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Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland II

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2025 Summer Classic Film Reading

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GOOD NEWS! June 1945

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Best Actress: Jane Wyman

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Inside Jennifer Nelson's House (THE GLASS BOTTOM BOAT)

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What I Watched in May

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Best Actress: Loretta Young

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Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland I

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Best Actress: Joan Crawford

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Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman I

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Best Actress: Jennifer Jones

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Best Actress: Greer Garson

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Best Actress: Joan Fontaine

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GOOD NEWS! May 1945

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What I Watched in April

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Best Actress: Ginger Rogers

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Best Actress: Vivien Leigh I

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GOOD NEWS! April 1945

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A Month of Barbara Stanwyck

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What I Watched in March

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How to Have a Doris Day Spring

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GOOD NEWS! March 1945

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Best Actress: Bette Davis II

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Best Actress: Luise Rainer II

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My Oscar Predictions 2025

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What I Watched in February

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February 28, 2025

Marion Cotillard's Oscar Dress

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February 27, 2025

Cher's Oscar Outfit

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February 26, 2025

Jennifer Lawrence's Oscar Dress

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February 25, 2025

Liza Minnelli's Oscar Dress

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February 24, 2025

Reese Witherspoon's Oscar Dress

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February 21, 2025

Best Actress: Luise Rainer I

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February 19, 2025

Best Actress: Bette Davis I

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February 17, 2025

Best Actress: Claudette Colbert

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February 12, 2025

Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn I

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February 11, 2025

GOOD NEWS! February 1945

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February 10, 2025

Best Actress: Helen Hayes

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February 07, 2025

Marie Dressler: The Most Inspiring Woman in Hollywood

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February 05, 2025

Best Actress: Marie Dressler

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February 03, 2025

Best Actress: Norma Shearer

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February 01, 2025

What I Watched in January

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January 31, 2025

31 Days of Best Actresses

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January 30, 2025

Best Actress: Mary Pickford

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January 24, 2025

Best Actress: Janet Gaynor

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January 11, 2025

GOOD NEWS! January 1945

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January 06, 2025

Announcing: Rewatching the Best Actresses!

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January 03, 2025

My 2025 Classic Movie New Year's Resolutions

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January 02, 2025

What I Watched: 2024 in Review

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January 01, 2025

What I Watched in December

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Jess's Top 10 Movies:

1. It Happened One Night (1934)
2. The Major and the Minor (1942)
3. Pillow Talk (1959)
4. Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
5. Tammy and the Bachelor (1957)
6. Seven Sweethearts (1942)
7. Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)
8. Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
9. Thrill of a Romance (1945)
10. I Met Him in Paris (1937)

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