Olivia de Havilland, the last of Hollywood’s Grande Dames, passed away recently at the age of 104. Appropriate for a class act, she lived a long, full life, not acquiescing even one day before she was ready. de Havilland is best known for playing Melanie Hamilton Wilkes in the 1939 epic Gone with the Wind. […]
The Heiress is a magnificent film that defies 1940s Hollywood logic…the woman and man do not walk into the sunset hand-in-hand. Actually, what is even more defiant for a film of this era is a woman having power over a man. Yes, 1940s were the days of the powerful woman in Hollywood: Bette Davis, Joan […]
One of the most loved and acclaimed movies of the 20th Century, Gone with the Wind is the winner of eight Academy Awards®, including Best Picture. Best Actress® winner Vivien Leigh stars as Scarlett O’Hara, who is simply one of the most timeless characters in cinema history, not to mention one of the prettiest Southern […]
