HOSTED BY MOVIES SILENTLY & THE LAST DRIVE IN
They’re almost here, those daring dames and you wonderful people who will be paying tribute to them! My co-host and I have split the bill so, I’ll be featuring the posts for Saturday and then Fritzi of Movies Silently will be taking over on Sunday.
No worries if you need to switch days, just drop us a line and we’ll shove you around!
Also, if there’s a problem with the links, spelling or if you’ve mysteriously disappeared from the roster, then let us know ASAP and you’ll be with us again.
We truly can’t wait to see ya… I can already feel the smoke in my face…
Saturday’s –Anti-Damsels hosted by yours truly!
Movies Silently | Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Milton Sills: How Miss Lulu Bett Struck a Blow for the New Woman
The Last Drive In | Hedy Lamarr : from Ecstasy to Frequency- A Beautiful Life
Nitrate Glow | Hilda in Horus: Prince of the Sun
Mind of Levine | Profane Angel, Boss Bitch: The Madcap Badassery of Tragic Carole Lombard
Speakeasy | Cobra Woman (1944)
The Joy & Agony of Movies | Sue Ann (Tuesday Weld) in Pretty Poison
Tales of the Easily Distracted | Charade (1963)
Critica Retro | Tess Harding (Katharine Hepburn) in Woman of the Year
The Hitless Wonder | Lady Jane Ainsley (Frieda Inescort) in The Return of the Vampire
Let’s Go to the Movies | Mae West
Serendipitous Anachronisms | Zira (Kim Hunter) in Planet of the Apes
shadowsandsatin | Blondie Johnson (1933)
Once Upon a Screen | Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
Old Hollywood Films | Rachel Cooper (Lillian Gish) in Night of the Hunter
Moon in Gemini | Vance Jeffords (Barbara Stanwyck) in The Furies
bnoirdetour | Edie Johnson (Linda Darnell) in No Way Out
CineMaven’s Essays from the Couch | Carol Richman (Ella Raines) in Phantom Lady
Goregirl’s Dungeon | Anna Karina in the films of Jean-Luc Godard
In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood | Bette Davis
Sacred Celluloid | The Vampire Lovers (1970)
That Classic Movie Life | Charlotte Vale (Bette Davis) in Now, Voyager
Defiant Success | Deborah Kerr in From Here to Eternity
The Wonderful World of Cinema | Lola Delaney (Shirley Booth) in Come Back Little Sheba
Carole & Co. | Carole Lombard as producer and feminist
Karavansara | Emma Peel in The Avengers
Mondo Heather | Marni Castle as Big Shim in She Mob
wolffian classic movies digest | Joan Crawford as Mildred Pierce
Smitten Kitten Vintage | Bette Davis as Margo in All About Eve 1950
Mother Time Musings | Olivia de Havilland in The Heiress
Superfluous Film Commentary | Gene Tierney in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Motion Pictures | Ida Lupino an anti damsel on & off the screen
Sunday’s-Anti-Damsels hosted by Movies Silently!
Cinematic Catharsis | Helen Benson (Patricia Neal) in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Wide Screen World | Gloria Swanson
Hear Me Talk of Sin | Pola Negri
Speakeasy | Leigh Brackett’s screenwriting
Sister Celluloid | Margaret Dumont
Nitrate Diva | Blue Jeans (1917)
Now Voyaging | Westward the Women (1951)
Aperture Reviews | Eleanor of Aquitaine (Katharine Hepburn) in A Lion in Winter
Once Upon a Screen | The Lady Eve
Love Letters to Old Hollywood | Nicole Chang (Shirley MacLaine) in Gambit
ClassicBecky’s Brain Food | Night Nurse (1931)
Big V Riot Squad | The Exploits of Pearl (Pearl White)
A Person in the Dark | Italian Silent Screen Vamps: Lyda Borelli, Pina Menichelli & Francesca Bertini
Century Film Project | Mabel Normand
Caftan Woman | The Making of an Anti-Damsel: Deborah Kerr as Cathy Wilson in Perfect Strangers (1945)
MovieFanFare | Olive Thomas in The Flapper
Margaret Perry | Katharine Hepburn as Anti-Damsel
Silent-ology | Unsung Ladies of Keystone: Polly Moran, Minta Durfee and Louise Fazenda
Classic Reel Girl | Alison Drake (Ruth Chatterton) in Female
Vitaphone Dreamer | Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers in Stage Door
Phyllis Loves Classic Movies | Frances Marion
Smitten Kitten Vintage | Clara Bow and Mary Pickford
Silents, Please! | Asta Nielsen
Outspoken and Freckled | Mary Pickford in Sparrows (1926)
Ross’s ramblings | Theda Bara
Hi, my link is faulty, here you go! https://serendipitousanachronisms.wordpress.com
This roster looks fun, cannot wait to read everything!
Ciao! Summer
I’ve used the link you gave me here!!! Can’t wait to read your piece!!!!
Thanks for hosting a super great event! I am submitting my post a little early, looking forward to reading everything!
Cheers!
Summer
We’re so happy to have your fantastic post included in our Blogathon!!! Cheers and I’ll be touting it all day tomorrow and Sunday!
Wow! You’ve got an amazing turnout for this. I can’t wait!!
Isn’t it a doozy!!! There’s a lot to cover in two days! Can’t wait to read your piece on Alice Guy!!!!
It will be uploaded tonight and I’ll send you a link.
Wonderful!
My blog on Rachel Cooper in The Night of the Hunter is ready to go.
http://www.oldhollywoodfilms.com/2015/08/lillian-gish-in-night-of-hunter.html
Thanks for hosting!
Great! Let’s get the ball rolling early! I’ll link it now and re-tout it tomorrow since I’ve got your post on the Saturday gig! Thanx for joining us-Cheers Joey
Thanks for doing Rachel Cooper. It wouldn’t be the same without you, her or Lillian… Cheers Joey
Here’s the link for my piece on “The Vampire Lovers.”
http://sacred-celluloid.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-anti-damsel-blogathon-vampire.html
Thanks for hosting the blogathon. It was fun.
https://wolffianclassicmoviesdigest.wordpress.com/2015/08/15/joan-crawford-in-mildred-pierce-an-anti-damsel/ Joan Crawford in Mildred pierce an Anti-Damsel. My article on Joan Crawford in Mildred pierce,thanks for this outstanding event.
And thank you!!! for joining us. It wouldn’t be the same without your valuable input and especially covering a timeless archetype of the empowered screen character and a legend who spewed anti damsel