OK. Let’s do this. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933), dir. Frank Capra At this point I have seen most of the Barbara Stanwyck biggest hits. I’m pretty sure this is the most famous of her movies we have here today. If I’m not mistaken, The Bitter Tea of General Yen is (or was) …
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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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