This is the last day of Summer Under the Stars. And sadly, we have an Errol Flynn situation on our hands, meaning the star of today is someone I am… not a fan of. But, I pushed through. Here’s Kirk Douglas. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) This is Hollywood. I read The Day of …
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The way Summer Under the Stars is constructed is that female stars and male stars alternate, meaning one day a male star is featured, the next one a female star and so on. And that means that today we are celebrating a woman for the last time this August. And the woman is Susan Hayward …
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Only two days of Summer Under the Stars left and, like yesterday, I only watched one film (might seem like slacking but I know that tomorrow and especially the day after are going to be tough). As for Paul Lukas… Working Girls (1931) I am genuinely happy and excited right now because I attempted to …
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Two days ago I watched Mary Astor, who was the star du jour of that Summer Under the Stars Day, play Marmee in the 1949 version of Little Women. And, as I wrote in the blog post, I enjoyed the film overall, except for one thing – June Allyson as Jo. So I guess this …
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What’s the point of these introductions anyway? We don’t need them. Let’s get straight to the point. Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935) Well, let’s kind of get to the point. When I checked which Walter Brennan films I had on my to-watch list, the first position was a little-known 1935 film Biography of a …
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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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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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