Well, look at us! We were invited to contribute a guest post on Cine Suffragette, a site that discusses female filmmakers.
It’s a terrific site with thought-provoking articles. You can check it out HERE.
Our guest post on director Ida Lupino is HERE.
Bravo, Ruth! A great post on one of my favorite noirs, and proving Lupino was a filmmaker to be reckoned with! Low budget does NOT necessarily equal ‘mediocre’, as fans of Ida and Edgar G. Ulmer can attest.
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Exactly! It’s funny how, with some folks, low budget is equated with incompetence, but look at all those terrific low-budget crime dramas from Warner Bros in the 1930s. Like you said, Edgar G. Ulmer is an excellent example of using a tight budget to the film’s advantage.
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Well said, Ruth — and a great account of a great movie, too! That Detractor must be a very ignorant individual — probably one of those who try to make themselves feel big by denigrating people who actually are.
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Well said! As I commented on the article also, let us not forget that Lupino was also breaking ground with her films by tackling taboo subjects that n one else would touch in the 1940’s and 1950’s – like rape, children born out of wedlock, and bigamy.
Tam May
The Dream Book Blog
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Right – she was exploring subjects that no one else would in those days.
Thanks for stopping by here, and at the CIne Suffragette site, too.
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Way to go, Ruth!! I gave the article a clap!
I’d clap multiple times if I could! 🙂 Brava!!
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Haha! Thanks for the claps!
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Killer response Ruth!!
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Thanks so much! I’m a bit embarrassed it took me so long to formulate a response, but there it is.
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I think it’s always smart to mull it over for a bit. Gives you time for greater clarity to emerge before you fire back.
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Great article. The Glasgow Film Festival is honouring Ida this week and , if I can make my way through a lot of snow, I’ll be seeing OUTRAGE today and then THE BIGAMIST and THE HITCHHIKER tomorrow and Friday.
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NO WAY!! Fabulous! I hope the weather doesn’t deter you. Would LOVE to see those on the big screen.
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Blizzard conditions here but about 30 folk turned up for 35mm print of Outrage. So good. Why oh why didn’t any of the big studios employ Ida once she had shown she was a capable director. The times of course. Wasted talent until she got accepted on tv
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Glad to hear you made it safely to the festival. I bet seeing her work on the big screen makes the big studios’ position seem all the more ridiculous?
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You bet. Hope I can make it to The Hitchhiker tomorrow. Our weather is pretty bad just now.
Never satisfied of course The two I most wanted to see on the big screen were Road House and On Dangerous Ground.
The Festical had great documentary on Hedy Lamarr. So impressed I’ve ordered two books on Hedy – not Ecstasy and Me!
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Thanks for your constant support and for advertising your article and our site. You rock!
Kisses!
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Thanks, Le! It is my pleasure to promote your terrific site.
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Well said, Ruth! Ida was a groundbreaking woman. The Hitch-Hiker is anything but mediocre.
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Thanks, Maddy. I adore Ida Lupino, whether as an actress or director. Like you said, she was groundbreaking.
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