Marsha Gordon

If u r in the triangle, stop by the Gregg Museum to see the “Plants in Art” exhibit. I collab’d w/Robin Vuchnich on a botanical portrait of their pollinator garden, a little respite from so many things right now. They have a drawing table set up for botanical art therapy too!

🚨 Early Bird Pricing ENDS tomorrow July 31 – Bastard Film Encounter 5.0 Awaits 🎬

Oct 8–11, 2025 | Columbia, SC
Bold films, unfiltered stories, no pretension. Just one unforgettable encounter with cinema’s wild side.

👉 Grab Your Early Bird Tickets Now
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Joan Micklin Silver in Salon I wrote an article for Salon, with streaming 16mm films provided by AV Geeks, about Joan Micklin Silver's 1970s New York City short films, "The Fur Coat Club" and "The Case of the Elevator Duck."

THE FUR COAT CLUB and THE CASE OF THE ELEVATOR DUCK — both directed by Joan Micklin Silver — are also online thanks to Skip Elsheimer of @avgeeks.bsky.social!

@marshagordon.bsky.social wrote about them both for Salon a few years ago! Link to her essay ⬇️

www.salon.com/2021/03/13/j...

Being on the @infinite-women.com podcast, which reminds us that "well-behaved women rarely make history," was a bright spot in the midst of a dismal time. Thanks for letting me talk about #UrsulaParrott from yet another angle! bit.ly/4nZROik

#podcast #exwife #divorcee #women

This week on the podcast, @marshagordon.bsky.social , Director of Film Studies at North Carolina State University, tells us about the brilliant writer at the heart of her book Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life & Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott.
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Feel like nominating a film to the Library of Congress National Film Registry today? May I suggest The Divorcee (1930), starring Norma Shearer in her only @academyawards.bsky.social winning role? It just takes a minute + anyone can nominate. The form is here: bit.ly/4kSEutG

#divorcee #normashearer

*The Great Gatsby | E5: Miss Daisy Drives Herself Lit Talk* · Episode

I thoroughly enjoyed talking abt F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby"--espec. the female characters, Gatsby as a romance novel, and as it relates to Ursula Parrott's "Ex-Wife"--on this just-dropped podcast episode.

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#gatsby #fitzgerald #ursulaparrott #1920s

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

Today they have crossed a deep red line.

We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

I'm on my way to the Senate floor to talk about the assault on my colleague, Senator Alex Padilla.

This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.

Super cool resource drop alert 4 #film lovers: the FilmAtlas, "an international visual guide to every motion picture film format, soundtrack and color process ever invented"! I co-authored an entry on #3mm film--the cutest format--w/Dino Everett of USC Film Archives.

www.filmatlas.com/entry/210

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

This is the only pic of the two of them I've ever seen, as well. But if I come across any others, I'll let you know!

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!

Spent the morning photographing butterflies, beetles, bees, and more @ncstate.bsky.social Insect Museum. These pollinator images + plant pressings = new collage that will be on display this fall at the Gregg Museum of art. 🦋 🌺

Story about local treasure @avgeeks.bsky.social in #Raleigh. 📽️

Thanks to the Lost Ladies of Lit #Podcast for re-running our episode about #UrsulaParrott as an encore today! Episode streams here: apple.co/4ddpBQt

#bestseller #americanliterature #exwife #divorcee

Starting the day at the packed Egyptian Theater with a new @billmorrison.bsky.social film and Donald Boyle introduction to 35mm nitrate print of Daisy Kenyon. What could be better? TCM Festival rocks!

#tcm #tcmff #tcmparty

Counting down to The Divorcee tomorrow morning at the Egyptian on 35mm @tcmtv.bsky.social !!!!

#tcmff #tcmparty

Warning: preparing for my @tcmtv.bsky.social Film Festival Intro on Friday at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood I learned that a Chicago theater billed "The Divorcee" as "Restricted to ADULTS ONLY." Consider yourself warned abt this risqué 1930 adaptation of Ursula Parrott's "Daring Novel"!

#TCMFF

Pretty cool to get a copy of the brand new Swedish translation of Ursula Parrott’s “Ex-Wife” in the mail! Any #Swedish Blueskyers out there had a chance to read “Ex-Frun” yet?

#ursulaparrott #exwife #exfrun #swedish

It would be a dream to be @Cannes for this lineup. My top three priorities would be the Dardennes, Reichardt, and Panahi. We need these filmmakers and their films more than ever.

I'll be at Grauman's Egyptian for #TCM Fest to introduce a brand new #35mm print of "The Divorcee" (1930) starring #NormaShearer on Fri April 25 at 9:15am! #LA come see this Academy Award-winning Pre-Code gem. @tcmtv.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social #tcmparty
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@fullframefest.bsky.social I loved "The Librarians" by Kim Snyder. If you believe in freedom of speech, in reading books that you choose and that aren't chosen by the government for you, and in the good work done by libraries and librarians, seek this one out! www.thelibrariansfilm.com

YES!!! There's no better drinking reading combo (though Ursula would have preferred something chilled and shaken). 🍸