir. John Farrow)

September 2, 2022: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 5: THE EX-MRS. BRADFORD (1936) and ADVENTURE IN MANHATTAN (1936)

September 9, 2022: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1940: THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES (dir. Joe May) and THE INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS (dir. Joe May)

September 16, 2022: September Special Subject – German Sirk Sampler – Part 2 – THE FINAL CHORD (1936) & CHEATED BY THE WIND (1937)

September 23, 2022: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 6: MORE THAN A SECRETARY (1936) and HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT (1937)

September 30, 2022: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1941: THE LADY EVE (dir. Preston Sturges) and REACHING FOR THE SUN (WILLIAM A. WELLMAN)

October 7, 2022: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 7: EASY LIVING (1937) and YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938)

October 14, 2022:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1941: A WOMAN’S FACE (dir. George Cukor) and THE TRIAL OF MARY DUGAN (dir. Norman Z. McLeod)

October 21, 2022: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 8: ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS (1939) and MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)

October 28, 2022: Halloween Special Subject – The Haunted Mizoguchi – UGETSU (1953) and SANSHO THE BAILIFF (1954)

November 4, 2022: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1941: THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE (dir. Raoul Walsh) and MANPOWER (dir. Raoul Walsh)

November 11, 2022: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 9: TOO MANY HUSANDS (1940) and ARIZONA (1940)

November 18, 2022: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1941:  I WAKE UP SCREAMING (dir. H. Bruce Humberstone) and CONFIRM OR DENY (dir. Archie Mayo)

November 25, 2022: Special Subject – Noirvember Sirk – LURED (1947); SLEEP, MY LOVE (1948); SHOCKPROOF (1949) and THUNDER ON THE HILL (1951)

December 2, 2022: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 10: THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES (1941) and THE TALK OF THE TOWN (1942)

December 9, 2022: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1941: CITIZEN KANE (dir. Orson Welles) and DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER (dir. William Dieterle)

December 16, 2022: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 11: THE MORE THE MERRIER (1943) and A LADY TAKES A CHANCE (1943)

December 23, 2022:  Christmas Special Subject – REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940) and I’LL BE SEEING YOU (1944)

December 30, 2022: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1941: THE FLAME OF NEW ORLEANS (dir Rene Clair) and UNFINISHED BUSINESS (dir. Gregory LaCava)

January 6, 2023: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Jean Arthur – Part 12: THE IMPATIENT YEARS (1944); A FOREIGN AFFAIR (1948) and SHANE (1953)

January 13, 2023: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1942:  SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS (dir: Preston Sturges) and THE ROAD TO MOROCCO (dir. David Butler)

January 20, 2023: January Special Subject – Ginger Rogers & Fred Astaire – Part 2 – FOLLOW THE FLEET (1936); SHALL WE DANCE? (1937); CAREFREE (1938) & THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE (1939)

January 27, 2023: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 1: CLAUDIA (1943) and THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE (1945)

February 3, 2023: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1942: WOMAN OF THE YEAR (dir. George Stevens) and TORTILLA FLAT (dir. Victor Fleming)

February 10, 2023: Valentine’s Day 2023 – KISS ME GOODBYE (1982) and MY FAVORITE WIFE (1940)

February 17, 2023: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 2: A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN (1945) and THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE (1946)

February 24, 2023: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1942: KINGS ROW (dir. Sam Wood) and JUKE GIRL (dir. Curtis Bernhardt)

March 4, 2023:  Acteurist oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 3: CLAUDIA AND DAVID (1946) and TILL THE END OF TIME (1946)

March 11, 2023: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1942: FOOTLIGHT SERENADE (dir. Gregory Ratoff) and SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES (dir. Irving Cummings)

March 17, 2023: March Special Subject – Minnelli Melodrama – THE COBWEB (1955); SOME CAME RUNNING (1958); and HOME FROM THE HILL (1960)

March 24, 2023: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 4: GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT (1947) and MOTHER DIDN’T TELL ME (1950)

March 31, 2023: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1942: MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (dir. Orson Welles) and CAT PEOPLE (dir. Val Lewton)

April 7, 2023: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 5: MISTER 880 (1950) and CALLAWAY WENT THATAWAY (1951)

April 14, 2023: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1942: SABOTEUR (dir. Alfred Hitchcock) and THE MAD DOCTOR OF MARKET STREET (dir. Joseph H. Lewis)

April 21, 2023:  Special Subject – Produced By Joan Harrison, Part 2 – RIDE THE PINK HORSE (1947), ONCE MORE, MY DARLING (1949), YOUR WITNESS (1950), and CIRCLE OF DANGER (1951)

April 28, 2023:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1943:  NO TIME FOR LOVE (dir. Mitchell Leisen) and THE PALM BEACH STORY (dir. Preston Sturges)

May 5, 2023:    Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 6: I WANT YOU (1951) and INVITATION (1952)

May 12, 2023: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1943: The HUMAN COMEDY (dir. Clarence Brown) and LASSIE COME HOME (dir. Fred M. Wilcox)

May 19, 2023: Special Subject – Jacqueline Audry Sampler – GIGI (1948), OLIVIA (1951), HUIS CLOS (1954) and LES PETITS MATINS (1962)

May 26, 2023:  Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 7: MAKE HASTE TO LIVE (1954) and THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN (1954)

June 2, 2023:    Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1943: EDGE OF DARKNESS (dir. Lewis Milestone) and MISSION TO MOSCOW (dir. Michael Curtiz)

June 9, 2023:    Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 8: TRIAL (1955) and FRIENDLY PERSUASION (1956)

June 16, 2023:  Special Subject – Silent Vidor Sampler – THE SKY PILOT (1921), PEG O’ MY HEART (1922), WILD ORANGES (1924), and LA BOHEME (1926)

June 23, 2023:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1943: STORMY WEATHER (dir. Andrew L. Stone) and THE GANG’S ALL HERE (dir. Busby Berkeley)

June 30, 2023:  Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 9: OLD YELLER (1957) and THE REMARKABLE MR. PENNYPACKER (1959)

July 7, 2023:     Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1943: THE SEVENTH VICTIM (dir. Mark Robson) and THE FALLEN SPARROW (dir. Richard Wallace)

July 14, 2023:   Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 10: THIS EARTH IS MINE (1960) and A SUMMER PLACE (1960)

July 21, 2023:    Special Subject: Film Noirlsons by Phil Karlson – KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (1952), 99 RIVER STREET (1953), FIVE AGAINST THE HOUSE (1955) and THE PHENIX CITY STORY (1955)

July 28, 2023:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1943: THE STRANGE DEATH OF ADOLPH HITLER (dir. James P. Hogan) and SON OF DRACULA (dir. Robert Siodmak)

August 4, 2023:  Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 11: DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS (1960) and SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (1960)

August 11, 2023:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1944: LADY IN THE DARK (dir. Mitchell Leisen) and AND NOW TOMORROW (dir. Irving Pitchel)

August 18, 2023:  Special Subject – Silent Naruse – FLUNKY! WORK HARD (1931), NO BLOOD RELATION (1932), APART FROM YOU (1933), EVERY-NIGHT DREAMS (1933)          

August 25, 2023:  Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 12: SUSAN SLADE (1961) and SUMMER MAGIC (1963)

September 1. 2023:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1944: SONG OF RUSSIA (dir. Gregory Ratoff) and KISMET (dir. William Dieterle)

September 8, 2023:  Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Dorothy McGuire – Part 13: THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (1965) and THE FLIGHT OF THE DOVES (1971)

September 15, 2023:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1944: THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS (dir. Jean Negulesco) and PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE (dir. Michael Curtiz)      

September 22, 2023:  Special Subject – Stanley Cavell’s Pursuits of Happiness + THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937) and HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940)

