This month I watched more movies than normal as I had purchased a month of HBO Max and wanted to get my money's worth :) Notable this month: I watched my first Mae West movie, then kept going "mmm" to myself lol. I finally rewatched Twentieth Century - I thought it was ok the first time I saw it but a little too zany. I still think it's too much ;) Hamlette's Soliloquy will be happy to see I watched two Alan Ladd movies. The only parts of The Glass Key I remembered were the ones with Bendix, mainly the scene where Ladd gets beat to a pulp. I also noticed that the country house is the same set as Holiday Inn (1942)!! Parts of the set were also used in White Christmas (see this article on Hooked on Houses).
TCM showed several movies for Elvis Presley's birthday so already he's going to be on my most watched list this year. I also FINALLY watched Born Yesterday. My favorite Judy Holliday movie is still It Should Happen to You (which I also rewatched. See the end of the post for a note on that). I went to see an exhibit of White Christmas costumes (post on that coming soon) so when we got home we of course had to watch the movie again.
Read Blonde Venus: A Life of Marlene Dietrich by Leslie Frewin.
- Their Own Desire (1929) - Norma Shearer & Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone
- The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins
- Design for Living (1933) - Gary Cooper, Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Edward Everett Horton
- I’m No Angel (1933) - Mae West & Cary Grant, Edward Arnold
- *Twentieth Century (1934) - John Barrymore & Carole Lombard
- The Price of Wisdom (1935) - Roger Livesey
- Woman Chases Man (1937) - Miriam Hopkins & Joel McCrea, Charles Winninger, Broderick Crawford, (watched twice)
- Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) - Robert Young & Ruth Hussey, Lew Ayres, Lana Turner
- When Were You Born (1938) - Anna May Wong, Margaret Lindsey, Lola Lane
- Down Argentine Way (1940) - Betty Grable & Don Ameche
- The Great Mr. Nobody (1941) - Eddie Albert & Joan Leslie, Alan Hale, John Litel, Dickie Moore
- Major Barbara (1941) - Wendy Hiller & Rex Harrison, Robert Morley
- Lydia (1941) - Merle Oberon, Joseph Cotten, Alan Marshal, Edna May Oliver, George Reeves
- *The Glass Key (1942) - Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake, Brian Donlevy, Bonita Granville, Dane Clark
- Bride by Mistake (1944) - Laraine Day, Marsha Hunt
- Along Came Jones (1945) - Gary Cooper & Loretta Young, William Demerest, Dan Duryea
- *I Know Where I’m Going (1945) - Wendy Hiller & Roger Livesey
- The Blue Dahlia (1946) - Alan Ladd & Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard de Silva, Hugh Beaumont
- Criss Cross (1949) - Burt Lancaster & Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea
- Born Yesterday (1950) - Judy Holliday & William Holden, Broderick Crawford
- *It Should Happen to You (1954) - Judy Holliday & Jack Lemmon, Peter Lawford
- *White Christmas (1954) - Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger, Mary Wickes
- Flaming Star (1960) - Elvis Presley, Dolores Del Rio, Barbara Eden
- *Blue Hawaii (1961) - Elvis Presley & Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury
- It Happened at the World’s Fair (1963) - Elvis Presley
- Girl Happy (1965) - Elvis Presley & Shelley Fabares
- Harum Scarum (1965) - Elvis Presley
- Spinout (1966) - Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Deborah Walley, Cecil Kellaway & Una Merkel
- Stay Away, Joe (1968) - Elvis Presley, Burgess Meredith, Katy Jurado, Joan Blondell
- The Trouble with Girls (1969) - Elvis Presley, Vincent Price
- The Towering Inferno (1974) - Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Robert Wagner, Jennifer Jones, Fred Astaire
- Death on the Nile (1978) - Peter Ustinov, David Niven, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Maggie Smith, Angela Lansbury, Olivia Hussey, George Kennedy, Jack Warden
- Murphy’s Romance (1985) - Sally Field & James Garner
- *Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) - Steve Martin, John Candy
- Overboard (1987) - Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell, Roddy McDowall
- My Blue Heaven (1990) - Steve Martin, Rick Moranis
- Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) - Woody Allen & Diane Keaton, Alan Alda, Anjelica Huston
- The Pentagon Wars (1998) - Cary Elwes, Kelsey Grammar
- *Ocean’s Eleven (2001) - George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Carl Reiner
- Spy Game (2001) - Robert Redford, Brad Pitt
- A Good Year (2006) - Russell Crowe & Marion Cotilliard
- *Tangled (2010) - Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi
- Victoria & Abdul (2017) - Dame Judi Dench
- Ad Astra (2019) - Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, Liv Tyler
I haven't seen either "Holiday Inn" or "The Glass Key". That house reminds me of one in "The Uninvited" or at least the room with the dormers. I love "Born Yesterday". It is one of my favorite films. I'm not familiar at all with "Woman Chases Man". I will look out for it.
ReplyDeleteI love “The Uninvited!”
DeleteAll the times I have watched both Holiday Inn and The Glass Key and I never noticed that! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteYour treats definitely outweigh the disappointments in January.
The room in Holiday Inn is one of my favorites. I took the screenshot of The Glass Key thinking the windows would just be similar. I was so surprised when I saw it was the exact set!
DeleteThat is so nifty that you noticed those movies as having the same set! It's also so cool that you were able to see the costumes from White Christmas! I'll look forward to that post.
ReplyDeleteI've wanted to see that version of Death on the Nile for awhile! It's my favorite Agatha Christie book so I'm also eager for the new version coming out in September.
I’m looking forward to the new movie too. I had wanted to read the book first but haven’t gotten around to it. I still haven’t seen Orient Express for that reason.
DeleteA wonderful list, and what great info on the HOLIDAY INN/GLASS KEY sets!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes,
Laura
Thanks again for sharing!
DeleteAny month with an Alan Ladd movie or two is a good month ;-)
ReplyDeleteWhat did you think of "Along Came Jones"? The first time I watched it, I thought it was okay. The second time, I laughed and laughed.
I liked it but there are other Cooper movies I love more. I will probably like it better on a second viewing as well :)
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