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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 16h

I'm honored to be part of this online discussion about women in film history! This last w&fhi members-only event of the membership cycle is open to the broader community! Non-members can register and attend with a suggested $5 donation to our new conference travel fund. Register here: bit.ly/4elM6Ej

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Jesse Eisenberg was a funny, sensitive, and generous interviewee this afternoon in front of a room of @ncstate.bsky.social students. Go Wolfpack!

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I talked to Brandon Davis at "Front Row Classics" podcast about my favorite Ursula Parrott adaptation, "Next Time We Love." If you are a fan of Margaret Sullavan + Jimmy Stewart, keep your eyes out for this 1936 gem! Podcast available at the link below or wherever you get yours: bit.ly/4cFMf4P

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Not sure why it took me so long to read this gem of Hollywood memoir writing, but this rainy day was perfect for Louise Brooks’s tell-a-lot (but surely not all) stories. Highly recommended for lovers of Hollywood history. Her takes on Bogart, Garbo, & Gish were especially interesting. #louisebrooks

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Working on an article about a newly identified film directed by Dorothy Arzner and I kinda wish I had been on set this day. #dorothyarzner #directedbywomen #cats #hollywoodhistory

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I just wrote a book chapter on Trouble in Paradise and it made me happier than any viewing or writing assignment I can remember. Deep diving into a Lubitsch film--even better, into a scene in a Lubitsch film--is a gift right now.

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I'm super stressed abt #AI in the classroom in the fall + abt the fact that my state, #NorthCarolina, still doesn't have a budget for the fiscal year that ends in 2 weeks 😵‍💫, BUT at least the book chapter I'm now writing is about Trouble in Paradise. Ernst #Lubitsch is literally saving my soul.

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I enjoyed being interviewed abt Hollywood history for this @theguardian.com article + I love that they hotlinked to the 1929 Motion Picture Magazine article I cited at @archive.org! Welcome to the joys of archival research, Guardian readers! And thank you IA! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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‘The face doesn’t move’: Hollywood’s obsession with cosmetic surgeries has led to stiffer looks – and performances

With procedures like filler and Botox becoming commonplace, audiences are lamenting the smoothed-out, uncanny faces now rampant in major pictures

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I loved touring the National Film Archive of Japan a few weeks ago. Getting to see Japanese print media about American stars like #BetteDavis and #ClaraBow was super cool, as was their open-to-the-public exhibition about Japanese film history. Highly recommend a stop to anyone traveling to Tokyo!

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

USC film archivist Dino Everett + I just dropped a new entry on the short-lived, three-column 22mm film format in The Film Atlas. If you are a photochemical film fan, this is a doozy! www.filmatlas.com/entry/54 #filmhistory #22mm #smallgauge #edison

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I got asked to talk about my 5 favorite films of 1912--that doesn't happen every day! Thanks @ettletodd.bsky.social for giving me a chance to talk about #filmhistory and some interesting movies from more than a century ago. 🙌 open.spotify.com/episode/65FU...

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1912 E4 - Marsha Gordon

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Love this video featuring @themorbidzoo.bsky.social that @ncstate.bsky.social created. Mariana graduated with an MA in English with a film studies concentration and she's been rocking her #YouTube #videoessay channel ever since it started as her thesis project! ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA15...

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Turning Horror Film Analysis Into Popular Youtube Channel

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Psyched to be returning to Hollywood to introduce my favorite Ursula Parrott adaptation, "Next Time We Love" (1936), with #JimmyStewart + #MargaretSullavan @tcmtv.bsky.social TCM Film Festival on May 1st. It's a gorgeous Universal Archives #35mm print, too! ❤️ #ursulaparrott #hollywoodhistory #35mm

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Happy Birthday to best-selling Jazz Age author Ursula Parrott on what would have been her 127th birthday, although I have no doubt that she would have shaved at least 3-5 years off!!!! 😇 Enjoy the only known moving image footage of Ursula! #ursulaparrott #bestseller #jazzage #exwife

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Tomorrow Monday March 23 at 3pm EST @themorbidzoo.bsky.social will be giving an ITRL talk @ncstate.bsky.social in Caldwell G107 about her "The Morbid Zoo" #videoessay YouTube Channel and how she started it when she was an MA student here! If you are remote, you can livestream it 😎 bit.ly/4sKDwo5

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Research report from special collections @uclalibrary.bsky.social where I learned that Dorothy Arzner was paid $30k (to Katharine Hepburn’s $15k) for directing “Christopher Strong” in 1932. That’s some serious Depression Era $$$. #dorothyarzner #hollywoodhistory #katharinehepburn

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

As perhaps is befitting and unsurprising, this secret compartment held letters and not a gun!