September 29, 2023:   Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 1: CRIME UNLIMITED (1935) and THE GREAT BARRIER (1937)

October 6, 2023:   Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1944: THE EVE OF ST. MARK (dir. John M. Stahl) and IN THE MEANTIME, DARLING (dir. Otto Preminger)

October 13, 2023:  Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 2: COMMAND PERFORMANCE (1937) and CRACKERJACK (1938)

October 20, 2023:   Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1944: PASSPORT TO DESTINY (dir. Ray McCarey) and NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART (dir. Clifford Odets)

October 27, 2023:   Special Subject – Heavy Metallious Hallowe’en – Peyton Place by Grace Metallious; PEYTON PLACE (1957; dir: Mark Robson) and PEYTON PLACE TV series (1964 – 1969) overview

November 3, 2023:   Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 3: A GIRL MUST LIVE (1939) and THE DOOR WITH SEVEN LOCKS (1940)

November 10, 2023:  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1944: WEIRD WOMAN (dir. Reginald Le Borg) and COBRA WOMAN (dir. Robert Siodmark)  

November 17, 2023:  Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 4: THUNDER ROCK (1942) and ENGLISH WITHOUT TEARS (1944)

November 24, 2023:  Special Subject – Silent Proto-Noirvember with Ozu – WALK CHEERFULLY (1930), THAT NIGHT’S WIFE (1930) and DRAGNET GIRL (1933)

December 1, 2023:       Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1945: THE MAN IN HALF MOON STREET (dir. Ralph Murphy) and SALTY O’ROURKE (dir. Raoul Walsh)

December 8, 2023:   Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 5: THE RAKE’S PROGRESS (1945) and BEWARE OF PITY (1946)

December 15, 2023:   Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1945: THE CLOCK (dir. Vincente Minnelli) and YOLANDA AND THE THIEF (dir. Vincente Minnelli)

December 22, 2023:   Special Subject – Have Yourself a Monty Woolley Christmas – THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1942) and THE BISHOP’S WIFE (1947)

December 29, 2023:   Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 6: CLOAK AND DAGGER (1946) and BODY AND SOUL (1947)

January 5, 2024:   Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1945: SARATOGA TRUNK (dir. Sam Wood) and Danger Signal (dir. Robert Florey)

January 12, 2024:   Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 7: NO MINOR VICES (1948) and HANS LE MARIN (1949) 

January 19, 2024:    Special Subject- Silent Ozu Sampler – TOKYO CHORUS (1931), I WAS BORN BUT… (1932), and PASSING FANCY (1933)

January 26, 2024:   Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 8: THE LONG DARK HALL (1951) and THE FOUR POSTER (1952)

February 2, 2024:         Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1945: FALLEN ANGEL (dir. Otto Preminger) and LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN (dir. John M. Stahl)  

February 9, 2024:         Valentine’s Special Subject – LA CAPTIVE (2000) and MARNIE (1964)

February 16, 2024:       Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1945: JOHNNY ANGEL (dir. Edwin L. Marin) and CORNERED (dir. Edward Dmytryk)

February 23, 2024:     Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 9: MAIN STREET TO BROADWAY (1953) and FEUERWERK (1954)

March 1, 2024:      Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1945: LADY ON A TRAIN (dir. Charles David) and THE SUSPECT (dir. Robert Siodmak)

March 8, 2024:      Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1946: MISS SUSIE SLAGLE’S (dir. John Berry) and THE BLUE DAHLIA (dir. George Marshall)

March 15, 2024:     Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 10: TEUFEL IN SEIDE (1956) and LA VIE A DEUX (1958)

March 22, 2024:     Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1946: A LETTER FOR EVIE (dir. Jules Dassin) and TWO SMART PEOPLE (dir. Jules Dassin)

March 29, 2024:    Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 11: LES AMANTS DE MONTPARNASSE (1959) and MADCHEN IN UNIFORM (1959)

April 5, 2024:    Special Subject – Produced By Sam Goldwyn, The 1930s – THE DARK ANGEL (1935), DODSWORTH (1936), THESE THREE (1936) and WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)

April 12, 2024:     Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1946: DEVOTION (dir. Curtis Bernhardt) and NIGHT AND DAY (dir. Michael Curtiz)

April 19, 2024:    Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 12: BUT NOT FOR ME (1959) and CONSPIRACY OF HEARTS (1960)

April 26, 2024:   Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1946: THE RAZOR’S EDGE (dir. Edmund Goulding) and THE DARK CORNER (dir. Henry Hathaway)

May 3, 2024:     Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 13: THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY (1961) and THE COUNTERFEIT TRAITOR (1962)

May 10, 2024:   Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1946: CRACK-UP (dir. Irving Reis) and STEP BY STEP (dir. Phil Rosen)

May 17, 2024:   Special Subject – Produced By Sam Goldwyn, The 1940s: THE LITTLE FOXES (1941), THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES (1942), THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946), and MY FOOLISH HEART (1949)

May 24, 2024:   Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 14: MIRACLE OF THE WHITE STALLIONS (1963) and TORPEDO BAY (1963)

May 31, 2024:   Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1946: THE CAT CREEPS (Erle C. Kenton) and SHE-WOLF OF LONDON (dir. Jean Yarbrough)

June 7, 2024:     Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 15: OPERATION CROSSBOW (1965) and OEDIPUS THE KING (1967)

June 14, 2024:  Special Subject – Wartime Mizoguchi – THE STORY OF THE LAST CHRYSANTHEMUM (1939) and THE 47 RONIN (1941)

June 21, 2024:     Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1947: CALCUTTA (dir: John Farrow) and CALIFORNIA (dir: John Farrow)

June 28, 2024:     Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 16: SEBASTIAN (1968)  and NOBODY RUNS FOREVER (1968)

July 5, 2024:      Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1947: CYNTHIA (dir Robert Z. Leonard) and HIGH WALL (dir. Curtis Bernhardt)

July 12, 2024:   Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 17: HARD CONTRACT (1969) and DE SADE (1969)

July 19, 2024:   Special Subject – Anna Magnani Sampler, Part 2 – THE ROSE TATTOO (1955), WILD IS THE WIND (1957), THE FUGITIVE KIND (1960) and MAMA ROMA (1962)

July 26, 2024:     Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1947: DARK PASSAGE (dir. Delmer Daves) and POSSESSED (dir. Curtis Bernhardt)

August 2, 2024:     Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 18: and THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED (1969) and LOTTE IN WEIMAR (1975)

August 9, 2024:    Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1947: BOOMERANG (dir. Elia Kazan) and KISS OF DEATH (dir. Henry Hathaway)

August 16, 2024:   Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Lilli Palmer – Part 19: BOYS FROM BRAZIL (1978); HOLCROFT COVENANT (1985) and THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND (2018)

August 23, 2024:   Special Subject: King Vidor Sampler, the 1930s – STREET SCENE (1931), CYNARA (1932), and STELLA DALLAS (1937)

August 30, 2024:   Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1947: OUT OF THE PAST (dir. Jacques Tourneur) and BORN TO KILL (dir. Robert Wise)

September 6, 2024    Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Paul Robeson – Part 1: BODY & SOUL (1925) and BORDERLINE (1930)

September 13, 2024:   Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1947: TIME OUT OF MIND (dir. Robert Siodmak) and THE WEB (dir. Michael Gordon)  

September 20, 2024:    Special Subject – Lois Weber Sampler – HYPOCRITES (1915); WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN? (1916); SHOES (1916); and THE BLOT (1921)

September 27, 2024:    Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Paul Robeson – Part 2: THE EMPEROR JONES (1933) & SANDERS OF THE RIVER (1935)

October 4, 2024:          Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1948: SO EVIL MY LOVE (dir. Lewis Allen) and THE BIG CLOCK (dir. John Farrow)

