For a costume designer whose name I didn’t initially recognize, I’m shocked at just...
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Yet another of the endless (and needless) versions of this depressing and tedious Tolstoy...
French actress Martine Carol (1920-67) was considered their Marilyn Monroe — a major blonde...
Harrison Ford is one of America’s most prolific and successful actors today. He started...
BBC’s miniseries Prince Regent (1979) has clearly fallen off the radar, so much so that...
The original blonde bombshell, Mae West (1893-1980) was an actor, singer, dancer, writer, and...
Brian Blessed is an iconic British actor with a bushy beard and booming laugh....
We have a saying around her at Frock Flicks that certain mid-Victorian women’s clothing...
Confession time: I don’t like watching silent films that much. The acting, such as...
![Portrait of a lady said to be Jeanne de Valois, comtesse de la Motte [I would be shocked if this was accurate] by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, c. 1780 [I'd say post-1783], via Wikimedia Commons](https://i0.wp.com/frockflicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Jeanne_lamotte_valois.jpg?resize=590%2C350&ssl=1)
Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy was a pivotal figure in late 18th-century France, as it was...
