Showing posts with label film. Show all posts
Showing posts with label film. Show all posts
Monday, May 5, 2025

Subverting the Cinderella Story and Assumptions About the 1950s in "The Solid Gold Cadillac"

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  The Solid Gold Cadillac  is a 1956 comedy film starring Judy Holliday (pictured in the center of the photo above) as the irrepressible sma...
Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Pride, Prejudice and Persuasion: Obstacles to Happiness in Jane Austen's Novels

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Jewelry and Watches Inspired by Jane Austen by Totally_Jane_Austen It is a truth -- universally acknowledged or not -- that the traits...
Sunday, February 10, 2019

True love meets marketing

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In email from Modcloth from Banana Republic When a holiday invented on a TV program becomes a real thing, we can only marvel at h...
Monday, February 19, 2018

Retreating from Fake News: The Example of Dunkirk

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If you're interested in history, (and a family that made film history) or if you're interested in how events get reported during an...
Wednesday, February 1, 2017

To Boldly Go Beyond Barriers

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In the 1964 picture below, the computer is on the right, and her name is  Melba Roy  She went on to become Program Production Section Chief ...
Sunday, November 17, 2013

Fom $7 to priceless: masterpiece marketing

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The crowd waiting to get in to the Frick on Sunday, November 17th Today I visited the  Frick Collection  to see the special exhibit on view ...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Any other plain Janes?

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Among Charlotte Bronte's claim to fame is her success in going against the grain of beautiful heroines. While her juvenilia did feature ...
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