May 6, 2024

On YouTube: Joan Crawford, Monsters, Reefer, Parties, and Vamps!

 

 I have been extremely occupied with my YouTube channel lately. Every time I finish a video, I get a new idea and can't resist getting started again. 

I made the above video about Joan Crawford because I was struck by how dramatically her image changed throughout the years. Much more than the change of appearance that comes with aging and changing times, she transformed her persona in a remarkable way.

   

The goofy monsters video came from my pure love of these inventive, if not usually terrifying sci-fi movie creatures and is also an appreciation of what great fun genre movies can be.

   

While I'm not personally a fan of smoking weed, I find the ill-informed hysteria reflected in classic movies about getting high both fascinating and hilarious. I knew YouTube would demonetize this one, but it was too interesting a subject to resist.

 

There's nothing like an epic party to up the excitement in a movie. This video is both about the fun of those celebrations and how much they have changed over the decades.

   

While many classic film fans know that Theda Bara was a famous movie vamp, I don't think quite as many know just how many more movie vamps there were in the silent era. This video is a brief introduction to those early movie vamps and also offers a look at the way the archetype was later parodied in 1950s films.

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