I think wartime musicals are quickly becoming my favorite subgenre within the movies I’ve been watching as part of my weekend morning musical project. Being raised in a Navy town I have to give slight preference to sailor stories, but I do love a good Army picture like Something for the Boys. Filmed in glorious, …
Carmen Miranda cuts a curious figure in film history. You know those actors and characters you just can’t really picture smiling? The Buster Keatons, the James Bonds, and so on. Part of what I love about Carmen Miranda is that she’s completely the opposite–I have such a hard time picturing her with a straight, emotionless …
I’m slowly catching up on all my DVRed musicals that have been building up over the past month, and it’s been somewhat curious viewing them all en masse. Though there have certainly been some gems in there, it’s interesting to watch a span of movies that have all, for whatever reason, been deemed not popular …
Even though they can be arbitrary, I love lists. As such, I’ve been using That’s Entertainment as a guide for my musical education, attempting to watch the full-length films of every clip featured. The project is a few months older than this blog, so I’m still in the midst of writing about the movies I watched before I had a venue to talk …
TCM celebrates Independence Day with a great collection of musicals, though mostly well-known and easily accessible classics, so make sure to check those out if you haven’t seen them. That leads to a lighter first-half of the month, but builds into a crescendo of not-on-Netflix/not-even-on-DVD classics the week of July 22nd. All times are in …
Well, oops–radio silence over here because I was panicking to prepare for the Funny Lady Blogathon over at Movies, Silently… somehow I’d gotten it in my head that was it was June 20th (tomorrow). It’s actually June 29-30, so prepare an ample and thorough examination of the comedy of Carmen Miranda over here on that …