Attention Must Be Paid: Colleen Dewhurst
I haven’t seen most of Colleen Dewhurst’s work, because most of her work was off-Broadway.…
Gillianren
Gillianren is a forty-something bipolar woman living in the Pacific Northwest after growing up in Los Angeles County. She and her boyfriend have one son and one daughter, and she gave a daughter up for adoption. She fills her days by watching her local library system's DVD collection in alphabetical order, watching everything that looks interesting. She particularly enjoys pre-Code films, blaxploitation, and live-action Disney movies of the '60s and '70s. She has a Patreon account at https://www.patreon.com/gillianren
Articles:
Disney Byways: THE THREE LIVES OF THOMASINA
While technically this came out in 1963, that was only its New York premiere; it…
Changing the List
Tomorrow, for me, starts the holiday season. (Hey, you celebrate the holidays in your way,…
Celebrating the Living: Lee Grant
The blacklist is fading. The last survivor of the Hollywood Ten died in 2000; so…
Attention Must Be Paid: Edward Everett Horton
“One Got Fat” is on Edward Everett Horton’s IMDb page. I know—you’re stunned, too. That…
Disney Byways: “The Plausible Impossible”
It’s interesting watching children explore their world. There are some things they accept implicitly. You…
General Sherman and Miss Scarlett: The Historical Accuracy of the Civil War Section of GONE WITH THE WIND
Note: This is a term paper I wrote for the winter quarter of the 1999-2000…
Celebrating the Living: Stanley Donen
It’s not that he directed nothing but musicals—I will go to bat for Charade any…
Attention Must Be Paid: Sharon Tate
It is an unfortunate truth that people assume that beautiful women cannot be talented, Probably…
Disney Byways: “The Reluctant Dragon”
While this was being made, the Walt Disney Studios were in the middle of a…