Sister Celluloid

Happy New Year to my classic movie family! May this year be better than the last (talk about setting a bar low), and may all good things come your way! Yesterday afternoon, my husband Tim and I bid a relieved adieu to 2025 by going to see SONG SUNG BLUE, which was the perfect year-end cleanse. We got to the counter, chose our seats (there were only a handful taken), dropped our bulky coats,…

Recently I stumbled onto a haunting old mystery I just had to share with my hopelessly romantic classic movie family. In one of the few real bookstores left in New York, I was riffling through boxes of old postcards, looking for any from the 1939 World’s Fair, which I’m mildly obsessed with. I found one with a note on the back—from a woman to her brother, about a secret love affair. Sensing I’d…

I’ve stumbled onto a haunting old mystery I need to share with my hopelessly romantic classic movie family. Maybe together we can solve it… In one of the few real bookstores left in New York, I was riffling through boxes of old postcards, looking for any from the 1939 World’s Fair, which I’m mildly obsessed with. I found one with a note on the back—from a woman to her brother, about a secret love…

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