Today and tomorrow are pretty busy for me and Summer Under the Stars and this blog are going to suffer for it. But I have a little moment for Mary Astor. I always do. Paradise for Three (1938) Spoiler alert: Mary Astor did not play the lead role in any of the films I watched …
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Today I started the day with a viewing of the Warren Beatty epic 1981 drama Reds. It’s over three hours long. And it has nothing to do with today’s star – Dustin Hoffman. I just wanted to show that I really am not making these final Summer Under the Stars days easy for myself. Anyway, …
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Oof. Something tells me this last week of Summer Under the Stars is going to be a struggle. I wanted to write more, to write, perhaps, something interesting about the films, but every day after my viewings, I seem to be absolutely exhausted. So I’m not going to make any promises and simply write these …
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Look at me: back at it again with EXCUSES! But here’s the thing: I watched SEVEN films today. I feel like my eyeballs are going to pop out of my skull. But it was all worth it: it’s Fred Astaire day. Here’s the thing about today’s films: they’re VERY similar – musicals about entertainers. At …
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So. Today was a bit of a fail. The featured star is Leila Hyams. I had two films starring her on my to-watch list. Let’s just say that I personally did not manage to feature her properly. Alas… Dancing Mothers (1926) The first film is a silent Clara Bow picture. She plays a spoiled daughter …
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Today was quite a pleasant day because I spent it with the handsome man Joel McCrea and because all of the films I watched were less than eighty minutes long which can be nice after seeing tons of over two-hour epics. Let’s make the post short and sweet as well. The Common Law (1931) Joel McCrea …
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Today is Dorothy McGuire day and it turned out to also be children’s/moms’ day. Today’s films turned out to be quite a perfect double feature: technically family films, or at least film about families and kids, but also kind of tearjerkers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) A story about coming of age in 1900s …
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Hello. It is day 19 of Summer Under the Stars already. I did not even acknowledge they day we passed the halfway point. I’m going to be honest: I have been slacking these past few days, sometimes because the subject was Errol Flynn, sometimes because of life stuff. But I want to get better and …
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I’m only dropping by for a second today. I spent all my day hiking and neglected Summer Under the Stars. Oops. But I HAD TO watch something – I mean, it’s Audrey Hepburn day! So I decided that it was time to tackle the BIG movie. War and Peace (1956) What people know about War …
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I’m going to be honest right off the bat – I was not excited to spend my day with Errol Flynn. I have learned a bit about him these past months and you might say I’m not a fan. While I don’t necessarily believe that he was a Nazi spy, I am sure that he …
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