Stockard Channing created her stage name from the last name she was born with...
1890s
Back to my occasional quest to give fuller posts to movies we’ve only covered...
I feel like I should have read D.H. Lawrence’s novel before watching The Rainbow...
Raquel Welch is probably the poster girl for the “I don’t care if it’s...
Here’s another guy I don’t know but one of you suggested! Now that I’ve...
With a new adaptation announced as coming to PBS and causing much consternation, claiming...
Who is Anthony Calf? I don’t really know! But one of you requested a...
British actress Lysette Anthony has been in a ton of historical (and historical-ish) flicks...
When I watched the musical movie of The Color Purple, I noticed Louis Gossett...
We’ve talked around Ripper Street (2012-16) over the years, but we’ve never really addressed...
![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?fit=300%2C175&ssl=1)