October 11, 2024:        Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Paul Robeson – Part 3:  SHOW BOAT (1936) and SONG OF FREEDOM (1936)

October 18, 2024:        Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1948: EASTER PARADE (dir. Charles Walters) and SUMMER HOLIDAY (dir. Rouben Mamoulian) 

October 25, 2024:      Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Paul Robeson – Part 4: BIG FELLA (1937) and KING SOLOMON’S MINES (1937)

October 31, 2024:       Halloween 2024: With Mad Love From Peter Lorre – MAD LOVE (1935) and M (1931)

November 8, 2024:     Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1948: TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (dir. John Huston) and JOHNNY BELINDA (dir. Jean Negulesco)

November 15, 2024:     Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Paul Robeson – Part 5:  JERICHO (1937) and THE PROUD VALLEY (1940)

November 22, 2024:  Special Subject – Supported By Oscar Levant – the 1940s – RHAPSODY IN BLUE (1945); HUMORESQUE (1946); ROMANCE ON THE HIGH SEAS (1948) and BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY (1949)

November 29, 2024:     Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1948: ROAD HOUSE (dir. Jean Negulesco) and UNFAITHFULLY YOURS (dir. Preston Sturges)

December 6, 2024:     Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Paul Robeson – Part 6:  NATIVE LAND (1942), TALES OF MANHATTAN (1942) and SONG OF THE RIVERS (1954)

December 13, 2024:   Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1948: BERLIN EXPRESS (dir. Jacques Tourneur) and THE BOY WITH GREEN HAIR (dir. Joseph Losey)

December 20, 2024:     Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Diana Wynyard – Part 1: RASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS (1932) and CAVALCADE (1933)

December 25, 2024:     Christmas 2024 – The Festive Bergman – FANNY AND ALEXANDER (1982)

January 3, 2025:           Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1948: LARCENY (dir. George Sherman) and A WOMAN’S VENGEANCE (dir. Zoltan Korda)

January 10, 2025:       Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Diana Wynyard – Part 2: MEN MUST FIGHT (1933) and REUNION IN VIENNA (1933)

January 17, 2025:     Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1930: THE VAGABOND KING (dir. Ludwig Berger) and THE LOVE PARADE (dir. Ernst Lubitsch)

January 24, 2025:    Special Subject – Farrow vs. Allen – Part 1: MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S SEX COMEDY (1982); ZELIG (1983); BROADWAY DANNY ROSE (1984)

January 31, 2025:     Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Diana Wynyard – Part 3 WHERE SINNERS MEET (1933) and THE MARRIAGE SYMPHONY (1934)

February 7, 2025:     Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1930: MADAME SATAN (dir. Cecil B. DeMille) and THE FLORODORA GIRL (dir. Harry Beaumont)

February 14, 2025:   Valentine’s Day 2025 – My Conceptual Valentine – HER (2013) and I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS (2020)

February 21, 2025:    Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1930: THE DOORWAY TO HELL (dir. Archie Mayo) and A NOTORIOUS AFFAIR (dir. Lloyd Bacon)

February 28, 2025:   Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Diana Wynyard – Part 4: ONE MORE RIVER (1934) and ON THE NIGHT OF THE FIRE (1940)

March 7, 2025:   Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Fox Film Corporation – 1930: CITY GIRL (dir. F. W. Murnau) and JUST IMAGINE (dir. David Butler)

March 14, 2025:    Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Diana Wynyard – Part 5: GASLIGHT (1940) and FREEDOM RADIO (1940)

March 21, 2025:    Special Subject – Stanning For Anna Sten: NANA (1934), WE LIVE AGAIN (1934), THE WEDDING NIGHT (1935), and LET’S LIVE A LITTLE (1948)

March 28, 2025:     Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1930: FRAMED (dir. George Archainbaud) and THE RUNAWAY BRIDE (dir. Donald Crisp)

April 4, 2025:     Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Diana Wynyard – Part 6: THE PRIME MINISTER (1941) and KIPPS (1941)

April 11, 2025:     Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1930: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (dir. Lewis Milestone) and OUTSIDE THE LAW (dir. Tod Browning)

April 18, 2025:    Special Subject – Farrow vs. Allen – Part 2: PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (1985); HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (1986) & RADIO DAYS (1987)

April 25, 2025:              Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Diana Wynyard – Part 7:AN IDEAL HUSBAND (1947) and THE FEMINE TOUCH (1956)

May 2, 2025:                Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1931: 24 HOURS (dir. Marion Gering) and LADIES OF THE BIG HOUSE (dir. Marion Gering) 

May 9, 2025:                Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Gloria Grahame – Part 1: BLONDE FEVER (1944) and IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)

May 16, 2025:              Special Subject – Farrow vs. Allen – Part 3: SEPTEMBER (1987); ANOTHER WOMAN (1988) & CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS (1989)

May 23, 2025:              Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1931: THE CHAMP (dir. King Vidor) and THE EASIEST WAY (dir. Jack Conway)

May 30, 2025:              Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Gloria Grahame – Part 2: IT HAPPENED IN BROOKLYN (1947) and CROSSFIRE (1947)

June 6, 2025:                Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1931 NIGHT NURSE (dir. William A. Wellman) and BLONDE CRAZY (dir. Roy Del Ruth)

June 13, 2025:              Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Gloria Grahame – Part 3: SONG OF THE THIN MAN (1947) and MERTON OF THE MOVIES (1947)

June 20, 2025:              Special Subject – Farrow vs. Allen – Part 4: ALICE (1990); SHADOWS AND FOG (1991) & HUSBANDS AND WIVES (1992)

June 27, 2025:              Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Fox Film Corporation – 1931: A CONNECTICUT YANKEE (dir. David Butler) and SURRENDER (dir. William K. Howard)

July 4, 2025:                 Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Gloria Grahame – Part 4: A WOMAN’S SECRET (1948) and ROUGHSHOD (1949)

July 11, 2025:               Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1931: CIMARRON (dir. Wesley Ruggles) and TRAVELING HUSBANDS (dir. Paul Sloane)

July 18, 2025:               Special Subject – Supported By Oscar Levant – the 1950s – AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951); THE BANDWAGON (1953) and THE I DON’T CARE GIRL (1953)  

July 25, 2025:               Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1931: STRICTLY DISHONORABLE (dir. John M. Stahl) and THE BAD SISTER (dir. Hobart Henley)

August 1, 2025:            Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Gloria Grahame – Part 5: IN A LONELY PLACE (1950) and THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (1952)

August 8, 2025:            Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1932: HORSE FEATHERS (dir. Norman Z. McLeod) and BROKEN LULLABY (dir. Ernst Lubitsch)

August 15, 2025:          Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Gloria Grahame – Part 6: MACAO (1952) and SUDDEN FEAR (1952)

August 22, 2025:          Special Subject – Orson Welles and Jeanne Moreau – THE TRIAL (1960); CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (1965); and HISTOIRE IMMORTELLE (1968)

August 29, 2025:          Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1932: BLONDIE OF THE FOLLIES (dir. Edmund Goulding) and FAITHLESS (dir. Harry Beaumont)

September 5, 2025:      Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Gloria Grahame – Part 7: THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (1952) and THE GLASS WALL (1953)

September 12, 2025:    Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1932: TAXI! (dir. Roy Del Ruth) and THREE ON A MATCH (dir. Mervyn Leroy)

September 19, 2025:    Special Subject – Accents on Olivier – THE 49th PARALLEL (1941) and THE DEMI-PARADISE (1943)

September 26, 2025:    Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Gloria Grahame – Part 8: MAN ON A TIGHTROPE (1953) and THE BIG HEAT (1953)

October 3, 2025:          Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Fox Film Corporation – 1932: PASSPORT TO HELL (dir. Frank Lloyd) and YOUNG AMERICA (dir. Frank Borzage)

