About 20 years ago I was in a kind of partnership with another film historian who told me that, no, there wasn’t a market for a book on pre-code movies. I can only wonder what he thinks today after ...
Column: In the early ’30s, Hollywood’s ‘dictator craze’ offered a startling alternative to democracy
“The dictator craze,” they called it. In the worst of the Great Depression, a time of 25% unemployment, some called for an American-style dictatorship. Democracy wasn’t working very well, time for a ...
Today's Hollywood actresses frequently lament the lack of juicy roles. Often, all but the biggest stars are relegated to playing appendages to men or flashing their own appendages for publicity. If ...
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