I think it’s safe to say Charles Boyer, TCM’s Star of the Month for January, will be one of my most watched stars of the year. I watched six movies and have one waiting on the dvr with 11 months in the year left to go.
While not really a Stewart Granger fan, I watched the three films he made with Deborah Kerr. Kerr is becoming a favorite and I look forward to watching more of her films throughout the year. I've also made a good start on more Robert Ryan films, my current obsession.
This is what I watched, almost all of them via WatchTCM:
- Mata Hari (1932) - Greta Garbo & Ramon Navarro, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone
- Secrets of the French Police (1932) - Gwili Andre, Frank Morgan (I was pretty horrified/nauseated with one scene - it's easy to spot)
- Rockabye (1932) - Constance Bennett & Joel McCrea
- Break of Hearts (1934) - Charles Boyer & Katharine Hepburn
- Parnell (1937) - Clark Gable & Myrna Loy
- Algiers (1938) - Charles Boyer & Hedy Lamarr
- Comrade X (1940) - Clark Gable & Hedy Lamarr
- *It’s a Date (1940) - Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon
- Nine Lives are Not Enough (1941) - Ronald Reagan
- Army Surgeon (1942) - Jane Wyatt
- Rings On Her Fingers (1942) - Gene Tierney & Henry Fonda
- The Human Comedy (1943) - Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, Van Johnson, James Craig, Marsha Hunt, Fay Bainter, Donna Reed
- *Laura (1944) - Gene Tierney & Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson
- Kismet (1944) - Ronald Colman & Marlene Dietrich
- Together Again (1944) - Irene Dunne & Charles Boyer, Charles Coburn
- The Hidden Eye (1945) - Edward Arnold
- Cluny Brown (1946) - Jennifer Jones & Charles Boyer
- The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) - Robert Alda, Peter Lorre
- The Woman on the Beach (1947) - Robert Ryan & Joan Bennett, Charles Bickford
- The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947) - Van Johnson & Janet Leigh, Thomas Mitchell
- The Adventures of Don Juan (1948) - Errol Flynn & Viveca, Alan Hale
- The Boy with Green Hair (1948) - Robert Ryan, Pat O'Brien, Dean Stockwell
- *Act of Violence (1949) - Van Heflin & Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan, Mary Astor, Phyllis Thaxter
- *Father is a Bachelor (1950) - William Holden & Coleen Gray
- King Solomon’s Mines (1950) - Stewart Granger & Deborah Kerr
- In a Lonely Place (1950) - Humphrey Bogart & Gloria Grahame
- Payment on Demand (1951) - Bette Davis (missed second half)
- This Woman is Dangerous (1952) - Joan Crawford & Dennis Morgan
- The Happy Time (1952) - Charles Boyer, Louis Jourdan, Marsha Hunt, Bobby Driscoll
- The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) - Stewart Granger & Deborah Kerr, James Mason
- Young Bess (1953) - Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Charles Laughton
- Inferno (1953) - Robert Ryan, Rhonda Fleming
- The Earrings of Madame De... (1953) - Charles Boyer & Danielle Darrieux (French)
- Back From Eternity (1956) - Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg (remake of Five Came Back)
- Oceans 11 (1960) - Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, Angie Dickinson
- Follow the Boys (1963) - Connie Francis, Paula Prentiss, Janis Paige, Richard Long
- I’ll Take Sweden (1965) - Bob Hope, Tuesday Weld, Dina Merrill, Frankie Avalon
- Triple Cross (1966) - Christopher Plummer & Romy Schneider
- Christmas Encore (2017) - Maggie Lawson (from the TV show Psych)
- Wonder Woman (2017) - Gal Gadot & Chris Pine, Robin Wright
Rings on Her Fingers. This gif is what made me want to watch the movie.
Favorite Film: Rings on Her Fingers is a must-see gem, as is Cluny Brown which EVERYBODY seemed to be recommending. I absolutely loved the ending - "I'll write a sequel!" The Human Comedy made me cry at the end and it was nice to see Mickey Rooney in a serious role. Together Again was pretty cute and had a lovely house set, not to mention the always funny Charles Coburn. And of course I greatly enjoyed Robert Ryan's performance in Inferno. I also ended up watching Act of Violence again, even though I just watched it last month, because it's so darn good!! I took a ton of screenshots, as one does when watching a Noir. You can see them all on my blog facebook page - I share mostly screenshots on there that will hopefully make their way into future posts.
Cluny Brown
You certainly had a grand start to the year!
ReplyDeleteI'm a big Rings on Her Fingers fan after seeing it for the first time last month. Where has it been all my life?
I know, right!! It’s amazing how such great movies sort of get lost with time when they’re just as good as ones that everyone’s heard about!
DeleteI watched Rings on Her Fingers for the second time this month. It's a fun little movie. I also watched Triple Cross and The Romance of Rosy Ridge for the first time. I was surprised to realize how many Charles Boyer films I had already seen, but I did enjoy seeing him in La/Une Parisienne for the first time with Bridgette Bardot. It was such a cute little French screwball comedy.
ReplyDeleteI haven’t seen that one but I do love me a screwball Comedy so I’ll keep an eye out for it!
DeleteLooks like you had a great month!
ReplyDeleteThat version of Ocean's Eleven is my favorite.
My sister saw Wonder Woman when it came out, but I haven't yet.
My favorite movie I saw this month was Bringing Up Baby, it was hilarious!!
Bringing up Baby is one of my top ten movies. Everything about it is perfect :)
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