tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46031002494831331002024-03-18T18:20:32.832-04:00Phyllis Loves Classic MoviesPhylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.comBlogger529125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-2667866866791477322024-03-02T13:58:00.001-05:002024-03-02T13:58:10.443-05:00Movies I Watched in February<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbHsXGz9WvUGywYzr_ZR51s5u4_f-gy2_BKLUFuMH10O2I5hfiSb8nhxlkNlTrIAuFJxg68aMwZphjfVqkK4ac6Qe0qCxGimoHig6RpSBhFAnq8JbDzif9UJ3kjUvTSLH-5M6CBVhroZDo9UHEidUTHR6bR2QyX68CKvgJRK3gOlQrS-D_LuppEykYuuI2/s1436/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20205512.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1436" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbHsXGz9WvUGywYzr_ZR51s5u4_f-gy2_BKLUFuMH10O2I5hfiSb8nhxlkNlTrIAuFJxg68aMwZphjfVqkK4ac6Qe0qCxGimoHig6RpSBhFAnq8JbDzif9UJ3kjUvTSLH-5M6CBVhroZDo9UHEidUTHR6bR2QyX68CKvgJRK3gOlQrS-D_LuppEykYuuI2/w640-h480/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20205512.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Young and Innocent</i> (1937)</span></div><p>This month wasn't as good as last month... I read <i>We'll Always Have Casablanca</i> by Noah Isenberg. If you are watching <i>Masters of the Air</i>, I highly recommend Harry Crosby's memoir, <i>A Wing and a Prayer.</i> It is on both the <a href="https://archive.org/details/wingandprayerthe00cros" target="_blank">Internet Archive</a> and Hoopla (free with your library card) - both e-book and audio book. The <i>Making of Masters of the Air</i> Podcast is really good too. </p><p>* indicates a rewatch</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>Young and Innocent </i>(1937) - Nova Pilbeam & Derrick De Marney</li><li>*<i>Suspicion </i>(1941) - Joan Fontaine & Cary Grant</li><li><i>The Story of G.I. Joe </i>(1945) - Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum</li><li><i>*Notorious </i>(1946) - Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern</li><li><i>Champagne for Caesar </i>(1950) - Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm, Vincent Price, Barbara Britton, Art Linkletter</li><li><i>The Lusty Men </i>(1952) - Robert Mitchum, Susan Hayward, Arthur Kennedy</li><li><i>Track of the Cat </i>(1954) - Robert Mitchum, Tab Hunter, Beulah Bondi, Teresa Wright</li><li><i>Guns of Darkness </i>(1962) - David Niven & Leslie Caron</li><li><i>The Victors </i>(1963) - George Hamilton, George Peppard, Eli Wallach, James Mitchum, Michael Callan, Romy Schneider, Mervyn Johns (father of Glynis!)</li><li><i>Ransom for a Dead Man </i>(1971) - Peter Falk, Lee Grant</li><li><i>Gosford Park </i>(2001) - Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren</li><li><i>The Lightkeepers </i>(2009) - Richard Dreyfuss, John Brown, Blythe Danner, Mamie Gummer, Bruce Dern</li><li>*<i>Mirror Mirror </i>(2012) - Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer</li><li><i>*Snow White and the Huntsman </i>(2012) - Kristin Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth</li><li><i>The Lucky One </i>(2012) - Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling</li><li><i>Austenland </i>(2013) - Keri Russell, JJ Feild, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Seymour</li></ol><div><i>Lost in Austen </i>(2008 - miniseries) - Jemima Rooper, Hugh Bonneville</div><div><i>Masters of the Air</i> (2024 - miniseries) - Austin Butler, Callam Turner, Anthony Boyle, Nate Mann, Barry Keoghan</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Least Favorite Film</b>: <i>The Victors</i> was good until about two-thirds of the way through when they killed the dog. It was crummy after that but I had already invested two hours in it so I finished it. I didn't care for <i>Track of the Cat</i>. I don't like movies about dysfunctional families where everybody is angry or hateful or rotten.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Movie</b>: Not really any clear winners this month. <i>The Lightkeepers</i> was sweet. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYhq1hFJRhqeyqyxgioty_12M_Wux4UXtHvmbSBJzCZJFrfmQqRg9LZNy7AMmb6hUWjCH6jQt8zlay5o63pCi2n7ZvD6lkt7-qyOPK51rCxqKjzbuMMQqH7Qro5IQn-NLT1mnbNm9fWPj5_LhJHFx80GGm36gabiSrxQcTxNsdN6aln3_lm2lt1zdI_3U/s1430/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20221725.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1430" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTYhq1hFJRhqeyqyxgioty_12M_Wux4UXtHvmbSBJzCZJFrfmQqRg9LZNy7AMmb6hUWjCH6jQt8zlay5o63pCi2n7ZvD6lkt7-qyOPK51rCxqKjzbuMMQqH7Qro5IQn-NLT1mnbNm9fWPj5_LhJHFx80GGm36gabiSrxQcTxNsdN6aln3_lm2lt1zdI_3U/w640-h482/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20221725.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mitchum with some luscious hair in <i>The Story of G.I. Joe</i> (1945) - not a word I ever thought I'd use lol.</div><p></p>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-81855531598969198682024-02-01T18:57:00.001-05:002024-02-01T18:57:26.896-05:00Movies I Watched in January<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFZ0yhmtl2JH1jrAq9dyv5p7Yve_EundUi2CYygxaoj39OEff5GOpGacfwbp9HwV5TzA5HBgH9ZJpTVl12BoWobfp5IvFzbzFkcqdc5kH-iRkFeecErphsZiMogtGOBpC4Y5bpU4sFzRxAwxzRAdhfniRB8fisTVA-2mcv7-xlCxhKCgwKbmkZANEnTp2/s2048/Kenneth%20More%20and%20Glynis%20Johns%20-%20No%20Highway%20in%20the%20Sky.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFZ0yhmtl2JH1jrAq9dyv5p7Yve_EundUi2CYygxaoj39OEff5GOpGacfwbp9HwV5TzA5HBgH9ZJpTVl12BoWobfp5IvFzbzFkcqdc5kH-iRkFeecErphsZiMogtGOBpC4Y5bpU4sFzRxAwxzRAdhfniRB8fisTVA-2mcv7-xlCxhKCgwKbmkZANEnTp2/w640-h480/Kenneth%20More%20and%20Glynis%20Johns%20-%20No%20Highway%20in%20the%20Sky.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kenneth More & Glynis Johns, <i>No Highway in the Sky </i>(1951)</span></div><p>I watched a lot of British films this month. Glynis Johns led to more Kenneth More and also Jack Hawkins. I discovered a "new" TV show, <i>The Four Just Men</i> starring Hawkins, Dan Dailey, Richard Conte, and Vittorio De Sica (they alternate episodes). There are several episodes on YouTube. <br /></p><p>* indicates a rewatch</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"></ol><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>Beauty and the Barge </i>(1937) - Jack Hawkins, Margaret Rutherford</li><li><i>He Couldn't Say No </i>(1938) - Frank McHugh, Jane Wyman, Diana Lewis</li><li><i>Hold That Kiss </i>(1938) - Maureen O'Sullivan & Dennis O'Keefe, Micky Rooney</li><li>*<i>Rebecca </i>(1940) - Joan Fontaine & Laurence Olivier, Judith Anderson, Reginald Denny, George Sanders, C. Aubrey Smith, Gladys Cooper</li><li><i>*I Know Where I'm Going </i>(1945) - Wendy Hiller & Roger Livesey</li><li><i>Black Narcissus </i>(1947) - Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Sabu, Jean Simmons</li><li><i>*Miranda</i> (1948) - Glynis Johns, Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, David Tomlinson, Margaret Rutherford</li><li><i>No Highway in the Sky </i>(1951) - James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns, Kenneth More</li><li> <i>Appointment with Venus </i>(1951) - David Niven, Glynis Johns, Kenneth More</li><li><i>One Minute to Zero </i>(1952) - Robert Mitchum & Ann Blyth, William Talman, Charles McGraw, Richard Egan</li><li><i>Second Chance </i>(1953) - Robert Mitchum & Linda Darnell, Jack Palance</li><li><i>Genevieve </i>(1953) - John Gregson & Dinah Sheridan, Kenneth More, Kay Kendall</li><li><i>*Mad About Men</i> (1954) - Glynis Johns, Margaret Rutherford</li><li><i>Front Page Story </i>(1954) - Jack Hawkins, Elizabeth Allan</li><li><i>*The Enemy Below </i>(1957) - Robert Mitchum, Curt Jergens</li><li><i>The Two-Headed Spy </i>(1958) - Jack Hawkins & Gia Scala</li><li>*<i>The Defiant Ones </i>(1958) - Tony Curtis & Sidney Poitier, Lon Chaney Jr.</li><li><i>The 39 Steps </i>(1959) - Kenneth Moore & Taina Elg</li><li><i>The Angry Hills </i>(1959) - Robert Mitchum, Gia Scala, Sebastian Cabot</li><li><i>How to Frame a Figg </i>(1971) - Don Knotts, Yvonne Craig</li><li><i>The Lady Vanishes </i>(1979) - Cybill Shepherd, Elliott Gould, Angela Lansbury</li><li><i>Dominick and Eugene </i>(1988) - Tom Hulce, Ray Liotta, Jamie Lee Curtis</li><li><i>Miss Austen Regrets </i>(2007) - Olivia Williams, Hugh Bonneville</li></ol><div><i>Emma </i>(2009-TV Mini Series) - Ramola Garai & Jonny Lee Miller</div><div><i>Sidney </i>(2022) - a must watch!</div><div><i>The Power of Film </i>(2024) - TCM Documentary series</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Least Favorite Film</b>: I did not like <i>Black Narcissus</i>. If I could un-watch it I would. I don't like creepy eye close-ups. Also, if you watch <i>The Two-Headed Spy</i>, skip the torture scene. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Movie</b>: I finally watched <i>No Highway in the Sky</i> after having on my watchlist for a long time. It was really good. I've always considered <i>Emma </i>my least favorite Austen heroine, but I really liked the 2009 mini series! I'm rereading the book to see if I like it better now than when I first read if probably 10+ years ago (I did not like the Paltrow movie either). </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zvwDen1Wrx8" width="320" youtube-src-id="zvwDen1Wrx8"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The Man From U.N.C.L.E.</i> (2015) is one of my favorite movies from recent years so I'm excited for another collaboration between Henry Cavill and director Guy Ritchie. I wish Alicia Vikander was in it!</div>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-35755660162258584522024-01-19T20:37:00.001-05:002024-01-19T20:37:46.650-05:002023 Movie Stats<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOjfQwU83GUuwpwzjIwVIbROoHt36JuSW_niVR5XyDHR0vsVaf-S0usPBK-BXCZBUxM4gxEBZxwaOieosPOigrT1sz0uGRFUADkV7IZPQL_2gqFbpe3jkPOGiimP5cJBqB4WvWZ_rVNWwyopY07Z4m6gW9UZu85RSfFj5Woy4yh2myHGF5cjvC1asUNMY/s640/Stats%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="196" data-original-width="640" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOjfQwU83GUuwpwzjIwVIbROoHt36JuSW_niVR5XyDHR0vsVaf-S0usPBK-BXCZBUxM4gxEBZxwaOieosPOigrT1sz0uGRFUADkV7IZPQL_2gqFbpe3jkPOGiimP5cJBqB4WvWZ_rVNWwyopY07Z4m6gW9UZu85RSfFj5Woy4yh2myHGF5cjvC1asUNMY/w640-h196/Stats%202023.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></strong><p></p><p><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.3px;">In the year 2023 I watched 158 new-to-me movies and 55 movies that were rewatches for a total of 213.</strong></p><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">New to me: <b>158</b> (118 pre-1970, 40 post-1970)</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rewatches: <b>55</b> (31 pre-1970, 24 post-1970)</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Total: <b>213</b> (149 pre-1970, 64 post-1970)</span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Where I watched them: </strong><br /></span></p><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">TCM: 7<b>6</b> (11 rewatches)</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Library (DVD & Apps): <b>8</b> (3 rewatches)</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Personal DVD: <b>20</b> (13 rewatches)</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">YouTube & OK: <b>32</b> (6 rewatches)</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Paid Streaming Services: 3<b>2</b> (15 rewatches)<span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">TV & Free Streaming Services: <b>44</b> (6 rewatches)</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Theater: <b>1 </b></span>(1 rewatch)</blockquote><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"></strong><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Here are my top ten movie discoveries:</strong></span></p><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEWdsiGRPry_uruMSJ23zt8L4CidPo1tSyYehzXSUyczcc3pkexhhylfGy2SxBEgaaKf4FmnM8FumAMB1qLDPTvzMfC7IkESU4DFD6F0gZWbfvWp65X1H_5izLS4rATUyLpbxd9azmMLlRtopmK2mx4hcUswfelS8qXBi1C8VHgNUDaGoAxrMsymdnY0H/s3199/Top%2010%20Movies%202023%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="3199" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEWdsiGRPry_uruMSJ23zt8L4CidPo1tSyYehzXSUyczcc3pkexhhylfGy2SxBEgaaKf4FmnM8FumAMB1qLDPTvzMfC7IkESU4DFD6F0gZWbfvWp65X1H_5izLS4rATUyLpbxd9azmMLlRtopmK2mx4hcUswfelS8qXBi1C8VHgNUDaGoAxrMsymdnY0H/w640-h198/Top%2010%20Movies%202023%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>Q Planes </i>(1939) - Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Valerie Hobson</span></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>Good Sam </i>(1948) - Gary Cooper & Ann Sheridan</span></p></div></div></blockquote><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>The Mating of Millie </i>(1948) - Glenn Ford & Evelyn Keyes</span></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><i>A Woman of Distinction</i> (1950) - Ray Milland & Rosalind Russell, Edmund Gwenn</span></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>The Whistle at Eaton Falls</i> (1951) - Lloyd Bridges, Carlton Carpenter, Ernest Borgnine</span></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>Heaven Knows Mr. Allison</i> (1957) - Robert Mitchum & Deborah Kerr</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>The Admirable Crichton </i>(1957) - Kenneth Moore, Sally Ann Howe</span></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>Advance to the Rear </i>(1964) - Glenn Ford & Stella Stevens, Joan Blondell, Melvyn Douglas</span></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>Nickelodeon </i>(1976) - Ryan O'Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O'Neal, Brian Keith, Stella Stevens</span></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>The Cheap Detective</i> (1976) - Peter Falk, Madeline Kahn, Ann-Margaret</span></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: 14.3px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGQMbLFNZyfp6lQ_epZDr-5tsSuSHIyGuafqIGjeov5V1AULDUtYw6wpNtJNpkxb6O4iQJx21eL0MbBgXTphr1iViZM4a6svCe5o1zCF2cq1ZQeCqmtWS0GGUJZj6zwBuZN_Py-FeDU9qgCTthiOX7RgqYyu_KR5fV1vE1N3DyrgllRE9hbEKK0bokBX7/s2262/Top%2010%20Movies%202023%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="2262" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEGQMbLFNZyfp6lQ_epZDr-5tsSuSHIyGuafqIGjeov5V1AULDUtYw6wpNtJNpkxb6O4iQJx21eL0MbBgXTphr1iViZM4a6svCe5o1zCF2cq1ZQeCqmtWS0GGUJZj6zwBuZN_Py-FeDU9qgCTthiOX7RgqYyu_KR5fV1vE1N3DyrgllRE9hbEKK0bokBX7/w640-h196/Top%2010%20Movies%202023%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Classics I finally watched: </strong></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>A Christmas Carol </i>(1938) - Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart</span></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>Gilda </i>(1946) - Glenn Ford & Rita Hayworth</span></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>Tokyo Story </i>(1953-Japanese) - Setsuko Hara</span></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>The Big Heat</i> (1953) - Glenn Ford & Gloria Graham, Lee Marvin</span></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>Creature from the Black Lagoon</i> (1957) - Julie Adams, Richard Carlson</span></p></div></div></blockquote></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>The Italian Job </i>(1969) - Michael Caine</span></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>Airport </i>(1970) - Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Van Heflin</span></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>Field of Dreams </i>(1989) - Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta</span></p></div></div></blockquote> <br /></span><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"></strong><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Number of movies per decade:</strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">1910s: <b>0</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">1920s: <b>2</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">1930s: <b>20</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (9 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">1940s: <b>47</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (9 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">1950s: <b>62</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (10 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">1960s: <b>17</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (3 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">1970s:</span><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> 14</strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">1980s: <b>9</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (4 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">1990s: <b>16</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (4 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">2000s: <b>14</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (7 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">2010s: <b>10</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (8 rewatches)</span></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 14.3px;">2020s: <b>2</b></span></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (1 rewatch)</span><span><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><br /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Number of movies per month:</strong><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">January: <b>17</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (4 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">February: <b>17</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (6 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">March: <b>9</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (2 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">April: <b>13</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (10 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">May: <b>18</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (4 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">June: <b>19</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (5 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">July: <b>15</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (6 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">August: 3<b>0</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (6 rewatches) </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">September: <b>19</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (2 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">October: <b>15</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (1 rewatch)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">November: <b>22</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (4 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">December: <b>19</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (5 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><br /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><strong>Number of Foreign Language Films: 3</strong><span> (1 rewatch)</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><strong>Number of Documentaries: 6</strong></span></div><div><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><strong><br /></strong></strong></div><div><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><strong><br /></strong></strong></div><div><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><strong><br /></strong></strong></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Most Watched (Leading) Movie Stars: </strong><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Glenn Ford - 19 films</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Ray Liotta - 10 films</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Alan Ladd - 9 films</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Lloyd Bridges </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">(+ season 1 of </span><i style="font-size: 14.3px;">Sea Hunt</i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">), Orlando Bloom (LOTR, Hobbit, & Pirates)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.3px;"> - 8 films </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Charles Boyer, Ronald Colman, Dennis O'Keefe, George Kennedy, Jane Wyatt (+ <i>Father Knows Best</i>) - 5 films</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Sean Connery, Joan Fontaine, Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, Robert Mitchum, Viggo Mortenson (LOTR), Kurt Russell, Robert Ryan, Barbara Stanwyck - 4 films</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Stars I discovered/grew to love/crushed on: </strong><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Lloyd Bridges, Glenn Ford, Ray Liotta</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2q8ZN23ZtUyEky_TlnbfR4OcoxlVIaoxIcou0ITCFXblSbSJ2vVtlxxJEIZMZmEaGJNw8fUpE6cLBJsvWuaSEHDcgB6JeqfNtmsR8E0hQBbRi-7Bgq2A47b76Wphf7qivG2THT3cgf5JN8_Y9QL8XRpxsUYOL3gVpq8SVwPX9y_CPkpS9IVq0zc8ZQtD/s897/Lloyd%20Bridges.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="784" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2q8ZN23ZtUyEky_TlnbfR4OcoxlVIaoxIcou0ITCFXblSbSJ2vVtlxxJEIZMZmEaGJNw8fUpE6cLBJsvWuaSEHDcgB6JeqfNtmsR8E0hQBbRi-7Bgq2A47b76Wphf7qivG2THT3cgf5JN8_Y9QL8XRpxsUYOL3gVpq8SVwPX9y_CPkpS9IVq0zc8ZQtD/w175-h200/Lloyd%20Bridges.jpg" width="175" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfo0ycfH_9INZv1r8I4tLca0i_blLggwnes_tliTtHY1hAJ4ejTtV1_gA7dBwycQVHx57WysqoAe_gp-iBAblRdvFWKgLfxMmi0qyiq5bufo04NCdTjGxVFFVBzQwO5yZdpCZsp6jkkfZIC1AyfRHZhEeEeE8hBPq0PaBxyCfjWqrvacMMu2qYhdtKixj/s783/Glenn%20Ford.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 14.3px;"></strong><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">*To see last year's stats, </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><a href="https://phyllislovesclassicmovies.blogspot.com/2023/01/2022-movie-stats.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">click here</a>.</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Did you keep track of the movies you watched in 2023? Was there a star or movie you discovered that you can't live without now? Let me know in the comments!</span></span></div></div></div>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-47926880387212314182024-01-10T20:43:00.004-05:002024-02-27T23:09:09.147-05:00Double Feature: Two Hitchcock Remakes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6rIe2_9mWJL_kRO12gEzhSNQdou9n8ZEt1wHqDhY-y54BfEKBATjzdeaKYEW9uaNKcAhlON9fYoYl3wszzltXFwQCwbAUcjQAK06p_ED03PTEPK86uthtvdyGcIXQcXY2Qu8sgsj3s_pNzakvR2UphyesP_3Vi4t3oReQYMEopN6y_v5UjlgyIIyNfurf/s456/The%2039%20Steps%20poster%201959.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="298" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6rIe2_9mWJL_kRO12gEzhSNQdou9n8ZEt1wHqDhY-y54BfEKBATjzdeaKYEW9uaNKcAhlON9fYoYl3wszzltXFwQCwbAUcjQAK06p_ED03PTEPK86uthtvdyGcIXQcXY2Qu8sgsj3s_pNzakvR2UphyesP_3Vi4t3oReQYMEopN6y_v5UjlgyIIyNfurf/w261-h400/The%2039%20Steps%20poster%201959.jpg" width="261" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxNNzeHl9Z0hvvF4DFLZ6Fbp033BZZ9LMo2lrlhqoRMjmeFCfevB4d3fq5Tx5OzpM4P1GOgaK4rTuw9_9iKRc0eqhRXkN7-9ClXff5n0ccrZbY8vL4LLdXerQVEV1x-f8T6ucAIhDZEv6uw_SQyV0mFDgrNWNQB_a20dmw1shUEVtHd_3W10iZTejsuIh/s2156/The%20Lady%20Vanishes%201979.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2156" data-original-width="1527" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxNNzeHl9Z0hvvF4DFLZ6Fbp033BZZ9LMo2lrlhqoRMjmeFCfevB4d3fq5Tx5OzpM4P1GOgaK4rTuw9_9iKRc0eqhRXkN7-9ClXff5n0ccrZbY8vL4LLdXerQVEV1x-f8T6ucAIhDZEv6uw_SQyV0mFDgrNWNQB_a20dmw1shUEVtHd_3W10iZTejsuIh/w284-h400/The%20Lady%20Vanishes%201979.jpg" width="284" /></a></div><p>I recently discovered British actor Kenneth More in <i>The Admirable Crichton</i> (1956) and, by searching Tubi to see what other films of his were available, that he had starred in a 1959 remake of Alfred Hitchcock's <i>The 39 Steps</i> (1935), which is a great favorite of mine. This led me to also discover that there was a 1979 remake of <i>The Lady Vanishes</i> starring Cybill Shepherd, Elliott Gould, and Angela Lansbury. I ended up watching them back-to-back and decided to jot down a quick post with my thoughts.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMsjPONYKPqnkLRFmbQlehTgfCdfvCMxJKq3Vr5hGFeI7kI0lZCh5aHtuBVPvXEf6EdfvJ21Hv_9gs8HxSC3xfEwucUCTSxIICeFuB6y129JE3Qok59ac-WPerkdii3VKSKoQHl9M0C2oxLI9LGGwasflcSSaVtFqqShvSlnnIJ9WnA7hOBrr2GhT3Ajt/s1336/Kenneth%20More.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="1336" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieMsjPONYKPqnkLRFmbQlehTgfCdfvCMxJKq3Vr5hGFeI7kI0lZCh5aHtuBVPvXEf6EdfvJ21Hv_9gs8HxSC3xfEwucUCTSxIICeFuB6y129JE3Qok59ac-WPerkdii3VKSKoQHl9M0C2oxLI9LGGwasflcSSaVtFqqShvSlnnIJ9WnA7hOBrr2GhT3Ajt/w640-h354/Kenneth%20More.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>While enjoyable, <i>The 39 Steps</i>, directed by Ralph Thomas, had none of the suspense of the original. More acted as if he were simply on holiday and there was never any real feeling that his life was in danger. The women in the film - the lady who was murdered in his flat, the wife at the house he took refuge in, and finally Miss Fisher (Madeline Carroll's role) - weren't quite right either. The first was too matter of fact, the second a "fortune teller," and Miss Fisher not nearly annoyed enough. All of the tenseness of the original scenes simply wasn't present. The impromptu political speech Hannay gives in the original is replaced with a botany lecture at a girl's school that isn't nearly as tense or funny and the final scene fell a little flat. It's still worth a watch and the color scenery was lovely, though not as harsh and dramatic as in black and white. It helped lend to the more "holiday" feeling.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzKWiZJzJxh0eRmNexXjC-Oers_6YcvHW6w37hArUF9duEVnXFc1Qx0M2GXpa8E7Y40D111UygAu-oATSUjjI2hltIeucZDFzFPRIpndHIeWEkcWcOYK_ASek3oaFpY72BlzzRPcNIDcRGrqfrdbs6Oz5c6RDBXVVpgK-9_E1W6AMmDvoXiRHEAsih2Izn/s744/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20202602.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="744" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzKWiZJzJxh0eRmNexXjC-Oers_6YcvHW6w37hArUF9duEVnXFc1Qx0M2GXpa8E7Y40D111UygAu-oATSUjjI2hltIeucZDFzFPRIpndHIeWEkcWcOYK_ASek3oaFpY72BlzzRPcNIDcRGrqfrdbs6Oz5c6RDBXVVpgK-9_E1W6AMmDvoXiRHEAsih2Izn/w640-h360/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20202602.png" width="640" /></a></div><p><i>The Lady Vanishes</i>, directed by Anthony Page, faired better. I've only seen the original once (as opposed to I think four times for <i>The 39 Steps</i> plus the book by John Buchan). Cybill Shepherd plays the heroine differently than Margaret Lockwood (I do wish Sheperd didn't talk so loud the entire time) but it was a fun film. Again, not as tense as the original but that film also had more of Hitchcock's humor. I would say the remake had a slight screwball element to it as well with Sheperd's portrayal as a seemingly flighty heiress with multiple marriages and on her way to another. It was set in 1939 and had a stronger N*zi presence - our introduction to Shepherd's character is her doing a H*tler impression. There was on-location shooting in Austria, so this film had lovely scenery as well. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZxs9sKJ_U1oENjrI9Q6-WT4wbhPxJ0C1j6RN02OwkUqihcHkwhzeuGGI_4_kNCvKzWJ45Ek576XciK-5iyK_x4MBUCcQ4CHgMxAFlXwBjjYOk5-bFtrpEA6xB684BIeP-bEntSPwNRBQoOqzqZCfxBPx3eiDKLFLd-nKNGBiDHAuQnQEUAN7i-G3qXCx/s360/Hitch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="254" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZxs9sKJ_U1oENjrI9Q6-WT4wbhPxJ0C1j6RN02OwkUqihcHkwhzeuGGI_4_kNCvKzWJ45Ek576XciK-5iyK_x4MBUCcQ4CHgMxAFlXwBjjYOk5-bFtrpEA6xB684BIeP-bEntSPwNRBQoOqzqZCfxBPx3eiDKLFLd-nKNGBiDHAuQnQEUAN7i-G3qXCx/w141-h200/Hitch.jpg" width="141" /></a></div><p>Have you seen any remakes of Hitchcock films (aside from the one's he remade himself)? What did you think of them? Did you like them better than the original?</p>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-1035371468275973582024-01-02T21:14:00.004-05:002024-01-08T22:02:54.531-05:00Movies I Watched in December<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQ0asZ8TKoKYCeIES2QUm9hGPRR3P9SzyMW2EUWSCAy0c3EkMWlLzYMTg1hC4IHNFcem8TCQMWBoeLCU1e79y7TeujmR3UdcxFlaSPqBQ57HCGAcf-ZlAKpTA_EzqsZ7Sin8MvJN-12ZxAaw8fSE0z8p3jD0b-fLta57OIIt06Xe7qsUmNbKNZNpHDt3h/s383/Good%20Sam%20poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="383" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpQ0asZ8TKoKYCeIES2QUm9hGPRR3P9SzyMW2EUWSCAy0c3EkMWlLzYMTg1hC4IHNFcem8TCQMWBoeLCU1e79y7TeujmR3UdcxFlaSPqBQ57HCGAcf-ZlAKpTA_EzqsZ7Sin8MvJN-12ZxAaw8fSE0z8p3jD0b-fLta57OIIt06Xe7qsUmNbKNZNpHDt3h/w640-h422/Good%20Sam%20poster.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Didn't watch as many Christmas movies this month as in past Decembers. I'm still watching <i>Father Knows Best</i> and started <i>Frasier </i>- I've been wanting to rewatch it for a while. Was very excited to receive Allison Macor's book, <i>Making The Best Years of Our Lives</i>, for Christmas! I also got the <i>Wizard of Oz</i> "Horse of a Different Color" Hallmark ornament (unfortunately the batteries it came with were already corroded and I haven't bought any new ones yet so I haven't actually seen it light up).</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>A Christmas Carol </i>(1938) - Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Ann Rutherford</li><li><i>Q Planes/Clouds Over Europe </i>(1939) - Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Valerie Hobson</li><li><i>49th Parallel </i>(1941) - Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard, Glynis Johns</li><li><i>A Stranger in Town </i>(1943) - Frank Morgan, Richard Carlson</li><li><i>Black Angel </i>(1946) - Dan Duryea & June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Broderick Crawford</li><li><i>Gilda</i> (1946) - Rita Hayworth & Glenn Ford</li><li><i>Fun on a Weekend</i> (1947) - Eddie Bracken & Priscilla Lane, Tom Conway, Allen Jenkins</li><li><i>I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes </i>(1948) - Don Castle & Elyse Knox, Regis Toomey</li><li><i>Good Sam</i> (1948) - Gary Cooper & Ann Sheridan</li><li>*<i>On Dangerous Ground </i>(1951) - Robert Ryan & Ida Lupino, Ward Bond</li><li><i>All I Desire</i> (1953) - Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Maureen O'Sullivan, Billy Gray</li><li>*<i>White Christmas</i> (1954) - Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Vera Ellen, Rosemary Clooney, Dean Jagger, Mary Wickes</li><li><i>The Admirable Crichton </i>(1957) - Kenneth More, Sally Anne Howes</li><li><i>A Night to Remember </i>(1958) - Kenneth More, Honor Blackman, David McCallum, Laurence Naismith</li><li><i>*Sail a Crooked Ship </i>(1961) - Robert Wagner & Dolores Hart, Ernie Kovacs, Carolyn Jones</li><li><i>Experiment in Terror </i>(1962) - Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stephanie Powers</li><li><i>Prescription: Murder</i> (1968) - Peter Falk, Gene Barry, Nina Foch</li><li><i>*Elf </i>(2003) - Will Farrall & Zoey Deschanel, Bob Newhart, James Caan, Ed Asner</li><li>*<i>The Holiday </i>(2007) - Kate Winslet & Jack Black, Eli Wallach, Cameron Diaz & Jude Law</li></ol><div><b>Least Favorite Film</b>: I only watched the noir <i>I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes </i>because it was a "rarely seen film." I definitely expected to see some dancing though and there wasn't any. Also have no idea how they were going to condemn him to the electric chair literally on circumstantial evidence!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Movie</b>: A very good month. I highly recommend <i>The Admirable Crichton</i> - think <i>Downton Abbey</i> meets <i>Gilligan's Island</i>. <i>Good Sam</i> was unusual but very funny. I also really enjoyed <i>Q Planes</i>. And of course <i>49th Parallel</i>, being a Powell and Pressburger film, was beautifully shot. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Line</b>: "Less enthusiasm, please! This is Britain!" ~ newspaper editor in <i>Q Planes</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit2qGIdD_0r3cyFgEbNhAkYlqHjMIeQ_a54vB3JDjxNkNBvjvFu9aLbQmucW3dHNSRzQKxiv6boCZQZ-vGpM3S8M1WPvgsbRaC5HZqHyM1vQ5DFBQWSjlK18R7Ag-QN6ab5vwJoZjleldzS5oZXnqd7flMw2V4YZ_-sNsyP3M1Eizd9Hy3ZXxs8L609Zr2/s780/Q%20Planes%20poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="568" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit2qGIdD_0r3cyFgEbNhAkYlqHjMIeQ_a54vB3JDjxNkNBvjvFu9aLbQmucW3dHNSRzQKxiv6boCZQZ-vGpM3S8M1WPvgsbRaC5HZqHyM1vQ5DFBQWSjlK18R7Ag-QN6ab5vwJoZjleldzS5oZXnqd7flMw2V4YZ_-sNsyP3M1Eizd9Hy3ZXxs8L609Zr2/w466-h640/Q%20Planes%20poster.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Keep an eye out for my end-of-year movie stats post!</span></div><p></p>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-31826338290056196332023-12-03T19:18:00.009-05:002023-12-03T19:18:59.731-05:00Movies I Watched in November<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKga9fGe2h4QXH5WgxScJ_GcGUnu0q_Mnrmbk5FTjLZ1YyfUWyyFqRenI3WOye4Y888Vvx3CPE4GgdQKSTPGToEexq_PShd41JAWJVE4sK0sdczIdTP1bT9qGyJ8ppOe6Mw5EH-5zHh4YpM4PI7AxG5dXXpkiN_O1F7FD6f0hyphenhyphenrmXdkOL8idnATxgI98nA/s1275/Screenshot_20231117-200249.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1275" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKga9fGe2h4QXH5WgxScJ_GcGUnu0q_Mnrmbk5FTjLZ1YyfUWyyFqRenI3WOye4Y888Vvx3CPE4GgdQKSTPGToEexq_PShd41JAWJVE4sK0sdczIdTP1bT9qGyJ8ppOe6Mw5EH-5zHh4YpM4PI7AxG5dXXpkiN_O1F7FD6f0hyphenhyphenrmXdkOL8idnATxgI98nA/w640-h362/Screenshot_20231117-200249.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I guess Alfred from <i>Miracle on 34th Street</i> still has a complex that </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">compels him to play Santa Claus. Seen here with Thelma Ritter (who </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">was also in<i> Miracle on 34th Street</i>!) in <i>The Proud and Profane</i> (1958).</div><p>It was a good Noirvember. I've never watched this many noirs in one month! After I watched <i>Abandoned </i>on Noir Alley I looked up more Dennis O'Keefe movies on Tubi. <i>Cover Up</i> is a good noir to transition from Noirvember to Christmas :) I also watched watched several Glenn Ford noirs. How many noirs did you watch? </p><p>* indicates a rewatch</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>Thieves Fall Out </i>(1941) - Eddie Albert & Joan Leslie, Jane Darwell, Alan Hale</li><li><i>*The Best Years of Our Lives </i>(1946) - Fredric March & Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews & Teresa Wright, Harold Russell & Cathy O’Donnell, Virginia Mayo, Hoagy Carmichael </li><li><i>The Strange Love of Martha Ivers </i>(1946) - Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas, Judith Anderson</li><li>*<i>Miracle on 34th Street </i>(1947) - Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara & John Payne, Natalie Wood</li><li><i>T-Men </i>(1947) - Dennis O'Keefe, Wallace Ford, Charles McGraw</li><li><i>Framed </i>(1947) - Glenn Ford</li><li><i>The Dark Past </i>(1948) - William Holden, Lee J. Cobb, Nina Foch</li><li><i>Walk a Crooked Mile </i>(1948) - Dennis O'Keefe, Raymond Burr</li><li><i>Cover Up</i> (1949) - Dennis O'Keefe & Barbara Britton, William Bendix</li><li><i>Abandoned </i>(1949) - Dennis O'Keefe & Gale Storm, Raymond Burr</li><li><i>Affair in Trinidad </i>(1952) - Glenn Ford & Rita Hayworth</li><li><i>The Big Heat </i>(1953) - Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin</li><li><i>Human Desire</i> (1954) - Glenn Ford & Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford</li><li><i>Creature from the Black Lagoon </i>(1954) - Richard Carlson & Julie Adams</li><li><i>Storm Fear </i>(1955) - Cornel Wilde</li><li><i>The Proud and Profane </i>(1956) - Deborah Kerr & William Holden, Thelma Ritter</li><li><i>The Black Bird </i>(1975) - George Segal ("sequel" to <i>The Maltese Falcon</i>)</li><li><i>The Cheap Detective </i>(1978) - Peter Falk</li><li><i>The Concorde... Airport ‘79 </i>(1979) - Alain Delon, George Kennedy, Eddie Albert</li><li><i>*Moonstruck </i>(1987) - Cher, Nicholas Cage</li><li><i>JFK </i>(1991) - Kevin Costner</li><li>*<i>You’ve Got Mail </i>(1998) - Meg Ryan & Tom Hanks</li></ol><div><b>Least Favorite Film</b>: I did not like <i>The Strange Love of Martha Ivers</i>. I had started watching it once and stopped it when Judith Anderson killed the cat. My brother told me it was good so I gave it another shot. I just didn't like it.