Megan McGurk
@meganmcgurk.bsky.social
Queen of classic Hollywood woman's pictures.
Writes essays and vintage radio plays. Host of Sass Mouth Dames podcast and film club. Wrote and directed the short film Sex Pirates of 1931.
Writes essays and vintage radio plays. Host of Sass Mouth Dames podcast and film club. Wrote and directed the short film Sex Pirates of 1931.
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Megan McGurk
@meganmcgurk.bsky.social
· Apr 22
Absolutely delighted that Sex Pirates of 1931 screens opening night of Philadelphia Independent Film Festival!
#PIFF
#PIFF
Myrna Loy knows how to make an entrance. Don’t miss the Sass Mouth Dames Film Club Christmas screening of The Thin Man (1934).
Get your tickets: sassmouthdames.com/2025/11/17/s...
Get your tickets: sassmouthdames.com/2025/11/17/s...
November 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Myrna Loy knows how to make an entrance. Don’t miss the Sass Mouth Dames Film Club Christmas screening of The Thin Man (1934).
Get your tickets: sassmouthdames.com/2025/11/17/s...
Get your tickets: sassmouthdames.com/2025/11/17/s...
Stay tuned for a new podcast episode in December.
I'm looking at the most powerful woman in Hollywood: Lillian Burns, dramatic coach in MGM.
I'm looking at the most powerful woman in Hollywood: Lillian Burns, dramatic coach in MGM.
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Stay tuned for a new podcast episode in December.
I'm looking at the most powerful woman in Hollywood: Lillian Burns, dramatic coach in MGM.
I'm looking at the most powerful woman in Hollywood: Lillian Burns, dramatic coach in MGM.
Director Mervyn LeRoy and cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg watch Greer Garson perform in Madame Curie (1943).
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Director Mervyn LeRoy and cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg watch Greer Garson perform in Madame Curie (1943).
Five-minute gasp.
November 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Five-minute gasp.
Getting ready to introduce Too Many Husbands (1940) in The Dot Theatre.
November 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Getting ready to introduce Too Many Husbands (1940) in The Dot Theatre.
Don’t miss screwball queen Jean Arthur in a three-cornered romance with swoon merchants Mel Douglas and Fred MacMurray. Sass Mouth Dames Film Club screens Too Many Husbands (1940) tomorrow night in the Dot Theatre. Tickets available at Eventbrite.
November 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Don’t miss screwball queen Jean Arthur in a three-cornered romance with swoon merchants Mel Douglas and Fred MacMurray. Sass Mouth Dames Film Club screens Too Many Husbands (1940) tomorrow night in the Dot Theatre. Tickets available at Eventbrite.
Reposted by Megan McGurk
Miriam Hopkins, 1934.
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Miriam Hopkins, 1934.
Get your tickets now for the Sass Mouth Dames Film Club Christmas screening of The Thin Man (1934) at The Dot Theatre.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Get your tickets now for the Sass Mouth Dames Film Club Christmas screening of The Thin Man (1934) at The Dot Theatre.
www.eventbrite.ie/e/sass-mouth...
www.eventbrite.ie/e/sass-mouth...
Now watching Jean Arthur and Mae Busch in Husband Hunters (1927).
November 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Now watching Jean Arthur and Mae Busch in Husband Hunters (1927).
Listen back to the Sass Mouth Dames podcast ep on Born to Kill (1947). I talk about screenwriter Eve Greene, who started as a secretary in MGM and climbed the studio ladder. Zelda Sears taught her how to write scripts. Together they wrote two hits for Marie Dressler on.soundcloud.com/tKcH7ISGdxPZ...
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Listen back to the Sass Mouth Dames podcast ep on Born to Kill (1947). I talk about screenwriter Eve Greene, who started as a secretary in MGM and climbed the studio ladder. Zelda Sears taught her how to write scripts. Together they wrote two hits for Marie Dressler on.soundcloud.com/tKcH7ISGdxPZ...
