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Paige on Instagram: “On this day in 1945, MILDRED PIERCE was released. 🌟 🌟🌟 • • • “Audiences, especially women, would identify with Mildred (and with Joan)…”

The Art of film Noir was all about smoking guns, bared flesh and mental derangement

As Hollywood legend has it, Joan Crawford feigned illness before the 1946 Academy Award ceremony. Nominated for her starring role in Mildred Pierce—which many people considered her comeback vehicle after a two-year absence from the screen—Crawford believed that Ingrid Bergman would win the Oscar for The Bells of St. Mary’s and did not want to be present for the loss. After discovering that she had won, however, she reportedly applied her makeup and invited members of the press into her…

On this week's episode we invite student filmmaker Chelsey McKrill and Dr. Debby Herbenick (@mysexprofessor) to talk about women on film.

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Doyle New York has come up with a perfect solution for those looking for personal wardrobe updates straight from Joan Crawford’s own closet, primarily her New York Alixandre Furs, in an auction to be held on December 7.

In an attempt to capture the visual brilliance of film noir in one place, The Nitrate Diva presents 50 beautiful shots from the best of the genre.

I’ve spent the last two months gradually compiling a list of my all-time favorite movies.

Readers, it was time. The sewing blogosphere hasn't been the same since I retired NAME THAT PATTERN , the Internet's favorite sewing pa...

Come for the fantastic cast, stay for the light Pre-Code story. Professional Sweetheart stars Ginger Rogers and Norman Foster. Available from the Warner Archive Collection.