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Movie</b>: If you like spoofs than <i>The Cheap Detective</i> is a must watch. It spoofs <i>The Maltese Falcon</i> and <i>Casablanca</i>, with a little bit of <i>To Have and Have Not</i>. It was so funny. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98u7lY3MRiQudIISkllx7TZaEGNXzXZCYpgPj5B4vZib4ar_VYj3ZTUHeg4qfINxyeOci1WbT6p-b2jIr6BqR99fnCMI5eUQJfKkfMPxGF_xeeSqcE-xNCmOECidj8D9Ji_E5xsNbYBnvepVLBXkxjBeTfSJp14Lv3ekNpqyK90YL6xZ1rIeH-_LgPvdd/s1272/Screenshot_20231117-195718.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1272" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98u7lY3MRiQudIISkllx7TZaEGNXzXZCYpgPj5B4vZib4ar_VYj3ZTUHeg4qfINxyeOci1WbT6p-b2jIr6BqR99fnCMI5eUQJfKkfMPxGF_xeeSqcE-xNCmOECidj8D9Ji_E5xsNbYBnvepVLBXkxjBeTfSJp14Lv3ekNpqyK90YL6xZ1rIeH-_LgPvdd/w640-h362/Screenshot_20231117-195718.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Can you tell who this is a sketch of? From <i>The Proud and Profane</i> (1956).</div><p></p>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-78882403039231218212023-11-02T17:23:00.002-04:002023-11-02T17:23:58.475-04:00Movies I Watched in October<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXKtHKVRsZIhAx6MwKpVxFpTWldfZzzKv48_JkFQa8NiAYv0rjFYk-SzviCVkLDpctb2scs-HsSzPhjSesH2XkdteU8FSBZ1KPWQFHxCvubX1JMS3Q-7QhslFQgqXarZgycYZIMrBqlxhFk519tMdatRL0yroJqjYxP-EsbsNCcHAhz5p1NyIwKT7rvy3y/s640/Dragonwyck.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="640" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXKtHKVRsZIhAx6MwKpVxFpTWldfZzzKv48_JkFQa8NiAYv0rjFYk-SzviCVkLDpctb2scs-HsSzPhjSesH2XkdteU8FSBZ1KPWQFHxCvubX1JMS3Q-7QhslFQgqXarZgycYZIMrBqlxhFk519tMdatRL0yroJqjYxP-EsbsNCcHAhz5p1NyIwKT7rvy3y/w640-h468/Dragonwyck.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What does Gene Tierney always see in Vincent Price? Lol</div><p>Checked off some movies I've been wanting to watch for a while this month. I’ve also been binging <i>Father Knows Best</i> (spotted a couple recycles-see one at the bottom of the post) and started reading Tony Curtis' memoir, <i>American Prince</i>, which I got for a quarter at the library book nook. A little TMI but still an interesting read.</p><p>* indicates a rewatch</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>Here Comes Happiness </i>(1941) - Mildred Coles, Edward Norris</li><li><i>The War Against Mrs. Hadley </i>(1942) - Fay Bainter, Edward Arnold, Richard Ney, Van Johnson, Spring Byington</li><li><i>Shadow of a Woman </i>(1946) - Helmut Dantine & Andrea King</li><li><i>Dragonwyck </i>(1946) - Gene Tierney & Vincent Price, Spring Byington, Anne Revere, Walter Huston</li><li><i>A Woman of Distinction </i>(1950) - Rosalind Russell & Ray Milland, Edmund Gwenn</li><li><i>Boots Malone</i> (1952) - William Holden</li><li><i>Bad for Each Other </i>(1953) - Charlton Heston & Lizabeth Scott</li><li><i>Storm Center </i>(1956) - Bette Davis </li><li>*<i>Operation Petticoat </i>(1959) - Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Dina Merrill</li><li><i>Jason and the Argonauts </i>(1963) - Todd Armstrong, Honor Blackman, Nancy Kovack, Laurence Naismith</li><li><i>Mirage </i>(1965) - Gregory Peck & Diane Baker, Walter Matthau, George Kennedy</li><li><i>Who’s Minding the Mint? </i>(1967) - Jim Hutton, Dorothy Provine, Walter Brennan, Milton Berle, Joey Bishop</li><li><i>No Escape </i>(1994) - Ray Liotta</li><li><i>Corrina, Corrina </i>(1994) - Whoopi Goldberg, Tina Majorino, Ray Liotta, Don Ameche (final film)</li><li><i>A Perfect Murder </i>(1998) - Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortenson</li></ol><div><b>Least Favorite Film</b>: <i>Storm Center</i>, while not a bad movie, isn't a movie anyone's going to watch more than once. For a book lover, it was tough watching the library burn. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Movie</b>: <i>A Woman of Distinction </i>was funny, though I don't really see anyone falling that quick for older Ray Milland. Sadly, it's not on dvd. I watched it on tubi before it was removed, but I'm sure it will show up on there again. There's a fair copy on youtube. I finally got to watch <i>Who’s Minding the Mint?</i>, which I've been wanting to see for a while. It was very funny and a little stressful. My favorite moment was when Dorothy Provine was tiptoeing in her ballet slippers. <i>Mirage</i> felt similar to a Hitchcock film but without any of Hitchcock's signature humor. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7ezHwByfBaCMbGMI9G4h3FqdGB3auWR2fVhNd6gKDcM0ZtPB60KgbsbWU74UqQzgcUcT7wS7XUzBehSulRyUu5JX0bDZzwkoUBJhvEYet66P5oSHKfG5VR-0y4f0f9lBqA0yeNdli_Pyc-WKalaQ_St2vl05PrqzXHpM1DYvmjYTfhe4bX5rpkHwZkA5/s2048/Father%20Knows%20Best%20couch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7ezHwByfBaCMbGMI9G4h3FqdGB3auWR2fVhNd6gKDcM0ZtPB60KgbsbWU74UqQzgcUcT7wS7XUzBehSulRyUu5JX0bDZzwkoUBJhvEYet66P5oSHKfG5VR-0y4f0f9lBqA0yeNdli_Pyc-WKalaQ_St2vl05PrqzXHpM1DYvmjYTfhe4bX5rpkHwZkA5/w640-h480/Father%20Knows%20Best%20couch.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Leaf print couch in the Anderson's den on <i>Father Knows Best</i>...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6olYKXablWUQMrW1Worz0C-LwInA0mmVZQ1XzF71XI3iGBawJwCY7eepiFYOoWcuD131jUqcxznK7qeD_6k5pS5J9q9nutw3J5V7THKguE9pQ5pLGwmNeKLqf9DNBi2NGf_VRx4BjVWIP9eHDpUtHLCd9wa24RaJYIh3ERTBd8RlSWpkUcQBXx5NVmR2/s3652/Storm%20Center%20couch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="3652" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6olYKXablWUQMrW1Worz0C-LwInA0mmVZQ1XzF71XI3iGBawJwCY7eepiFYOoWcuD131jUqcxznK7qeD_6k5pS5J9q9nutw3J5V7THKguE9pQ5pLGwmNeKLqf9DNBi2NGf_VRx4BjVWIP9eHDpUtHLCd9wa24RaJYIh3ERTBd8RlSWpkUcQBXx5NVmR2/w640-h394/Storm%20Center%20couch.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...the same couch in <i>Storm Center</i> (1956)!! Both were filmed at Columbia Studios.</div><p></p>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-4682134528819692912023-10-27T13:58:00.023-04:002023-10-27T14:07:31.648-04:00Missed My Blog Anniversary...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnwnQRQqdAjFz61kAnGEu7_qPh52Zthr_rdjaN4dLoRP2iyF72CFOuZ2pS36eLkqgJOXGIa8s9bS37VTxzBSPskvVhWMKtNh2iqO8tVokKb5y5k90US0fcMVv7u1spmvRRmGk7IclAtN86AWuIoavnmxIXO9R1-lvu07bQOgca9afsmE0DYjvFxE1HQnI/s1429/Fools%20Parade.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="1429" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnwnQRQqdAjFz61kAnGEu7_qPh52Zthr_rdjaN4dLoRP2iyF72CFOuZ2pS36eLkqgJOXGIa8s9bS37VTxzBSPskvVhWMKtNh2iqO8tVokKb5y5k90US0fcMVv7u1spmvRRmGk7IclAtN86AWuIoavnmxIXO9R1-lvu07bQOgca9afsmE0DYjvFxE1HQnI/w640-h314/Fools%20Parade.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That face you make when you realize you've <span style="text-align: left;">missed your blog anniversary... again. </span></div><p>October 8th marked nine years since I began this blog. In <a href="http://phyllislovesclassicmovies.blogspot.com/2019/10/five-year-anniversary.html" target="_blank">2019</a> I shared a list with my favorite film from each year starting with 1928 and the <a href="https://phyllislovesclassicmovies.blogspot.com/2020/10/six-year-anniversary.html" target="_blank">following year</a> I filled in a few blanks from years I had skipped because I either hadn’t seen any from that year or the ones I had seen I didn’t really care for. Here are a few more “blanks” I've filled in: </p><div>1929 - The Love Parade </div><div><br /></div><div>1970 - (I need some recommendations for this year lol. The only 1970 film I've seen is <i>Airport</i>)</div><div>1971 - Fools' Parade - James Stewart, Kurt Russell</div><div>1974 - The Towering Inferno (could change)</div><div><br /></div><div>CHANGE 1984 from Protocol (Goldie Hawn) to - Swing Shift - Goldie Hawn & Kurt Russell</div><div>CHANGE 1986 from The Three Amigos! to - Tough Guys - Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas, Eli Wallach</div><div><br /></div><div>1991 - Oscar - Sylvester Stallone</div><div><br /></div><div>2013 - Safe Haven - Jullianne Hough & Josh Duhamel</div><div>CHANGE 2018 from Like Father to - Destination Wedding - Keanu Reeves & Wynona Rider</div><div><br /></div><div>2020 - The Lost Husband - Josh Duhamel</div><div>2021 - Jungle Cruise - Dwayne Johnson & Emily Blunt</div><div>2022 - Downton Abbey: A New Era</div><div>2023 - haven't seen any yet</div><div><br /></div><div>One day I hope to start my different series up again and get back into hosting blogathons. Thank you to those who keep sticking around this barren landscape lol :/</div>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-54984777696959556482023-10-27T13:10:00.002-04:002023-11-02T17:27:02.780-04:00Movies I Watched in September<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2HYrHtoSPegDvJYPRTWxt862WkyfdB_gIdx755goVePOzqwnAVfeA8walCIstFbJCwb3exfuFChUwJBVcxbO2KegzyjCCYKWqiFPzo8ZT3omu4vfZNq6GNV75ihD9StmISauS_SOz5TJM_u67mmhUMDXkrlilh_52pg6Asq5Ha2HSiwY003V5H5Co-5g/s1200/Over%2021%20poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="909" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq2HYrHtoSPegDvJYPRTWxt862WkyfdB_gIdx755goVePOzqwnAVfeA8walCIstFbJCwb3exfuFChUwJBVcxbO2KegzyjCCYKWqiFPzo8ZT3omu4vfZNq6GNV75ihD9StmISauS_SOz5TJM_u67mmhUMDXkrlilh_52pg6Asq5Ha2HSiwY003V5H5Co-5g/w484-h640/Over%2021%20poster.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><p></p><p>Had trouble deciding on my favorite movies and what picture to put at the top, which is why this post is incredibly late. Thought I was going to have a short list for September (I was out of town for two weeks) but made up for it at the last minute. Any guesses who I crushed on this month? Lol</p><p>* indicates a rewatch</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>The Lady is Willing </i>(1942) - Marlene Dietrich & Fred MacMurray</li><li><i>Over 21 </i>(1945) - Irene Dunne, Alexander Knox, Charles Coburn</li><li><i>The Return of October </i>(1948) - Glenn Ford & Terry Moore, James Gleason, Dame May Whitty</li><li><i>The Man From the Alamo </i>(1953) - Glenn Ford & Julie Adams, Hugh O'Brian, Chill Wills</li><li><i>The Big Land </i>(1957) - Alan Ladd & Virginia Mayo, Edmund O’Brien, David Ladd</li><li><i>The Italian Job </i>(1969) - Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Rossano Brazzi</li><li><i>Superdad</i> (1973) - Bob Crane, Kurt Russell, Barbara Rush</li><li><i>Father Knows Best Reunion</i> (1977) - Robert Young & Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray, Lauren Chapin</li><li><i>Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas</i> (1977) - Robert Young & Jane Wyatt, Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray, Lauren Chapin</li><li><i>Field of Dreams </i>(1989) - Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Amy Madigan</li><li><i>Article 99</i> (1992) - Ray Liotta, Keifer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Eli Wallach, John Mahoney</li><li><i>*Robin Hood Men in Tights </i>(1993) - Cary Elwes, Dave Chapelle, Roger Rees, Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise</li><li><i>Operation Dumbo Drop </i>(1995) - Danny Glover, Ray Liotta</li><li><i>Unforgettable </i>(1996) - Ray Liotta</li><li><i>Pilgrim </i>(2000) - Ray Liotta</li><li><i>Heartbreakers </i>(2001) - Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gene Hackman, Ray Liotta, Jason Lee, Anne Bancroft</li><li><i>A Rumor of Angels </i>(2002) - Vanessa Redgrave, Trevor Morgan, Ray Liotta</li><li><i>Miracle </i>(2004) - Kurt Russell, Eddie Cahill</li><li><i>*Beastly</i> (2011) - Alex Pettyfer & Vanessa Hudgens, Mary-Kate Olsen, Neil Patrick Harris</li></ol><div><i>Reinventing Elvis: The ‘68 Comeback </i>(2023) - Paramount+</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Least Favorite Film</b>: I couldn't really get into <i>The Man From the Alamo</i>. <i>Beastly</i> wasn't as good as I remembered from when I watched it in college. I think Austin Butler would be great in a modern <i>Beauty and the Beast</i> retelling.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Movie</b>: Hard to pick a favorite. <i>Over 21</i> was a fun discovery. The <i>Father Knows Best</i> reunions were well done. I liked several Ray Liotta films but only because he was in them (I love elderly Eli Wallach ♥). Liotta wasn't in much of <i>A Rumor of Angels</i> but it was very good, and something that would have never come across my radar if I hadn't been watching every Liotta movie I could find online (it's on Freevee). </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8oC7JmGhox2c5vWrIIVFC2qjv2KgvcxzIAvIArNZEgh8RvVmfEbBEMSqBWPDkI-gVbOiHzubsb1V808ULzdCQGtRnCpVW5fZRwiBmHI_HUaz_ECrjDmo0rsgpaKZys-GXDxhCRg2Ecwe7hu_ZbwW2bUS9kIMHUd_4MvNxjPf7H78ubJ8OpWODmG6QNKfJ/s780/Liotta%20Field%20of%20Dreams.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="780" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8oC7JmGhox2c5vWrIIVFC2qjv2KgvcxzIAvIArNZEgh8RvVmfEbBEMSqBWPDkI-gVbOiHzubsb1V808ULzdCQGtRnCpVW5fZRwiBmHI_HUaz_ECrjDmo0rsgpaKZys-GXDxhCRg2Ecwe7hu_ZbwW2bUS9kIMHUd_4MvNxjPf7H78ubJ8OpWODmG6QNKfJ/w640-h360/Liotta%20Field%20of%20Dreams.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-13742193092513825032023-09-01T06:00:00.001-04:002023-09-01T06:00:00.131-04:00Movies I Watched in August<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpMg2rE6PxcMYCVVwQ9WT0y5PrZH6dNtMOzoky5ubhJCpidKNDOkKRl-SzbncpbgMD3sMun65HffL2d8VNWsG9F5TOdOGQHzbUk1TlhboantiaWhFh5vofIGowiapLv8UT2hw9cYwf9yI-hjdyBKpN1Yu1dWhrk8hpND0oaNk4rIe1_y5l6H4sHR02T-1T/s938/Best%20of%20the%20Badmen%201.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="938" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpMg2rE6PxcMYCVVwQ9WT0y5PrZH6dNtMOzoky5ubhJCpidKNDOkKRl-SzbncpbgMD3sMun65HffL2d8VNWsG9F5TOdOGQHzbUk1TlhboantiaWhFh5vofIGowiapLv8UT2hw9cYwf9yI-hjdyBKpN1Yu1dWhrk8hpND0oaNk4rIe1_y5l6H4sHR02T-1T/w640-h492/Best%20of%20the%20Badmen%201.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Walter Brennan and Robert Ryan in <i>Best of the Badmen</i> (1951)</div><p>What a great movie month! I watched more movies on TCM than I did in the first five months of the year combined. This is due to August's Summer Under the Stars, which always has a fantastic lineup. I watched several movies for Alan Ladd, Ronald Colman, and Carole Lombard (and Ernest Borgnine in the process). I also watched more Glenn Ford, but he didn't have his own day for SUTS. I also started listening to the old radio show "The Halls of Ivy" starring Ronald Colman and his wife Benita Hume. If you like Colman then you need to give it a listen. It's on YouTube and can also be found as a podcast, if you want to be able to download and listen on the go. It was also made into a TV show, but there's only one ep. on YouTube :(</p><p>Also this month I *gasp* wrote a blogthon post!! You can read my review of <i>A Woman's Face</i> (1938) for the <a href="https://thewonderfulworldofcinema.wordpress.com/2023/08/27/the-6th-wonderful-ingrid-bergman-blogathon-is-here/" target="_blank">Ingrid Bergman Blogathon</a> <a href="https://phyllislovesclassicmovies.blogspot.com/2023/08/a-womans-faceen-kvinnas-ansikte-1938.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>* indicates a rewatch</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>Condemned </i>(1929) - Ronald Colman & Ann Harding</li><li><i>Bulldog Drummond </i>(1929) - Ronald Colman & Joan Bennett</li><li><i>No More Orchids </i>(1932) - Carole Lombard & Lyle Talbot</li><li><i>Lady by Choice </i>(1934) - Carole Lombard, May Robson</li><li>*<i>Swing High, Swing Low </i>(1937) - Carole Lombard & Fred MacMurray, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Lamour</li><li><i>The King and the Chorus Girl</i> (1937) - Joan Blondell, Edward Everett Horton, Jane Wyman</li><li>*<i>Lost Horizon </i>(1937) - Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, Thomas Mitchell</li><li>*<i>The Prisoner of Zenda</i> (1937) - Ronald Colman & Madeline Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Massey, Mary Astor, David Niven</li><li>*<i>A Woman’s Face </i>(1938-Swedish) - Ingrid Bergman </li><li><i>The Light That Failed </i>(1939) - Ronald Colman, Walter Huston, Ida Lupino</li><li><i>Joan of Paris </i>(1942) - Paul Henreid & Michelle Morgan, Laird Cregar, Thomas Mitchell, May Robson, Alan Ladd</li><li>*<i>The Senator was Indiscreet</i> (1947) - William Powell, Ella Raines</li><li>*<i>Julia Misbehaves</i> (1948) - Greer Garson & Walter Pidgeon, Elizabeth Taylor & Peter Lawford, Cesar Romero, Nigel Bruce</li><li><i>Lust for Gold </i>(1949) - Glenn Ford & Ida Lupino</li><li><i>The Whip Hand </i>(1951) - Raymond Burr </li><li><i>The Whistle at Eaton Falls </i>(1951) - Lloyd Bridges, Ernest Borgnine</li><li><i>Best of the Badmen </i>(1951) - Robert Ryan, Claire Trevor, Preston Foster, Bruce Cabot, Walter Brennan</li><li><i>The Iron Mistress </i>(1952) - Alan Ladd & Virginia Mayo</li><li><i>The Violent Men </i>(1955) - Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith</li><li><i>The McConnell Story </i>(1955) - Alan Ladd & June Allyson, James Whitmore</li><li><i>Heaven Knows Mr. Allison </i>(1957) - Robert Mitchum & Deborah Kerr</li><li><i>Fire Down Below </i>(1957) - Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon</li><li><i>The Deep Six </i>(1958) - Alan Ladd, James Whitmore, Keenan Wynn</li><li><i>The Badlanders </i>(1958) - Alan Ladd, Ernest Borgnine, Katy Jurado</li><li><i>Torpedo Run</i> (1958) - Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine</li><li><i>Cry for Happy </i>(1961) - Glenn Ford, Donald O'Conner, James Shigeta</li><li><i>Advance to the Rear </i>(1964) - Glenn Ford & Stella Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Alan Hale Jr.</li><li><i>Rage </i>(1966) - Glenn Ford & Stella Stevens</li><li><i>Unlawful Entry </i>(1992) - Ray Liotta, Kurt Russell</li><li><i>Erin Brockovich </i>(2000) - Julia Roberts, Albert Finney</li></ol><div><b>Least Favorite Film</b>: I hate to pick a least favorite. Liotta was creepy in <i>Unlawful Entry</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Movie</b>: <i>Advance to the Rear</i> was so funny!! I was very distracted by Glenn Ford’s open shirt collar though..! And I finally got to see <i>Heaven Knows Mr. Allison</i>, which I've been wanting to see for over a decade. I will definitely be getting both movies on dvd. <i>The Whistle at Eaton Falls</i> is another one. The cinematography was great. I had recalled hearing about it before and when I found out it had Lloyd Bridges in it I had to watch it. