Throwback Thursday TBT: Royal Affairs in Versailles, Part 2 By Kendra on May 19, 2022 Let's pick back up 1954’s Royal Affairs in Versailles with part two of this episodic... Read more →
Throwback Thursday18 TBT: Royal Affairs in Versailles, Part 1 By Kendra on May 12, 2022 I've wanted to watch 1954's Royal Affairs in Versailles (Si Versailles M'était Conté)... Read more →
Man Candy Monday22 MCM: Jean Marais By Kendra on November 16, 2020 Jean Marais (1913-98) was an icon of classic French cinema. The muse (and lover) of... Read more →
Man Candy MondaySixteenth Century21 MCM: King François I of France By Kendra on October 19, 2020 I'm kind of surprised that King François I of France (1494-1547; reigned from 1515 on)... Read more →
Eighteenth CenturyWoman Crush Wednesday19 WCW: Madame du Barry By Kendra on August 19, 2020 Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (1743-93) gets a LOT of filmic love! This 18th-century... Read more →
Seventeenth CenturyWoman Crush Wednesday21 WCW: Louise de La Vallière By Kendra on February 5, 2020 Louise de La Vallière (1644-1710) was a young, unmarried lady-in-waiting to Louis XIV's... Read more →
Nineteenth CenturyScreen QueensWoman Crush Wednesday25 WCW: Empress Eugénie By Kendra on January 15, 2020 Empress Eugénie of France (1826-1920) was born Eugénie de Montijo, a Spanish countess.... Read more →
Eighteenth CenturyFifteenth CenturyMedievalNineteenth CenturySeventeenth CenturySixteenth Century14 TBT: If Paris Were Told to Us (1956) By Kendra on November 21, 2019 French film/stage director, actor, and writer Sacha Guitry (1885-1957) was a huge... Read more →
Eighteenth CenturyNineteenth CenturyScreen QueensWoman Crush Wednesday22 WCW: Empress Josephine By Kendra on November 13, 2019 The woman we know as Empress Josephine of France was born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de... Read more →
Eighteenth CenturyWoman Crush Wednesday17 WCW: Marquise de Pompadour By Kendra on August 28, 2019 Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise of Pompadour (1721-64) started life as the... Read more →
