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On Sunday, December 14, 2025, I was excited—as you will undoubtedly notice—to be part of Karie Bible's live HOLLYWOOD KITCHEN show as one of Karie's guests, along with blogger and author, Samantha Richardson, as we talked about Miss Gina Lollobrigida's Christmas wreath cookies, Miss Gina herself, and holiday film watches!
As soon as I was asked to be a guest, I knew I wanted to create a CINEMA COFFEE blog piece to document my journey making these Christmas Wreath Cookies.
Spend time with me during my CHRISTMAS WITH GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA!
LITTLE AFRICA REMEMBERED BY HOWARD BRECKENRIDGE
Remembered and discussed by Howard Breckenridge
Filmed and directed by Dominique Breckenridge
A DOMINIQUE REVUE PRODUCTION
Filmed and directed by Dominique Breckenridge
A DOMINIQUE REVUE PRODUCTION
The Black history of Little Africa—an all-Black community in Louisville, Kentucky, during the beginning of the 20th century—that thrived and sustained through its own developments, from housing to shopping, until its demolition in the early 1960s, is explored and discussed by one of its own former residence, Howard Breckenridge, who not only was part of the community, but whose family, the Breckenridges, were one of the first to settle in that area, helping mold Little Africa of Louisville, Kentucky into what it became. Now, a place in history.
All photos used in this film are the property of Howard Breckenridge
All sketches were drawn by Howard Breckenridge
© 2025
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BACK TO BASICS
See BACK TO BASICS: Art by Burnice now!
My mom's artwork exhibit!
BETTYE: The Mini Series
Based on the career of my grand-aunt Bettye Lightsy . . . with a "ye," a once model turned creator of the first Black model agency in 1950s Chicago, who believed any woman could be unforgettable, I've created . . . BETTYE: The Miniseries!
DOMINIQUE PRIVATE COLLECTION
To view designs sketched and created by me from my DOMINIQUE PRIVATE COLLECTION for DOMINIQUE REVUE visit:
DOMINIQUE PRIVATE COLLECTION's Sketch-To-Wear
DOMINIQUE PRIVATE COLLECTION's Sketch-To-Wear
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SPOTLIGHT!
January 14, 2025
I was recently invited by VIEW THE RIGHT THING to talk about costumes/fashion, cinema, and one of my favorite films ... GILDA (1946)! This was so much fun! I had an incredible time.
Listen below:
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November 22, 2024
I was very excited to be part of the CINEMATIC STYLE: Cary Grant and His Leading Ladies event on Friday, November 22, 2024, along with Keith Lodwick, hosted by Charlotte Croft for the Cary Grant CARY COMES HOME Film Festival. In case you missed it live, you can watch the virtual event below (or visit my FILMS THAT INSPIRE YOU: Cary Grant's Leading Ladies for more insight into garments I've made that were directly inspired by films starring Cary Grant) that helped to kick start the upcoming film festival—which ran from November 29, 2024 - December 1, 2024—in Bristol, England:
For more information on the actual festival—held in Cary Grant's hometown of Bristol—the screening schedule, their other festival events, and how to attend, visit CARY COMES HOME.
Garment inspired by THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940) , designed and created by me.
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Garment inspired by THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937) , designed and created by me.
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Garment inspired by TOPPER (1937) , designed and created by me.
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For more garments designed and created by me inspired by classic cinema visit DOMINIQUE PRIVATE COLLECTION: From Sketch to Wear
Follow me, Dominique Revue, on TWITTER and YOUTUBE as well as follow along during my Twitterbuggin' live tweet session for TCM (Turner Classic Movies) on ISLAND IN THE SUN (1957) starring Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte the next time you have a movie night to watch the film!
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CURRENT EYE VIEW . . .
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Was recently invited by VIEW THE RIGHT THING to talk costumes, cinema, and one of my favorite films ... GILDA (1946)! I had an incredible time.
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I was very excited to be part of the CINEMATIC STYLE: Cary Grant and His Leading Ladies event on Friday, November 22, 2024, hosted by Charlotte Croft and the Cary Grant CARY COMES HOME Film Festival. In case you missed it or would like to view the virtual event that helped to kick start the actual film festival on November 29, 2024, in Bristol, England:
(And visit my FILMS THAT INSPIRE YOU: Cary Grant's Leading Ladies for more insight into garments I've made that were directly inspired by films starring Cary Grant)
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Since becoming one of the latest members of the CMBA (Classic Movie Blog Association) for 2025, I was asked to answer questions about who I am as a classic film fan, what it is that I do (fashion and costume designer, who creates garments, content, art, and creative works inspired by OH), and why I love blogging. You can read my profile at CMBA Profile: Dominique Revue!
