Sarah Lorraine

Sarah has an undergraduate degree in Clothing & Textile Design and a Master's in Art History and Visual Culture, with an emphasis on fashion history. When she’s not caught in paralyzing existential dread, she's drinking craft cocktails and writing about historical costume in film and television. She's been pissing people off on the internet since 1995.

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Care for an Impromptu?

By Sarah Lorraine on December 15, 2015

My George Sand obsession is pretty well known among my friends and Facebook acquaintances, and I lay all the blame on Impromptu (1991) for starting... Read more →

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Top Five Dance Scenes in Historical Costume Movies

By Sarah Lorraine on December 11, 2015

5. The Dance at the Atlanta Bazaar in Gone With The Wind (1937) No list would be complete with out with recently widowed Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien... Read more →

Vivien Leigh & Laurence Olivier in "That Hamilton Woman" (1941)

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TBT: That Hamilton Woman (1941)

By Sarah Lorraine on November 19, 2015

Vivien Leigh's performance of Lady Emma Hamilton is fantastic in That Hamilton Woman (1941). Given far more range here than she was in Gone With The... Read more →

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Woman Crush Wednesday: Merle Oberon

By Sarah Lorraine on November 18, 2015

I have a thing for Merle Oberon that's almost as intense as my thing for Helen Mirren. She's my Silver Screen Girlfriend, the one who I keep coming... Read more →

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TBT: The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)

By Sarah Lorraine on November 12, 2015

"They seek him here, They seek him there, Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven?—Is he in hell? That demmed, elusive... Read more →

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Woman Crush Wednesday: Hedy Lamarr

By Sarah Lorraine on November 11, 2015

Hedy Lamarr's 101st birthday was Monday, so we figured now would be a good time to talk not only about her contributions to cinema history in the... Read more →

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Woman Crush Wednesday: Maureen O’Hara

By Sarah Lorraine on November 4, 2015

Recently, we lost one of the most well-known actresses of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Maureen O'Hara's impressive body of work spanned several... Read more →

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Anne Boleyn, Unknown

By Sarah Lorraine on November 3, 2015

I've been reading The Creation of Anne Boleyn by Susan Bordo. If you're any kind of Anne-o-phile, you should read it if you haven't already. It's... Read more →

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TBT: The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

By Sarah Lorraine on October 29, 2015

Today we look back at at Roger Corman's gaudy and grotesque Masque of the Red Death (1964). This is not a faithful retelling of Edgar Allen Poe's... Read more →

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MCM: Vincent Price

By Sarah Lorraine on October 26, 2015

Today, we celebrate the incomparable Vincent Leonard Price, who passed away October 25, 1993. Seems appropriate that a man who made a career out of... Read more →