Movies I Watched in September

This month I finally got around to watching The Three Faces of Eve as well as some Sidney Poitier films. Prior to this month I had only seen him in Lilies of the Field, The Defiant Ones, the last half of Duel at Diablo (on tv - really want to see the first half), and the very beginning of Paris Blues. He's such an incredible actor and I so I took advantage of watching several of his films while he was Star of the Month on TCM.

* means a rewatch

1. Shoulder Arms (1918) - Charlie Chaplin
2. *Merrily We Live (1938) - Constance Bennett & Brian Aherne, Bonita Granville, Billie Burke
3. Love is a Headache (1938) - Franchot Tone & Gladys George, Mickey Rooney, Virginia Weidler
4. *The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - Dana Andrews & Theresa Wright, Frederic March & Myrna Loy, Harold Russell, Virginia Mayo
5. Deadline at Dawn (1946) - Bill Williams & Susan Hayward, Paul Lukas
6. They Won’t Believe Me (1947) - Robert Young, Susan Hayward, Jane Greer
7. Highly Dangerous (1950) - Margaret Lockwood & Dane Clark
8. *A Millionaire for Christy (1951) - Fred MacMurray & Eleanor Parker, Richard Carlson
9. The Belle of New York (1952) - Fred Astaire & Vera-Ellen, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn
10. Angel Face (1953) - Robert Mitchum & Jean Simmons 
11. The Naked Jungle (1954) - Eleanor Parker & Charlton Heston
12. The Three Faces of Eve (1957) - Joanne Woodward, Lee J. Cobb 
13. 12 Angry Men (1957) - Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb 
14. *Tammy and the Bachelor (1957) - Debbie Reynolds & Leslie Nielsen, Walter Brennan, Fay Wray
15. God’s Little Acre (1958) - Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Buddy Hackett, Tina Louise
16. All the Young Men (1960) - Alan Ladd, Sidney Poitier
17. Madison Avenue (1962) - Dana Andrews, Jeanne Crain, Eleanor Parker, Eddie Albert
18. *Follow the Boys (1963) - Connie Francis, Paula Prentiss, Richard Long, Janis Paige, Russ Tamblyn
19. Looking for Love (1964) - Connie Francis, Jim Hutton
20. The Slender Thread (1965) - Sidney Poitier & Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas
21. A Patch of Blue (1965) - Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman
22. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) - Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton, Cecil Kellaway
23. Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) - James Garner & Suzanne Pleshette
24. Snowball Express (1972) - Dean Jones & Nancy Olsen
25. *You've Got Mail (1998) - Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Dave Chappelle
26. Stardust (2007) - Charlie Cox & Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mark Strong, Robert De Niro, Henry Cavill
27. *Psych the Musical (2013) - James Roday, Dule Hill, Maggie Lawson, Tim Omundson
28. A Quiet Place (2018) - John Krasinski & Emily Blunt
29. The Legend of 5 Mile Cave (2019) - Adam Baldwin 

Least Favorite Movie: Definitely Love is a Headache. Franchot Tone WAY overacted. Snowball Express was a little too corny for me. The Belle of New York didn't have much of a story line but I wanted to watch it for Vera-Ellen. The cast of Looking for Love had absolutely NO chemistry.

Favorite Movie: So I've suddenly become a Susan Hayward fan lol. I've seen some of her later movies but she never did anything for me but this month I watched two noirs and was really loving her! And of course I was blown away by all the Sidney Poitier films I watched as well as 12 Angry Men. I don't do horror movies but A Quiet Place wasn't as scary as I thought it would be. Emily Blunt is my favorite modern actress and I love the chemistry between her and her real life & on-screen husband, John Krasinski.

Sidney Poitier & Denzel Washington: Oscar Legends

I was watching some old Oscar videos on YouTube and I wanted to share these three with you. The first is Sidney Poitier's win at the 1964 Oscars for his role in Lilies of the Field. I love presenter Anne Bancroft's reaction.

The second is Denzel Washington presenting Sidney Poitier with an Honorary Oscar at the 2002 Awards.

The third is Denzel Washington's second Oscar win, also at the 2002 Awards and his first Oscar in the Best Actor Category for Training Day. Why I'm sharing it? It has Sidney Poitier in it and Julia Robert's reaction is pretty much the same as Anne Bancroft's.