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Line</b>: "You mean to say you were a physical wreck before you used Peptona?" Carole Lombard in <i>No More Orchids</i> (1932).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Random Thoughts</b>: Douglas Fairbanks would have been great as ex-King Alfred in <i>The King and the Chorus Girl</i>. ••• Kind of weird to cast Thomas Mitchell as a Parisienne priest in <i>Joan of Paris</i>. A French actor would have made more sense. Also, why didn't Henreid go to his rendezvous just in case, even though he was late? And I thought the priest was going to get Ladd a doctor? ••• Rock Hudson would have made a great lead in <i>The Whip Hand</i> and elevated the film from a B to an A picture. ••• The end of <i>The McConnell Story</i> :( ••• <i>Cry for Happy</i> had too much Donald O'Conner and not enough James Shigeta. Torpedo Run should have been more tense than it was.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZD4ZVgLal0NM6h4hxlfxRLnlFMd92H3hCOgiPUh4MpK1UpMryqaKnmEoZg7bBhb_UcH6f1VhaOFCG9iLGrzoeTnHJpfo9-3UxOMXw4YAGIBmSMUEKlULXlBdIP8UXREww23UDGxo4PkVwheioP_LLXf11EcyoYkh5QVamSjV2eHGGB0WSjTdzB9VPEiP/s2344/Best%20of%20the%20Badmen%202.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="2344" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZD4ZVgLal0NM6h4hxlfxRLnlFMd92H3hCOgiPUh4MpK1UpMryqaKnmEoZg7bBhb_UcH6f1VhaOFCG9iLGrzoeTnHJpfo9-3UxOMXw4YAGIBmSMUEKlULXlBdIP8UXREww23UDGxo4PkVwheioP_LLXf11EcyoYkh5QVamSjV2eHGGB0WSjTdzB9VPEiP/w640-h260/Best%20of%20the%20Badmen%202.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I LOVE Claire Trevor's wardrobe in <i>Best of the Badmen</i> (1951).</div><p></p>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-23198314152225469572023-08-29T23:02:00.001-04:002023-08-29T23:02:41.746-04:00A Woman’s Face/En Kvinnas Ansikte (1938)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3qCg3oZNFHamheJZUSXJhTXFauENHZYHD8e8Lbk8oYOSCpQrbPlTc-nNw-m8UdIbqLQj-HF_xsegSG0_lNywTFtKX-OtPSVmn-KWelLiQG7agnfpekm2_Y8aC50QTkzgbrQWj-lKlVbCDFxXUbvkZr7paibf3QZPTI5z1ciXCHhSW7P0eX0JE2e58qFE/s870/En%20Kvinnas%20Ansikte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="594" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3qCg3oZNFHamheJZUSXJhTXFauENHZYHD8e8Lbk8oYOSCpQrbPlTc-nNw-m8UdIbqLQj-HF_xsegSG0_lNywTFtKX-OtPSVmn-KWelLiQG7agnfpekm2_Y8aC50QTkzgbrQWj-lKlVbCDFxXUbvkZr7paibf3QZPTI5z1ciXCHhSW7P0eX0JE2e58qFE/w273-h400/En%20Kvinnas%20Ansikte.jpg" width="273" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7QPYhs-lItKbQvZzXFD44bRjFd18yyxGkgDS0aaKip8vwmuQN4ujnRhrd4B0q6PX3myKicYXYfmJWYKDHK7cnyWqjBuyPhGiSPoqPtr32CeerbeGPBFI1aPiE_5hQzEBsFzn7_TFdzZfZz7gTHkgCub-dH3LaXYegpWflDEN6TKkyACFFSDlV6O0ZpM9/s888/en-kvinnas-ansikte-1938-orig-poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="592" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7QPYhs-lItKbQvZzXFD44bRjFd18yyxGkgDS0aaKip8vwmuQN4ujnRhrd4B0q6PX3myKicYXYfmJWYKDHK7cnyWqjBuyPhGiSPoqPtr32CeerbeGPBFI1aPiE_5hQzEBsFzn7_TFdzZfZz7gTHkgCub-dH3LaXYegpWflDEN6TKkyACFFSDlV6O0ZpM9/w266-h400/en-kvinnas-ansikte-1938-orig-poster.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><i>A Woman's Face/En Kvinnas Ansikte</i> (1938) was the first of Ingrid Bergman's Swedish films I had ever seen, and to say she impressed me is an understatement. I've been wanting to revisit it ever since, and <a href="https://thewonderfulworldofcinema.wordpress.com/2023/08/27/the-6th-wonderful-ingrid-bergman-blogathon-is-here/" target="_blank">The 6th Wonderful Ingrid Bergman Blogathon</a> hosted by <b>The Wonderful World of Cinema</b> gave me the push I needed (make sure to visit her blog and see all of the other entries celebrating this great actress' birthday).</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbDaJZrxHf_w_ysMIavQLTyDS3AhgGIgKC0_AvA92iozYlZG4cyZ6bSqCcamFZ4gFQ4jG8Lashr-ahrPqCBzsiNkqiXX_QO8zrTReKT2Yvz26-ca_6THdrRpgxgHFPbJM9QRUYZUd2trnTmj6GLO_uLEa5S-CsoYtpoctfNYSeSnKzL3BaJlr46z1-ID4/s698/Blogathon%20Banner.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="698" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbDaJZrxHf_w_ysMIavQLTyDS3AhgGIgKC0_AvA92iozYlZG4cyZ6bSqCcamFZ4gFQ4jG8Lashr-ahrPqCBzsiNkqiXX_QO8zrTReKT2Yvz26-ca_6THdrRpgxgHFPbJM9QRUYZUd2trnTmj6GLO_uLEa5S-CsoYtpoctfNYSeSnKzL3BaJlr46z1-ID4/w640-h360/Blogathon%20Banner.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Bergman plays Anna Holm, an embittered young woman whose face was disfigured in a fire as a child. Anna and her gang of criminals are in the business of blackmail. One of her "coworkers" provides the group with names of wealthy men and women he sees going out with someone who is not their spouse at the establishment where he works as a waiter. One of the persons they are blackmailing is a woman whose letters to a man not her husband are now in the possession of the group. Just before Anna goes to her house to collect the money in exchange for the letters, they entertain a prospective client, a young man named Torsten Barring, who could become heir to his uncle's fortune IF a certain something should happen to the current, heir, his little six-year-old grandson. The job would require a young woman to pose as a nanny for several months, earn the love and respect of the family, and then engineer an "accident," eliminating the little boy so that the millions he is set to inherit will go to the nephew instead.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwORXGrzQhemPK5QXO_YA1CWRcm2HdnDYEHjqm8bWDHz_3te2KU3m_uPGUVFJj-87a-VqP44oc4d0XsLcGShdfazKTcG0c2Oksp4lKU41Z6pFOxUqRguYGDgZ7JBVUdX2Aasd3O8uLUZO8ejmYP0xSV_ftDVmQfsS53qdTrgvlLjIIMpYr_dTa8FjnR07u/s1973/A%20Womans%20Face%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1973" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwORXGrzQhemPK5QXO_YA1CWRcm2HdnDYEHjqm8bWDHz_3te2KU3m_uPGUVFJj-87a-VqP44oc4d0XsLcGShdfazKTcG0c2Oksp4lKU41Z6pFOxUqRguYGDgZ7JBVUdX2Aasd3O8uLUZO8ejmYP0xSV_ftDVmQfsS53qdTrgvlLjIIMpYr_dTa8FjnR07u/w640-h498/A%20Womans%20Face%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Ingrid's performance in this scene is masterful. She alternates between steeliness and ruthlessness, unconscious shame as she covers her scar with her hand when the client looks at her - in a gesture meant to look like she's simply rubbing something away, diffidence, and anguish when her disfigurement is pointed out. It is especially that last action that reveals the self under the tough facade. She reacts as if she has been slapped. A wild, wounded look in her eyes springs forth as her hand flies to her face to cover it. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfd4mHgKuj9LZjK56vxJ8gluTMEh7fPDIQV6fjmDs-WatAUa2zUhkMauxpZzHFgiIQBoYTE3wIaUouBFD7thSuYgbN876ELzpxqAfsKBp3BWT5ShQKyWqoWffChSQa9kBs2BsaDJq9EIOnSlCcyW1P4W8CqB6dzGaEC9bIGLf3JDTIJHLwRXee3BAznGq1/s1964/A%20Womans%20Face%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1964" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfd4mHgKuj9LZjK56vxJ8gluTMEh7fPDIQV6fjmDs-WatAUa2zUhkMauxpZzHFgiIQBoYTE3wIaUouBFD7thSuYgbN876ELzpxqAfsKBp3BWT5ShQKyWqoWffChSQa9kBs2BsaDJq9EIOnSlCcyW1P4W8CqB6dzGaEC9bIGLf3JDTIJHLwRXee3BAznGq1/w640-h500/A%20Womans%20Face%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We see the anguish again when she goes to collect the money from the wife of a wealthy doctor. She arrives with hat pulled low and collar turned up but reveals her face to frighten the wife into meeting her demands. The wife gives her some jewels, then leaves to get more money. While she is away, Anna walks around and, going into the doctor's home office, comes across a book showing before and after photos of the facial reconstruction of WWI soldiers. At the sound of the doctor coming home unexpectedly she tries to hide but she stumbles in the dark and injures her foot. Seeing the jewels in her bag, he thinks she was robbing them. He goes to call the police before noticing she is injured. All of the bravado is gone and she is like a child, frightened and needing help. Being a doctor, he binds her foot.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXDLUYGT5JM1e7vLarsCJ-b9tEi6lZ_Nx6f8W2z2pblzZkT4yKWmH--fRt27ip1tkAaSdgZHTQAeCcGmXofPHU0Cnp0hlQS2BAGGSJrDz0JlwcRHRaPnXPzR1iYARXFkL886aGCqlpREE6Mk0-lfD-q7-En25XbPkQeJD5_wzP1QpUVcjL5qbCDxQAu1b/s1967/A%20Womans%20Face%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1967" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXDLUYGT5JM1e7vLarsCJ-b9tEi6lZ_Nx6f8W2z2pblzZkT4yKWmH--fRt27ip1tkAaSdgZHTQAeCcGmXofPHU0Cnp0hlQS2BAGGSJrDz0JlwcRHRaPnXPzR1iYARXFkL886aGCqlpREE6Mk0-lfD-q7-En25XbPkQeJD5_wzP1QpUVcjL5qbCDxQAu1b/w640-h500/A%20Womans%20Face%203.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The wife arrives home and convinces her husband to not press charges, pretending to "feel sorry for the girl." The doctor asks Anna why she doesn't have "honest work." "With my looks?" she scoffs bitterly. As he questions her further the defenses come up. "But what's it to you? It's my face! It's none of your business! I know I'm a monster." And when he tells her the next time she is caught she won't be so lucky she screams out "I don't care! The way I look, life is hell anyway. If I look this terrible my life must be terrible." Before she becomes hysterical, he turns the subject back to her injured foot. After finding out she has no one to take care of her, he tells her he will send her to his clinic to heal her foot and possibly give her a better outlook on life. "I'm afraid I will disappoint you," she replies." You think I can compete with honest people? Not a chance!" He examines her face and then asks her a life-altering question: "What if I gave you a chance?"</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLjGq-fBLLM4aBn5-kjlH208wxVLFjV93E891dAc7gLjkt3YEwgM4EerUEapgrKDDC5OvaS3N74oWPfmogBRVL5s1dF5LZDscCfF3Sd6oQcoZq35U_IQTcIyckexRwyERYL7i5TN1W5rGxMJvZMGAnTn6crwL16Rwtj7KLHMVTsJ0PqqCJY2DnbqtmK4O/s1975/A%20Womans%20Face%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1975" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLjGq-fBLLM4aBn5-kjlH208wxVLFjV93E891dAc7gLjkt3YEwgM4EerUEapgrKDDC5OvaS3N74oWPfmogBRVL5s1dF5LZDscCfF3Sd6oQcoZq35U_IQTcIyckexRwyERYL7i5TN1W5rGxMJvZMGAnTn6crwL16Rwtj7KLHMVTsJ0PqqCJY2DnbqtmK4O/w640-h498/A%20Womans%20Face%204.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The day arrives for Dr. Wegert to remove the bandages from her face. If he is successful then Anna will return the letters to Mrs. Wegert for free. However, as Anna is being wheeled out of the room, she hands them over to her, her bitterness gone. The scene where the bandages are removed is tense, with that half of her face hidden from the camera by the doctor, the light, and the mirror she uses to see the positive results.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7xD8w7Ik6TcfCApcRQ0faoCeDDZ-HJP1mCHItg2r4P-xvSS7AbJyn-ZxvKyjEtgsFkDBFOjlSu_RjDb9gpVX08PSRuIlp_oW1cWNYcsFQxV2X6iqqcTyUuNAHEfZXuRg_55eegCV0HrGGgIylaudtlbCuSH3XDHQCdnIOdyJ-EFr_nrI4SONwUhKYXyy/s1975/A%20Womans%20Face%205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1975" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge7xD8w7Ik6TcfCApcRQ0faoCeDDZ-HJP1mCHItg2r4P-xvSS7AbJyn-ZxvKyjEtgsFkDBFOjlSu_RjDb9gpVX08PSRuIlp_oW1cWNYcsFQxV2X6iqqcTyUuNAHEfZXuRg_55eegCV0HrGGgIylaudtlbCuSH3XDHQCdnIOdyJ-EFr_nrI4SONwUhKYXyy/w640-h498/A%20Womans%20Face%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Suddenly we jump to a scene at the train station. Torsten, the young man from earlier, is putting Anna on the train to Forsa. He doesn't recognize her as Miss Holm, thinking she is a Miss Paulsson recommended by Miss Holm. It is only when he introduces her to Harald Berg, another uncle to the little boy she is going to take care of, and she moves her hand in the old familiar gesture to conceal her face that he realizes who she is. Harald and Anna make the journey to Forsa together and he introduces her to the family. Lars-Erick, the little boy, is loved and spoiled his grandfather and the housekeeper Emma. Grandfather Barring is a little concerned at how serious Anna is at first, and tells her his hopes for her and Lars-Erick, whose parents died when he was a baby.</div><div><br /></div><div>After putting Lars-Erick to bed, he asks her to kiss him goodnight. Anna leans over stiffly but the little boy embraces her and showers her face with kisses. She is shaken at this uninhibited demonstration of love and a change comes over her face. It doesn't take long afterwards for Anna to dote on Lars-Erick the way the rest of the family does. Her newfound happiness doesn't last long, however. Torsten comes for a visit and, getting Anna alone, tells her his plans for the "accident." There are some falls nearby, very treacherous to anyone getting too close to the edge. When Anna refuses, he becomes the blackmailer, telling her he knows who she is. He threatens to expose her. Anna fights back, saying she will tell his uncle that Torsten had been forging checks in his name. Back up in her room, Anna cries, then comforts Lars-Erick when he has a bad dream. The caresses she gives him are no longer wooden, but tender and natural. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsVigfbM5aT0JfaS5ehG_6ABjEd20Gb_RaMmhRwnoAHKX7bhlvvw_Waqdjkr2WkuSHiW5lu99Boil0pkKowhynToG1UbppHbX3LWtpwSTpza4nnowMlIDHERdGWYs6mdW-ITAUR_ZB0oUJGqBMUyLjxDa2Wc705kxxgT_7cpDpHqG8jHiv5XvtIyjeGbG/s1980/A%20Womans%20Face%207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1980" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsVigfbM5aT0JfaS5ehG_6ABjEd20Gb_RaMmhRwnoAHKX7bhlvvw_Waqdjkr2WkuSHiW5lu99Boil0pkKowhynToG1UbppHbX3LWtpwSTpza4nnowMlIDHERdGWYs6mdW-ITAUR_ZB0oUJGqBMUyLjxDa2Wc705kxxgT_7cpDpHqG8jHiv5XvtIyjeGbG/w640-h496/A%20Womans%20Face%207.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Anna and Harald go skiing up to the falls, where Harald tells Anna how he feels about her. Meanwhile her old gang has arrived and they try to control Anna, as they have been involved with the forged checks. Anna once again refuses, saying she'll quit first. Torsten declares that if she doesn't come through with the deed he will do it himself. </div><div><br /></div><div>****SPOILERS****</div><div><br /></div><div>The opportunity arises at a birthday sleigh ride. Torsten takes Lars-Erick in his sleigh, while Anna rides with Harald, who plans to propose. A fallen torch spooks the horses of Torsten's sleigh and it takes off. Anna screams that he will kill Lars- Erick and spills out the entire story as she and Harald chase after the runaways. They manage to catch up and get Lars-Erick into their sleigh, but Harald falls out, seriously injuring his head, and Torsten is killed. When Anna's old gang hears the news, they take the next train out of town. </div><div><br /></div><div>Later, a baffled Grandfather informs Anna that Harald has quit his job and is going away to recover, instead of staying with them. Anna reassures him that Harald will come back. We know by the way she looks sadly at Lars-Erick that she intends to leave.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBJnCG6uUuvzr5He5O_Ofj92hZoH7s05-p1lN9UjC_XbbgNQ_uePvFN81GiYBhBJEezlSEVpYljvzLVlUcRhlin5TmcFapiLwFBYSLoFEoYfTT2lA3Pk89SCI0iUDCFCqyww00TpEc8VH4tL3_t8x18HkGXNtw6wI2DNCWNkFa0Bidzx1WHJS9MEUU_Nd/s1969/A%20Womans%20Face%209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1969" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIBJnCG6uUuvzr5He5O_Ofj92hZoH7s05-p1lN9UjC_XbbgNQ_uePvFN81GiYBhBJEezlSEVpYljvzLVlUcRhlin5TmcFapiLwFBYSLoFEoYfTT2lA3Pk89SCI0iUDCFCqyww00TpEc8VH4tL3_t8x18HkGXNtw6wI2DNCWNkFa0Bidzx1WHJS9MEUU_Nd/w640-h500/A%20Womans%20Face%209.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Harald is sent to Dr. Wergert's clinic. Anna goes to see Harald, and tells the Dr. she took the chance he gave her to change her life. She goes in to see Harald and tells him about her dismal childhood and the fire that scarred her and took her parents. He tells her he wants to run away with her where no one will know who they are, but she knows it would never work, and they part. </div><div><br /></div><div>She is unsure of the future until Dr. Wergert, who is going to China with the Red Cross Ambulance (he is also starting a new life after splitting from his wife), offers her the job of governess to his cousin's child living in China. The movie ends with hope for the future. On the boat as it leaves the harbor, Dr. Wergert says to Anna, "Let's agree on one thing. Nothing has existed before this moment The future begins now."</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">* * *</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIIS9qyVfSzMQYoUuXsNwZHnt4qU_Xm_j9ZcB7VXf5_vaj6pHgNJ-q3C_ZC68VBmP1Qe2Cqn3VRO43H12IjoneK8zY24LDvj08vE4lS0uLubgQDNa5WI6TrogVcKWmSuSOqVrilVoYbP1R0lX88IAbqCfTqCe7HYIPojxod5wBg3CBy3BT69_EzDC9Amm/s1964/A%20Womans%20Face%206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1964" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIIS9qyVfSzMQYoUuXsNwZHnt4qU_Xm_j9ZcB7VXf5_vaj6pHgNJ-q3C_ZC68VBmP1Qe2Cqn3VRO43H12IjoneK8zY24LDvj08vE4lS0uLubgQDNa5WI6TrogVcKWmSuSOqVrilVoYbP1R0lX88IAbqCfTqCe7HYIPojxod5wBg3CBy3BT69_EzDC9Amm/w640-h500/A%20Womans%20Face%206.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Bergman had to beg for the role of Anna in <i>A Woman's Face</i>. At first Swedish Films refused, saying her fans wouldn't want to see her disfigured. But she eventually won by agreeing to do another film they wanted her to do, <i>Only One Night</i>, which she considered "a piece of junk." And it was her husband, Petter, who devised the brace Ingrid wore in her mouth to distort her face. Once, she accidentally went out with her disfiguring makeup and noticed people looking at her in horror, pity, or averting their gaze. She quickly left. "I learned a valuable lesson that day. We all live in different worlds, and I am one of the luckiest people ever. Some people are so terribly tested by life. From the first days I could remember, I had known only smiles and compliments" (<i>Ingrid Bergman: A Personal Biography</i>, Charlotte Chandler).