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January 2012

339 posts

Watched in 2011 Wrap Up

Total films watched: 313 Compared to last year: 69 fewer, BUT in my defense I was taking more credit hours at school this year. And I went two weeks without technology while camping. And we had a staggering number of power outages. New to me: 126 Favorite discoveries of 2011 and favorite releases of 2011 to follow tomorrow!

December 2011

326 posts

“When he saw me at the beginning of the day and when he called me on the...”

– Lauren Bacall on her budding relationship with Bogie, via ‘By Myself and Then Some’

jessicylerchampion asked: You should read Dream Lovers, the Story of Bobby Darin & Sandra Dee. Co-Written by their son, Dodd. Excellent book.

“And you damn well say to yourself, I feel like a fool, I look like a fool, but I...”

– Lauren Bacall in her autobiography, “By Myself and Then Some”

“She sets a pace for me that keeps me on my toes every minute… She...”

– Clark Gable on working with Jean Harlow (via TCM’s “Leading Couples” film guide)