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August 31, 2015

Interview with Laurence Olivier author Margarida Araya

An interview with historian and Laurence Olivier expert Margarida Araya about her debut book, "Laurence Olivier in Spain."


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Published on August 31, 2015 11:58

August 27, 2015

Take the Vivien Leigh Fan Survey!

There's a new book about Vivien Leigh in the works! Vivien Leigh: Actress and Icon will be published by Manchester University Press in 2017.


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Published on August 27, 2015 17:29

July 17, 2015

Summer at Tickerage Mill

A sunny summer day at Tickerage Mill with Vivien Leigh and photographer George Douglas.


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Published on July 17, 2015 14:48

June 26, 2015

James Abbe: Capturing the silent screen

This post was written for the Classic Movie History Project Blogathon co-hosted by Movies Silently, Once Upon a Screen and Silver Screenings.


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Since January, I’ve been employed as the Archivist for the estate of photographer James Abbe (I mentioned this a couple posts ago). With approximately 5,000 items ...


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Published on June 26, 2015 21:41

June 17, 2015

Kendra’s going back to school fund

I'm going back to school in the fall and am doing a bit of fundraising to help me succeed


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Published on June 17, 2015 18:09

June 8, 2015

How the glamour shot changed Hollywood (Part 2)

Part 2 of my lecture on Hollywood glamour photography, given at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco.


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June 5, 2015

How the glamour shot changed Hollywood (Part 1)

Part 1 of my lecture on Hollywood glamour photography, given at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco.


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Published on June 05, 2015 11:13

May 21, 2015

Talking Vivien Leigh and The Future

In which I talk about researching Vivien Leigh, and what's coming up in work and life.


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Published on May 21, 2015 11:57

May 3, 2015

Field Notes from the 2015 TCM Film Festival

On the weekend of March 28, thousands of film fans descended on Hollywood for the TCM Classic Film Festival. What transpired was a glorious communal gathering of old movie love.


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Published on May 03, 2015 23:59

March 18, 2015

On the road to the TCM Film Festival

Movie picks for a first-time TCM Film Festival goer...Reporting live from LA March 26-29, 2015.


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Published on March 18, 2015 15:54