list 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep 1) Transition from pre-code to code enforcement, censorship, creative work-arounds in 1930s Hollywood. 2) The personal lives of several Old Hollywood stars. 3) Screwball comedies (best of, worst of, history of)

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Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today. I'm so angry.

Reading next: Elsa Lancaster's "Herself: An Autobiography" Thanks to @theoldmovielady.bsky.social for loaning me this copy!

Finding myself in a Merle Oberon mood lately, revisiting her films these past weeks, and: Opinion. Mine. She is so underrated and overlooked. Despite being in one of my favorite films—WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)—rarely is her name dropped as often as her contemporaries by way of other films she's in.

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Doomerism is libs' and lefties' way of obeying in advance.

More Canadian hometowns of classic film stars to add to your travel plans: open.substack.com/pub/theoldmo...

Looking for Canadian vacation inspiration? Let some old movie stars be your guide: open.substack.com/pub/theoldmo...

Looking for Canadian vacation inspiration? Let some old movie stars be your guide: open.substack.com/pub/theoldmo...

When Old Hollywood and Canada collide! open.substack.com/pub/theoldmo...

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) - theoldmovielady.substack.com/p/15-points-...

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Also, this isn't a gotcha, physical media is still important. All physical media has its weaknesses, whether manufacturing defect, "it makes its own oxygen" raging infernos or vinegar syndrome. It's still better than a Zaslav being able to delete all digital access with a touch of a button.

Film noir The Postman Always Rings Twice has an iconic femme fatale in Lana Turner's Cora, but is her "evil" reputation deserved? open.substack.com/pub/theoldmo...

More of Lana Turner as Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice in tomorrow's substack piece.

Catch up with all the Old Hollywood this-and-that I've written about lately: open.substack.com/pub/theoldmo...

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Some Conservatives here in Canada have touted Liz Truss's opinion of Mark Carney as some kind of gotcha as he runs for Liberal leadership (with aim to be our PM). As a Canadian who follows a far bit of UK politics I'd like to counter with first, "Who?" and then "Her?"

Tired: "Claimed by a Billionaire" Desired: "Seduced by a Union Organizer"

Fight fascism with the skills you already have... for the Warner Brothers back in the 1930s, it was through moviemaking!

Out now! Today on my substack I'm talking all about how much the Warner Brothers hated Nazis: open.substack.com/pub/theoldmo...

Ann Sheridan, “Will ‘Oomph’ Title Help or Harm Her?” — Motion Picture, July 1939

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Coming tomorrow: 📽️The First Anti-Nazi Feature Film 📽️The Warner Brothers and Confessions of a Nazi Spy open.substack.com/pub/theoldmo...

I am at the NATO meetings in Brussels. Trump and Putin are plunging the world into dark chaos. Here is my dispatch from day one of the meetings. I decided that it was time to go over the boards for Canada. Please read and share. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Poor John Gilbert. Read more (for free!) on the latest from The Old Movie Lady Substack: Vintage Gossip: Volume 1 theoldmovielady.substack.com/p/vintage-go...

If you see this, post a gif from your favourite movie:

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Zowie!

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Black History and Canadian content AND going to the movies all in one post! My new substack piece is out now and read to read for free: open.substack.com/pub/theoldmo...

He’s most known today for his studio character work but Noble Johnson, with his brother George, was a pioneer producer. Their Lincoln company made films with all-Black casts and, unfortunately, we can’t watch any because none of them survive apart from fragments. Check those attics!

Gotta be this ol' prune.

This 1946 psychological thriller plays a teensy part in my new Substack piece, out tomorrow!

Jesuit Priest 👇🏽

Fun lessons about Kicking N*zis into the Sea! 10/10 recommended reading. (Also, TOMLs podcast that just wrapped is very worth your listen).

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Former Prime Minister Kim Campbell has signed the pledge for Canada. She joins thousands of leaders, artists, activists, Canadians who will resist the gangster in Washington. Have you signed the pledge to stand up for our values? True.North. Strong. Free. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...

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imagine a frog. good. now imagine a frog wearing a party hat and playin a lil tambourine. even better

Kurt Garron was a Jewish actor, born in Berlin in 1897. With a booming voice and imposing physique, Gerron made waves in 1928 when he originated the role of Tigerbrown in Bertolt Brecht's Three Penny Opera, singing Mack the Knife.

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Constance Bennett photographed by Edward Steichen for Vogue, January 1933

Kurt Garron was a Jewish actor, born in Berlin in 1897. With a booming voice and imposing physique, Gerron made waves in 1928 when he originated the role of Tigerbrown in Bertolt Brecht's Three Penny Opera, singing Mack the Knife.