A few weeks back, Bright Lights Film Journal published an article of mine—the first of my writings on classic Hollywood that I have published elsewhere.
Claudette Colbert, Director?
The untold story of how the screen comedy queen of the 1930s and ‘40s nearly become one of very few women to direct feature films in postwar Hollywood.
Please follow the link to Bright Lights Film Journal and read the article.
It was inspired when I ran across the 1949 headline below several years ago—only to find out that I could not read the full story behind this Louella Parsons item because no one had written it! Eventually I decided to do it myself. I hope you enjoy it.
Please let me know your thoughts, either in a comment here or at Bright Lights Film Journal or at my Bluesky account.