Tag: Norma Shearer

• A Star is Born Part II: Backstory (& Foreshadowing)

  Well, it’s been months, darling. Time when contemplation of the past kicks in. . .when you wonder, have I got bitter, have the stars have lost their glitter?  We’ve had a storm here in New York and I’m cozying inside in a half-melancholic February nostalgia. I’m as pure as the driven slush, Tallulah Bankhead once…

  Dana D. Burnell

  September 30, 2022

  Film & Storytelling, Golden Age Hollywood

  Barbara Stanwyck, Irving Thalberg, Norma Shearer

• The Great and Powerful Roz

  Just now, while flicking Jungle Red fingernails through the spammed questions I receive for this blog, I noticed the sort of query I usually relish (since it would lead us straight to Kenneth Anger territory– I am worryingly familiar with that dirty turf).   The question was: “Could you tell me more about classic Hollywood’s grubby underbelly?”  Why…

  Dana D. Burnell

  October 6, 2020

  Film & Storytelling, Golden Age Hollywood, Uncategorized

  Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell