Marsha Gordon
@marshagordon.bsky.social
Film historian, professor, writer, doc filmmaker, lover of nature, travel, and good food. Latest book, "Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life & Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott." Next book: a bio of Dorothy Arzner. https://www.marshagordon.org
Everything you've ever wanted to know about "The Divorcee" (1930) starring Norma Shearer in her Academy Award-winning role but have been afraid to ask 🥰, on the new episode of the "Front Row Classics" #podcast: linktr.ee/FrontRowClas...
#normashearer #thedivorcee #exwife #ursulaparrott
#normashearer #thedivorcee #exwife #ursulaparrott
October 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Everything you've ever wanted to know about "The Divorcee" (1930) starring Norma Shearer in her Academy Award-winning role but have been afraid to ask 🥰, on the new episode of the "Front Row Classics" #podcast: linktr.ee/FrontRowClas...
#normashearer #thedivorcee #exwife #ursulaparrott
#normashearer #thedivorcee #exwife #ursulaparrott
I loathe the way #AI is creeping into research tools with misinformation. This #ancestry detail has #DorothyArzner marrying Rosalind Russell in 1930, living in #Hollywood FL, with two kids, Ruth Chatterton and Frederic March. It would be funny if it wasn't so awful. 😣
October 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I loathe the way #AI is creeping into research tools with misinformation. This #ancestry detail has #DorothyArzner marrying Rosalind Russell in 1930, living in #Hollywood FL, with two kids, Ruth Chatterton and Frederic March. It would be funny if it wasn't so awful. 😣
The new French translation of Ursula Parrott’s “Ex-Wife” that just got delivered is très belle!
#ursulaparrrott #exwife
#ursulaparrrott #exwife
August 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The new French translation of Ursula Parrott’s “Ex-Wife” that just got delivered is très belle!
#ursulaparrrott #exwife
#ursulaparrrott #exwife
Talked about #UrsulaParrott in Hollywood, #DorothyArzner, my favorite childhood movies and stars, teaching film studies @ncstate.bsky.social, and much more on episode #101 (like the freeway) of "From Beneath the Hollywood Sign" #podcast! Stream it at bit.ly/4mMCLHo
August 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Talked about #UrsulaParrott in Hollywood, #DorothyArzner, my favorite childhood movies and stars, teaching film studies @ncstate.bsky.social, and much more on episode #101 (like the freeway) of "From Beneath the Hollywood Sign" #podcast! Stream it at bit.ly/4mMCLHo
If u r in the triangle, stop by the Gregg Museum to see the “Plants in Art” exhibit. I collab’d w/Robin Vuchnich on a botanical portrait of their pollinator garden, a little respite from so many things right now. They have a drawing table set up for botanical art therapy too!
August 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
If u r in the triangle, stop by the Gregg Museum to see the “Plants in Art” exhibit. I collab’d w/Robin Vuchnich on a botanical portrait of their pollinator garden, a little respite from so many things right now. They have a drawing table set up for botanical art therapy too!
🚨 Early Bird Pricing ENDS tomorrow July 31 – Bastard Film Encounter 5.0 Awaits 🎬
Oct 8–11, 2025 | Columbia, SC
Bold films, unfiltered stories, no pretension. Just one unforgettable encounter with cinema’s wild side.
👉 Grab Your Early Bird Tickets Now
bastardfilmencounter.com/bfe-5-regist...
Oct 8–11, 2025 | Columbia, SC
Bold films, unfiltered stories, no pretension. Just one unforgettable encounter with cinema’s wild side.
👉 Grab Your Early Bird Tickets Now
bastardfilmencounter.com/bfe-5-regist...
July 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🚨 Early Bird Pricing ENDS tomorrow July 31 – Bastard Film Encounter 5.0 Awaits 🎬
Oct 8–11, 2025 | Columbia, SC
Bold films, unfiltered stories, no pretension. Just one unforgettable encounter with cinema’s wild side.
👉 Grab Your Early Bird Tickets Now
bastardfilmencounter.com/bfe-5-regist...
Oct 8–11, 2025 | Columbia, SC
Bold films, unfiltered stories, no pretension. Just one unforgettable encounter with cinema’s wild side.
👉 Grab Your Early Bird Tickets Now
bastardfilmencounter.com/bfe-5-regist...
Being on the @infinite-women.com podcast, which reminds us that "well-behaved women rarely make history," was a bright spot in the midst of a dismal time. Thanks for letting me talk about #UrsulaParrott from yet another angle! bit.ly/4nZROik
#podcast #exwife #divorcee #women
#podcast #exwife #divorcee #women
July 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Being on the @infinite-women.com podcast, which reminds us that "well-behaved women rarely make history," was a bright spot in the midst of a dismal time. Thanks for letting me talk about #UrsulaParrott from yet another angle! bit.ly/4nZROik
#podcast #exwife #divorcee #women
#podcast #exwife #divorcee #women
Feel like nominating a film to the Library of Congress National Film Registry today? May I suggest The Divorcee (1930), starring Norma Shearer in her only @academyawards.bsky.social winning role? It just takes a minute + anyone can nominate. The form is here: bit.ly/4kSEutG
#divorcee #normashearer
#divorcee #normashearer
July 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Feel like nominating a film to the Library of Congress National Film Registry today? May I suggest The Divorcee (1930), starring Norma Shearer in her only @academyawards.bsky.social winning role? It just takes a minute + anyone can nominate. The form is here: bit.ly/4kSEutG
#divorcee #normashearer
#divorcee #normashearer
When I started researching my #DorothyArzner biography, I didn’t realize just how prominent her partner #MarionMorgan was. They really were a #Hollywood power couple. I know so much more now because of the safekeeping done by #archives and #publiclibraries.
#nypl #choreography
#dance
#nypl #choreography
#dance
July 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
When I started researching my #DorothyArzner biography, I didn’t realize just how prominent her partner #MarionMorgan was. They really were a #Hollywood power couple. I know so much more now because of the safekeeping done by #archives and #publiclibraries.
#nypl #choreography
#dance
#nypl #choreography
#dance
Marion Morgan also got the first Pierce-Arrow coupe in CA. She and Dorothy Arzner both loved having fabulous cars…
#dorothyarzner #marionmorgan #piercearrow #nypl
#dorothyarzner #marionmorgan #piercearrow #nypl
July 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Marion Morgan also got the first Pierce-Arrow coupe in CA. She and Dorothy Arzner both loved having fabulous cars…
#dorothyarzner #marionmorgan #piercearrow #nypl
#dorothyarzner #marionmorgan #piercearrow #nypl
Grateful to #newyorkpubliclibrary for the treasure trove in their Marion Morgan papers. MM was Dorothy Arzner’s life partner as well as artistic collaborator, and she had a significant and fascinating career as a Hollywood choreographer. #dorothyarzner #marionmorgan #nypl
July 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Grateful to #newyorkpubliclibrary for the treasure trove in their Marion Morgan papers. MM was Dorothy Arzner’s life partner as well as artistic collaborator, and she had a significant and fascinating career as a Hollywood choreographer. #dorothyarzner #marionmorgan #nypl
When I started researching my #DorothyArzner biography, I didn’t realize just how prominent her partner #MarionMorgan was. They really were a #Hollywood power couple. I know so much more now because of the safekeeping done by #archives and #publiclibraries.
#nypl #choreography
#dance
#nypl #choreography
#dance
July 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
When I started researching my #DorothyArzner biography, I didn’t realize just how prominent her partner #MarionMorgan was. They really were a #Hollywood power couple. I know so much more now because of the safekeeping done by #archives and #publiclibraries.
#nypl #choreography
#dance
#nypl #choreography
#dance
Marion Morgan also got the first Pierce-Arrow coupe in CA. She and Dorothy Arzner both loved having fabulous cars…
#dorothyarzner #marionmorgan #piercearrow #nypl
#dorothyarzner #marionmorgan #piercearrow #nypl
July 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Marion Morgan also got the first Pierce-Arrow coupe in CA. She and Dorothy Arzner both loved having fabulous cars…
#dorothyarzner #marionmorgan #piercearrow #nypl
#dorothyarzner #marionmorgan #piercearrow #nypl
Grateful to #newyorkpubliclibrary for the treasure trove in their Marion Morgan papers. MM was Dorothy Arzner’s life partner as well as artistic collaborator, and she had a significant and fascinating career as a Hollywood choreographer. #dorothyarzner #marionmorgan #nypl
July 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Grateful to #newyorkpubliclibrary for the treasure trove in their Marion Morgan papers. MM was Dorothy Arzner’s life partner as well as artistic collaborator, and she had a significant and fascinating career as a Hollywood choreographer. #dorothyarzner #marionmorgan #nypl
Super cool resource drop alert 4 #film lovers: the FilmAtlas, "an international visual guide to every motion picture film format, soundtrack and color process ever invented"! I co-authored an entry on #3mm film--the cutest format--w/Dino Everett of USC Film Archives.
www.filmatlas.com/entry/210
www.filmatlas.com/entry/210
June 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Super cool resource drop alert 4 #film lovers: the FilmAtlas, "an international visual guide to every motion picture film format, soundtrack and color process ever invented"! I co-authored an entry on #3mm film--the cutest format--w/Dino Everett of USC Film Archives.
www.filmatlas.com/entry/210
www.filmatlas.com/entry/210
I love seeing director Dorothy Arzner's face in this lineup of Box Office Champions from 1932. Working on her biography means daily revelations about the way she navigated the Hollywood boys' club.
#dorothyarzner #womenmakemovies #hollywoodhistory #director #tcmparty #womendirectors #biography
#dorothyarzner #womenmakemovies #hollywoodhistory #director #tcmparty #womendirectors #biography
May 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I love seeing director Dorothy Arzner's face in this lineup of Box Office Champions from 1932. Working on her biography means daily revelations about the way she navigated the Hollywood boys' club.
#dorothyarzner #womenmakemovies #hollywoodhistory #director #tcmparty #womendirectors #biography
#dorothyarzner #womenmakemovies #hollywoodhistory #director #tcmparty #womendirectors #biography
Researching my #DorothyArzner bio + writing an article 4 a collection on women filmmakers edited by @shelleystamp.bsky.social + it is staggering how many newspapers call Arzner some version of the "first" woman director despite so many successful predecessors. But this is a great pic w/ #IdaLupino!
May 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Researching my #DorothyArzner bio + writing an article 4 a collection on women filmmakers edited by @shelleystamp.bsky.social + it is staggering how many newspapers call Arzner some version of the "first" woman director despite so many successful predecessors. But this is a great pic w/ #IdaLupino!
Spent the morning photographing butterflies, beetles, bees, and more @ncstate.bsky.social Insect Museum. These pollinator images + plant pressings = new collage that will be on display this fall at the Gregg Museum of art. 🦋 🌺
May 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Spent the morning photographing butterflies, beetles, bees, and more @ncstate.bsky.social Insect Museum. These pollinator images + plant pressings = new collage that will be on display this fall at the Gregg Museum of art. 🦋 🌺
Thanks to the Lost Ladies of Lit #Podcast for re-running our episode about #UrsulaParrott as an encore today! Episode streams here: apple.co/4ddpBQt
#bestseller #americanliterature #exwife #divorcee
#bestseller #americanliterature #exwife #divorcee
April 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Thanks to the Lost Ladies of Lit #Podcast for re-running our episode about #UrsulaParrott as an encore today! Episode streams here: apple.co/4ddpBQt
#bestseller #americanliterature #exwife #divorcee
#bestseller #americanliterature #exwife #divorcee
Starting the day at the packed Egyptian Theater with a new @billmorrison.bsky.social film and Donald Boyle introduction to 35mm nitrate print of Daisy Kenyon. What could be better? TCM Festival rocks!
#tcm #tcmff #tcmparty
#tcm #tcmff #tcmparty
April 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Starting the day at the packed Egyptian Theater with a new @billmorrison.bsky.social film and Donald Boyle introduction to 35mm nitrate print of Daisy Kenyon. What could be better? TCM Festival rocks!
#tcm #tcmff #tcmparty
#tcm #tcmff #tcmparty
Counting down to The Divorcee tomorrow morning at the Egyptian on 35mm @tcmtv.bsky.social !!!!
#tcmff #tcmparty
#tcmff #tcmparty
April 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Counting down to The Divorcee tomorrow morning at the Egyptian on 35mm @tcmtv.bsky.social !!!!
#tcmff #tcmparty
#tcmff #tcmparty
Warning: preparing for my @tcmtv.bsky.social Film Festival Intro on Friday at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood I learned that a Chicago theater billed "The Divorcee" as "Restricted to ADULTS ONLY." Consider yourself warned abt this risqué 1930 adaptation of Ursula Parrott's "Daring Novel"!
#TCMFF
#TCMFF
April 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Warning: preparing for my @tcmtv.bsky.social Film Festival Intro on Friday at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood I learned that a Chicago theater billed "The Divorcee" as "Restricted to ADULTS ONLY." Consider yourself warned abt this risqué 1930 adaptation of Ursula Parrott's "Daring Novel"!
#TCMFF
#TCMFF
Pretty cool to get a copy of the brand new Swedish translation of Ursula Parrott’s “Ex-Wife” in the mail! Any #Swedish Blueskyers out there had a chance to read “Ex-Frun” yet?
#ursulaparrott #exwife #exfrun #swedish
#ursulaparrott #exwife #exfrun #swedish
April 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Pretty cool to get a copy of the brand new Swedish translation of Ursula Parrott’s “Ex-Wife” in the mail! Any #Swedish Blueskyers out there had a chance to read “Ex-Frun” yet?
#ursulaparrott #exwife #exfrun #swedish
#ursulaparrott #exwife #exfrun #swedish
I'll be at Grauman's Egyptian for #TCM Fest to introduce a brand new #35mm print of "The Divorcee" (1930) starring #NormaShearer on Fri April 25 at 9:15am! #LA come see this Academy Award-winning Pre-Code gem. @tcmtv.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social #tcmparty
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April 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I'll be at Grauman's Egyptian for #TCM Fest to introduce a brand new #35mm print of "The Divorcee" (1930) starring #NormaShearer on Fri April 25 at 9:15am! #LA come see this Academy Award-winning Pre-Code gem. @tcmtv.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social #tcmparty
filmfestival.tcm.com/programs/fil...
filmfestival.tcm.com/programs/fil...
@fullframefest.bsky.social I loved "The Librarians" by Kim Snyder. If you believe in freedom of speech, in reading books that you choose and that aren't chosen by the government for you, and in the good work done by libraries and librarians, seek this one out! www.thelibrariansfilm.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
@fullframefest.bsky.social I loved "The Librarians" by Kim Snyder. If you believe in freedom of speech, in reading books that you choose and that aren't chosen by the government for you, and in the good work done by libraries and librarians, seek this one out! www.thelibrariansfilm.com