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Brad Bigelow, Missoula, MT
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Author, Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts
Editor, Recovered Books series @ Boiler House Press:
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Editor, neglectedbooks.com. Champion of reading off the beaten path.
Billie Burke and Robert Montgomery encounter the geographic and linguistic wonders of Switzerland. From Bridal Suite (1939), also starring Annabella: the only film Virginia Faulkner got a credit (story) on. And yes, little Toto is the young Robert Blake.
January 16, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Maurice Chevalier offers Frank Lyon a lesson in the French art of making love. From The Big Pond (1930), in which Chevalier plays his oddest role ever: chewing gum executive.
January 15, 2026 at 7:01 PM
"Why is this guy yelling at me?" the poor tattoo artist must be wondering in this scene of The Cuban Love Song (1931), starring baritone Lawrence Tibbett. Tibbett's grand voice is orders of magnitude out of place in much of this movie and only fiery Lupe Velez manages not to be blown away by it.
January 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
"You are NOT pleased to meet me! You come from the small capitalistic world!"

The great Robert Barrat as the iconoclastic Russian agitator Romanoff, butting heads with "billy goat" Eugene Pallette. From the fun comedy Friends of Mr. Sweeney (1934), starring Charlie Ruggles and Ann Dvorak.
January 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I never cease to get a chuckle out of the Pre-Code pretense in which we, the audience, see women in lingerie rush to cover themselves up before they allow male characters in the movie to see them. This instance, with Una Merkel and Mary Carlisle, comes from Murder in the Private Car (1934).
January 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM