This made my month. Someone made a fan restoration of the legendary PARAMOUNT ON PARADE (#ElsieJanis, et al., 1930). Featuring the great talents of #ClaraBow , #MauriceChevalier , #HelenKane , #WilliamPowell , #LeonErrol and #LillianRoth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmgpsVWKnhI

#oldhollywood #classichollywood #1930s #paramountonparade #ernstlubitsch #dorothyarzner #josephlmankiewicz #fanrestoration #filmpreservation

The stunning Danish poster for #DorothyArzner's CHRISTOPHER STRONG (1933) in the gallery at
Film at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater in NYC.

Happy birthday, Katharine Hepburn. ♥️

#BornOnThisDay #KatharineHepburn #OldHollywood #TCMParty

From the #Archives:

#Interview with #author & #film #historian Anthony Slide about his #book THE SILENT FEMINISTS, which was republished last year.

https://www.altfg.com/film/first-women-filmmakers/

The book focuses on various #women #filmmakers of the #silent era, including #LoisWeber, #DorothyDavenport & #DorothyArzner.

#Books #Movies #ClassicMovies #Cinema #Movie

Dorothy Arzner's Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) is a romantic melodrama with some humour and while it addresses a serious issue (alcoholism) it does so in a characteristically pre-code way.

It has lots of pre-code naughtiness but mixes licentiousness with a grown-up awareness that sex and fun have emotional implications.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2023/01/merrily-we-go-to-hell-1932.html

#FilmMastodon #classicmovies #classicmovie #precodehollywood #precodemovies #precode #FredricMarch #DorothyArzner #SylviaSidney

Following up that previous repost—here are some of my favorite #ClassicHollywood directors:

#IdaLupino
#ErnstLubitsch
#PrestonSturges
#DorothyArzner
#WilliamWyler
#MichaelCurtiz
#GregoryLaCava

My director picks (off the top of my head):

#MiraNair
#PaulFeig
#GinaPrinceBythewood
#OlivierAssayas
#NoraEphron
#NancyMeyers
#DorothyArzner