Books, Movies & Guest Posts

Book Reviews

An Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye
Before Midnight by Cameron Dokey
Behold the Dawn by K.M. Weiland
Belle by Cameron Dokey
Cinderella's Around the World (picture books, six mini-reviews)
Emma by Jane Austen
For the Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
Lost Lake House by Elisabeth Grace Foley
Mara: Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon
The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
The Princess and the Prince by V.H. Stringer
The Read-Aloud Family by Sarah Mackenzie
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Book Reviews: Home education

For the Children's Sake: Foundations of Education for Home and School by Susan Shaeffer Macaulay

Movie Reviews

(MR=mini-review)

A

A Royal Christmas (2014) with Lacey Chabert, Stephen Hagan, and Jane Seymour 

Anchors Aweigh (1945) with Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson  

Angel and the Badman (1947) with John Wayne and Gail Russell (MR)

 

C
Captain Blood (1935) with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland
Cinderella (R&H 1957) with Julie Andrews and Jon Cypher
Cinderella (R&H 1965) with Leslie Ann Warren and Stuart Damon
Cinderella (2015) with Lily James, Richard Madden, and Cate Blanchett

D 

David Copperfield (1935) with W.C. Fields, Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan

Dodge City (1939) with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland (MR)

Double Crossbones (1951) with Donald O'Connor and Helena Carter

E 

Emma (BBC 1972) with Doran Godwin and John Carson 

Emma (1996) with Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeremy Northam 

Emma (A&E 1996) with Kate Beckinsale and Mark Strong 

Emma (BBC 2009) with Romola Garai and Jonny Lee Miller 

Emma (2020) with Anya Taylor-Joy and Johnny Flynn

Ever After (1998) with Drew Barrymore and Dougray Scott 

 

 

H 

High Noon (1952) with Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly (MR)

 

L

Lady on a Train (1945) with Deanna Durbin and David Bruce

Little Women (1949) with June Allyson, Janet Leigh, Margaret O'Brien, and Elizabeth Taylor 

Little Women (1978) with William Shatner 

Love Begins (2011) with Wes Brown and Julie Mond (MR)  

Love Comes Softly (2003) with Katherine Heigl and Dale Midkiff

N 

North & South (BBC 1975) with Patrick Stewart 

North & South (BBC 2004) with Richard Armitage and Daniela Denby-Ashe

O

Open Range (2003) with Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall

 

P 

Persuasion (BBC 2007) with Sally Hawkins and Rupert Penry-Jones

Pride & Prejudice (2005) with Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen

R 

Rawhide (1951) with Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward (MR) 

Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue (1953) with Richard Todd 

Royal Wedding with Fred Astaire and Jane Powell

S 

Sarah, Plain & Tall (1991) with Glenn Close and Christopher Walken

Sense & Sensibility (1995) with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet 

Shadow on the Mesa (2013) with Kevin Sorbo, Meredith Baxter, and Wes Brown 

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) with John Wayne  

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) with John Wayne (MR)  

Silverado (1985) with Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Danny Glover, and Kevin Costner (MR) 

Sound of Music, Live! (2013) with Carrie Underwood 

Stagecoach (1939) with John Wayne and Claire Trevor 

Stagecoach (1966) with Ann-Margret and Alex Cord (MR)  

Support Your Local Sheriff (1969) with James Garner (MR)

T 

The Ballad of Lefty Brown (2017) with Bill Pullman (MR) 

The Big Country (1958) with Gregory Peck and Jean Simmons (MR) 

The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) with Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh 

The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) with Glenn Ford and Jeanne Crain 

The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) with Glenn Ford and Jeanne Crain (MR) 

The Gunfighter (1950) with Gregory Peck (MR) 

The Hunt for Red October (1990) with Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin

The Kissing Bandit (1948) with Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson  

The Lone Ranger (2013) with Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp (MR)  

The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005) with Keri Russell, Skeet Ulrich, and Mare Winningham 

The Magnificent Seven (1960) with Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, etc. (MR)  

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) with John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart (MR) 

The Manchurian Candidate (1962) with Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey and Janet Leigh

The Music Man (2003) with Matthew Broderick and Kristin Chenoweth 

The Ransom of Red Chief (1998) with Christopher Lloyd and Haley Joel Osment (MR)  

The Rare Breed (1966) with James Stewart and Maureen O'Hara

The Sea Hawk (1940) with Errol Flynn 

The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) with John Wayne and Dean Martin (MR) 

The Thin Man (1934) with William Powell and Myrna Loy

The Tin Star (1957) with Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins and Lee Van Cleef

The Virginian (1929) with Gary Cooper and Mary Brian (MR)  

The Virginian (1946) with Joel McCrea and Barbara Britton (MR)  

The Westerner (1940) with Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan (MR) 

3:10 to Yuma (1957) with Glenn Ford and Van Heflin (MR) 

Tombstone (1993) with Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer (MR) 

Toy Story 2 (1999) (MR)

 

U 

Union Pacific (1939) with Joel McCrea and Barbara Stanwyck (MR) 

 

W

Wanted: Dead or Alive, Season 1 with Steve McQueen 

Westward Ho The Wagons! (1956) with Fess Parker, Kathleen Crowley and Jeff York

 

Y

You Can't Take It With You (1938) with Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart and Jean Arthur

Z

Zorro tv series (1990's) with Duncan Regehr (2 eps)

Guest Posts

A character sketch of Amy March for Hamlette's blog The Edge of the Precipice ~ Link
A character sketch of Faramir for Hamlette's blog The Edge of the Precipice ~ Link

A character sketch of Frodo for Hamlette's blog The Edge of the Precipice ~ Link
A look at the '05 P&P for Evie's blog A Period Drama Fangirl reposted here ~ Link
A look at Sisters in Austen for Rose's blog The Best of Classics ~ Link
Blessings post on Blessing Counter's blog Counting Your Blessings One by One ~ Link
Emma BBC 1972 film review reposted on Lois's blog You, Me and a Cup of Tea ~ Link

Interviews

For the Society of Literary Ladies on Emma Jane's blog A Lantern in Her Hand ~ Link

Guest Posts on The Brandywine

Before Midnight: A Cinderella Retelling by Cameron Dokey // Guest post by Ekaterina ~ Link

Dress Study Emma '09 // Guest post by Naomi ~ Link
Persuasion by Jane Austen // Guest post by Jessica Prescott ~ Link