Marg the Old Movie Lady
theoldmovielady.bsky.social
Marg the Old Movie Lady
@theoldmovielady.bsky.social
Hello Friends and Enemies!

Host of The Old Movie Lady Podcast.

https://linktr.ee/theoldmovielady
You will be visited by 3 spirits
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
list 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep

1) Transition from pre-code to code enforcement, censorship, creative work-arounds in 1930s Hollywood.
2) The personal lives of several Old Hollywood stars.
3) Screwball comedies (best of, worst of, history of)
list 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep

1) haunted houses (the history, the metaphor, the famous examples)
2) writing and publishing
3) history of disease/medicine/mortuary arts
list 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep

1. Single season ‘90s TV shows
2. Hamlet through the ages as an avatar for emotional repression and later the healing process of mental health.
3. The secret life of Jack Traven aka Johnny Utah aka John fucking Wick
September 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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AGONY'S LODESTONE is one of the featured books for 2025's 'Books and Backroads' hosted by CBC! 🥹🌲📼🌲
Starting in July, every Friday morning, on Information Morning this Summer. Be sure to read along & listen in!

CBC Link> www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1...
Book> store.tenebrouspress.com/products/ago...
June 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.

I'm so angry.
June 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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May 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Reading next: Elsa Lancaster's "Herself: An Autobiography"

Thanks to @theoldmovielady.bsky.social for loaning me this copy!
April 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Finding myself in a Merle Oberon mood lately, revisiting her films these past weeks, and:

Opinion. Mine. She is so underrated and overlooked. Despite being in one of my favorite films—WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)—rarely is her name dropped as often as her contemporaries by way of other films she's in.
April 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
More vintage Old Hollywood gossip! open.substack.com/pub/theoldmo...
Vintage Gossip Volume 2
Picking through Screenland's Here's Hollywood Gossip Column for July 1944
open.substack.com
April 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Doomerism is libs' and lefties' way of obeying in advance.
March 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
More Canadian hometowns of classic film stars to add to your travel plans: open.substack.com/pub/theoldmo...
OH Canada Pt 2
More Canadian hometowns of Hollywood legends!
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March 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Looking for Canadian vacation inspiration? Let some old movie stars be your guide: open.substack.com/pub/theoldmo...
OH Canada Part 1
Destinations in Canada with an Old Hollywood connection
open.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Looking for Canadian vacation inspiration? Let some old movie stars be your guide: open.substack.com/pub/theoldmo...
OH Canada Part 1
Destinations in Canada with an Old Hollywood connection
open.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
When Old Hollywood and Canada collide! open.substack.com/pub/theoldmo...
OH Canada Part 1
Destinations in Canada with an Old Hollywood connection
open.substack.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) - theoldmovielady.substack.com/p/15-points-...
March 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Still possibly the best review set of my entire life. Thank you, @pbanditp.bsky.social !🖤

If you'd like to see for yourself what kind of novella elicits this kind of response, AGONY'S LODESTONE is available from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social:
🌲📼🌲Link: store.tenebrouspress.com/products/ago...
March 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Also, this isn't a gotcha, physical media is still important.

All physical media has its weaknesses, whether manufacturing defect, "it makes its own oxygen" raging infernos or vinegar syndrome.

It's still better than a Zaslav being able to delete all digital access with a touch of a button.
March 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Film noir The Postman Always Rings Twice has an iconic femme fatale in Lana Turner's Cora, but is her "evil" reputation deserved? open.substack.com/pub/theoldmo...
March 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
More of Lana Turner as Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice in tomorrow's substack piece.
March 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Catch up with all the Old Hollywood this-and-that I've written about lately: open.substack.com/pub/theoldmo...
The Old Movie Lady Digest
What have you been missing?
open.substack.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Hey Old Hollywood Fans! Get a treat in your inbox tomorrow: open.substack.com/pub/theoldmo...
February 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Some Conservatives here in Canada have touted Liz Truss's opinion of Mark Carney as some kind of gotcha as he runs for Liberal leadership (with aim to be our PM). As a Canadian who follows a far bit of UK politics I'd like to counter with first, "Who?" and then "Her?"
February 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Tired: "Claimed by a Billionaire"
Desired: "Seduced by a Union Organizer"
Romance authors are uniquely positioned to make billionaires unfuckable atm.

I hope they wield this power well.
February 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Fight fascism with the skills you already have... for the Warner Brothers back in the 1930s, it was through moviemaking!
February 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Out now! Today on my substack I'm talking all about how much the Warner Brothers hated Nazis: open.substack.com/pub/theoldmo...
The First Anti-Nazi Feature Film
The Warner Brothers and Confessions of a Nazi Spy
open.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM