Tag: relationships in film

Merrily We Go To Hell: “The Holy State Of Matrimony,” Pre-Code Style

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|Lucille Hanson| (The following contains spoilers for Merrily We Go To Hell.) Before writing this for Perisphere, I had seen Merrily only once before: a couple years ago, during a rare day where I watched numerous movies back to back (I cannot believe that I bookended this with Saw VI and Bamboozled.). I ended up leaving… Continue reading

The Cooler Blonde: Marjorie Wood, Geek Chic, and Obsessions (with Glasses?)

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|Matthew Christensen| “News Item” Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses. -Dorothy Parker Let me start off by saying that I never fully understood Scottie Ferguson’s obsession with Madeleine Elster in Hitchcock’s Vertigo. I mean, I get why he falls for her. Kim Novak—playing the part in perfectly coiffed white-blonde hair… Continue reading