October 10, 2025:        Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Gloria Grahame – Part 9: PRISONERS OF THE CASBAH (1953) and THE GOOD DIE YOUNG (1954)

October 17, 2025         Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1932: What Price Hollywood? (dir. George Cukor) and THE ANIMAL KINGDOM (dir. Edward H. Griffith)

October 24, 2025:        Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Gloria Grahame – Part 10: HUMAN DESIRE (1954) and NAKED ALIBI (1954)

October 31, 2025:        Halloween 2025 – Solo Freakouts – HOUR OF THE WOLF (1968) and VAMPIRE’S KISS (1988)

November 7, 2025:       Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1932: THE OLD DARK HOUSE (dir. James Whale) and THE MUMMY (dir. Karl Freund)

November 14, 2025:     Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Gloria Grahame – Part 11: THE COBWEB (1955) and NOT AS A STRANGER (1955)

November 21, 2025:     Special Subject – Truffaut’s Antoine Doinel Series – LES QUATRE CENTS COUPS (1959); BAISERS VOLES (1968); DOMICILE CONJUGAL (1970) and L’AMOUR EN FUITE (1979)

November 28, 2025:     Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1933: DESIGN FOR LIVING (dir. Ernst Lubitsch) and ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON (dir. Stephen Roberts)     

December 5, 2025:       Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Gloria Grahame – Part 12: OKLAHOMA! (1955) and THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS (1956)

December 12, 2025:     Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1933: FAST WORKERS (dir. Tod Browning) and QUEEN CHRISTINA (dir. Rouben Mamoulian)

December 19, 2025:     Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Gloria Grahame – Part 13: RIDE OUT FOR REVENGE (1957); ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW (1959) and RIDE BEYOND VENGEANCE (1965)

December 25, 2025:     Christmas 2025 – S &x-Mas – ELLE (2015) and EYES WIDE SHUT (1999)

January 2, 2026:           Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1933: GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (dir. Mervyn Leroy with Busby Berkeley) and 42nd STREET (dir. Lloyd Bacon with Busby Berkeley)

January 9, 2026:           Acteurist Spotlight – Delphine Seyrig – Part 1: LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (1961) and MURIEL (1963)

January 16, 2026:         Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Fox Film Corporation – 1933: THE POWER AND THE GLORY (dir. William K. Howard) and ADORABLE (dir. William Dieterle)

January 23, 2026:         Special Subject – The Archers in Technicolor – THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COL. BLIMP (1943), BLACK NARCISSUS (1947) and THE RED SHOES (1948)

January 30, 2026:         Acteurist Spotlight – Delphine Seyrig – Part 2: LA MUSICA (1967) and BAXTER, VERA BAXTER (1976)

February 6, 2026:            Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1933: FLYING DOWN TO RIO (dir. Thornton Freeland) and SWEEPINGS (dir. John Cromwell)

February 13, 2026:       Valentine’s Day 2026 – Adam Sandler Valentine – THE WEDDING SINGER (1998) and PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (2002)

February 20, 2026:       Acteurist Spotlight – Delphine Seyrig – Part 3: JEANNE DIELMAN, 23. QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (1975) and GOLDEN EIGHTIES (1986)

February 27, 2026:       Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1933: THE INVISBLE MAN (dir. James Whale) and COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW (dir. William Wyler)

March 6, 2026:             Acteurist Spotlight – Deborah Kerr – Part 1: LOVE ON THE DOLE (1941) and PERFECT STRANGERS (1945)

March 13, 2026:           Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1934: SEARCH FOR BEAUTY (dir. Erle C. Kenton) and CRIME WITHOUT PASSION (dir. Ben Hecht & Lee Garmes)

March 20, 2026:           Special Subject – Elise’s Family Freak-Outs – Part 1 – TO SLEEP WITH ANGER (1990) and THE ROYAL TENNENBAUMS (2001)

March 27, 2026:           Acteurist Spotlight – Deborah Kerr – Part 2: PLEASE BELIEVE ME (1950) and DREAM WIFE (1953)

April 3, 2026:               Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1934: SEQUOIA (dir. Chester M. Franklin) and A WICKED WOMAN (dir. Charles Brabin)

April 10, 2026:              Acteurist Spotlight – Deborah Kerr – Part 3: TEA AND SYMPATHY (1956) and BELOVED INFIDEL (1959)

April 17, 2026:              The Archers in Black and White – A CANTERBURY TALE (1944); I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING! (1945) and THE SMALL BACK ROOM (1949)

April 24, 2026:              Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1934: I AM A THIEF (dir. Robert Florey) and I’VE GOT YOUR NUMBER (dir. Ray Enright)

May 1, 2026:                Acteurist Spotlight – Isabelle Huppert – Part 1: LOULOU (1980) and COUP DE TORCHON (1981)

May 8, 2026:                Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Fox Film Corporation – 1934: MARIE GALANTE (dir. Henry King) and CHANGE OF HEART (dir. John G. Blystone)

May 15, 2026:              Acteurist Spotlight – Isabelle Huppert – Part 2: UNE AFFAIRE DE FEMME (1988) and THE PIANO TEACHER (2001)

May 22, 2026:              Special Subject – Elise’s Family Freak-Outs – Part 2 – WRITTEN ON THE WIND (1956) and MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (2016)

May 29, 2026:              Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1934: THE RICHEST GIRL IN THE WORLD (dir. William A. Seiter) and WE’RE RICH AGAIN (dir. William A. Seiter)

June 5, 2026:                Acteurist Spotlight – Isabelle Huppert – Part 3: UN BARRAGE CONTRE LE PACIFIQUE (2008) and WHITE MATERIAL (2009)

June 12, 2026:              Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1934: THERE’S ALWAYS TOMORROW (dir. Edward A. Sloman) and DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY (dir. Mitchell Leisen)

June 19, 2026:              Special Subject – Wong Kar-Wai’s 2046 and its Informal Antecedents –   DAYS OF BEING WILD (1990); IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2000) and 2046 (2004)

June 26, 2026:              Acteurist Spotlight – Jennifer Jason Leigh – Part 1: FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982) and FLESH + BLOOD (1985)

July 3, 2026:                 Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1935: THE PRESIDENT VANISHES (dir. William A. Wellman) and THE GLASS KEY (dir. Frank Tuttle)

July 10, 2026:               Acteurist Spotlight – Jennifer Jason Leigh – Part 2: MRS. PARKER & THE VICIOUS CIRCLE (1994) and THE HUDSUCKER PROXY (1994)

July 17, 2026:               Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1935: THE FLAME WITHIN (dir. Edmund Goulding) and BIOGRAPHY OF A BACHELOR GIRL (dir. Edward H. Griffith)

July 24, 2026:               Special Subject – Elise’s Family Freak-Outs – Part 3 – LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT (1962) and WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974)

July 31, 2026:               Acteurist Spotlight – Jennifer Jason Leigh – Part 3: GEORGIA (1995) and BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA (1996)

August 7, 2026:            Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1935: THE RIGHT TO LIVE (dir. William Keighley) and I FOUND STELLA PARRISH (dir. Mervyn Leroy)

August 14, 2026:          Acteurist Spotlight – Sandra Dee – Part 1: THE RELUCTANT DEBUTANTE (1958) and THE RESTLESS YEARS (1959)

August 21, 2026:          Special Subject – Max Ophuls in Italy and the Netherlands – LA SIGNORA DI TUTTI (1934) and KOMEDIE OM GELD (1936)

August 28, 2026                       Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Fox Film Corporation/20th Century Fox – 1935: THE GAY DECEPTION (dir. William Wyler) and THE MAN WHO BROKE THE BANK AT MONTE CARLO (dir. Stephen Roberts)

September 4, 2026:      Acteurist Spotlight – Sandra Dee – Part 2: STRANGER IN MY ARMS (1959) and GIDGET (1959)

September 11, 2026:    Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1935: IN PERSON (dir. William A. Seiter) and ENCHANTED APRIL (dir. Harry Beaumont)

September 18, 2026:    Special Subject – Against Interpretation – 3 WOMEN (1977), INDIA SONG (1975) Susan Sontag’s essay “Bergman’s Persona”

September 25, 2026:    Acteurist Spotlight – Sandra Dee – Part 3: PORTRAIT IN BLACK (1960) and ROMANOFF AND JULIET (1961)

October 2, 2026:          Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1935: LIFE RETURNS (dir. Eugene Frenke) and MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (dir. John M. Stahl)

October 9, 2026:          Acteurist Spotlight – Danielle Darrieux – Part 1: MAYERLING (1936) and ABUS DE CONFIANCE (1937)

October 16, 2026:        Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1936: BIG BROWN EYES (dir. Raoul Walsh) and WEDDING PRESENT (dir. Richard Wallace)

October 23, 2026:        Acteurist Spotlight – Danielle Darrieux – Part 2: RETOUR A L’AUBE (1938) and BATTEMENT DE COEUR (1940)

October 30, 2026:        Halloween 2026 – Halloween Dreams – CELINE & JULIE GO BOATING (1974) and FEMME FATALE (2002)

November 6, 2026:       Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1936: CAMILLE (dir. George Cukor) and ROMEO AND JULIET (dir. George Cukor)

November 13, 2026:     Acteurist Spotlight – Danielle Darrieux – Part 3: PREMIER RENDEZ-VOUS (1941) and CAPRICES (1942)

November 20, 2026:     Special Subject – British Hitchcock Highlights – THE 39 STEPS (1935), SABOTAGE (1936) and YOUNG & INNOCENT (1937)

November 27, 2026:     Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1936: THE LAW IN HER HANDS (dir. William Clemens) and THE WHITE ANGEL (dir. William Dieterle)

December 4, 2026:       Acteurist Spotlight – Michael Redgrave – Part 1: THE LADY VANISHES (1938) and THE STARS LOOK DOWN (1940)

December 11, 2026:     Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1936: CAREER WOMAN (dir. Lewis Seiler) and GIRLS’ DORMITORY (dir. Irving Cummings)

December 18, 2026:     Acteurist Spotlight – Michael Redgrave – Part 2: SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR (1947) and THE BROWNING VERSION (1951)

December 25, 2026:     Christmas 2026: THE HOLLY & THE IVY (1952) and THE PICKWICK PAPERS (1952)

January 1, 2027:           Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1936: CHATTERBOX (dir. George Nicholls) and M’LISS (dir. George Nicholls)

January 8, 2027:           Acteurist Spotlight – Michael Redgrave – Part 3: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST (1952) and TIME WITHOUT PITY (1957)

January 15, 2027:         Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1936: MY MAN GODFREY (dir. Gregory La Cava) and LOVE BEFORE BREAKFAST (dir. Walter Lang)

January 22, 2027:         Special Subject – Mid-1970s Fitzgerald – THE GREAT GATSBY (1974) and THE LAST TYCOON (1976) + F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and The Love of the Last Tycoon

January 29, 2027:         Acteurist Spotlight – Merle Oberon – Part 1: THE DIVORCE OF LADY X (1938) and OVER THE MOON (1939)

February 5, 2027:         Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1937: HIGH, WIDE, AND HANDSOME (dir. Rouben Mamoulian) and CLARENCE (dir. Robert Florey)

February 12, 2027:        Valentine’s Day 2027 with Cocteau – LA BELLE ET LA BETE (1946) and L’ETERNEL RETOUR  (1943)

February 19, 2027:       Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1937: THE FIREFLY (dir. Robert Z. Leonard) and ROSALIE (dir. W. S. Van Dyke)

February 26, 2027:       Acteurist Spotlight – Merle Oberon – Part 2: ‘TIL WE MEET AGAIN (1940) and LYDIA (1941)

March 5, 2027:             Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1937: THEY WON’T FORGET (dir. Mervyn Leroy) and MOUNTAIN JUSTICE (dir. Michael Curtiz)

March 12, 2027:           Acteurist Spotlight – Merle Oberon – Part 3: FIRST COMES COURAGE (1943) and DARK WATERS (1944)

March 19, 2027:           Special Subject – Les Chats Oranges Sans Merci – THE LONG GOODBYE (1971) and INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (2013)

March 26, 2027:           Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1937: LLOYD’S OF LONDON (dir. Henry King) and CAFÉ METROPOLE (dir. Edward H. Griffith)

April 2, 2027:               Acteurist Spotlight – Sandra Dee – Part 4: TAMMY TELL ME TRUE (1961) and COME SEPTEMBER (1961)

April 9, 2027:               Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1937: TOAST OF NEW YORK (dir. Rowland V. Lee) and CRIMINAL LAWYER (dir. Christy Cabanne)

April 16, 2027:  Special Subject – Marcel Carné & Jacques Prévert, Part 2 – LES VISITEURS DU SOIR (1942), LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS (1945) and LES PORTES DE LA NUIT (1946)

April 23, 2027:              Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1937: SHE’S DANGEROUS (dirs. Milton Carruth and Lewis R. Foster) and A LADY FIGHTS BACK (dir. Milton Carruth)

April 30, 2027:              Acteurist Spotlight – Sandra Dee – Part 5: IF A MAN ANSWERS (1962) and TAMMY AND THE DOCTOR (1963)

May 7, 2027:                Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1938: YOU AND ME (dir. Fritz Lang) and SING YOU SINNERS (dir. Wesley Ruggles)

May 14, 2027:              Acteurist Spotlight – Sandra Dee – Part 6: TAKE HER SHE’S MINE (1963) and I’D RATHER BE RICH (1964) and THAT FUNNY FEELING (1965)

May 21, 2027:              Special Subject – Nathanael West’s Miss Lonelyhearts and its permutations – ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN (1933) and LONELYHEARTS (1958)

May 28, 2027:              Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1938: LISTEN, DARLING (dir. Edwin L. Marin) and LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY (dir. George B. Seitz)

June 4, 2027:                Acteurist Spotlight – Viviane Romance – Part 1: LA BELLE EQUIPE (1936) and GIBRALTAR (1938)

June 11, 2027:              Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1938: WHITE BANNERS (dir. Edmund Goulding) and MY BILL (dir. John Farrow)

June 18, 2027:              Special Subject – Harlow and Fleming – RED DUST (1932), BOMBSHELL (1933) and RECKLESS (1935)

June 25, 2027:              Acteurist Spotlight – Viviane Romance – Part 2: VENUS AVEUGLE (1941) and PANIQUE (1946)

June 4, 2027:                Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1938: JOSETTE (dir. Alan Dwan) and ALEXANDER’S RAGTIME BAND (dir. Henry King)

June 11, 2027:              Special Subject – Adapted from J. P. Marquand – H.M. PULHAM ESQ. (1941), THE LATE GEORGE APLEY (1947) and B.F.’S DAUGHTER (1948)

June 18, 2027:              Acteurist Spotlight – Viviane Romance – Part 3: LA MAISON SOUS LA MER and MAYA (1948)

June 25, 2027:              Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1938: A MAN TO REMEMBER (dir. Garson Kanin) and NEXT TIME I MARRY (dir. Garson Kanin)

July 2, 2027:                 Acteurist Spotlight – Lee Grant – Part 1: DETECTIVE STORY (1951) and THE BALCONY (1963)

July 9, 2027:                 Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1938: THE BLACK DOLL (dir. Otis Garrett) and NURSE FROM BROOKLYN (dir. S. Sylvan Simon)

