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PUBLISHED: Oct.15.2007

Joan Blondell: A Life Between Takes

Joan Blondell: A Life between Takes is the first ever biography of the effervescent, scene stealing actress (1906-1979) who conquered motion pictures, vaudeville, Broadway, summer stock, television, radio, and publishing. Born the child of itinerant vaudevillians, she was on stage by age 3. Blessed with a casual sex appeal, distinctive cello voice, megawatt smile, luminous saucer...

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PUBLISHED: Mar.15.2004

Edmund Goulding's Dark Victory: Hollywood's Genius Bad Boy

Edmund Goulding’s Dark Victory: Hollywood’s Genius Bad Boy is the first biography ever written about this eccentric genius of early-twentieth-century filmmaking. Goulding (1891–1959) was by turns a writer, producer, composer, and actor, but it is as a director that he made an indelible impression. He is most remembered today as the director of Grand Hotel, the great Event Movie of...

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PUBLISHED: Dec.01.1999

Marie Dressler: A Biography

In the early 1930s, Marie Dressler (1868-1934) was the most loved movie star in the world. Under the careful guidance of Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg at MGM, she soared to late life stardom with a string of hits including Anna Christie, Tugboat Annie, Dinner at Eight, and Min and Bill, which won her the Best Actress Academy Award. But she was then past 60, large and ungainly...

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Matthew's Latest Blogs

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Jul.18.2008 - 2:49 pm

Marie Dressler: Q & A with biographer Matthew Kennedy

http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/marie-dressler-matthew-kennedy/

Jul.18.2008 - 2:46 pm

Edmund Goulding: Q & A with biographer Matthew Kennedy

http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/edmund-goulding-matthew-kennedy/

Jul.16.2008 - 4:54 pm

Joan Blondell: Q & A with biographer Matthew Kennedy

http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/joan-blondell-matthew-kennedy/

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Causes Matthew Kennedy Supports

Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS), San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, Company Appels, The National Geographic Society...

Matthew’s Favorite Books

The Birds by Camille Paglia, Challenging Gender Norms: Five Genders among the Bugis of Indonesia by Sharyn Graha Davies, The Hours by Michael Cunningham, How...

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Matthew Kennedy
Film history writer