First Worlds: Writing and Blogging in New Directions

Photo Credit: The Blue Veil by Edmond Tarbell, oil painting, 1898: freeparking/Flickr/CC BY 2.0 “The creative personality never remains fixed on the first world it discovers. It never resigns itself to anything ... “ (Nin, location 3587) I love this quote from Nin because it’s so true of many creative people. The nature of creativity …

A Long and Peculiar Friendship: Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland

***This post is part of the Dynamic Duos in Classic Film Blogathon, hosted by the Classic Movie Hub and Once Upon A Screen blogs. *** ***Some spoilers*** “[Olivia de Havilland] and Bette commerced their long but ‘peculiar’ friendship.” (Considine, location 2662) Bette Davis was notoriously difficult to work with. Back in the days of Hollywood when …

A Tortoise and Hare Writing Allegory

The bunny may be cute, but he’s not gonna win the race like that ;-). Photo Credit: The tortoise and the hare with the hare resting by the side of the road while the tortoise passes him up. From Children’s Favorites and Fairy Stories by various authors, edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie, Edward Everett Hale, …

Born Crooks: Innocence and Crime in Outside the Law (1920)

***This post is part of The Lon Chaney Sr. Blogathon, hosted by the Maddy Loves Her Classic Films blog. *** ***Some spoilers*** Dapper Bill Ballard (Wheeler Oakman): “What I was going to say - we weren’t born crooks, were we?” After a month off from my blog for Camp NaNoWriMo, it’s great to be back! …