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  • Ranking the Universal Monsters!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I have decided to rank all of the classic Universal Monsters.   To be clear, I am ranking the Monsters themselves, not the films in which they appear, as that ranking would surely differ from this one.   I was inspired…

  • ‘Bell Book and Candle,’ the Ideal Witchy Winter Film!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s Siren Saturday post is a little bit different, as this one is a Siren Saturday post because I am discussing a film starring Silver Screen Siren Kim Novak.   Obviously, this differs from other Siren Saturday posts I have done of late discussing Sirens…

  • The Black Dahlia, Hollywood’s Most Infamous Unsolved Murder

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I will be focusing on one of the most infamous unsolved true crime cases in Hollywood history.   In honor of the anniversary of the tragic date when Elizabeth Short was found brutally murdered, which happened on January 15,…

  • My Top 20 Classic Films to Watch in Winter (Which are Not Technically Holiday Films)

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a continuation of yesterday’s post about watching classics in Winter.   For this post, I will be giving my top 20 recommendations on specific films to watch during Winter. Still, I will not include films that are technically holiday films, so these…

  • Revisiting Classic Films in Winter

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    Today’s post is all about why I tend to revisit classic films in the Winter months, and why you may want to do so yourself!   As a huge classic film fan and lover of Old Hollywood, I have long adored watching my favorite classics…

  • My Top Five Favorite Actresses of All Time!

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.    Today’s post is one that I did a version of, in a way, about two years ago.    At the time I ranked my favorite female Old Hollywood Icons in a top 10 list.    I no longer really agree with all of those rankings,…

  • Theda Bara’s Advice on Living Your Most Vampy Life

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!    Today’s post is going to be my list of six tips to enhance the Dark Allure of the Silent Screen Vamp in your daily life, inspired by the life and legend of Theda Bara.    For those who do not know, Theda Bara was a…

  • Theda Bara, The Original Screen Vamp

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to write about Theda Bara.   Bara was the original Vamp of the silent film era!   She was born in Cincinnati Ohio as Theodosia Goodman in 1885.   But, this would not be the name or backstory that the public would get once she rose…

  • The Death of Marilyn Monroe

    Welcome to a very special Femme Fatale Friday here at White Rose of Avalon! Today is August 5, 2022.    Sixty years ago today, on August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her bed.   Exactly 60 years ago this morning the world was learning that the most famous woman in the world…

  • My Top 5 Favorite Songs Sung by Marilyn Monroe

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a companion countdown to yesterday’s post.   I will be counting down my favorite songs that were sung by Marilyn, as opposed to my favorite songs about her!    Number 5: That Old Black Magic sung in Bus Stop  ~Bus Stop was one of the great films…