July 16, 2027:               Acteurist Spotlight – Lee Grant – Part 2: THE LANDLORD (1970) and PLAZA SUITE (1971)

July 23, 2027:               Special Subject – Ritwik Ghatak – Early Films – THE CITIZEN (1952), PATHETIC FALLACY (1958) and ADVENTURES OF A RUNAWAY KID (1958)

July 30, 2027:               Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1939: HOTEL IMPERIAL (dir. Robert Florey) and HONEYMOON IN BALI (dir. Edward H. Griffith)

August 6, 2027:            Acteurist Spotlight – Lee Grant – Part 3: PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT (1972) and SHAMPOO (1975)

August 13, 2027:          Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1939: LADY OF THE TROPICS (dir. Jack Conway) and MIRACLES FOR SALE (dir. Tod Browning)

August 20, 2027:          Special Subject – 1990s LITERARY PERMUTATIONS – CLUELESS (1995); WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO + JULIET (1996); and GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1998)

August 27, 2027:          Acteurist Spotlight – Greer Garson – Part 1: THE LAW AND THE LADY (1951) and SCANDAL AT SCOURIE (1953)

September 3, 2027:      Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1939: WE ARE NOT ALONE (dir. Edmund Goulding) and ON TRIAL (dir. Terry O. Morse)

September 10, 2027:    Acteurist Spotlight – Greer Garson – Part 2: JULIS CAESAR (1953) and HER 12 MEN (1954)

September 17, 2027:    Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1939: WIFE, HUSBAND AND FRIEND (dir. Gregory Ratoff) and DAY TIME WIFE (dir. Gregory Ratoff)

September 24, 2027:    Special Subject – Adapted from John Galsworthy – LOYALTIES (1933), THAT FORSYTE WOMAN (1949) and A SUMMER STORY (1988) + Galsworthy’s The Man of Property and “The Apple Tree”

October 1, 2027:          Acteurist Spotlight – Greer Garson – Part 3: STRANGE LADY IN TOWN (1954) and SUNRISE AT CAMPOBELLO (1960)

October 8, 2027:          Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1939: IN NAME ONLY (dir. John Cromwell) and FIFTH AVENUE GIRL (dir. Gregory La Cava)

October 15, 2027:        Acteurist Spotlight – Elisabeth Bergner – Part 1: THE FIDDLER OF FLORENCE (1926) and FRAULEIN ELSE (1929)

October 22, 2027:        Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1939: THREE SMART GIRLS GROW UP (dir. Henry Koster) and I STOLE A MILLION (dir. Frank Tuttle)

October 29, 2027:        Special Subject – Ritwik Ghatak – Late Films – A RIVER CALLED TITAS (1973) and REASON, DEBATE AND A STORY (1974)

November 5, 2027:       Acteurist Spotlight – Elisabeth Bergner – Part 2: ARIANE (1931) and THE RISE OF CATHERINE THE GREAT (1934)

November 12, 2027:     Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1940: CHRISTMAS IN JULY (dir. Preston Sturges) and I WANT A DIVORCE (dir. Ralph Murphy)

November 19, 2027:     Acteurist Spotlight – Elisabeth Bergner – Part 3: ESCAPE ME NEVER (1935) and AS YOU LIKE IT (1936)

November 26, 2027:     Special Subject – The Hechtian Miraculous – ANGELS OVER BROADWAY (1940); THE MIRACLE OF THE BELLS (1948) and MIRACLE IN THE RAIN (1955)

November 30, 2027:     Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1940: COMRADE X (dir. King Vidor) and I LOVE YOU AGAIN (dir. W. S. Van Dyke)

December 3, 2027:       Acteurist Spotlight – Edwige Feuillere – Part 1: MISTER FLOW (1936) and J’ETAIS UNE AVENTURIERE (1938)

December 10, 2027:     Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1940: TORRID ZONE (dir. William Keighley) and IT ALL CAME TRUE (dir. Lewis Seiler)

December 17, 2027:     Acteurist Spotlight – Edwige Feuillere – Part 2: L’AIGLE A DEUX TETES (1948) and ADORABLES CREATURES (1952)

December 24, 2027:     Christmas 2027 with St. Nick (and Nora) Charles – THE THIN MAN (1934) and AFTER THE THIN MAN (1936)

December 31, 2027:     Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1940: THE BLUE BIRD (dir. Walter Lang) and THE GRAPES OF WRATH (dir. John Ford)

January 7, 2028:                Acteurist Spotlight – Edwige Feuillere – Part 3: LE BLE EN HERBES (1954) and QUAND LA FEMME S’EN MELE (1957)

January 14, 2028:             Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1940: THE PRIMROSE PATH (dir. Gregory La Cava) and KITTY FOYLE (dir. Sam Wood)

January 21, 2028:             Special Subject – Mélo-Mélo – DER TRAUMEND MUND (1932) and MELO (1986)

January 28, 2028:             Acteurist Spotlight – Hideko Takamine – Part 1:  HIDEKO THE BUS CONDUCTRESS (1941) and LIGHTNING (1952)  

February 4, 2028:             Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1940: GREEN HELL (dir. James Whale) and SEVEN SINNERS (dir. Tay Garnett)

February 11, 2028:           Valentine’s Day 2028 – With Complex Love From Jerry Lewis – THE LADIES MAN (1961) and THE DISORDERLY ORDERLY (1964)

February 18, 2028:           Acteurist Spotlight – Hideko Takamine – Part 2: FLOATING CLOUDS (1955) and FLOWING (1956)

February 25, 2028:           Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1941: AMONG THE LIVING (dir. Stuart Heisler) and THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 16TH (dir. William Clemens)

March 3, 2028:                  Acteurist Spotlight – Hideko Takamine – Part 3: A WIFE’S HEART (1956) and UNTAMED (1957)

March 10, 2028:                Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1941: LOVE CRAZY (dir. Jack Conway) and LIFE BEGINS FOR ANDY HARDY (dir. George B. Seitz)

March 17, 2028:                Special Subject – Columbia Through the Decades – PLATINUM BLONDE (1931), COVER GIRL (1944), ALL THE KING’S MEN (1949) and FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)

March 24, 2028:                Acteurist Spotlight – Ann Dvorak – Part 1: CAFÉ HOSTESS (1940) and GIRLS OF THE ROAD (1940)

March 31, 2028:                Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1941: THE SEA WOLF (dir. Michael Curtiz) and OUT OF THE FOG (dir. Anatole Litvak)

April 7, 2028:                      Acteurist Spotlight – Ann Dvorak – Part 2: THIS WAS PARIS (1942) and OUT OF THE BLUE (1947)

April 14, 2028:                   Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1941: BLOOD AND SAND (dir. Rouben Mamoulian) and HUDSON’S BAY (dir. Irving Pichel)

April 21, 2028:                   Special Subject – Two White Nights – WHITE NIGHTS (1957) and QUATRE NUITS D’UN REVEUR (1971) and “White Nights” by Fyodor Dostoevsky

April 28, 2028:                   Acteurist Spotlight – Ann Dvorak – Part 3: THE LONG NIGHT (1947) and THE PRIVATE AFFAIRS BEL AMI (1948)

May 5, 2028:                      Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1941: PLAY GIRL (dir. Frank Woodruff) and LADY SCARFACE (dir. Frank Woodruff)

May 12, 2028:                    Acteurist Spotlight – Kinuyo Tanaka – Part 1: UTAMARO AND HIS FIVE WOMEN (1946) and LOVE OF THE ACTRESS SUMAKO (1947) 

May 19, 2028:                    Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1941: NICE GIRL? (dir. William A. Seiter) and IT STARTED WITH EVE (dir. Henry Koster)

May 26, 2028:                    Special Subject – Stunt Casting Against the Machine – THE JACKIE ROBINSON STORY (1950), NATIVE SON (1951) and ST. LOUIS BLUES (1958)

June 2, 2028:                      Acteurist Spotlight – Kinuyo Tanaka – Part 2: HEN IN THE WIND (1948) and WOMEN OF THE NIGHT (1948)

June 9, 2028:                      Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1942: THE REMAKABLE ANDREW (dir. Stuart Heisler) and REAP THE WILD WIND (dir. Cecil B. DeMille)

June 16, 2028:                    Acteurist Spotlight – Kinuyo Tanaka – Part 3: FLAME OF MY LOVE (1949) and WEDDING RING (1950)

June 23, 2028:                    Special Subject – Films Blancs – HERE COMES MR. JORDAN (1941), A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (1946), and YOU NEVER CAN TELL (1951)

June 30, 2028:                    Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1942: RANDOM HARVEST (dir. Mervyn LeRoy) and CROSSROADS (dir. Jack Conway)

July 7, 2028:                        Acteurist Spotlight – Betty Compson – Part 1: THE LITTLE MINISTER (1921) and THE WHITE SHADOW (1924)

July 7, 2028:                        Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1942: THE GAY SISTERS (dir. Irving Rapper) and GENTLEMAN JIM (dir. Raoul Walsh)

July 14, 2028:                     Special Subject – Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka – Part 1 – LOVE LETTER (1953) and ETERNAL BREASTS (1955)

July 21, 2028:                     Acteurist Spotlight – Betty Compson – Part 2: THE BELLE OF BROADWAY (1926) and DOCKS OF NEW YORK (1927)

July 28, 2028:                     Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1942: THIS ABOVE ALL (dir. Anatole Litvak) and RINGS ON HER FINGERS (dir. Rouben Mamoulian)  

August 4, 2028:                 Acteurist Spotlight – Betty Compson – Part 3: STREET GIRL (1929) and THE LADY REFUSES (1931)

August 11, 2028:               Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1942: FOUR JACKS AND A JILL (dir. Jack Hively) and SYNCOPATION (dir. William Dieterle)

August 18, 2028:               Acteurist Spotlight – Mary Pickford – Part 1: THE POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL (1917) and ROMANCE OF THE REDWOODS (1917)

August 25, 2028:               Special Subject – Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka – Part 2 – THE MOON HAS RISEN (1955) and THE WANDERING PRINCESS (1960)

September 1, 2028:         Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1942: MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGET (dir. Phil Rosen) and LADY IN A JAM (dir. Gregory La Cava)

September 8, 2028:         Acteurist Spotlight – Mary Pickford – Part 2: THE LITTLE AMERICAN (1917) and REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM (1917)

September 15, 2028:       Special Subject – Directed by Kinuyo Tanaka – Part 3 – GIRL OF DARK (1961) and LOVE UNDER THE CRUCIFIX (1962)

September 22, 2028:       Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1943: SO PROUDLY WE HAIL (dir. Mark Sandrich) and FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO (dir. Billy Wilder)

September 29, 2028:       Acteurist Spotlight – Mary Pickford – Part 3: STELLA MARIS (1918) and M’LISS (1918)

October 6, 2028:               Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1943: SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS (dir.Wesley Ruggles) and YOUNG IDEAS (dir. Jules Dassin)

October 13, 2028:            Acteurist Spotlight – Michèle Morgan – Part 1: REMORQUES (1941) and JOAN OF PARIS (1942)

October 20, 2028:            Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1943: THE HARD WAY (dir. Vincent Sherman) and OLD ACQUAINTANCE (dir. Vincent Sherman)

October 27, 2028:            Halloween 2028 – Happy Halloween From Browning & Chaney – THE UNHOLY THREE (1925), THE UNKNOWN (1927) and WEST OF ZANZIBAR (1928)

November 3, 2028:          Acteurist Spotlight – Michèle Morgan – Part 2: THE CHASE (1946) and LA MINUTE DE LA VERITE (1952)

November 10, 2028:       Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1943: THE MEANEST MAN IN THE WORLD (dir. Sidney Lanfield) and HOLY MATRIMONY (dir. John M. Stahl)

November 17, 2028:       Special Subject – The Longs and the Shorts of Robert Benchley – FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (1940), THE SKY’S THE LIMIT (1943) and PAN-AMERICANA (1945) + “How To Sleep” (1935), “How To Train a Dog” (1936), “How To Vote” (1936) and “Home Movies” (1940)

November 24, 2028:       Acteurist Spotlight – Michèle Morgan – Part 3: OBSESSION (1954) and MARGUERITE DE LA NUIT (1955)

December 1, 2028:          Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1943: MR. LUCKY (dir. H.C. Potter) and JOURNEY INTO FEAR (dir. Norman Foster)

December 8, 2028:          Acteurist Spotlight – Gloria Swanson – Part 1: DON’T CHANGE YOUR HUSBAND (1919) and FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE (1919)

December 15, 2028:        Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1943: SHADOW OF A DOUBT (dir. Alfred Hitchcock) and HIS BUTLER’S SISTER (dir. Frank Borzage)

December 22, 2028:      Christmas 2028 – Christmas with Catherine Deneuve – 8 FEMMES (2002) and UN CONTE DE NOEL (2008)

December 29, 2028:       Acteurist Spotlight – Gloria Swanson – Part 2: MALE AND FEMALE (1919) and WHY CHANGE YOUR WIFE? (1920)

January 5, 2029:           Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1944: HOUR BEFORE THE DAWN (dir. Frank Tuttle) and HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO (dir. Preston Sturges)

January 12, 2029:         Acteurist Spotlight – Gloria Swanson – Part 3: SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT (1920) and THE AFFAIRS OF ANATOL (1921)

January 19: 2029:         Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1944: TWO GIRLS AND A SAILOR (dir. Richard Thorpe) and MUSIC FOR MILLIONS (dir. Henry Koster)

January 26, 2029:             Special Subject – The Unbearable Witness of Brian De Palma – BLOW OUT (1981), CASUALTIES OF WAR (1989) and SNAKE EYES (1998)

February 2, 2029:             Acteurist Spotlight –: Simone Signoret – Part 1: Macadam (1946) and DEDEE D’ANVERS (1948)

February 9, 2029:             Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1944: MR. SKEFFINGTON (dir. Vincent Sherman) and IN OUR TIME (dir. Vincent Sherman)

February 16, 2029:           Valentine’s Day 2029 – Marital Mishaps – AUTUMN LEAVES (1956) and THE HEARTBREAK KID (1972)

February 23, 2029:           Acteurist Spotlight –: Simone Signoret – Part 2: IMPASSE DES DEUX ANGES (1948) and GUNMAN IN THE STREETS (1950)  

March 2, 2029:                  Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1944: THE LODGER (dir. John Brahm) and LAURA (dir. Otto Preminger)

March 9, 2029:                  Acteurist Spotlight –: Simone Signoret – Part 3: MANEGES (1953) and THERESE RAQUIN (1955)

March 16, 2029:                Special Subject – Not Feyder Away – DAYBREAK (1931), LE GRAND JEU (1934) and LA KERMESSE HEROIQUE (1935)

March 23, 2029:                Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1944: MURDER MY SWEET (dir. Edward Dmytryk) and GOVERNMENT GIRL (dir. Dudley Nichols)

March 30, 2029:                Acteurist Spotlight – Lillian Gish – Part 1: THE WIHTE SISTER (1923) and ROMOLA (1924)

April 6, 2029:                      Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1944: SAN DIEGO, I LOVE YOU (dir. Reginald Le Borg) and DESTINY (dir. Reginald Le Borg)

April 13, 2029:                   Acteurist Spotlight – Lillian Gish – Part 2: THE SCARLET LETTER (1926) and ANNIE LAURIE (1927)