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LATEST VIDEOS ON THE CHANNEL
Visit, Like, and SUBSCRIBE to my Dominique Revue YouTube Channel for past and present videos—CINEMA COFFEE chats, Fashion Fridays, book talks, video edits, short film, pitch trailers, animatic reels, and then some!
✨New!✨
amos 'n' andy:
GIVING B(L)ACK OUR VOICE
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Dominque Breckenridge
August 22, 22025
Dominque Breckenridge
August 22, 22025
No matter where you stand on the controversy of the television show, THE AMOS 'N' ANDY SHOW is history. ✨NEW✨ piece, GIVING B(L)ACK OUR VOICE: A Moment with AMOS 'N' ANDY by Dominique Breckenridge:
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In other news ... my Short Film, inspired by and #ForMyMom, is now available to watch on the official film page BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS. Please watch and share. Thanks. Best. Love.
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CURRENT FILM PROJECT: A story with a voice. A story I wrote in 2008 to see "myself" in a genre I love … A period piece. Now it's time to turn words into action. To watch the animatic reel and the pitch trailer, check out the official film page Dominique's THE SOCIETY.
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A personal closeup look at my Aunt Bettye Everett-Lightsy
#128: Dorothy Dandridge and Carmen Jones (1954)
Kristen Lopez invited me to be a guest on her TICKLISH BUSINESS podcast! You can listen to my guest spot about CARMEN JONES (1954) and Dorothy Dandridge here, hosted in this episode by Kimberly Pierce and Samantha Ellis!
And listen along below for my other guest spot on the TICKLISH BUSINESS podcast as I discuss Dorothy Dandridge and Halle Berry's portrayal of the woman herself in the 1999 film INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIDGE with film editor and the podcast's host, Kristen Lopez, in: Based on a True Podcast: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
✨My CINEMA COFFEE Summer Edition✨: SUMMER SEVEN CINEMA 2024
Each Friday, I dropped a film watch recommendation as a burst of film energy to help carry you through your summer and add some sparkle to your shine!
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For my other video edits, CINEMA COFFEE chats, creative work, and shorts, visit my Dominique Revue YouTube Channel!
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For my write-ups in my ongoing NOTABLE BLACK ENTERTAINERS series—highlighting unsung classic Black performers (and films) who do not receive as much, if any, recognition as their contemporaries—visit the NOTABLE BLACK ENTERTAINERS drop menu!
To read my other CINEMA COFFEE chats, visit the #ForMyMom CINEMA COFFEE tab in the drop menu via the CINEMA COFFEE/FASHION FRIDAY tab. |
For my CINEMA COFFEE write-up for the book FAST-TALKING DAMES by Maria DiBattista, as featured on the @MoviePalacePod podcast, listen and read POSITIVELY THE SAME DAME
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NEW 2025 CLASSIC MOVIE BLOG ASSOCIATION Member!
For my CINEMA COFFEE blog pieces:
#ForMyMom Cinema Coffee ... | COFFEE CINEMA: Talking Streetcar | CINEMA COFFEE: "Et tu, Brute?" | CINEMA COFFEE: "La Chocolaterie" | CINEMA COFFEE: "Milk? I loathe milk!" | CINEMA COFFEE: "Elderberry Wine ..." | CINEMA COFFEE: "The choice I never had ..." | CINEMA COFFEE: "The smell of Mimosa" | CINEMA COFFEE: "Mighty like a Rose" | CINEMA COFFEE: "Don't cry on the rolls" | CINEMA COFFEE: "You're the first Kansas I ever met" | CINEMA COFFEE: "Everybody calls me Gracie" | CINEMA COFFEE: "What the devil are Belinskis?!" | CINEMA COFFEE: "Hello friends and enemies." | CINEMA COFFEE: "Stop remindin' me of heaven." | CINEMA COFFEE: "Even Gatsby could happen" | CINEMA COFFEE: "I made a wish" | CINEMA COFFEE: Audie Murphy | CINEMA COFFEE: Put The Blame on Mame | CINEMA COFFEE: "Just Singleton." | CINEMA COFFEE: "Where I Come From, Nobody Knows" | Film Therapy: Coping through Cinema | CINEMA COFFEE: Socks fall down | CINEMA COFFEE: "The moon's reaching for me" | CINEMA COFFEE: The Horne: Luso World Cinema Blogathon | CINEMA COFFEE: Aunt Bettye Lightsy | CINEMA COFFEE: I never lose | CINEMA COFFEE: "I have a mother!" | CINEMA COFFEE: THE SIGN OF GEMINI | CINEMA COFFEE: Venus Rising | CINEMA COFFEE: Stan vs Geek | CINEMA COFFEE: "Positively the same dame"| CINEMA COFFEE: I would rather lose ma whip than lose ma Daisy! | CINEMA COFFEE: "D'ENTRE LES MORTS goes VERTIGO"
