Research report from special collections @uclalibrary.bsky.social where I learned that Dorothy Arzner was paid $30k (to Katharine Hepburn’s $15k) for directing “Christopher Strong” in 1932. That’s some serious Depression Era $$$.
#dorothyarzner #hollywoodhistory #katharinehepburn
Dorothy Arzner research pilgrimage report #2: I got to sit at the desk she used to write at in her Hollywood Hills home, which she shared with her partner, the choreographer Marion Morgan. It had a secret compartment. More to come!
#dorothyarzner #hollywoodhistory #marionmorgan
Dorothy Arzner research pilgrimage report #1: I got to hold her viewfinder in my very own hands, and of course look through it!
#dorothyarzner #hollywoodhistory #biography #hollywood
I just watched "The Wild Party" (Dorothy Arzner, 1929) and rated it 5/10 #TheWildParty #DorothyArzner #ClaraBow #FredricMarch #MarcelineDay
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
Directed by #DorothyArzner
Starring: #MaureenOHara #LouisHayward #LucilleBall #RalphBellamy
Music by #EdwardWard
Cinematography by #RussellMetty #JosephHAugust
Art Direction by #VanNestPolglase
#DanceGirlDance #1940s #musical ##comedydrama #classicfilm #classichollywood
I loathe the way #AI is creeping into research tools with misinformation. This #ancestry detail has #DorothyArzner marrying Rosalind Russell in 1930, living in #Hollywood FL, with two kids, Ruth Chatterton and Frederic March. It would be funny if it wasn't so awful. 😣
Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieFeatures #DorothyArzner For Being Almost a Century Old, This Romantic Dramedy Is Much Darker Than You’d Expect
Talked about #UrsulaParrott in Hollywood, #DorothyArzner, my favorite childhood movies and stars, teaching film studies @ncstate.bsky.social, and much more on episode #101 (like the freeway) of "From Beneath the Hollywood Sign" #podcast! Stream it at bit.ly/4mMCLHo
4:30pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
The 1943 #War #Drama film🎥 “First Comes Courage” directed by #DorothyArzner from a screenplay by #GeorgeSklar #MelvinLevy & #LewisMeltzer
Based on #ElliottArnold’s 1943 novel📖 “The Commandos”
🌟 #MerleOberon #BrianAherne #CarlEsmond #IsobelElsom
When I started researching my #DorothyArzner biography, I didn’t realize just how prominent her partner #MarionMorgan was. They really were a #Hollywood power couple. I know so much more now because of the safekeeping done by #archives and #publiclibraries.
#nypl #choreography
#dance
Marion Morgan also got the first Pierce-Arrow coupe in CA. She and Dorothy Arzner both loved having fabulous cars…
#dorothyarzner #marionmorgan #piercearrow #nypl
Grateful to #newyorkpubliclibrary for the treasure trove in their Marion Morgan papers. MM was Dorothy Arzner’s life partner as well as artistic collaborator, and she had a significant and fascinating career as a Hollywood choreographer. #dorothyarzner #marionmorgan #nypl
When I started researching my #DorothyArzner biography, I didn’t realize just how prominent her partner #MarionMorgan was. They really were a #Hollywood power couple. I know so much more now because of the safekeeping done by #archives and #publiclibraries.
#nypl #choreography
#dance
Marion Morgan also got the first Pierce-Arrow coupe in CA. She and Dorothy Arzner both loved having fabulous cars…
#dorothyarzner #marionmorgan #piercearrow #nypl
Grateful to #newyorkpubliclibrary for the treasure trove in their Marion Morgan papers. MM was Dorothy Arzner’s life partner as well as artistic collaborator, and she had a significant and fascinating career as a Hollywood choreographer. #dorothyarzner #marionmorgan #nypl
#KatharineHepburn in CHRISTOPHER STRONG, directed by #DorothyArzner and on #TCM tonight! Here Hepburn wears the fabulous silver moth costume, which I’ve seen credited both to Walter Plunkett and to Howard Greer. #TCMParty
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
Directed by #DorothyArzner
Starring: #SylviaSidney #FredricMarch
Cinematography by #DavidAbel
Music by #RudolphGKopp #JohnLeipold
Costume Design by #TravisBanton
#MerrilyWeGotoHell #Precode #1930s #comedy #Romanticcomedy #classiccinema #ClassicHollywood
Dorothy Arzner
I love seeing director Dorothy Arzner's face in this lineup of Box Office Champions from 1932. Working on her biography means daily revelations about the way she navigated the Hollywood boys' club.
#dorothyarzner #womenmakemovies #hollywoodhistory #director #tcmparty #womendirectors #biography
Researching my #DorothyArzner bio + writing an article 4 a collection on women filmmakers edited by @shelleystamp.bsky.social + it is staggering how many newspapers call Arzner some version of the "first" woman director despite so many successful predecessors. But this is a great pic w/ #IdaLupino!
10:05am TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
The 1943 #War #Drama film🎥 “First Comes Courage” directed by #DorothyArzner from a screenplay by #GeorgeSklar #MelvinLevy & #LewisMeltzer
Based on #ElliottArnold’s 1943 novel📖 “The Commandos”
🌟 #MerleOberon #BrianAherne #CarlEsmond #IsobelElsom
Hollywood’da kadın yönetmen olmanın imkansız görüldüğü bir dönemde, #DorothyArzner bu algıyı yıktı! Onun ilham veren hikâyesi Bir Kadın Bir Öykü’de!
Yeşim Özol'un sunumuyla yeni bölüm YouTube kanalımızda yayında👇
🔗 youtu.be/fXObn_YalCU
My first time to see this and the others!! #TCMPArty #DorothyArzner #CraogsWife Enjoyed EACH of them....but liked later "Harriet Craig" w/Crawford better! 👍🎬
“That’s what this country needs - more men who know they did something wrong.” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #TCMParty #DorothyArzner #MerrilyWeGoToHell
That was a very well done film even if it was about a “meanie.” #TCMParty #DorothyArzner #CraigsWife
God Billie Burke was just so unique and perfect. That voice! Those eyes! #TCMParty #DorothyArzner #CraigsWife
Right on. Get out of there and tour the world with the cool aunt. #TCMParty #DorothyArzner #CraigsWife
I like having Harriet’s backstory, but Walter SUDDENLY opening his eyes seems a little nuts. But the original source material was written by a man. #TCMParty #DorothyArzner #CraigsWife
