Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Anita and Kat are joined by literature and film studies Professor Julie Grossman—an oft-published scholar who’s penned numerous essays about the classic archetypes of women onscreen and behind the camera in vintage Hollywood. She’s taking us into the 1940s, and specifically the introduction of film noir and the femme fatale for our “Hollywood by the Decade” series. To set the scene for our conversation, we watched two films on Julie’s recommendation: from 1943, Alfred Hitchcock’s SHADOW OF A DOUBT, and from 1948, ROAD HOUSE—directed by Jean Nogulesco and starring Ida Lupino before the advent of her directing career.
Find Julie Grossman:
* twitter.com/JulieGrossman1
* Books:
* The Femme Fatale - rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-femme-fatale/9780813598246
* Twin Peaks - goodreads.com/en/book/show/52737979-twin-peaks
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* Twitter: @femfreq bit.ly/316OVCC
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* Twitch: @femfreq twitch.tv/femfreq (every Thursday at 6:30pm PT)
* Our Website: feministfrequency.com
Anita and Kat are joined by literature and film studies Professor Julie Grossman—an oft-published scholar who’s penned numerous essays about the classic archetypes of women onscreen and behind the camera in vintage Hollywood. She’s taking us into the 1940s, and specifically the introduction of film noir and the femme fatale for our “Hollywood by the Decade” series. To set the scene for our conversation, we watched two films on Julie’s recommendation: from 1943, Alfred Hitchcock’s SHADOW OF A DOUBT, and from 1948, ROAD HOUSE—directed by Jean Nogulesco and starring Ida Lupino before the advent of her directing career.
Find Julie Grossman:
* twitter.com/JulieGrossman1
* Books:
* The Femme Fatale - rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-femme-fatale/9780813598246
* Twin Peaks - goodreads.com/en/book/show/52737979-twin-peaks
Find Us:
* Join our community via Patreon - patreon.com/femfreq
or give and help make the media more feminist: feministfrequeny.com/donate
* Subscribe to FFR on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2t4wu4I
* Subscribe to our Star Trek podcast: apple.co/316PtZc
* Twitter: @femfreq bit.ly/316OVCC
* Instagram: @femfreq bit.ly/37AbMJd
* Twitch: @femfreq twitch.tv/femfreq (every Thursday at 6:30pm PT)
* Our Website: feministfrequency.com
