I don’t know why but up until yesterday, when I saw Rita Moreno’s Instagram post inviting everyone to watch her films on TCM the following day, I was convinced that today’s star is Natalie Wood – and that’s what I prepared for. I had to improvise today and as a result I didn’t even watch …
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After seeing like twenty films the last few days I decided that I need a little break. So I’m very sorry, Red Skelton, but I only watched one of your movies. Three Little Words (1950) The film I watched is the biopic of the songwriting duo Kalmar & Ruby, starring Fred Astaire and Red Skelton. …
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Ava Gardner is one of my newest obsessions. I have seen a few of her iconic films already but I am glad that today I have an excuse to watch more. Without further ado… The Sun Also Rises (1952) Hemingway adaptation about, surprise, surprise, a bunch of disillusioned people traveling around the world and drinking. …
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Today’s featured player is one of the men (and I admit I am more biased towards actresses) who made me fall in love with not only Old Hollywood but cinema in general, I think. And celebrating my becoming newly unemployed, I watched six films! Speed (1936) Not the most fascinating story. There is no Keanu, …
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I don’t think there is anyone interested in classic Hollywood who hasn’t listened to it yet, but I highly recommend the Lena Horne episode of the You Must Remember This podcast. And if you’d like to learn even more, check out Lena’s biography Stormy Weather. This is how I learned about her (in that order) …
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It’s Melvyn Douglas day today and I am, frankly, exhausted. I am currently going through some major changes in my life, and it’s already been five days of Summer Under the Stars madness, and the weather has been confusing… But. I still managed to watch four films. I’ll try to be brief today. Theodora Goes …
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I have a confession: I have not seen any of the famous Shirley Temple films she made as a little child. I have seen Since You Went Away, I’ll Be Seeing You (in which I don’t remember her at all), The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (which I’m pretty sure I watched during last year’s Summer …
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Marlon Brando – for many the greatest of the great. A Streetcar Named Desire. On the Waterfront. The Godfather. Apocalypse Now. I did not watch these films today. I watched Candy. And Superman. Because I have seen all those other films already. And WHO ELSE watched Candy today, huh? Candy (1968) When Candy started I …
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Day 2 and I’m still here! Not gving up! Great! And what a lovely day to spend with the one and only Ruth Hussey! Tender Comrade (1943) Yesterday I mentioned blacklist in passing while talking about Blockade. And now – Tender Comrade. I mean, the title alone. And it’s written by Dalton Trumbo! Ginger Rogers …
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