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Dorothy Arzner research pilgrimage report #2: I got to sit at the desk she used to write at in her Hollywood Hills home, which she shared with her partner, the choreographer Marion Morgan. It had a secret compartment. More to come! #dorothyarzner #hollywoodhistory #marionmorgan

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Dorothy Arzner research pilgrimage report #1: I got to hold her viewfinder in my very own hands, and of course look through it! #dorothyarzner #hollywoodhistory #biography #hollywood

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I'm so sorry to hear about the passing of Christa Fuller, who was so generous with me when I was researching + writing my book about her husband, filmmaker #SamFuller. Christa was outspoken, funny, a great hostess, and a ferocious tender of Sam's legacy. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

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Christa Lang, Actress, Producer and Widow of Samuel Fuller, Dies at 82

She appeared in French New Wave movies for Roger Vadim, Claude Chabrol and Jean-Luc Godard before marrying the iconic American filmmaker in 1967.

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

If you live in #NorthCarolina, you can catch a new take on #UrsulaParrott on Jan 18th at 4pm at St. Matthew's Church in Hillsborough. It's my first return to the stage since I last stepped off as Laurie in Oklahoma in 6th Grade. 😅

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

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

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

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. 😣

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Grateful to Indy Weekly for the nice write-up of "In Search of Thoreau's Flowers," currently on view at the Gregg Museum of Art and Design at NC State. If you are in #Raleigh between now and the end of January 2026, come see the show! #art #climate #interactivemedia #thoreau #walden

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

The new French translation of Ursula Parrott’s “Ex-Wife” that just got delivered is très belle! #ursulaparrrott #exwife

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

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

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

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!

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

🚨 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...

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Nontheatrical Film and Media Scholarly Interest Group SCMS @nontheatricalscms.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

THE FUR COAT CLUB and THE CASE OF THE ELEVATOR DUCK — both directed by Joan Micklin Silver — are also online thanks to Skip Elsheimer of @avgeeks.bsky.social! @marshagordon.bsky.social wrote about them both for Salon a few years ago! Link to her essay ⬇️ www.salon.com/2021/03/13/j...

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Joan Micklin Silver in Salon

I wrote an article for Salon, with streaming 16mm films provided by AV Geeks, about Joan Micklin Silver's 1970s New York City short films, "The Fur Coat Club" and "The Case of the Elevator Duck."

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

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

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Infinite Women @infinite-women.com · 21/07/2025

This week on the podcast, @marshagordon.bsky.social , Director of Film Studies at North Carolina State University, tells us about the brilliant writer at the heart of her book Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life & Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott. creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

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Dr Marsha Gordon on Ursula Parrott by Infinite Women

Dr. Marsha Gordon, Director of Film Studies at North Carolina State University, tells us about the brilliant writer who is the subject of her book, Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life & Forg...

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

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

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

I thoroughly enjoyed talking abt F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby"--espec. the female characters, Gatsby as a romance novel, and as it relates to Ursula Parrott's "Ex-Wife"--on this just-dropped podcast episode. open.spotify.com/episode/2aTP... #gatsby #fitzgerald #ursulaparrott #1920s

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*The Great Gatsby | E5: Miss Daisy Drives Herself

Lit Talk* · Episode

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

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

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Marion Morgan also got the first Pierce-Arrow coupe in CA. She and Dorothy Arzner both loved having fabulous cars… #dorothyarzner #marionmorgan #piercearrow #nypl

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

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

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Marion Morgan also got the first Pierce-Arrow coupe in CA. She and Dorothy Arzner both loved having fabulous cars… #dorothyarzner #marionmorgan #piercearrow #nypl

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 12/06/2025

I'm on my way to the Senate floor to talk about the assault on my colleague, Senator Alex Padilla. This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

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

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

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

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

This is the only pic of the two of them I've ever seen, as well. But if I come across any others, I'll let you know!

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

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!

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Marsha Gordon @marshagordon.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

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. 🦋 🌺

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