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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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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Irene Dunne did not disappoint and today’s Summer Under the Stars day is short and sweet. Ann Vickers (1933) We’re starting with a pre-code and it’s A PRE-CODE! Irene Dunne he’s sex with a soldier she barely knows, so they’re not married, gets pregnant, and then has an abortion! I actually think that the first …
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The Pawnbroker (1964) After yesterday’s exercise in despair with Liv Ullmann, all I wanted was a bit of silly relaxation but I guess that’s not what fate had in store for me. But it doesn’t matter because The Pawnbroker starring today’s star, Rod Steiger, is a very good film. It starts with a dreamlike, almost …
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Every Summer Under the Stars (I’m pretty sure) TCM dedicates one day to a foreign star to give more of an, I don’t know, exotic flair to their programming, I guess. To my delight this year’s choice was Liv Ullmann herself! An absolutely incredible artist that I adore. Since I’ve loved her a long time, …
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Here we go. In Old Chicago (1938) A story of the birth of one of America’s biggest cities told through the history of one family. The O’Learys drive to Chicago when the father, while trying to impress his sons and racing a train, gets dragged by the horses and dies. The mother starts a laundry …
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A few days ago, when I watched the Ava Gardner film Tam Lin, I mentioned my affection for the genre known as „psycho-biddy” (or „hagsploitation”). Today I feel like I have to come back to the subject because today’s films are two horror movies from the 70s – which means Ann Sothern was an older …
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I started the week watching tons of films every day and I’m finishing it with a few single-movie posts. I feel like I’m maybe being unfair to the stars whose filmography I did not feature more strongly. Just so you know, I have already seen most of Bogart’s oeuvre so I feel like I could …
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Swingin' at the Seance