Megan McGurk

Sass Mouth Dames Film Club series 35 Megan McGurk introduces three classic Hollywood pre-Codes at the Dot Theatre.

Sass Mouth Dames Film Club series 35 kicks off in September. You get a glass of wine, a snappy intro from me (I don’t read notes!), and a red hot pre-Code for €10.
Tickets at Eventbrite:
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A 25-year-old Gary Cooper in The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926), his first major role

Warner Archive doing the lord’s work.

She’s fabulous!

DVD in the post 😍

Souls for Sale (1923).
Sound.

If you need me, I'll be at the ostrich farm in Pasadena.

Pick-Up (1933) has been on my film club wish list forever.
Dying for a DVD release.

Honestly, my restraint in only using the word ‘racket’ twice in this script should be rewarded with a diamond tiara.
(I do love it so).

A stunner!

Lobby card for City Streets (1931), starring Sylvia Sidney and Gary Cooper.

Sass Mouth Dames Film Club returns on 4 September in The Dot Theatre with Sylvia Sidney's explosive screen debut. Also starring swoon merchant Gary Cooper.
City Streets (1931).

Are you a good chicken?

🤮🤮🤮🤮

I pre-ordered it months ago! Can’t wait!

The cover of Pre-Code Essentials: Must-See Cinema from Hollywood's Untamed Era, 1930 - 1934 by Kim Luperi and Danny Reid. Features Myrna Loy in a skimpy negligee in a scene cut from LOVE ME TONIGHT.

PRE-CODE ESSENTIALS by myself and Kim Luperi releases October 28th! Covers 50 of the wildest and sexiest movies of 1930-34, with over 200 pictures and tons of trivia.

- Amazon - amzn.to/4hNVqQO
- Barnes & Noble - www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pre-code-e...
- Bookshop - bookshop.org/a/111647/979...

When people talk about the end of summer.

Film fans know that Harry Cohn was a real stinker to Kim Novak, but few know about the role Muriel Roberts played in the star's career. Kim thought her publicist was a close friend. In reality, Muriel was a spy for Cohn. Listen back to a new podcast episode:
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Fair.

Murky TV 😝

“What’re you doing with your fingers?”
“Nothing. Yet.”
Gary Cooper has skills.
Morocco (1930).

“Every light has to mean something, to be fully justified, like words in a sentence”—cinematographer Leon Shamroy.

Don’t miss Hollywoodland, @mrharrylime.bsky.social ‘s show at the Signal Arts Gallery in Bray. The exhibition opens tomorrow and runs until the 22nd. See you there for the reception on 13 June.

When you catch the real story.

Calling all Old Hollywood fans: Don’t sleep on the film programme of the season. The Irish Film Institute screens 12 pictures of Dietrich X Garbo. Get the member/friend price when you book with promo code SASSY.

The Brush, courtesy of Kim Novak.

Kim Novak was nervous about attending the premiere of The Desperate Hours (1955). Her escort, Frank Sinatra, told her not to worry. She would be among friends, she was beautiful, and everything would be fine. His last bit of advice: “Hold up your head and go in like a pillar of fire.” 🔥

Tonight: Bad Company (1931), starring Helen Twelvetrees and Ricardo Cortez.

Merian C. Cooper directing Fay Wray on the set of King Kong (1933)

Joan Crawford’s face is a chiselled monolith on par with Coffee Pot Rock, the red butte that frames the landscape. Dressed in impeccably tailored trousers and a crisp blouse, she’s as solid as a six-shooter. Catch up with the episode on Johnny Guitar from Sass Mouth Dames podcast.

Of all the thugs in Murderer's Row, Warner Bros. chose RICHARD BARTHELMESS to play a gangster in a Damon Runyon story. Why? I've heard choir boys say 'what's his angle?' with more brass than this lad.