Preview of myupcoming classic film blog: Hollywood and Dreams.
By Kate Gabrielle
The stars. The studios. The atmosphere. It was a decade of change in the film industry. The pre-code turning to the Hays Code; The silents turning into the talkies; black & white turning into color.
I would have loved to have been there - a personal secretary, a film editor (since film editing was given to women because the sexist idea was that they could edit because it was like sewing), a writer, anything just observe the electric buzz of film history.
Theda Bara hoped “Kathleen Mavourneen” (1919) would open doors to more diverse roles. But the film inspired riots in movie theaters because Irish and Catholic groups protested the depiction of Ireland and Theda Bara playing the title role. Fox Films had to eventually pull the film from distribution.
My new Classic Film article: Brief History On the Serials @ Bellaonline.com
