Baxter to Cochran: "I have done many things in my life that shame me but YOU! You love to wallow in the MUD!" Strange but you're not the only mention I've seen about Baxter in the last 24 hours. I put up a poll on another website, and people were having the greatest time recalling her cam...

Secrets (1933), on TCM. I've noticed a disturbing trend in a few of the movies shown on TCM lately - the adoption of a 'widescreen' stretch for what should be Academy aspect ratio films. Secrets (1933) last night is an example. What was shown: https://i.imgur.com/ZkC2wv2.png What it is supposed to ...

I have a heads-up for today (Friday) on TCM at 6 p.m. EST -- CARNIVAL STORY. Do not miss this delightfully seedy tale, filmed on location in Munich, of three men vying for the love of a sexy drifter played by Anne Baxter with her unique brand of hamminess. She falls hard for Steve Cochran who is hi...

Of the 4 movies, "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid." His brief cameo in "The Muppet Movie." But of course, "The Jerk." Not sure what the theme is. Not his birthday. Don't remember ever seeing "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels." "Father of the Bride" wasn't even clo...

https://twitter.com/tcm/status/1786418039077933296 :smilie_happy_thumbup: Pennies from Heaven is an extraordinary film, but very downbeat. Still, for my money its one of the greatest films of the 80s. And Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is his best comedy, a veritable feast for Noir fans. Don't miss that...

Two more.... The Pleasure Garden (1925) is the earliest feature film credit for Alfred Hitchcock, and while this film does have the charm that is inherent to silent films, the saga of two showgirls and their melodramatic entanglements causing one of them to grow bitter and jaded seems like bizarre m...

More dealings with films to go with my post from earlier today on the previous page, mostly more recent ones sadly since I don't know how many A-list films are left from the classic era that I haven't seen. Reckless (1935) is the one classic era title, one of the few Jean Harlow films I hadn't seen,...

It is now time for marvelous 1962 to take the stage, one of the best years for films. Next up will be 1984. 1962 (Films Seen: 87) The Best: 1 To Kill a Mockingbird 2 The L-Shaped Room 3 The Counterfeit Traitor 4 Sundays and Cybele 5 Long Day's Journey Into Night 6 All Fall Down 7 Advise and Consent ...

I watched the end of "My Fair Lady." The best part. Love Audrey Hepburn but Rex Harrison is such a jerk. After the movie was the hilarious promo for the WB tours. Someone may have watched the drag race scene from American Graffiti. Then a promo for Max. Is Max going to be the streaming ho...

The Song of Bernadette

Next: a Church service (continuing in the same theme)

TCM programming dept.: "Whose birthday should we celebrate for May 2nd?" -- "How about Theodore Bikel?" -- "Great!" LOL Bless their hearts. (but then they don't even schedule I BURY THE LIVING) Bikel is an offbeat choice. There aren't too many people involved with film...

I wrote about it on the I Just Watched thread, but I am still stunned and somewhat mortified that last year's film The holdovers went so far as to include a fake 1971 copyright in its opening credits to try to feel more like a 70s film.

Assorted notes.... The Upside of Anger (2005) was a little less than 20 years ago, but it feels like a bygone era of major studio moviemaking, being the saga of an acerbic middle-aged woman (Joan Allen) left with a major chip on her shoulder after her husband vanishes from the scene, her relationshi...

Write-ups from Criterion's website..... Ones I've already seen in bold. 1999 It’s been twenty-five years since cinema bid the twentieth century farewell with an extraordinary batch of films. In retrospect, 1999 was a time of intriguing cross-pollinations between the studios and independents, nationa...

Fedya wrote: ↑April 30th, 2024, 5:59 pm

CinemaInternational wrote: ↑April 29th, 2024, 4:12 pm

Truthfully, Shearer and Howard both give marvelous performances in the 1936 version.

What about Andy Devine and Edna May Oliver?

Edna May Oliver was rather earthy but worked quite well. Andy Devine was a curious pick.