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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Lana Turner as Lady de Winter in MGM's 1948 version of The Three Musketeers directed by George Sidney

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Interview with @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social, author of WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD'S DREAM FACTORY www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Great to be involved as an interviewee in this fantastic 3-part documentary from Dash Pictures on the mob in Hollywood. Talking partly about my @leverhulme.ac.uk research on Lana Turner @illinoispress.bsky.social. On Sundance Now & AMC+ & on way to UK's Channel 4 www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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How the mob took Hollywood: the story of organized crime and the movies

Hollywood Crime Story: The Mob Takes Over the Movies looks back at how criminals insinuated themselves in the film business

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 03/07/2026

The Leverhulme Library – showcasing recently published books from researchers the Trust has funded. This month we have Anna Snaith, @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social, Daisy Fancourt, @jbrigstocke.bsky.social and @kiranmehta.bsky.social.

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The @illinoispress.bsky.social summer sale is on! Get a 50% discount on Women in Hollywood's Dream Factory: Tales of Inequality, Abuse, and Resistance direct from the website with the code SUMMER26: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The first of Lana Turner's famous walks down the Ziegfeld staircase in Ziegfeld Girl (1941).

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I talked about my new book Women in Hollywood's Dream Factory: Tales of Inequality, Abuse, and Resistance on a recent podcast episode for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Learn more about the volume here: newbooksnetwork.com/women-in-hol.... @illinoispress.bsky.social @mngupbooks.bsky.social

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Huge thanks to @shelleystamp.bsky.social for her brilliant hosting last night of the virtual launch of Women in Hollywood's Dream Factory. Great to see so much interest in the book. Thanks to all who came. The other authors and I enjoyed every minute. @illinoispress.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Happy Pub Date to WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD'S DREAM FACTORY: Tales of Inequality, Abuse, and Resistance edited by @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0... #WomensStudies #FilmStudies #CulturalStudies #AmericanHistory #Oscars

Women in Hollywood's Dream Factory
Tales of Inequality, Abuse, and Resistance
Author: Edited by Karen McNally

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Publication Day for Women in Hollywood's Dream Factory. Huge thanks to @illinoispress.bsky.social, my fellow authors and @leverhulme.ac.uk. My chapter revises the narrative on the 'scandal' of the Lana Turner-Stompanato case drawing on my current research on Lana Turner enabled by @leverhulme.ac.uk.

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MNG - University Presses @mngupbooks.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Join Karen McNally for their virtual book launch which will focus on examining and revising film history in the aftermath of women's stories, past and present, that have come to light. 🔗 buff.ly/llwWK4F 🗓️ 18 March @illinoispress.bsky.social @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social @londonmetuni.bsky.social

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

My forthcoming volume Women in Hollywood's Dream Factory: Tales of Inequality, Abuse, and Resistance is available for pre-order complete with gorgeous front cover. Official publication March 17. Huge thanks to the wonderful team at @illinoispress.bsky.social. www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

We're on the website! Women in Hollywood's Dream Factory: Tales of Inequality, Abuse, and Resistance publishes in March 2026 www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0.... Huge thanks to @illinoispress.bsky.social, a fantastic group of scholars & @leverhulme.ac.uk for supporting my research on Lana Turner

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

What a film legacy. One of the great Hollywood actors, director, producer, and major promoter of independent filmmaking through the Sundance Institute and Film Festival. RIP Robert Redford. Truly the end of an era.

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

On my umpteenth joyous rewatch of Mad Men. See how much we learn in this one short scene about these characters and the age of anxiety that is US culture in 1960. And this is only the pilot. Perfect performances by Jon Hamm and Maggie Siff. A show never bettered.

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Madame X (1966) directed by David Lowell Rich and produced by Ross Hunter. Lana Turner in an award-winning performance and Constance Bennett in a return to the big screen and what would be her final role. Two of the best at work.

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Mel Torme keeps the audience entertained with Duke Ellington's 'Don't Get Around Much Any More' during filming of the October 27, 1963 episode of the Judy Garland Show. Garland and June Allyson play comic relief. Thanks to the cameraman for noting history - 'You're gonna shoot this?'

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Lana Turner's multiple screen performances in the setting of World War II portrayed the woman at war as nurse, war correspondent, WAC recruit, resistance worker and spy. Under the guise of romantic dramas, these films repeatedly made strong statements about the war and women's experiences within it.

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Singers love singers. Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald performing 'Moonlight in Vermont' on ABC's The Frank Sinatra Show in May 1958.

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Lana Turner as Lady de Winter in The Three Musketeers (George Sidney, 1948). A movie star face.

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

No love at all from the #BAFTAs for Pablo Larrain's beautifully told and performed #Maria. Disappointment is always part of the awards cycle, but I must have been watching a different film - twice.

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 06/01/2025

This year, the Leverhulme Trust celebrates 100 years of funding blue skies research and scholarship, and we are very excited about what 2025 has in store. Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year! www.leverhulme.ac.uk/what-we-do

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

It's never too early to appreciate Edith Head's costume design for Rosemary Clooney's flawless performance of 'Love You Didn't Do Right By Me' by Irving Berlin in White Christmas (Michael Curtiz, 1954). Perfection all around.

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Midweek treat - Judy Garland, Lena Horne and 'Love' on the Judy Garland Show in October 1963.

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Don't question Lana Turner. She always fights back, and styles it like this. Ricardo Montalban vs John Forsythe in Madame X (David Lowell Rich, 1966).

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Pickup on South Street (Samuel Fuller, 1953)

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Luci Marzola @lucimarz.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I'm very excited to share that my department at USC is hosting a new conference this summer - The Hollywood Conference! Please spread the word and come join us in LA (the obviously spot for this) next July. www.thehollywoodconference.com/cfp

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CFP — The Hollywood Conference

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Prof. Karen McNally @profkarenmcnally.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I'll be posting about Lana Turner and all things Hollywood and American TV. Huge thanks to @leverhulme.bsky.social for supporting my research on Turner with a Major Research Fellowship. Here's Imitation of Life (Douglas Sirk, 1959). Lana, take it away...

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