April 20, 2029:                   Special Subject – Germaine Dulac – L’AME D’ARTISTE (1924), LA SOURIANTE MADAME BEUDET (1923), L’INVITATION AU VOYAGE (1927) and LA COQUILLE ET LE CLERGYMAN (1928)

April 27, 2029:                   Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1945: INCENDIARY BLONDE (dir. George Marshall) and HOLD THAT BLONDE (dir. George Marshall)

May 4, 2029:                      Acteurist Spotlight – Lillian Gish – Part 3: THE WIND (1928) and ONE ROMANTIC NIGHT (1930)

May 11, 2029:                    Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1945: THE VALLEY OF DECISION (dir. Tay Garnett) and MAIN STREET AFTER DARK (dir. Edward L. Cahn)

May 18, 2029:                    Special Subject – Produced By Virginia Van Upp – TOGETHER AGSAIN (1944); SHE WOULDN’T SAY YES (1945) and GILDA (1946)  

May 25, 2029:                    Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1945: MILDRED PIERCE (dir. Michael Curtiz) and PRIDE OF THE MARINES (dir. Delmer Daves)

June 1, 2029:                      Acteurist Spotlight – Glynis Johns – Part 1: THE HALFWAY HOUSE (1944) and FRIEDA (1947)

June 8, 2029:                      Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1945: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (dir. Rene Clair) and HANGOVER SQUARE (dir. John Brahm)  

June 15, 2029:                    Acteurist Spotlight – Glynis Johns – Part 2: MIRANDA (1948) and THE WEAK AND THE WICKED (1954)

June 22, 2029:                    Special Subject – French Silent Cinema – Part 1 – GERMINAL (1913) and L’ENFANT DE PARIS (1913)

June 29, 2029:                    Acteurist Spotlight – Glynis Johns – Part 3: JOSEPHINE AND HER MEN (1955) and ALL MINE TO GIVE (1957)  

July 6, 2029:                        Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1945: THE SPANISH MAN (dir. Frank Borzage) and ISLE OF THE DEAD (dir. Mark Robson)

July 13, 2029:                     Acteurist Spotlight – Greta Garbo – Part 1: FLESH AND THE DEVIL (1926) and LOVE (1927)

July 20, 2029:                     Special Subject – Producers Releasing Corporation: The Final Flowering – STRANGE ILLUSION (1945), THE ENCHANTED FOREST (1945) and HER SISTER’S SECRET (1946)

July 27, 2029:                     Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1945: THIS LOVE OF OURS (dir. William Dieterle) and THE WOMAN IN GREEN (dir. Roy William Neill)

August 3, 2029:                 Acteurist Spotlight – Greta Garbo – Part 2: A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS (1928) and WILD ORCHIDS (1929)

August 10, 2029:               Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1946: THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (dir. Robert Rossen) and TO EACH HIS OWN (dir. Mitchell Leisen)

August 17, 2029                Acteurist Spotlight – Greta Garbo – Part 3: THE SINGLE STANDARD (1929) and THE KISS (1929)

August 24, 2029:               Special Subject – French Silent Cinema – Part 2 – LE COUPABLE (1917), MATER DOLOROSA (1917) and L’HIRONDELLE ET LE MESANGE (1920)

August 31, 2029:               Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1946: THE HOODLUM SAINT (dir. Norman Taurog) and EASY TO WED (dir. Edward Buzzell)

September 7, 2029:         Acteurist Spotlight – Martine Carol – Part 1: LES AMANTS DE VERONE (1949) and CAROLINE CHERI (1951)  

Sep0tember 14, 2029:    Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1946: THREE STRANGERS (dir. Jean Negulesco) and NOBODY LIVES FOREVER (dir. Jean Negulesco)

September 21, 2029:       Special Subject – Hard Times At United Artists – THE FRONT PAGE (1931), RAIN (1932), and HALLELUJAH, I’M A BUM! (1933)

September 28, 2029:       Acteurist Spotlight – Martine Carol – Part 2: LES BELLES DE NUIT (1952) and LUCRECE BORGIA (1953)

October 5, 2029:               Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – 20th Century Fox – 1946: MARGIE (dir. Henry King) and CENTENNIAL SUMMER (dir. Otto Preminger)

October 12, 2029:            Acteurist Spotlight – Martine Carol – Part 3: LOLA MONTES (1955) and NANA (1955)

October 19, 2029:            Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1946: HEARTBEAT (dir. Sam Wood) and THE LOCKET (dir. John Brahm)

October 26, 2029:            Halloween 2029 – Halloween Parenting – BIGGER THAN LIFE (1956) and ROSEMARY’S BABY (1968)

November 2, 2029:          Acteurist Spotlight – Janet Gaynor – Part 1: SEVENTH HEAVEN (1927) and SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS (1927)

November 9, 2029:          Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1946: BLONDE ALIBI (dir. Will Jason) and THE DARK HORSE (dir. Will Jason)

November 16, 2029:       Acteurist Spotlight – Janet Gaynor – Part 2: STREET ANGEL (1928) and LUCKY STAR (1929)

November 23, 2029:       Special Subject – Eric Rohmer’s Tales of the Four Seasons – CONTE DE PRINTEMPS (1990), CONTE D’HIVER (1992), CONTE D’ETE (1996) and CONTE D’AUTOMNE (1998)

November 30, 2029:       Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1947: THE IMPERFECT LADY (dir. Lewis Allen) and DESERT FURY (dir. Lewis Allen)

December 7, 2029:          Acteurist Spotlight – Janet Gaynor – Part 3: SUNNY SIDE UP (1929) and THE YOUNG IN HEART (1938)

December 14, 2029:        Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1947: DESIRE ME (dirs. Jack Conway, George Cukor and Mervyn Leroy et al) and IF WINTER COMES (dir. Victor Saville)

December 21. 2029:        Christmas 2029 – A Bad Dad Christmas – MR. ARKADIN (1955) and NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)

December 28: 2029:       Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1947: NORA PRENTISS (dir. Vincent Sherman) and THE UNFAITHFUL (dir. Vincent Sherman)

 

Then on to the 2030s!!

 

 

 

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This week’s Clara Bow Acteurist Oeuvre-view episode sees our star’s debut at Paramount, in a supporting role in Dancing Mothers, followed by a starring role in what is sometimes considered her best silent film, Victor Fleming’s Mantrap (both 1926). Bow plays two versions of an amoral child-woman, one irritating and one dazzling. We contemplate the Flemingesque woman (so much better than the Hawksian woman, although admittedly, the latter sounds snappier), with comparisons to Sternberg and Bergman. Warning for insane amounts of colonial racism (with a Canadian setting in this case). 

 

Time Codes:

0h 01m 00s:                  Dancing Mothers (1926) [dir. Herbert Brenon]

0h 24m 05s:                  Mantrap (1926) [dir. Victor Fleming]

 

           

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**Originally released February 28, 2021**

 

A Warners, 1935 Borzage/Kay Francis/George Brent double feature: Stranded, in which Francis plays a sort of socialite social worker who’s romanced by Brent’s conservative he-man construction boss; and Living on Velvet, in which Francis is determined to overcome Brent’s insouciant death-wish. As usual, Borzage delivers romance with a difference. We discuss Depression-era Liberal Republicanism, argue about whether Living on Velvet‘s ennui is adequately dramatized, and argue for Julius Epstein as a screenwriting auteur. But what does a Welsh clown have to do with anything? Listen to find out!

Time Codes:

0h 01m 00s:                            Stranded [dir. Frank Borzage]               

0h 54m 10s:                            Living on Velvet [dir. Frank Borzage]         

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*Intro Song: “Sunday” by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of The Internet Archive)

* Find Elise’s latest film piece on Billy Wilder and 1930s Romantic Comedy

*And Read lots of Elise’s Writing at Bright Wall/Dark RoomCléo, and Bright Lights.*

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