Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1955)
As usual, there wasn't much on TCM for their 31 Days of Oscar programming that I wanted to watch and, as I'm still watching lots of Kurt Russell movies, this month didn't have as many pre-1970 films as it typically does. I also watched several television episodes in which Russell guest starred in, as well as some episodes of a show he starred in as a kid, The Travels of Jamie McPheeters (they're on a YT channel devoted to the Osmond brothers).
- The Dark Angel (1935) - Fredric March, Merle Oberon, Herbert Marshall
- A Letter to Three Wives (1949) - Jeanne Crain & Jeffrey Lynn, Ann Sothern & Kirk Douglas, Linda Darnell & Paul Douglas, Thelma Ritter, Celeste Holm (voice)
- Fancy Pants (1950) - Bob Hope & Lucille Ball, Bruce Cabot, Eric Blore, John Alexander
- Hong Kong (1952) - Ronald Reagan & Rhonda Fleming
- Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1955) - William Holden & Jennifer Jones
- The Night My Number Came Up (1955) - Michael Redgrave, Sheila Sim, Alexander Knox, Denholm Elliott
- Judgement at Nuremberg (1961) - Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell, Montgomery Clift, Judy Garland, William Shatner, Werner Klemperer
- Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) - Natalie Wood & Steve McQueen
- The Golden Head (1964) - George Sanders, Buddy Hackett, Jess Conrad
- Butterflies are Free (1972) - Goldie Hawn & Edward Albert, Eileen Heckart
- Search for the Gods (1975) - Stephen McHattie, Kurt Russell, Ralph Bellamy
- Amber Waves (1980) - Dennis Weaver, Kurt Russell
- The Thing (1982) - Kurt Russell
- Summer Rental (1985) - John Candy
- Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) - Kathleen Turner & Nicholas Cage, Jim Carrey, Helen Hunt, Leon Ames & Maureen O’Sullivan
- Big Trouble in Little China (1986) - Kurt Russell, Dennis Dun, James Hong, Kim Cattrall
- Tango & Cash (1989) - Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Jack Palance, James Hong
- Stargate (1994) - James Spader, Kurt Russell, Viveca Lindfors
- *While You Were Sleeping (1995) - Sandra Bullock & Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher, Peter Boyle, Jack Warden, Glynis Johns
- Soldier (1998) - Kurt Russell
- Dreamer (2005) - Dakota Fanning, Kurt Russell, Kris Kristofferson, Freddy Rodriguez
- Bottle Shock (2008) - Chris Pine, Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Freddy Rodriguez, Rachel Taylor
- The Iron Lady (2011) - Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman
- Safe Haven (2013) - Julianne Hough & Josh Duhamel
Least Favorite Film: I’m going to say The Thing mainly because there were a lot of gross parts that I had to skip.
Favorite Movie: Lots of great movies this month. I’m obsessed with the soundtrack to Love is a Many Splendored Thing. I thought Kurt Russell was great in Soldier. Also, I need him to have been in a boxing movie...
Favorite Quote: "To go on living, one must be occasionally unwise." ~ Jennifer Jones in Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1955).
I recently started a new job and was unable to get out my Recycled Costume post and Royal Film Performance post (I'm waiting on some material for that anyway so I was already planning on postponing it).
There will not be a Cinema Wedding Gown post next month because of Easter. It will return in May.
Me trying to write under "work" conditions ;)
I had a college roommate who really liked Kurt Russell, so I've seen... not a lot of his films, but some. Tango and Cash is really fun. So is Overboard -- probably my favorite of his. I got a kick out of Sky High even though it is ridiculous and cheesy.
ReplyDeleteDid you know that Overboard was made from an unused 1930s script that Roddy McDowell found at the studio? I already forgot where I read that but it definitely has that screwball feel. I can easily see it with Claudette Colbert and Joel McCrea. Haven’t seen Sky High yet!
Delete"Love is a Many Splendored Thing" is such a great movie! I end up watching it anytime it's on even if it's already almost over.
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