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Megan McGurk

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Queen of classic Hollywood woman's pictures. Writes essays and vintage radio plays. Host of Sass Mouth Dames podcast and film club. Wrote and directed the short film Sex Pirates of 1931.

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Myrna Loy knows how to make an entrance. Don’t miss the Sass Mouth Dames Film Club Christmas screening of The Thin Man (1934).
Get your tickets: sassmouthdames.com/2025/11/17/s...

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HOT BUFFET

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Screaming

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😍

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Lillian Burns and Jane Powell with the shooting script for Anchors Aweigh.

Lillian Burns and Jane Powell with the shooting script for Anchors Aweigh.

Stay tuned for a new podcast episode in December.
I'm looking at the most powerful woman in Hollywood: Lillian Burns, dramatic coach in MGM.

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Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
YouTube video by Nirvana - Topic Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle

Easy to be obsessed with Frances Farmer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-de...

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Heavy going!
I just mentioned Mama Farmer the other week in film club as the worst stage momster in the biz.

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Life magazine photograph on the set of Madame Curie (1943), featuring Greer Garson, director Mervyn LeRoy, and camera man Joseph Ruttenberg.

Life magazine photograph on the set of Madame Curie (1943), featuring Greer Garson, director Mervyn LeRoy, and camera man Joseph Ruttenberg.

Director Mervyn LeRoy and cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg watch Greer Garson perform in Madame Curie (1943).

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Five-minute gasp.

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It’s super spicy, isn’t it? Jean wants to keep both husbands (and who could blame her with those two swoon merchants).

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Getting ready to introduce Too Many Husbands (1940) in The Dot Theatre.

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Don’t miss screwball queen Jean Arthur in a three-cornered romance with swoon merchants Mel Douglas and Fred MacMurray. Sass Mouth Dames Film Club screens Too Many Husbands (1940) tomorrow night in the Dot Theatre. Tickets available at Eventbrite.

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Miriam Hopkins, 1934.

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Get your tickets now for the Sass Mouth Dames Film Club Christmas screening of The Thin Man (1934) at The Dot Theatre.
www.eventbrite.ie/e/sass-mouth...

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Now watching Jean Arthur and Mae Busch in Husband Hunters (1927).

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Listen back to the Sass Mouth Dames podcast ep on Born to Kill (1947). I talk about screenwriter Eve Greene, who started as a secretary in MGM and climbed the studio ladder. Zelda Sears taught her how to write scripts. Together they wrote two hits for Marie Dressler on.soundcloud.com/tKcH7ISGdxPZ...

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Getting ready to introduce Alice Faye and Gypsy Rose Lee in Ypu Can’t Have Everything (1937) in the glamorous Dot Theatre!

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Night Nurse – Nitehawk Cinema – Prospect Park

Tonight in Brooklyn-- NIGHT NURSE in 35mm! Kim and I will introduce and sign books afterward. Hope to see you there! -- nitehawkcinema.com/prospectpark...

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Edward Stevenson designed a studded purse that serves as a modern-day gladiator shield for Claire Trevor when she carries it to divorce court. It must be the inspiration for Valentino’s rockstud line. Catch up with the new podcast episode on Born to Kill (1947). on.soundcloud.com/tSi79jPI6eHX...

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Excerpt from the Sunday Times on Taylor Sheridan’s billion dollar deal with NBC.

Excerpt from the Sunday Times on Taylor Sheridan’s billion dollar deal with NBC.

Taylor Sheridan profile in the Sunday Times

Taylor Sheridan profile in the Sunday Times

*Blood curdling SCREAM*
A billion dollars.

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β€˜Cry β€˜Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of showbiz’ and article by Megan McGurk in Garageland magazine, December 2022.

β€˜Cry β€˜Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of showbiz’ and article by Megan McGurk in Garageland magazine, December 2022.

The cover of Garageland magazine, December 2022, edited by Cathy Lomax.

The cover of Garageland magazine, December 2022, edited by Cathy Lomax.

Sharing this article I wrote on June Havoc (born on this day) for Garageland magazine back in December 2022. I’ve never posted it before. Thanks to editor Cathy Lomax for inviting me to contribute.

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June Havoc as Lily Sabina in The Skin of Our Teeth.

June Havoc as Lily Sabina in The Skin of Our Teeth.

Happy June Havoc's birthday!

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Alice Faye

Alice Faye

Gypsy Rose Lee

Gypsy Rose Lee

Alice Faye and Don Ameche

Alice Faye and Don Ameche

See you Thursday next for You Can’t Have Everything (1937), starring Alice Faye, Gypsy Rose Lee, and Don Ameche. Sass Mouth Dames Film Club series 36 rolls on! Get your tickets at Eventbrite. We’re back in the glamorous The Dot Theatre.

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Poster for Bachelor Girls (1946) starring Gail Russell, Claire Trevor, and Ann Dvorak.

Poster for Bachelor Girls (1946) starring Gail Russell, Claire Trevor, and Ann Dvorak.

'Half the time they're working girls!'
'Half the time they're working men!'

We used to know how to write tag lines.

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Crows today.

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I can’t wait to read it!
It looks like a honey.
Well done!

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Yessssss!
My copy of Pre-Code Essentials by Kim Luperi and Danny Reid @pre-code.com has finally arrived!

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Not in my film club!

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Claire Trevor in Born to Kill (1947).

Claire Trevor in Born to Kill (1947).

Stay tuned for a new podcast episode next week.

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Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht sit under a sign that says: 'What is the audience doing all that time?'

Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht sit under a sign that says: 'What is the audience doing all that time?'

Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht under their filmmaker's credo in Paramount's New York studio during production of Crime Without Passion (1934).

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