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Gaslight, Classic Cinema’s Final Mental and Emotional Health Episode

If ever we needed a visual example of the methods used to manipulate how people think, this movie, Gaslight (1944) is the perfect example. That’s why Celeste and I chose it to end our series about mental and emotional health. In the movie, a young woman, played by Ingrid Bergman, finds her beloved and famousContinue reading “Gaslight, Classic Cinema’s Final Mental and Emotional Health Episode”

Finding Unlikely Heroes for Your Story in Unexpected Places

When reality isn’t enough, you build your universe. That’s precisely what J.F. Monroe did with the Legacy of the Four trilogy, creating a world where ancient powers walk among us and destiny can be rewritten by the courage of the human heart. A lifelong devotee of fantasy fiction, Monroe crafts stories that blend epic adventureContinue reading “Finding Unlikely Heroes for Your Story in Unexpected Places”

Mental Health Movie: Home Before Dark

This is the third installment of our Classic Cinema With the Sage Sisters movies that are about characters with mental and emotional health issues. In each of the three so far, what the characters need most to heal is a strong support system. Home Before Dark is from 1958 and like, Now, Voyager before it,Continue reading “Mental Health Movie: Home Before Dark”

20 Miracles and 4 Escapes from Tyranny

I am the author of a biography about my father’s amazing story of living as a Jewish man in Hungary when the Nazis, and later the communists, seized power. Growing up in affluence, young Ervin Wolf was forced into a labor camp, unaware that his parents were deported to Auschwitz. In Not a Real Enemy:Continue reading “20 Miracles and 4 Escapes from Tyranny”

Mental and Emotional Healing in Now, Voyager

Celeste and I continued our Classic Cinema With the Sage Sisters series of movies about mental and emotional health with this very famous movie, Now, Voyager (1942) with Bette Davis, Claude Rains, and Paul Henreid. Here’s the description of the movie. Charlotte Vale, a member of a wealthy Boston family, has a nervous breakdown andContinue reading “Mental and Emotional Healing in Now, Voyager”