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A Love Affair with Words: His Girl Friday

My husband balked at re-watching my favorite movie with me this weekend.  “How can you not love this?” I asked, a few minutes into the film. “It’s just so much…talking!” he sputtered. His Girl Friday...

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Mr. Blandings: A Lighthearted Movie for a Somber Day

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is a cute movie. The opening narration, describing New Yorkers’ “carefree, orderly existence,” over traffic-jam footage, is cute. The montage of Blandings family...

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Some Blog Updates and a Posting Schedule

Later today, I will post my regular Monday blog entry, my 30th since starting Embarrassing Treasures on August 15. I would like to thank my little band of followers, here and on Twitter, for helping me...

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: “Real Sentiment is Good”

It took me a long time to finish watching A Tree Grows in Brooklyn this week. The first time I sat down to watch, life interrupted after 90 minutes. In the days that followed, I found myself...

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Song Hits, May 1941, with Bing Crosby

“Correct Lyrics by Permission of Copyright Owners.” You certainly wouldn’t want to sing incorrect lyrics to “Abercrombie Had a Zombie,” “Melinda the Mousie,” or “Hey! Stop Kissin’ My Sister.”

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Carole Lombard, October 6, 1908-January 16, 1942

Carole Lombard was born on this date in 1908. I’ve always felt that, though she certainly had Golden-Age-Hollywood glamor, she also had a strangely modern quality–I can envision her as a 21st century...

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Embarrassing Treasures Field Trip: The Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention 2013

They had me at Margaret O’Brien. I don’t remember what made me browse the web site for the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention earlier this year, but as soon as I saw Margaret O’Brien on the celebrity...

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Memo from David O. Selznick: The Corinthian, 1943

Georgette Heyer created the “Regency Romance” genre. By 1940, she had published Georgian romances and a mystery and historical novels set during the Regency period. That year, she was working on a...

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