</div><div><br /></div><div>If you've never seen any of Ingrid's Swedish films, I highly recommend that you seek them out. If your library has Kanopy you can watch it on there, as well as elsewhere online or on Criterion dvd.</div>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-23081025575595210092023-08-03T20:16:00.003-04:002023-11-02T17:25:19.322-04:00Movies I Watched in July<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0eOFYohOG26nCFvHyQ4YnSDF-XRz5JlXGFpUHoM1FjXKWCQ-yOrYmGj8Cp4TVPZxcF9bHuABipNBKaGmYxaFK-Hct_8QhHUZxqGHj-0YIWAtIkaZIOHh-r7fjB5q4M3_n1us5Fq9JMZUO0CpYcwS-01GbBT_ZE7MVgJlGYqaS40X50hYrOVy9vwj11176/s1687/DD6DC81A-50D7-487E-89F8-1B193062547C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1687" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0eOFYohOG26nCFvHyQ4YnSDF-XRz5JlXGFpUHoM1FjXKWCQ-yOrYmGj8Cp4TVPZxcF9bHuABipNBKaGmYxaFK-Hct_8QhHUZxqGHj-0YIWAtIkaZIOHh-r7fjB5q4M3_n1us5Fq9JMZUO0CpYcwS-01GbBT_ZE7MVgJlGYqaS40X50hYrOVy9vwj11176/s320/DD6DC81A-50D7-487E-89F8-1B193062547C.jpeg" width="291" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTwbSc6pVxLx5gEFgFssPN3Uy8QP_6VhPhGVX-XuqOb9JNu8ExS7F1nuN-A860fhvqQsdsij2pr_DNEg-JWrapezEu4mlfy_1k3GXzMGHmgAKGrroMZFJzwM_bhYg5KX9jaTXRa3vwMvHrSLIsQtEB1ScTZFSwbe60aQ2N3wif-uZP14FfloKJW5CRrppI/s1788/F9771F57-5519-4397-B319-BDDA09E45DE1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1788" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTwbSc6pVxLx5gEFgFssPN3Uy8QP_6VhPhGVX-XuqOb9JNu8ExS7F1nuN-A860fhvqQsdsij2pr_DNEg-JWrapezEu4mlfy_1k3GXzMGHmgAKGrroMZFJzwM_bhYg5KX9jaTXRa3vwMvHrSLIsQtEB1ScTZFSwbe60aQ2N3wif-uZP14FfloKJW5CRrppI/s320/F9771F57-5519-4397-B319-BDDA09E45DE1.jpeg" width="275" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">LOVE this dress on Lauren Bacall in <i>Woman’s World </i>(1954).</div><p>I finally read the Fred MacMurray biography by Charles Tranberg (the copy at the library disappeared and I finally found an inexpensive used copy-signed by the author!). I also read <i>Shane</i> by Jack Schaefer (been waiting for the library copy to be returned so I could check it out lol). I want to buy my own copy now but I want one with Alan Ladd on the cover and so far I've only seen one pictured online. I would have thought there would be several to choose from, given the popularity of the film. I also finally finished reading <i>Mrs. Miniver</i>. I had started reading it on the Internet Archive, liked it, ordered a copy, and then when I got it didn't get back to reading it. It doesn't have a flow to the story like the film, as each chapter was originally an article in a magazine. Some chapters felt very much like the film, while others not so much. I greatly enjoyed it though. </p><p>* indicates a rewatch</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>Passport to Destiny</i> (1944) - Elsa Lanchester</li><li><i>Horizon’s West </i>(1952) - Robert Ryan, Rock Hudson, Raymond Burr, Julie Adams, James Arness </li><li>*<i>Shane </i>(1952) - Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon de Wilde, Jack Palance, Ben Johnson</li><li><i>Plunder of the Sun</i> (1953) - Glenn Ford, Sean McClory</li><li><i>The Las Vegas Story </i>(1952) - Victor Mature & Jane Russell, Vincent Price, Hoagy Carmichael</li><li><i>Woman’s World </i>(1954) - Clifton Webb, Lauren Bacall & Fred MacMurray, June Allyson & Cornel Wilde, Arlene Dahl & Van Heflin</li><li><i>The Tarnished Angels </i>(1957) - Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Jack Carson</li><li>*<i>This Could Be the Night </i>(1957) Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas, Anthony Franciosa </li><li><i>Third Man on the Mountain </i>(1959) - James MacAurthur, Michael Rennie, Janet Munro, Laurence Naismith</li><li>*<i>Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curst of the Black Pearl </i>(2003) - Johnny Depp, Keira Knightly, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush</li><li>*<i>Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest</i> (2006) - Johnny Depp, Keira Knightly, Orlando Bloom</li><li><i>Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End </i>(2007) - Johnny Depp, Keira Knightly, Orlando Bloom, Naomi Harris</li><li><i>Viceroy’s House</i> (2017) - Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson</li><li>*<i>Wonder Woman </i>(2017) - Gal Gadot & Chris Pine</li><li>*<i>Downton Abbey: A New Era </i>(2022) - Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville, etc.</li></ol><div><br /></div><div><b>Least Favorite Film</b>: Hmm, probably <i>Plunder of the Sun</i>. I love Glenn Ford but I don't like Sean McClory, and I just couldn't get into the story. I picked up the dvd at Goodwill. The special features were great though! Fascinating history tidbits and behind-the-scenes photos!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Movie</b>: I really enjoyed Elsa Lanchester's performance in <i>Passport to Destiny.</i> A unique little film. It's been over a decade since I saw the <i>Pirates of the Caribbean</i> movies and I definitely enjoyed them more this time around. I'd seen several scenes from the third film before but am counting it as a first-time watch. I liked the first one best.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWmieQrYQ29GjEYELqKmuh7MMFn0PncyF3jOQVTPynr0JMF-RvWd_qXCKVb6bJZEH3hYUO8QYc-CNi3YKSiUT9JPS5mOqSKUSVBEtNgphOATt5hxODiVEdrQWaPS_Ahun7GMNinliSuqj-zJvDZn9mxx2KWTy68gntq4sgb2Mbi4FAGulLK7HNmoj9H6C/s767/Womens%20World.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="653" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWmieQrYQ29GjEYELqKmuh7MMFn0PncyF3jOQVTPynr0JMF-RvWd_qXCKVb6bJZEH3hYUO8QYc-CNi3YKSiUT9JPS5mOqSKUSVBEtNgphOATt5hxODiVEdrQWaPS_Ahun7GMNinliSuqj-zJvDZn9mxx2KWTy68gntq4sgb2Mbi4FAGulLK7HNmoj9H6C/w544-h640/Womens%20World.png" width="544" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love Lauren Bacall's outfit here!</div><p></p>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-16423008724710579122023-07-03T19:34:00.002-04:002023-11-02T17:24:58.413-04:00Movies I Watched in June<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgep9bKFoxhpYLZZmWL4bDMebAwEAvYgpQVD8Ogayh4-7mPS-clHE1JeyjTPTry8yoyl7zh6QFUboEbwByKwq_3oDzl-NaZPtJuBInzUskQLVw9iG0OYujkCt5OBBK7vXN4-vMPSvPnYcy9hyT7ff0Cb9b4gF0TNzMX-Mwlh9AVCKqRdYzYzBjrOuDIml4u/s1200/titanic-feb2012lc1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="945" data-original-width="1200" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgep9bKFoxhpYLZZmWL4bDMebAwEAvYgpQVD8Ogayh4-7mPS-clHE1JeyjTPTry8yoyl7zh6QFUboEbwByKwq_3oDzl-NaZPtJuBInzUskQLVw9iG0OYujkCt5OBBK7vXN4-vMPSvPnYcy9hyT7ff0Cb9b4gF0TNzMX-Mwlh9AVCKqRdYzYzBjrOuDIml4u/w640-h504/titanic-feb2012lc1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>This month kind of felt all over the place. I also watched the first 10 episodes of <i>Good Morning World</i> (directed by Carl Reiner). Very funny!!</p><p>*indicates a rewatch</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>Dangerous Number </i>(1937) - Robert Young & Ann Sothern, Reginald Owen</li><li><i>Trapped </i>(1949) - Lloyd Bridges</li><li><i>Shadow on the Wall </i>(1950) - Ann Sothern, Zachary Scott, Gigi Perreau, Nancy Davis (Reagan)</li><li><i>Storm Warning </i>(1951) - Ginger Rogers, Ronald Reagan, Steve Cochran, Doris Day</li><li>*<i>The Racket </i>(1951) - Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Lizabeth Scott, William Talman, Don Porter</li><li><i>Split Second </i>(1953) - Stephen McNally, Alexis Smith, Jan Sterling, Keith Andes, Arthur Hunnicutt, Paul Kelly, Richard Egan (directed by Dick Powell)</li><li>*<i>Titanic </i>(1953) - Barbara Stanwyck & Clifton Webb, Robert Wagner & Audrey Dalton, Brian Aherne, Thelma Ritter, Richard Basehart</li><li><i>Tokyo Story</i> (1953-Japanese) - Setsuko Hara</li><li><i>The Black Shield of Falworth</i> (1954) - Tony Curtis & Janet Leigh, Barbara Rush, Herbert Marshall </li><li><i>Full of Life</i> (1956) - Judy Holliday & Richard Conte</li><li>*<i>Separate Tables </i>(1958) - Rita Hayworth, Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Wendy Hiller, Gladys Cooper, Rod Taylor, Audrey Dalton </li><li><i>Battle of the Coral Sea </i>(1959) - Cliff Robertson, Gia Scala </li><li><i>Love Has Many Faces </i>(1965) - Lana Turner & Cliff Robertson, Hugh O’Brian, Ruth Roman, Virginia Grey </li><li><i>Around the World Under the Sea </i>(1966) - Lloyd Bridges, Keenan Wynn, Marshall Thompson, David McCallum, Brian Kelly</li><li><i>Air Force One </i>(1997) - Harrison Ford, Glenn Close, Gary Oldman</li><li>*<i>Mansfield Park </i>(1999) - Frances O'Connor, Jonny Lee Miller</li><li><i>War of the Worlds</i> (2005) - Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin</li><li><i>*Letters to Juliet </i>(2010) - Amanda Seyfried, Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Egan, Gael Garcia Bernal, Franco Nero</li><li><i>Ticket to Paradise </i>(2022) - George Clooney & Julia Roberts</li></ol><div><b>Least Favorite Film</b>: <i>War of the Worlds</i> left me very unsettled. I didn't realize until partway through that I had already seen <i>Mansfield Park</i>. It's only ok. I also wasn't much on <i>Air Force One</i>. I've seen several scenes before, but this was the first time I watched it from start to finish. The Gary Oldman character made me too angry. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Movie</b>: The Noir movies I watched were all very good. <i>Split Second</i> was interesting. <i>Full of Life</i> wasn't at all what I was expecting but I enjoyed it. My favorite was probably my rewatch of <i>Separate Tables</i> though. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirLl-XBNN9lOYby-7hTefphoBATMzH20m087X3l0RI2efazpsj5bwy6e3-QFgWNSx6nqfpcxwGyNXJx_rZ6RmLXUcPkIChgC0cv8DzRT9t2Z34P5GaOWjPQRar6UPyOUHEe-Z5cAogvnN-c3ygTXqzyjhnWVZDDGVvA4YasJzl7YiPs34Az8yjwVGQvTcp/s3894/Wendy%20Hiller%20Separate%20Tables.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3894" data-original-width="3220" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirLl-XBNN9lOYby-7hTefphoBATMzH20m087X3l0RI2efazpsj5bwy6e3-QFgWNSx6nqfpcxwGyNXJx_rZ6RmLXUcPkIChgC0cv8DzRT9t2Z34P5GaOWjPQRar6UPyOUHEe-Z5cAogvnN-c3ygTXqzyjhnWVZDDGVvA4YasJzl7YiPs34Az8yjwVGQvTcp/w530-h640/Wendy%20Hiller%20Separate%20Tables.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Who else is a Wendy Hiller fan? </div><p></p>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-63943178824704219382023-06-01T16:55:00.004-04:002023-06-01T16:55:40.290-04:00Movies I Watched in May<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXOSxpsMkQUwBWO3qkvnZZVS9gLq3hos5zCiTHLpfEwGV4L8iC5B1b3yiQA4gh2B5moCGtvppNUKjBqoUoLNTuUA6RW-OeggrUaq1mI26Wpl_nSH1K5_Oy4eZYGtCxtx9fNzAMf5_L1glSooRie9cmdmmJIqUrpMpq68pgn9sqS6vdoY0vU-uNaF1Vg/s1043/Allida%20Valli%20-%20The%20White%20Tower.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="1043" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXOSxpsMkQUwBWO3qkvnZZVS9gLq3hos5zCiTHLpfEwGV4L8iC5B1b3yiQA4gh2B5moCGtvppNUKjBqoUoLNTuUA6RW-OeggrUaq1mI26Wpl_nSH1K5_Oy4eZYGtCxtx9fNzAMf5_L1glSooRie9cmdmmJIqUrpMpq68pgn9sqS6vdoY0vU-uNaF1Vg/w640-h468/Allida%20Valli%20-%20The%20White%20Tower.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Alida Valli in <i>The White Tower </i>(1950)</span></div><p>Not being a member of the CMBA, I really missed celebrating <b>National Classic Movie Day</b> with a blogathon. I was very annoyed when I saw that they stole it from the <a href="https://www.classicfilmtvcafe.com/" target="_blank">Classic Film & TV Cafe</a> blog. </p><p>* indicates a rewatch</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>*Sullivan’s Travels</i> (1941) - Joel McCrea & Veronica Lake</li><li><i>This Gun for Hire </i>(1942) - Robert Preston & Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd, Laird Creger</li><li><i>Lucky Jordan </i>(1942) - Alan Ladd & Helen Walker</li><li><i>The Mating of Millie </i>(1948) - Glenn Ford & Evelyn Keyes</li><li><i>The White Tower</i> (1950) - Glenn Ford & Alida Valli, Claude Rains, Lloyd Bridges</li><li><i>The Miniver Story </i>(1950) - Greer Garson & Walter Pidgeon, Cathy O'Donnell, John Hodiak</li><li><i>South Sea Woman </i>(1953) - Burt Lancaster & Virginia Mayo, Chuck Conners</li><li><i>Deadly Game </i>(1954) - Lloyd Bridges</li><li><i>Wichita </i>(1955) - Joel McCrea & Vera Miles, Lloyd Bridges</li><li><i>The Teahouse of the August Moon </i>(1956) - Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyo, Eddie Albert, Harry Morgan</li><li>*<i>The Gazebo</i> (1960) - Glenn Ford & Debbie Reynolds, Carl Reiner</li><li><i>Airport </i>(1970) - Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seburg, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy, Van Heflin, Helen Hayes, Dana Wynter, Barbara Hale, Maureen, Stapleton, Lloyd Nolan, Virginia Grey</li><li><i>Airport 1975 </i>(1974) - Charlton Heston & Karen Black, Dana Andrews, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Nancy Olson, Gloria Swanson, Myrna Loy, Martha Scott, Beverly Garland, Jerry Stiller</li><li><i>Airport '77 </i>(1977) - Jack Lemmon, James Stewart, Lee Grant, George Kennedy, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Christopher Lee</li><li><i>Guilty by Suspicion </i>(1991) - Robert De Niro, George Wendt</li><li><i>Backdraft</i> (1991) - Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland</li><li>*<i>Unstoppable </i>(2010) - Denzel Washington, Chris Pine</li><li><i>*Hell or High Water </i>(2016) - Chris Pine, Jeff Bridges, Ben Foster</li></ol><div><i>Call Me Kate</i> (2022) - doc about Hepburn with home video footage and recorded audio interviews</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Least Favorite Film</b>: Well, I didn't like the prison part of <i>Sullivan's Travels</i>, though overall I appreciated the film better than I did when I first saw it several years ago. The first half of <i>The Teahouse of the August Moon </i>was kind of tiresome but once Eddie Albert showed up it was really good. He's so great at playing an enthusiastic farmer lol. And, out of the three <i>Airport</i> movies, the last one was the most unrealistic. And it was the one I had most looked forward to due to de Havilland being in it. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Movie</b>: <i>The Mating of Millie</i> was delightful! It had me tearing up one minute and laughing out loud in surprise the next. Highly recommend. Of course it's not on dvd :'( Alan Ladd in <i>This Gun for Hire</i> broke my heart (in a good way). </div><p></p>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-76101822182841045342023-05-29T15:05:00.002-04:002023-11-02T17:25:38.947-04:00Movies I Watched in April<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcbeQs63k-kWugs0Rib8PtJYrwea4Bj32y_x4JX72uEY4yLpzjDZxW2J2YwZ2qBHmVRJtQ0OMP5byy5Y3LVmPDyAXoJlrv36tIfhKPyULQ87eHzb9bvmfsb6rEBuOwfQpuqg0yN-rysvGW9e99uTx1_xGFtwQM08BmhyOanIrvYJ-YtxcW9ItbyjROA/s2075/A%20Lady%20Takes%20a%20Chance.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="2075" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcbeQs63k-kWugs0Rib8PtJYrwea4Bj32y_x4JX72uEY4yLpzjDZxW2J2YwZ2qBHmVRJtQ0OMP5byy5Y3LVmPDyAXoJlrv36tIfhKPyULQ87eHzb9bvmfsb6rEBuOwfQpuqg0yN-rysvGW9e99uTx1_xGFtwQM08BmhyOanIrvYJ-YtxcW9ItbyjROA/w640-h230/A%20Lady%20Takes%20a%20Chance.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>It looks like I didn’t watch a lot of movies this month, but I rewatched <i>The Hobbit</i> and <i>LOTR</i> films - the extended versions. So those six movies were really like watching twelve movies lol. I haven’t seen the <i>LOTR</i> films in probably a decade and, whenever I saw them it was because I was with other people watching them (pretty sure the first time was on a college bus trip). I’ve seen the first one for sure twice (I was at a sleepover and all the girls - except me - were obsessed with Elijah Wood). I wasn’t much on the films at the time - too many ugly/creepy characters. And, while I still don’t like ugly/creepy characters (Gollum creeps me out so much I cover his face with my hand most of the time), I definitely liked the films waaay better this time around (a big part being Aragorn lol). It also got me to finally reread the book (I read both <i>The Hobbit</i> and <i>LOTR</i> long before seeing the films). </p><p>* indicates a rewatch</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"></ol><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>A Lady Takes a Chance </i>(1943) - Jean Arthur & John Wayne, Charles Winninger</li><li><i>Casanova’s Big Night </i>(1954) - Bob Hope & Joan Fontaine, Audrey Dalton, Basil Rathbone, Vincent Price</li><li><i>Island in the Sun </i>(1957) - Harry Belafonte, James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Joan Collins, </li><li>*<i>Until They Sail </i>(1957) - Jean Simmons & Paul Newman, Joan Fontaine, Piper Laurie, Sandra Dee</li><li>*<i>Airplane! </i>(1980) - Robert Hayes & Julie Hagarty, Leslie Neilson, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack</li><li>*<i>Baby Boom </i>(198) - Diane Keaton & Sam Shephard</li><li>*<i>Speed </i>(1994) - Keanu Reeves & Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Daniels</li><li>*<i>The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring </i>(2001) - Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Ian McKellan, Viggo Mortenson, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Sean Bean, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Christopher Lee, Cate Blanchett, Liv Tyler, etc.</li><li>*<i>The LOTR: The Two Towers </i>(2002) - above cast plus Karl Urban, Miranda Otto, Bernard Hill</li><li>*<i>The LOTR: The Return of the King </i>(2003) - above cast</li><li>*<i>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey</i> (2012) - Martin Freeman, Ian McKellan, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, etc.</li><li>*<i>The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug</i> (2013) - above cast plus Luke Evans</li><li>*<i>The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies </i>(2014) - above cast</li></ol><div><b>Least Favorite Film</b>: No bad movies this month!