Getting ready to introduce Alice Faye and Gypsy Rose Lee in Ypu Can’t Have Everything (1937) in the glamorous Dot Theatre!
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Getting ready to introduce Alice Faye and Gypsy Rose Lee in Ypu Can’t Have Everything (1937) in the glamorous Dot Theatre!
Reposted by Megan McGurk
Tonight in Brooklyn-- NIGHT NURSE in 35mm! Kim and I will introduce and sign books afterward. Hope to see you there! -- nitehawkcinema.com/prospectpark...
Night Nurse – Nitehawk Cinema – Prospect Park
nitehawkcinema.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Tonight in Brooklyn-- NIGHT NURSE in 35mm! Kim and I will introduce and sign books afterward. Hope to see you there! -- nitehawkcinema.com/prospectpark...
Edward Stevenson designed a studded purse that serves as a modern-day gladiator shield for Claire Trevor when she carries it to divorce court. It must be the inspiration for Valentino’s rockstud line. Catch up with the new podcast episode on Born to Kill (1947). on.soundcloud.com/tSi79jPI6eHX...
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Edward Stevenson designed a studded purse that serves as a modern-day gladiator shield for Claire Trevor when she carries it to divorce court. It must be the inspiration for Valentino’s rockstud line. Catch up with the new podcast episode on Born to Kill (1947). on.soundcloud.com/tSi79jPI6eHX...
*Blood curdling SCREAM*
A billion dollars.
A billion dollars.
November 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
*Blood curdling SCREAM*
A billion dollars.
A billion dollars.
Sharing this article I wrote on June Havoc (born on this day) for Garageland magazine back in December 2022. I’ve never posted it before. Thanks to editor Cathy Lomax for inviting me to contribute.
November 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Sharing this article I wrote on June Havoc (born on this day) for Garageland magazine back in December 2022. I’ve never posted it before. Thanks to editor Cathy Lomax for inviting me to contribute.
Reposted by Megan McGurk
Happy June Havoc's birthday!
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Happy June Havoc's birthday!
See you Thursday next for You Can’t Have Everything (1937), starring Alice Faye, Gypsy Rose Lee, and Don Ameche. Sass Mouth Dames Film Club series 36 rolls on! Get your tickets at Eventbrite. We’re back in the glamorous The Dot Theatre.
November 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
See you Thursday next for You Can’t Have Everything (1937), starring Alice Faye, Gypsy Rose Lee, and Don Ameche. Sass Mouth Dames Film Club series 36 rolls on! Get your tickets at Eventbrite. We’re back in the glamorous The Dot Theatre.
'Half the time they're working girls!'
'Half the time they're working men!'
We used to know how to write tag lines.
'Half the time they're working men!'
We used to know how to write tag lines.
November 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
'Half the time they're working girls!'
'Half the time they're working men!'
We used to know how to write tag lines.
'Half the time they're working men!'
We used to know how to write tag lines.
Yessssss!
My copy of Pre-Code Essentials by Kim Luperi and Danny Reid @pre-code.com has finally arrived!
My copy of Pre-Code Essentials by Kim Luperi and Danny Reid @pre-code.com has finally arrived!
November 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Yessssss!
My copy of Pre-Code Essentials by Kim Luperi and Danny Reid @pre-code.com has finally arrived!
My copy of Pre-Code Essentials by Kim Luperi and Danny Reid @pre-code.com has finally arrived!
Stay tuned for a new podcast episode next week.
November 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Stay tuned for a new podcast episode next week.
Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht under their filmmaker's credo in Paramount's New York studio during production of Crime Without Passion (1934).
November 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht under their filmmaker's credo in Paramount's New York studio during production of Crime Without Passion (1934).
Verree Teasdale swaggers from a seated position.
November 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Verree Teasdale swaggers from a seated position.
Reposted by Megan McGurk
🖤🖤🖤RIP Maria Riva (1924-2025)🖤🖤🖤
October 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🖤🖤🖤RIP Maria Riva (1924-2025)🖤🖤🖤