#ForMyMom Cinema Coffee ... | COFFEE CINEMA: Talking Streetcar | CINEMA COFFEE: "Et tu, Brute?" | CINEMA COFFEE: "La Chocolaterie" | CINEMA COFFEE: "Milk? I loathe milk!" | CINEMA COFFEE: "Elderberry Wine ..." | CINEMA COFFEE: "The choice I never had ..." | CINEMA COFFEE: "The smell of Mimosa" | CINEMA COFFEE: "Mighty like a Rose" | CINEMA COFFEE: "Don't cry on the rolls" | CINEMA COFFEE: "You're the first Kansas I ever met" | CINEMA COFFEE: "Everybody calls me Gracie" | CINEMA COFFEE: "What the devil are Belinskis?!" | CINEMA COFFEE: "Hello friends and enemies." | CINEMA COFFEE: "Stop remindin' me of heaven." | CINEMA COFFEE: "Even Gatsby could happen" | CINEMA COFFEE: "I made a wish" | CINEMA COFFEE: Audie Murphy | CINEMA COFFEE: Put The Blame on Mame | CINEMA COFFEE: "Just Singleton." | CINEMA COFFEE: "Where I Come From, Nobody Knows" | Film Therapy: Coping through Cinema | CINEMA COFFEE: Socks fall down | CINEMA COFFEE: "The moon's reaching for me" | CINEMA COFFEE: The Horne: Luso World Cinema Blogathon | CINEMA COFFEE: Aunt Bettye Lightsy | CINEMA COFFEE: I never lose | CINEMA COFFEE: "I have a mother!" | CINEMA COFFEE: THE SIGN OF GEMINI | CINEMA COFFEE: Venus Rising | CINEMA COFFEE: Stan vs Geek | CINEMA COFFEE: "Positively the same dame"| CINEMA COFFEE: I would rather lose ma whip than lose ma Daisy! | CINEMA COFFEE: "D'ENTRE LES MORTS goes VERTIGO"
For my NOTABLE BLACK ENTERTAINERS pieces:
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Notable Entertainers 2021 | BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Notable Entertainers 2022 | BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Rise 'n' Shine 2023 | CINEMA COFFEE: Orlando Martins | HILDA SIMMS | EDNA MAE HARRIS | FRANCINE EVERETT | MELBA LISTON | SALLIE BLAIR | DARK MANHATTAN | WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH 2025 | Voilà! La Baker: The Phenomenon That Was Josephine | KATHERINE DUNHAM: She IS a Moment | GIVING B(L)ACK OUR VOICE
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Notable Entertainers 2021 | BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Notable Entertainers 2022 | BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Rise 'n' Shine 2023 | CINEMA COFFEE: Orlando Martins | HILDA SIMMS | EDNA MAE HARRIS | FRANCINE EVERETT | MELBA LISTON | SALLIE BLAIR | DARK MANHATTAN | WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH 2025 | Voilà! La Baker: The Phenomenon That Was Josephine | KATHERINE DUNHAM: She IS a Moment | GIVING B(L)ACK OUR VOICE
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Watch Dominique Co-Host with #TCM Host Robert Osborne on
TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES!! 
I never faint, because I am not sure that I will fall gracefully. And I never use smelling salts, because they puff up the eyes . . . I am Christine Vole. —Marlene Dietrich in WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1957)
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Dominique Revue Productions brings to you a Behind the Scenes look inside and Original Old Time Radio inspired Show, "A Day in the Life Of ..." based on the radio of old ideals, provided with scripts, live sound effects, coffee, and a microphone. Presenting a time when the only thing bigger than Motion Pictures was Broadcast Radio. A time when radio was the life line into peoples homes, where you could get your news, entertainment, and music all through one box. Take a moment to transport yourselves into a different era and travel to a time of nostalgic bliss through "A Day in the Life Of ... " |