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Movie</b>: I only watched three new to me films. <i>A Lady Takes a Chance</i> was really funny. It was kind of weird seeing John Wayne in it but he worked and had surprisingly good chemistry with Jean Arthur. And of course Bob Hope always makes me laugh. Spotted a couple of recycled gowns from<i> Marie Antoinette</i> (1938)!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Line</b>: “Women are like socks, they should be changed regularly.” Charles Winninger in <i>A Lady takes a Chance</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfSIGAPsHlXCmiIDS2GeaB3ZhPnd78v-8vqyOjLfj2P2JZl74ijyuv4b0O-hjFZ2CFYN6LBSMTevSN8TfKnPFQ2SKWSF2BkbUuxyounpTfXKeCW4JWzk672cpmn45i2tVCo9RGmnh9K-uKP1KhsHVjQBAMhPJxvT264rAKvsTrj0FWMeC7uR4GQLLJw/s498/Aragorn.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="410" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWfSIGAPsHlXCmiIDS2GeaB3ZhPnd78v-8vqyOjLfj2P2JZl74ijyuv4b0O-hjFZ2CFYN6LBSMTevSN8TfKnPFQ2SKWSF2BkbUuxyounpTfXKeCW4JWzk672cpmn45i2tVCo9RGmnh9K-uKP1KhsHVjQBAMhPJxvT264rAKvsTrj0FWMeC7uR4GQLLJw/w329-h400/Aragorn.gif" width="329" /></a></div>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-84452950839892909322023-04-07T10:16:00.002-04:002023-11-02T17:25:59.159-04:00Movies I Watched in March<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXjpz_D1HXv9CAXcCUEvFy2VEw_Mston-JreRpUyePpSBStf14qdzCnzts_hjGmh7BMloxVJzTO1Utp5UuirqqPnrwxjHHIj_qXZSuKl56h90aU3WjnxUZ1_7JfJil7uwRwviAlc3soqRJESf7nLuoUSn6W9xTTeRrp2ZNkGHOrLaJ5PaA89qfSH1Kw/s800/Lloyd-Bridges-Sea-Hunt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="800" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXjpz_D1HXv9CAXcCUEvFy2VEw_Mston-JreRpUyePpSBStf14qdzCnzts_hjGmh7BMloxVJzTO1Utp5UuirqqPnrwxjHHIj_qXZSuKl56h90aU3WjnxUZ1_7JfJil7uwRwviAlc3soqRJESf7nLuoUSn6W9xTTeRrp2ZNkGHOrLaJ5PaA89qfSH1Kw/w640-h512/Lloyd-Bridges-Sea-Hunt.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lloyd Bridges as Mike Nelson in <i>Sea Hunt</i></div><br />This month I got into Lloyd Bridges. I started watching <i>Sea Hunt</i> on YouTube which led me to <i>The Loner</i>, both of which I then had to buy on dvd. I rewatched a couple Clark Gable movies I've been wanting to revisit for a while and finished the Sean Connery Bond movies. <div><br /></div><div>* indicates a rewatch<br /><div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>*It Happened One Night </i>(1934) - Claudette Colbert & Clark Gable</li><li><i>*Gone With the Wind </i>(1939) - Clark Gable & Vivian Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Hattie McDaniel, Butterfly McQueen, Thomas Mitchell, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, etc.</li><li><i>The Tall Texan</i> (1953) - Lloyd Bridges, Lee J. Cobb, Marie Windsor</li><li><i>You Only Live Twice</i> (1967) - Sean Connery</li><li><i>Diamonds Are Forever</i> (1971) - Sean Connery</li><li><i>Chapter Two </i>(1979) - James Caan, Marsha Mason, Joseph Bologna, Valerie Harper</li><li><i>Witness </i>(1985) - Harrison Ford </li><li><i>Appointment with Death </i>(1988) - Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Piper Laurie, Hayley Mills, Carrie Fisher</li><li><i>Sleeping with the Enemy</i> (1991) - Julia Roberts (basically the same story as <i>Safe Haven</i>)</li></ol><div><b>Least Favorite Film</b>: <i>Appointment with Death</i> was ok. I did not guess the correct killer.<i> Diamonds Are Forever</i> is definitely my least favorite of the Connery Bond films. </div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Movie</b>: I really liked <i>Witness </i>(aside from the unexpected nudity - I didn't think I needed to check the parental guide for a movie about the Amish). I also liked <i>You Only Live Twice</i>. Marie Windsor's character was named Laura in <i>The Tall Texan</i> so I got to hear Lloyd Bridge and Lee J. Cobb say my name multiple times :)</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Sj1AbclTiowVKrg-xoqTKq03wZ0wKj_fvhTfP0Atv9ji1Yk4gmgFXwIafD3CraLeywI6m9VDNEqAtXmv_BA6VbY40BgyZSyRW69c1hRx6w5zPlRTT92goh4m4Ik7AAPh8BtsNoCrIOm3znNdmuqHViuXuBrUiXGv6CrX7HFfGiDw1v93pRVkpyyxdQ/s934/The%20Tall%20Texan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="745" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Sj1AbclTiowVKrg-xoqTKq03wZ0wKj_fvhTfP0Atv9ji1Yk4gmgFXwIafD3CraLeywI6m9VDNEqAtXmv_BA6VbY40BgyZSyRW69c1hRx6w5zPlRTT92goh4m4Ik7AAPh8BtsNoCrIOm3znNdmuqHViuXuBrUiXGv6CrX7HFfGiDw1v93pRVkpyyxdQ/w510-h640/The%20Tall%20Texan.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Marie Windsor and Lloyd Bridges in <i>The Tall Texan</i> (1953)</div></div>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-30452174224202241332023-03-25T14:14:00.005-04:002024-01-08T21:10:13.431-05:00Movies I Watched in February<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9x211p9LL-BlmXRH0XfO3wFzaYly-Nwa6LXhmKcE-_kwIVTRmsg9WMJyV9bWszoQpdT_Xnfyt5l-XIm2YgU7gAUzs5OmRthx1zOBtiCkr74oSrepbAll1G0CbhvlvXaljIlITNYVdFhypGJ2UJg8qm4UtFfnP8lFpcQ2b2antgnQFkvqciC_dG2vYNQ/s960/Mrs%20Miniver.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9x211p9LL-BlmXRH0XfO3wFzaYly-Nwa6LXhmKcE-_kwIVTRmsg9WMJyV9bWszoQpdT_Xnfyt5l-XIm2YgU7gAUzs5OmRthx1zOBtiCkr74oSrepbAll1G0CbhvlvXaljIlITNYVdFhypGJ2UJg8qm4UtFfnP8lFpcQ2b2antgnQFkvqciC_dG2vYNQ/w640-h480/Mrs%20Miniver.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>I read a two volume WWII time traveling book by Connie Willis last month and now I’m reading and watching a lot of things on the London Blitz, which has led to me watching a few more British films. Then I got on a Charles Boyer kick. I'd been wanting to rewatch <i>Love Affair</i> for a long time and on Valentine's Day I discovered someone had put a clear copy on YouTube!</p><p>*indicates a rewatch</p>1.<i> Polly of the Circus </i>(1932) - Marion Davies & Clark Gable, C. Aubrey Smith<br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">One doesn't think of a minister and Clark Gable at the same time but he was surprising effective in the role. I've only seen a couple Marion Davies films but I thought she was very good in this one and has nice chemistry with Gable (<i>Cain and Mabel</i> is another film of theirs I enjoyed). Trapeze scenes always make me hold my breath. </div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div></blockquote><div></div>2. <i>The Garden of Allah</i> (1936) - Marlene Dietrich & Charles Boyer, Basil Rathbone, C. Aubrey Smith<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div></blockquote><div>3. *<i>History is Made at Night </i>(1937) - Charles Boyer & Jean Arthur, Colin Clive</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">The only part of this movie I remembered was the Titanic/iceberg scene near the end, so it was like a new movie. Arthur and Boyer were very good together. </div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div></blockquote><div>4. *<i>Love Affair </i>(1939) - Irene Dunne & Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya, Lee Bowman</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">The only thing that puts this film second to <i>An Affair to Remember</i> is the soundtrack. </div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div></blockquote><div>5. <i>When Tomorrow Comes</i> (1939) - Charles Boyer & Irene Dunne</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">If you like the chemistry between Dunne and Boyer in Love Affair, make sure you watch this one too. </div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div></blockquote><div>6. <i>Calling Dr. Kildare </i>(1939) - Lew Ayers, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Lana Turner</div><div><br /></div><div><i>7. </i>*<i>All This and Heaven Too</i> (1940) - Bette Davis & Charles Boyer</div><div><br />8. <i>Week-End for Three </i>(1941) - Dennis O’Keefe & Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">You have to watch this just for Edward Everett Horton's delivery of the line of what he thinks about women lol. </div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div></blockquote><div>9. <i>*Mrs. Miniver </i>(1942) - Greer Garson & Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, Dame May Whitty, Henry Travers, Richard Ney</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">This was my third viewing of this film and I think I liked it the best this time. I wish I didn't know that Garson and Ney married after this film though. It makes watching the movie a little awkward. And I've always thought Teresa Wright looks to "old" for Ney. She has one of those faces where you know exactly what she was going to look like in her 80s. I also purchased the original book by Jan Struther.</div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div></blockquote><div>10. <i>This Happy Breed</i> (1944) - Celia Johnson, Robert Newton, John Mills</div><div><br /></div><div>11. <i>*Since You Went Away </i>(1944) - Claudette Colbert, Joseph Cotten, Jennifer Jones & Robert Walker, Shirley Temple, Monty Wooley, Hattie McDaniel, Agnes Moorehead</div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">I haven't watched this since I was a teen. I remember I didn't like it very well at the time. I still didn't love it, mainly because I don't think Colbert and Jones were "typical" enough for their roles. I'm also not a fan of Walker. The first movie I ever saw of his was <i>Strangers on a Train</i> so I always see the creepy side of him a little bit. </div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div></blockquote><div>12. <i>Kiss the Blood Off My Hands </i>(1948) - Burt Lancaster & Joan Fontaine, Robert Newton</div><div><br />13. <i>The Magic Box </i>(1951) - Robert Donat </div><div><br />14. <i>Thunderball</i> (1965) - Sean Connery </div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">Really liked this one, even if the underwater battle was a little ridiculous </div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">. </div></blockquote><div>15. <i>A Bridge Too Far </i>(1977) - Dirk Bogarde, Sean Connery, etc.</div><div><br />16. <i>The Cat and the Canary</i> (1978) - Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Wendy Hiller, Olivia Hussey </div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;">Been wanting to watch this one for a while for Michael Callan. A little to creepy for me but an interesting murder mystery. </div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div></blockquote><div>17.<i> *Uncle Buck </i>(1989) - John Candy, Macaulay Culkin<div><br /></div><div><b>Least Favorite Film</b>: <i>The Garden of Allah</i> was pretty boring.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Movie</b>: Probably <i>Thunderball</i>.</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJKFOzEwK-HrhZ54dlO1tUsrQzHVoM9bFVSyDzw8W6ir93VEaPsIHJfMebuUtwxFRa6u6DfVNUXY_K2cI64CN5voBHOuuf4FqYc30FOzpNWC54rtHBC6A_NhhjlvV5j0NIXcALZG3AU8qi9xa7BgeX2rygQ-R5V2D4m5KGikN45eIqs300ZM7dYLKUg/s608/Love%20Affair.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="608" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJKFOzEwK-HrhZ54dlO1tUsrQzHVoM9bFVSyDzw8W6ir93VEaPsIHJfMebuUtwxFRa6u6DfVNUXY_K2cI64CN5voBHOuuf4FqYc30FOzpNWC54rtHBC6A_NhhjlvV5j0NIXcALZG3AU8qi9xa7BgeX2rygQ-R5V2D4m5KGikN45eIqs300ZM7dYLKUg/w400-h261/Love%20Affair.gif" width="400" /></a></div>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-8989038115183006672023-02-09T17:23:00.002-05:002023-11-02T17:26:35.862-04:00Movies I Watched in January<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEM3zwbc55c6W2npaOI2MGc9iLz7Y-W6Yp3zKaWXNDZ6ei3jAL7j2wRm5TKJL7kGcW3gXnP97Epfn8rRPS9MQX3gUohFCpA5kGwlORnddWzpAgrWTz4OCcMvssMEo5tqQtOmtnZJpnwgijF1O-CGn2wK8eCEGMm2HmQo7dlQugYRh11IfJhXvp2zfV2g/s640/the-falcons-alibi.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="640" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEM3zwbc55c6W2npaOI2MGc9iLz7Y-W6Yp3zKaWXNDZ6ei3jAL7j2wRm5TKJL7kGcW3gXnP97Epfn8rRPS9MQX3gUohFCpA5kGwlORnddWzpAgrWTz4OCcMvssMEo5tqQtOmtnZJpnwgijF1O-CGn2wK8eCEGMm2HmQo7dlQugYRh11IfJhXvp2zfV2g/w640-h334/the-falcons-alibi.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Usually January is a heavy movie month (one year I watched over 40 movies!), but with my job it was a hectic month (a lot of insurance benefits change with the new year). I also got hit with a bad cold out of nowhere. Under each movie I've added a couple of my thoughts. </p><p>* indicates a rewatch.</p><p></p><p style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">1. <i>*The 39 Steps </i>(193) - Robert Donat & Madeleine Carroll </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">I mean, it’s Robert Donat ;) I watched this with my brother. His first Donat and first British Hitchcock! </p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> </p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">2. <i>Smilin’ Through </i>(1941) - Jeanette MacDonald, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond, Ian Hunter </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">I was really impressed with Raymond's acting at the end of the movie - that's something I never thought I would say! This version was good, but I prefer the Norma Shearer one. </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">3. <i>The Spider Woman</i> (1943) - Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">4. <i>*Vacation from Marriage </i>(1945) - Robert Donat & Deborah Kerr, Glynis Johns </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">I love this movie so much. I want to be Glynis Johns when I grow up lol. </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">5. <i>The Spider Woman Strikes Back</i> (1946) - Gale Sondergaard </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">A "sequel" in name only to the Holmes movie. </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">6. <i>The Falcon’s Alibi </i>(1946) - Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Jane Greer, Elisha Cook Jr.</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Conway looked like he could be Errol Flynn's brother in this movie. I've never noticed it before. </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">7. <i>Beauty and the Beast </i>(1946-French) - Josette Day & Jean Marais</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Good, but the eyes creeped me out. IYKYK </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">8. <i>Gold Raiders </i>(1951) - George O’Brien, Three Stooges </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">The scenes with the Three Stooges were funny of course, but the rest of the movie was very predictable. I didn't realize until days later that George O'Brien was the same actor in <i>She Wore a Yellow Ribbon</i> and <i>Fort Apache</i>! While watching it I felt like I should know who he was. </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">9. <i>Ride, Vaquero! </i>(1953) - Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Anthony Quinn, Jack Elam </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Normally I don't like Howard Keel, but I liked him in this movie. Usually his character is obnoxious and full of himself. </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">10. <i>*Roman Holiday </i>(1953) - Gregory Peck & Audrey Hepburn, Eddie Albert</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Saw this on the big screen!!! I teared up when the credits started. </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">11. <i>Thunder Road</i> (1958) - Robert Mitchum, James Mitchum, Keely Smith</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Loved seeing Mitchum's son play his brother. They look so much alike! </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">12. <i>Twenty Plus Two </i>(1961) - David Janssen, Jeanne Crain, Dina Merrill, Agnes Moorehead</blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Really enjoyed this one! Was fun to see Robert Osborne in it for a few seconds as an obnoxious sailor. I thought Dina Merrill did a good job in this film. I watched a couple episodes of <i>The Fugitive</i> last year with Kurt Russell in them. I would like to watch the entire series one day. </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">13. <i>*Cactus Flower </i>(1969) - Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">This movie is so good. Most dancing scenes in 60s movies are cringe but this one is just hilarious.</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">14. <i>Nickelodeon </i>(1976) - Ryan O’Neal, Burt Reynolds, Tatum O’Neal, Brian Keith, Stella Stevens, Harry Carey Jr. </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">A zany comedy about the early days of filmmaking (they played clips of it in the <i>Carl Laemmle </i>doc). It was hilarious!! You can watch it free on Tubi right now. </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">15. <i>Private Benjamin </i>(1980) - Goldie Hawn </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">16. <i>84 Charing Cross Road </i>(1987) - Ann Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Read the book by Helene Hanff after watching this. I would like to watch more Bancroft films. I teared up when they played <i>God Save the Queen</i> during the Coronation viewing party scene.</blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">17. <i>Breathe</i> (2017) - Andrew Garfield & Claire Foy, Hugh Bonneville </blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">I saw a clip of Andrew Garfield while scrolling through instagram and suddenly realized he reminded me of Robert Donat. I wanted to then watch one of his movies and since I like Claire Foy I watched this one. It was very good, except for the end when he *spoiler?* chooses to end his life with a doctor's assistance. </blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> </blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Carl Laemmle </i>(2019) - great doc about a great filmmaker and Universal Studios</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Least Favorite Film</b>: <i>Gold Raiders</i> felt like it lasted forever lol. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Movie</b>: Well, my four rewatches were all pretty solid ;) My favorite new-to-me movie was <i>Nickelodeon</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhujeN_sTgUDuK2RgpXQGWKv5vybhbjmCVP7SB7pvO9F7C4ewL8t80MP9qgucBrpBsGTuUvF5VApWSGF8uAjn2S7L5C7bbNMprIziV_mwOpq21hzs9pi8JQIl_Cg5aLmqOzLuSyyx8SK8YTtLKRNjbGFYs7vgYvx_Riod834bp3wUfL0TUTEb5Qgpqgng/s2997/Robert%20Osborne%2020%20plus%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2478" data-original-width="2997" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhujeN_sTgUDuK2RgpXQGWKv5vybhbjmCVP7SB7pvO9F7C4ewL8t80MP9qgucBrpBsGTuUvF5VApWSGF8uAjn2S7L5C7bbNMprIziV_mwOpq21hzs9pi8JQIl_Cg5aLmqOzLuSyyx8SK8YTtLKRNjbGFYs7vgYvx_Riod834bp3wUfL0TUTEb5Qgpqgng/w640-h530/Robert%20Osborne%2020%20plus%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Robert Osborne and Dina Merrill :)</div><p></p>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-68724427437663981122023-01-21T20:17:00.002-05:002023-12-26T22:57:56.399-05:002022 Movie Stats<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-YbMLZbMCXfknQjEVobHH1VIIahoyUkEVoV6OlFCtCm09Kda04sBqjTDtq7FKXuTPrycMZoFiOgGnCLTGLjI2f2rQY6ttYKYoDBdmmzkgBCsYzlq98PyPG80ZlDnKPenXHnBdcpQlL7NPc8VUqDSn5pgOs4BGJqwk7cGItzX_LD3AZFSmUykFKcSLow/s640/Stats%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="196" data-original-width="640" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-YbMLZbMCXfknQjEVobHH1VIIahoyUkEVoV6OlFCtCm09Kda04sBqjTDtq7FKXuTPrycMZoFiOgGnCLTGLjI2f2rQY6ttYKYoDBdmmzkgBCsYzlq98PyPG80ZlDnKPenXHnBdcpQlL7NPc8VUqDSn5pgOs4BGJqwk7cGItzX_LD3AZFSmUykFKcSLow/w640-h196/Stats%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">In the year 2022 I watched 181 new-to-me movies and 52 movies that were rewatches for a total of 233. </strong><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">That's just over 100 LESS than last year</span><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> :/</strong><br /></span></p><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">New to me: <b>181</b> (105 pre-1970, 76 post-1970)</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rewatches: <b>52</b> (38 pre-1970, 14 post-1970)</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Total: <b>233</b> (143 pre-1970, 90 post-1970)</span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Where I watched them: </strong><br /></span></p><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">TCM: <b>87</b> (20 rewatches)</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Library (DVD & Apps): <b>19</b> (1 rewatch)</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Personal DVD: <b>30</b> (19 rewatches)</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">YouTube & OK: <b>32</b> (6 rewatches)</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Paid Streaming Services: <b>40</b> (3 rewatches)<span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">TV & Free Streaming Services: <b>21</b> (2 rewatches)</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Theater: <b>2</b></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Other: <b>2 </b>(1 rewatch)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"></strong><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Here are my top five movie discoveries:</strong></span></p><div><div><div><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 14.3px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNa2rVO2CdOaM8el2Mv-ZtA5Y4eb0TEyE_oKgx5zCgc99qTnUK7dPf6E6BEz4KE0IoGWZLa2OsOSik_n-YxEwBnUPfTuYchLPUJzqRVHz1HnnPVOVcPEQM_MnW2GoKPei9Hw5nPV-Z6J17--iE65za6nLGaT_4AkFK3BO06bSmR2h37CQDIi41J6VR6Q/s1323/Top%205%20of%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="307" data-original-width="1323" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNa2rVO2CdOaM8el2Mv-ZtA5Y4eb0TEyE_oKgx5zCgc99qTnUK7dPf6E6BEz4KE0IoGWZLa2OsOSik_n-YxEwBnUPfTuYchLPUJzqRVHz1HnnPVOVcPEQM_MnW2GoKPei9Hw5nPV-Z6J17--iE65za6nLGaT_4AkFK3BO06bSmR2h37CQDIi41J6VR6Q/w640-h148/Top%205%20of%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><div><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>Brief Encounter </i>(1945) - Celia Johnson & Trevor Howard</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>Mr. Soft Touch </i>(1949) - Glenn Ford & Evelyn Keyes</span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>Shane</i> (1953) - Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin</span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>Tough Guys</i> (1986) - Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas, Eli Wallach, Alexis Smith</span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><i>The Lost Husband</i> (2020) - Leslie Bibb & Josh Duhamel</span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></span></p></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: 14.3px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Classics I finally watched: </strong></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span> <i>Mutiny on the Bounty</i> (1935) - Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> <i> The Good Earth</i> (1937) - Paul Muni & Luise Rainer</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <i> The Lady Vanishes</i> (1938) - Margaret Lockwood & Michael Redgrave, Dame May Whitty</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> <i>Brief Encounter </i>(1945) - Celia Johnson & Trevor Howard</span></div></div><div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Shane</i> (1953) - Alan Ladd, Van Heflin & Jean Arthur</span></blockquote></div><div><div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Judgement at Nuremberg </i>(1961) - Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Garland, Montgomery Clift</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Bullitt</i> (1968) - Steve McQueen</span></blockquote></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <i> Westworld</i> (1973) - Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin<br /></span><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>The Fugitive</em> (1993) - Harrison Ford</span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Little Woman</i> (1994) - Wynona Ryder, Susan Sarandan, Christian Bale, Mary Wickes</span></blockquote></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /> <br /></span><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"></strong><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Number of movies per decade:</strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">1910s: <b>0</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (0 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">1920s: <b>1</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (0 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">1930s: <b>26</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (4 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">1940s: <b>44</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (8 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">1950s: <b>45</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (18 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">1960s: 2<span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>7</b></span></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (8 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">1970s:</span><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> 16</strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (0 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">1980s: <b>25</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (4 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">1990s: <b>19</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (4 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">2000s: <b>6</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (1 rewatch)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">2010s: 1<b>7</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (4 rewatches)</span></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="font-size: 14.3px;">2020s: <b>7</b></span></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (1 rewatch)</span><span><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><br /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Number of movies per month:</strong><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">January: <b>36</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (6 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">February: <b>25</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (8 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">March: </span><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">24</strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (1 rewatch)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">April: <b>20</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (6 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">May: <b>20</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (6 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">June: <b>10</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (2 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">July: <b>26</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (6 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">August: <b>20</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (5 rewatches) </span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">September: <b>11</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (3 rewatch)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">October: <span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><b>9</b></span></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (1 rewatch)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">November: <b>13</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (3 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">December: <b>19</b></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"> (5 rewatches)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><br /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><strong style="font-size: 14.3px;">Number of Foreign Language Films: </strong><span style="font-size: 14.3px;">1 (French)</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><strong style="font-size: 14.3px; font-weight: bold;">Number of Documentaries: </strong><span style="font-size: 14.3px;">18<b> </b></span></span></div><div><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><strong style="font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></strong></strong></div><div><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><strong style="font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></strong></strong></div><div><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><strong style="font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></strong></strong></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Most Watched (Leading) Movie Stars: </strong><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">(I do this very scientifically, I think of names and search my word document lol)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Kurt Russell - 37 films (plus multiple TV episodes)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Josh Duhamel - 11 films</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Elvis Presley - 7 films (5 were rewatches)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Kirk Douglas - 6 films</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Glenn Ford, Robert Taylor, Robert Mitchum, Robert Young, Goldie Hawn - 5 films</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Clark Gable, William Holden, Dana Andrews, Brian Keith, Gilbert Roland, John Mills - 4 films</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Stars I discovered/grew to love/admire: </strong><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">Kurt Russell, Josh Duhamel</span></span></div><div><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></strong></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.3px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjMqW_kOjoWI89qWByMhitkaclz4C4_jom84ntjrmK0Zgl-oukZxR2BJkCfvp3CJKJOEnjCskZMKXpPdutMNRcnol0sCy7uRdXk2BTSR5lXZBZqa4Mh053Yv86FOPjLPFqXFPKXoa3k8bQFqvEmI-uFmOpQHFImORM6nN91KTjqQlGz6KIRPZYGyklcg/s490/Kurt%20Russell%20young.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="371" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjMqW_kOjoWI89qWByMhitkaclz4C4_jom84ntjrmK0Zgl-oukZxR2BJkCfvp3CJKJOEnjCskZMKXpPdutMNRcnol0sCy7uRdXk2BTSR5lXZBZqa4Mh053Yv86FOPjLPFqXFPKXoa3k8bQFqvEmI-uFmOpQHFImORM6nN91KTjqQlGz6KIRPZYGyklcg/w242-h320/Kurt%20Russell%20young.jpg" width="242" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbcTzYgztnlypCMfTOCPY5JY9BNXCtUbZu7aaPNAgD3Kq5nolt7KYjmXg2Tu_PJkgMTKI_k6RHz9jXZStXM7OC3ojQK1ukBv4TfIxyz9spBQuO3e5WLaJX3vZEYOgrefyhYg0_QBW4emRPwh3W1Gyi7C4dfISJyZ7Z51GtjnCPqswCFo9hjeaRes-xQ/s600/Josh%20Duhamel.jpg" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.3px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="415" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbcTzYgztnlypCMfTOCPY5JY9BNXCtUbZu7aaPNAgD3Kq5nolt7KYjmXg2Tu_PJkgMTKI_k6RHz9jXZStXM7OC3ojQK1ukBv4TfIxyz9spBQuO3e5WLaJX3vZEYOgrefyhYg0_QBW4emRPwh3W1Gyi7C4dfISJyZ7Z51GtjnCPqswCFo9hjeaRes-xQ/w221-h320/Josh%20Duhamel.jpg" width="221" /></a><br /></div></span></span><strong style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"></strong><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;">*To see last year's stats, </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;"><a href="https://phyllislovesclassicmovies.blogspot.com/2022/01/2021-movie-stats.html" style="font-size: 14.3px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">click here</a>.</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 14.3px;" /><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Did you keep track of the movies you watched in 2022? Was there a star or movie you discovered that you can't live without now? Let me know in the comments!</span></span></div></div></div></div>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-37462022473230061312023-01-02T20:03:00.004-05:002023-01-02T20:04:10.807-05:00Movies I Watched in December<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGo8TZ54uWTc9GN-nUvAgknecpxydXdSxKcaV9e9xgu3Zc5nXtT0CC82-F1KXKuK2Y1MkAid5bojtFHMhoqqVW0iU4Wts9yF5CXdm0YtDSmL4Og0JKg7KtFvNOGe2pBdZ0FcOyD-9feIaIdDCQuTlD6sJCIG4nJfA-jLxaLfXcCCOcuXAYH09nysSnHA/s800/1EEC8CAA-E4C8-4D87-A23A-0294F4C39690.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="584" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGo8TZ54uWTc9GN-nUvAgknecpxydXdSxKcaV9e9xgu3Zc5nXtT0CC82-F1KXKuK2Y1MkAid5bojtFHMhoqqVW0iU4Wts9yF5CXdm0YtDSmL4Og0JKg7KtFvNOGe2pBdZ0FcOyD-9feIaIdDCQuTlD6sJCIG4nJfA-jLxaLfXcCCOcuXAYH09nysSnHA/w468-h640/1EEC8CAA-E4C8-4D87-A23A-0294F4C39690.jpeg" width="468" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Glenn Ford dresses up as St. Nick in <i>Mr. Soft Touch </i>(1949)</div><p>This month had the usual Christmas movies as well as some unusual ones. </p><ol><li><i>A Night of Adventure </i>(1944) - Tom Conway & Audrey Long </li><li><i>Christmas Holiday</i> (1944) - Deanna Durbin & Gene Kelly, Gale Sondergaard</li><li><i>Mr. Soft Touch</i> (1949) - Glenn Ford & Evelyn Keyes, Percy Kilbride</li><li><i>Young Man with Ideas </i>(1952) - Glenn Ford, Ruth Roman, Nina Foch, Denise Darcel </li><li><i>*White Christmas </i>(1954) - Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye & Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger, Mary Wickes</li><li><i>Bridge to the Sun</i> (1961) - James Shigeta & Carroll Baker</li><li><i>On Her Majesty’s Secret Service</i> (1969) - George Lazenby & Diana Rigg</li><li><i>Witness for the Prosecution </i>(1982) - Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Diana Rigg, Wendy Hiller</li><li>*<i>Mickey’s Christmas Carol</i> (1983) - Alan Young</li><li><i>The Jewel of the Nile</i> (1985) - Kathleen Turner & Michael Douglas, Danny DeVito</li><li>*<i>Home Alone</i> (1990) - Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O’Hara, John Candy</li><li>*<i>Home Alone 2: Lost in New York</i> (1992) - Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Tim Curry, Eddie Bracken, Catherine O’Hara</li><li><i>Forget Paris</i> (1995) - Billy Crystal & Debra Winger</li><li><i>Escape From L.A. </i>(1996) - Kurt Russell, Cliff Robertson </li><li><i>Fathers’ Day</i> (1997) - Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus</li><li>*<i>Elf </i>(2003) - Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, Mary Steenburgen</li><li><i>Charlie St. Cloud</i> (2010) - Zac Efron </li><li><i>New Year’s Eve </i>(2011) - star-studded cast (including Josh Duhamel)</li><li><i>A Castle for Christmas </i>(2021) - Brooke Shields & Cary Elwes</li></ol><div><b>Least Favorite Film</b>: It wasn’t bad but <i>Escape from L.A.</i> was just ok. It wasn’t as visually freaky as <i>Escape from New York </i>but it was too similar. It was my last Kurt Russell movie for the year. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Movie</b>: I really liked <i>Mr. Soft Touch</i>. Eddie Muller gave a great intro (Noir Alley on TCM). Last year I watched <i>Spectre </i>on Christmas Day (to refresh my memory before watching <i>No Time to Die</i>) and this year I watched <i>On Her Majesty’s Secret Service </i>so I guess that’s a new tradition? Lol. Anyway, I can’t stop listening to this song <3</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SgVWFdDnSXQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="SgVWFdDnSXQ"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-6916484404555423492022-12-29T19:36:00.005-05:002022-12-29T19:39:03.332-05:00Who Will Be My Most Watched Star For 2022??<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDms91ghEwM0-O7tX1jt6_U81QchsTFcfCb9iaocu28pj29aOpDU1sc9ukIGlcf2DSEYOx2TCH2544VowYXyufLpVdEHc8SbvfU53Wdeq-mdXffjPNSAulJEPfWVxi8ZT2Ya8t_LM5M6aqeII_Hvgc6zolEkJvY08fvEkBcZcfNVa4oxaXLBKYZdrlw/s800/B91F9435-C614-420F-BBDA-3D9628D02AF3.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDms91ghEwM0-O7tX1jt6_U81QchsTFcfCb9iaocu28pj29aOpDU1sc9ukIGlcf2DSEYOx2TCH2544VowYXyufLpVdEHc8SbvfU53Wdeq-mdXffjPNSAulJEPfWVxi8ZT2Ya8t_LM5M6aqeII_Hvgc6zolEkJvY08fvEkBcZcfNVa4oxaXLBKYZdrlw/s320/B91F9435-C614-420F-BBDA-3D9628D02AF3.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Who will be my most watched movie star of 2022 and how many movies will I have watched? Leave your guess in the comments. Hint: it DOESN’T start with Robert ;)</p><p>Here’s who had the top spot for the past few years (I didn’t track who had the most in 2016 & 2015 when I started my stats, but for 2016 it was probably Olivia de Havilland). </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div>2021 - Robert Young with 16 (Elvis Presley in second with 15)</div><div>2020 - Robert Taylor with 20 (Elvis Presley in second with 13)</div><div>2019 - Eleanor Parker with 11</div><div>2018 - Robert Ryan with 16</div><div>2017 - Clark Gable & Chris Pine tying with 14 each</div></blockquote><p>What movie star did YOU watch the most movies of this past year? </p>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-38788449510675252092022-12-01T18:13:00.006-05:002022-12-01T18:13:54.073-05:00Movies I Watched in November<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvT-U_VecwzSpIFzXpKYuE4j-49-6LEQDq17iTttfVElHnwTMLI8GzXnqoL8yTApRbZGHBF8dCFdwl_OfCIc-xwA-l_r8VuHnpiGln34UAHwIhcVlP2PV2b8BXHSBJuPEhNYCQNiypfcCWowa5hyhD88FMwlz1kidbCGguZ4dp4KHyJoP3XLltd2TIgw/s2048/5811BBBD-5184-40FF-9B43-6E67478AB7EF.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvT-U_VecwzSpIFzXpKYuE4j-49-6LEQDq17iTttfVElHnwTMLI8GzXnqoL8yTApRbZGHBF8dCFdwl_OfCIc-xwA-l_r8VuHnpiGln34UAHwIhcVlP2PV2b8BXHSBJuPEhNYCQNiypfcCWowa5hyhD88FMwlz1kidbCGguZ4dp4KHyJoP3XLltd2TIgw/w640-h480/5811BBBD-5184-40FF-9B43-6E67478AB7EF.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I’ll Be Seeing You</i> (1944)</div><p>This month was a pretty good month. Aside from these movies, I also watched season 5 of <i>The Crown</i> (only episode I really objected to was ep. 6). My brother bought the new <i>Planes, Trains and Automobiles </i>release with a disc of never-before-seen deleted and extended scenes that were recently discovered among John Hughes things - some adult/crude humor but very funny. I also started watching season 3 of <i>Leave it to Beaver</i>. I’ve probably seen most of them but so far I’ve only watched the first two seasons in order (you may remember <a href="http://solidmoonlight.blogspot.com/2015/05/junes-dresses-in-leave-it-to-beaver.html" target="_blank">this post</a> of June’s season 1 dresses. I’ve spotted a few of them in season 3 too).</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>Lady of the Tropics</i> (1939) - Robert Taylor & Hedy Lamarr</li><li><i>I’ll Be Seeing You</i> (1944) - Ginger Rogers & Joseph Cotten</li><li>*<i>Miracle on 34th Street </i>(1947) - Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O’Hara & John Payne, Natalie Wood</li><li><i>On Our Merry Way </i>(1948) - Burgess Meredith, Paulette Goddard, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Fred MacMurrey, William Demerest</li><li>*<i>Battle Cry</i> (1955) - Tab Hunter, Aldo Ray & Nancy Olson</li><li><i>Fate is the Hunter</i> (1964) - Glenn Ford, Suzanne Pleshette, Rod Taylor, Nancy Kwan, Dorothy Malone, Jane Russell</li><li><i>Freebie and the Bean </i>(1974) - James Caan, Alan Arkin, Valerie Harper, Loretta Swit </li><li><i>Silkwood </i>(1983) - Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher</li><li><i>Suspect</i> (1987) - Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney</li><li>*<i>Funny Farm</i> (1988) - Chevy Chase</li><li><i>Rush Hour</i> (1998) - Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker</li><li><i>The Christmas Chronicles </i>(2018) - Kurt Russell, Darby</li><li><i>The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two</i> (2020) - Kurt Russell & Goldie Hawn</li></ol><div><b>Least Favorite Film</b>: Definitely <i>The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two</i>. It had none of the charm, humor, and originality of the first one. I wish the elves had been like the ones in <i>Elf</i>, instead of gremlin-like. There were some parts of <i>Freebie and the Bean</i> that I didn’t care for, though I liked the buddy chemistry between Caan and Arkin. They could have had a good buddy cop tv show. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_ZOFIsNnDOI" width="320" youtube-src-id="_ZOFIsNnDOI"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kurt Russell sings an Elvis Christmas song in the first film. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He still has the moves from when he played Elvis in the 1979 TV movie!</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Movie</b>: Aside from <i>Silkwood</i> (which I shouldn’t have watched before bed) and my least favorite movie listed above, I really enjoyed all of them! I’ve been wanting to see <i>I’ll be Seeing You</i> for a long time based on the image below. It wasn’t what I expected but I really enjoyed it. I’m not always a fan of how Ginger Roger acts but she was very good in this one and Joseph Cotten was excellent (sadly he doesn’t mention the film in his autobiography). <i>On Our Merry Way</i> can only be described as quirky. If you ever get a chance to watch it, do. <i>Suspect</i> was really good (except for the first 7 minutes with a suicide, murder, and upsetting robbery/assault). I’ve seen parts of the <i>Rush Hour</i> movies so I knew I’d enjoy it. They don’t make funny movies like that anymore..</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsc8kW1cr8tP9LOs_dPxZiktOhgwqYGae1ZY4bOm6HexZA54ZY3eEXBmpZAXObCJO19dcHXj1VpYaGI7vvFcEyaQtbt95S0OC6xq52Q46fIT7coDgVxEnYPFOIZNpY0QNAuiRJRzulrBBDzLhXjGe4VRmZlttCtNjrB6HyXHONUt8idbYyCw3IOGYMfA/s613/58F58876-B0DE-49B5-879E-E77B74BDF2CC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsc8kW1cr8tP9LOs_dPxZiktOhgwqYGae1ZY4bOm6HexZA54ZY3eEXBmpZAXObCJO19dcHXj1VpYaGI7vvFcEyaQtbt95S0OC6xq52Q46fIT7coDgVxEnYPFOIZNpY0QNAuiRJRzulrBBDzLhXjGe4VRmZlttCtNjrB6HyXHONUt8idbYyCw3IOGYMfA/w522-h640/58F58876-B0DE-49B5-879E-E77B74BDF2CC.jpeg" width="522" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><p></p>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-53537338983904032012022-11-12T19:21:00.003-05:002022-11-12T19:21:32.673-05:00Movies I Watched in October<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlv6z0IYG5v-zOJvLg5uUoshhVtVxZAQgSRGjuIJZ-rdnFqlq1JUzCqeUoXnJ9KpJcWTKqgkeeOBKyL74CAc0VEClZ482GPBngnXcAJvQqo2IskFvJGn6hazeQUgoVWWNhb-5kEihJBF7XDZwYxdU5y7hHOIEfPsnrcvoC9Qsmzeec-nFO_FgqFNtJQ/s1200/The%20Tall%20Men%20poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1175" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlv6z0IYG5v-zOJvLg5uUoshhVtVxZAQgSRGjuIJZ-rdnFqlq1JUzCqeUoXnJ9KpJcWTKqgkeeOBKyL74CAc0VEClZ482GPBngnXcAJvQqo2IskFvJGn6hazeQUgoVWWNhb-5kEihJBF7XDZwYxdU5y7hHOIEfPsnrcvoC9Qsmzeec-nFO_FgqFNtJQ/w626-h640/The%20Tall%20Men%20poster.jpg" width="626" /></a></div><p>I finished watching all of M*A*S*H. I had stopped after Winchester replaced Frank but my brother told me to give him a chance and I'm glad I did. They are definitely more drama than comedy as opposed to the first five seasons, but I was sad when I got to the end. As you can see, the result is I didn't watch a ton of movies. </p><p>A sad thing that happened this month is that the WatchTCM app is no longer supported on my 2016 iPad. Now if I want to take a screenshot of a costume I'll have to do so on my laptop, which is a lot more time consuming than just pressing two buttons at the same time :( However, there are only 4 movies showing on TCM in November that I want to watch so I will probably watch more old movies on YouTube and Tubi.</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>Good Girls Go to Paris </i>(1939) - Joan Blondell & Melvyn Douglas </li><li><i>So Ends Our Night</i> (1941) - Fredric March, Glenn Ford, Margaret Sullivan, Frances Dee</li><li><i>Twice Blessed </i>(1945) - Lyn & Lee Wilde, Preston Foster, Gail Patrick, Marshall Thompson</li><li><i>Sylvia and the Phantom/Sylvie et le Fant</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">ô</span>m</i></span><i>e </i>(1946 - French) - Jacques Tati, Odette Joyeux</li><li><i>The Company She Keeps </i>(1951) - Lizabeth Scott, Jane Greer, Dennis O’Keefe </li><li><i>The Tall Men</i> (1955) - Clark Gable & Jane Russell, Robert Ryan</li><li><i>Cowboy</i> (1958) - Glenn Ford, Jack Lemmon, Brian Donlevy, Dick York</li><li><i>*Clambake</i> (1967) - Elvis Presley & Shelley Fabares, Bill Bixby, Gary Merrill </li><li><i>Deepwater Horizon</i> (2016) - Mark Wahlburg, Kurt Russell, Kate Hudson, John Malkovich</li></ol><div><i>Irving Thalburg: The Prince of Hollywood</i> (2005) </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Least Favorite Film</b>: <i>Cowboy</i> had some cruel scenes and was a little more down than I thought it would be. Still a good movie though. <i>Twice Blessed</i> was a movie I’ve been wanting to see for a long time with its “Parent Trap” storyline. I’m not a fan of Preston Foster though so I didn’t enjoy it as much as I'd hoped. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Movie</b>: <i>Sylvia and the Phantom</i> was a nice non-scary ghost movie for October. The score was lovely. It was fun seeing famous femme fatale's Scott and Greer in a <i>The Company She Keeps</i> together. There aren't enough old movies with two women leads that aren't "women's pictures." I really liked Glenn Ford's performance in <i>So Ends Our Night</i>. </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Fun fact</b>: I was watching <i>The Tall Men (</i>which has a score by Victor Young) and at the 25:45 mark (on YT) I suddenly recognized about 15 seconds of part of the <i>Shane</i> soundtrack (also Young)!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VeOoRAQO06E" width="320" youtube-src-id="VeOoRAQO06E"></iframe></div><p></p>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-42217205560145219602022-10-01T23:50:00.005-04:002023-01-21T16:10:56.182-05:00Movies I Watched in September<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuB-AsOxsjMXrsnQRmFqX1sZIZKUBDHkp_CmZS1TUIqJ9wU3h5NMCsVN7FAJlDLLjpJJZTMIzAI-B0Rp0YjNofyzaJR8kxpgU8gVvoWbgxHXf0gtQ27VrDjuYZ39NGFNRtN94k2dtklB_Iv4UFASi5CX9Rg2TxCAMprmAp0PKCr6Iam1r4wDqyq7JoZg/s844/AA63176E-C298-4EE3-BB66-EFC8E82E92E5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="844" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuB-AsOxsjMXrsnQRmFqX1sZIZKUBDHkp_CmZS1TUIqJ9wU3h5NMCsVN7FAJlDLLjpJJZTMIzAI-B0Rp0YjNofyzaJR8kxpgU8gVvoWbgxHXf0gtQ27VrDjuYZ39NGFNRtN94k2dtklB_Iv4UFASi5CX9Rg2TxCAMprmAp0PKCr6Iam1r4wDqyq7JoZg/w640-h348/AA63176E-C298-4EE3-BB66-EFC8E82E92E5.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The Trouble with Harry </i>(1955), The perfect autumn film.</div><p>Didn’t get a lot of movies watched this month with the death of Queen Elizabeth (if you follow me on Twitter you know I mostly post Royal family stuff) and going on a mini vacation to the North Carolina Outer Banks (the weather was perfect) - naturally on the same weekend. I also went on a day trip to a large outdoor flea market, where I bought several Elvis movies for $2 each, including his first two movies (VHS). </p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>Mad About Music </i>(1938) - Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, Gail Patrick, Arthur Treacher, William Frawley, Marcia Mae Jones, Helen Parrish</li><li><i>*Road to Singapore </i>(1940) - Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Charles Coburn, Anthony Quinn </li><li><i>For the Love of Mary</i> (1948) - Deanna Durbin, Edmond O’Brien, Don Taylor, Jeffrey Lynn</li><li><i>Tokyo Joe</i> (1949) - Humphrey Bogart </li><li><i>*Hondo</i> (1953) - John Wayne & Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, James Arness </li><li><i>*The Trouble with Harry </i>(1955) - Shirley MacLaine, John Forsythe, Edmund Gwenn, Mildred Natwick, Jerry Mathers</li><li><i>Wild in the Country</i> (1961) - Elvis Presley, Hope Lange, Tuesday Weld, Millie Perkins, John Ireland</li><li><i>Operation Crossbow</i> (1965) - Sophia Loren, George Peppard, John Mills</li><li><i>What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? </i>(1966) - James Coburn, Aldo Ray</li><li><i>The Hot Rock</i> (1972) - Robert Redford, George Segal</li><li><i>Nights at Rodanthe</i> (2008) - Diane Lane & Richard Gere, Christopher Meloni, Viola Davis, James Franco</li></ol><div><b>Least Favorite Film</b>: Well, I didn’t like the end of <i>Nights at Rodanthe</i> (which I watched because I was going to be driving through there on the way to Avon for a few days - I saw the Rodanthe Inn from the road as we drove through!).</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Movie</b>: Of course I liked <i>Wild in the Country</i> (listen to my favorite song from the film below). I didn’t remember much of <i>Honda</i> but I liked it much better this time around. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PpYLIDCowVM" width="320" youtube-src-id="PpYLIDCowVM"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><p></p>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4603100249483133100.post-44759789866721737282022-09-02T20:04:00.000-04:002022-09-02T20:04:01.103-04:00Movies I Watched in August<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiILivkHrak9Prl5z9LZl5ijHd2O3FM7CsGDGphV3-XCEp9WKJybOAQ2uLyvcx9Iym67vVUNf43zHvd_AysUCgn91TqhkGLzUDuuBmyY98wQAgbmGqvktlzjadpa3_H82AEamBTzUMMs2lIQmQaTA1lu8HXFHjGBfIPuxzpr6IfJiaow8-LPPkTDMw-DA/s960/Rivers%20End.jpe" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiILivkHrak9Prl5z9LZl5ijHd2O3FM7CsGDGphV3-XCEp9WKJybOAQ2uLyvcx9Iym67vVUNf43zHvd_AysUCgn91TqhkGLzUDuuBmyY98wQAgbmGqvktlzjadpa3_H82AEamBTzUMMs2lIQmQaTA1lu8HXFHjGBfIPuxzpr6IfJiaow8-LPPkTDMw-DA/w640-h480/Rivers%20End.jpe" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>River's End</i> (1940)</div><div><br /></div>This month I started watching <i>M*A*S*H</i> again (I had stopped after Frank left). So far I've watched season 6-8. They are definitely more serious in tone. I also started <i>The Persuaders</i> (1971-1972), starring Tony Curtis and Roger Moore. I liked the first couple of episodes enough to buy the complete series on dvd ($10 on Amazon for 24 episodes). <div><br /></div><div>* indicates a rewatch</div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><i>A Lady of Chance</i> (1928) - Norma Shearer </li><li><i>Cynara </i>(1932) - Ronald Colman & Kay Francis</li><li><i>My Dear Miss Aldrich </i>(1937) - Edna May Oliver, Maureen O’Sullivan & Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson</li><li><i>The Drum</i> (1938) - Sabu, Roger Livesy, Raymond Massey</li><li><i>River’s End</i> (1940) - Dennis Morgan, George Tobias</li><li><i>Meet the Stewarts</i> (1942) - William Holden & Frances Dee</li><li><i>In Which We Serve</i> (1942) - Noel Coward, John Mills, Celia Johnson, Richard Attenborough </li><li><i>Dear Ruth </i>(1947) - William Holden & Joan Caufield, Edward Arnold</li><li>*<i>Every Girl Should Be Married</i> (1948) - Cary Grant & Betsy Drake, Franchot Tone</li><li><i>Little Women </i>(1949) - June Allyson, Janet Leigh, Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret O’Brien, Peter Lawford, Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Rossano Brazzi </li><li><i>Barricade</i> (1950) - Dane Clark, Raymond Massey, Ruth Roman</li><li><i>*Shane</i> (1953) - Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon de Wilde</li><li><i>Dunkirk</i> (1958) - John Mills, Richard Attenborough </li><li>*<i>Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid</i> (1982) - Steve Martin + archive footage of old Hollywood stars </li><li><i>Captain Ron</i> (1992) - Kurt Russell, Martin Short</li><li><i>Little Women</i> (1994) - Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Christian Bale, Kirsten Dunst, Mary Wickes</li><li><i>We Are Marshall </i>(2006) - Matthew McConahay</li><li><i>*The King’s Speech</i> (2010) - Colin Firth</li><li>*<i>The Tourist</i> (2010) - Angelina Jolie & Johnny Depp</li><li><i>Elvis</i> (2022) - Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia Delange (in theaters)</li></ol><div><b>Least Favorite Film</b>: <i>Cynara</i>. No one likes a girl who steals another woman’s husband than gets hysterical when he goes back to her.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Favorite Movie</b>: <i>Meet the Stewarts </i>was really cute and funny. I also really enjoyed the 1994 <i>Little Women</i>. I've never really been a huge fan of the book (when I first read it I saw that one of the girls died and didn't finish it). I really liked Christian Bale as Laurie. In most adaptations the character of Laurie is forgettable, or too... for lack of a better word, feminine - maybe it's because his name is similar to mine (Laura). Anyway, Bale did a great job and I think this adaptation is my favorite, followed by the 1978 TV mini-series, which had a great cast. <i>Captain Ron</i> was pretty funny. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XsRCgTWgi3w" width="320" youtube-src-id="XsRCgTWgi3w"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>I thought <i>Elvis</i> (2022) would be added to HBO Max in early August and, since I hadn't gotten around to going to see it in theaters yet (I like early weekday showings when there's not a lot of people - even pre-covid I preferred it that way), I had decided to wait. Then they pushed the date and, since it stayed in theaters so long, I finally had a chance to go. I'm glad I saw it on the big screen. Not going to lie, the first hour dragged a little but once we got to the '68 Special it was really good. That was my favorite part of the movie, partly because it was more like a regular biopic, had more actual Elvis songs than the first hour, and had less of Colonel Tom Parker. Austin Butler, who I thought he was a horrible choice when he was cast (despite having never seen him act), was absolutely incredible. He had the moves and voice down to a T. He even managed to catch that twinkle in his eyes that Elvis had. I really do hope he is nominated for an Oscar and wins. He seems like a pretty humble guy in his interviews too and seems to genuinely love Elvis. I hope that one day an extended cut is released. I sobbed at the end of the movie and had trouble holding it together the entire drive home (20 min - while listening to an Elvis cd). The end was perfect (I usually stay until the credits finish but it moved on to a rap song so I hot footed it out of there). The film was added to HBO Max today. </div>Phylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08726532398377237606noreply@blogger.com4