A nice variety of musicals on TCM this month, including a few famous flops alongside some beloved classics. Click away for MacDonald and Eddy, Joan Crawford, Doris Day, Gene Kelly, Irene Dunne, Mario Lanza, and more! Monday May 4 8:00am / Happy Go Lovely (1951) Chorus girl Vera-Ellen turns musical star when she’s romantically linked with a millionaire (David Niven)… …
Some classic movies sound good in theory, yet tend to wallow on Must See lists and Netflix queues rather than actual screens, as the timing may just never feel quite right to sit down and watch a heady 3 hour epic or a cerebral foreign drama. And then there are movies like It Happened One Night, which …
Ahem. Imagine, if you will, the following scenario: You’re an actress in the early, rough-and-tumble days of silent film, a pioneer on the forefront of a burgeoning industry. You’re already popular enough that you’re used to random visitors demanding attention from you on the set, but you prefer to stay focused on your work. Hell, …
This post is a (belated!) entry to the Pre-Code Blogathon, hosted by Pre-Code.com and Shadows & Satin! Check this post for links to all the punctual entries. A lot of times when I’m thinking about the Code, I tend to oversimplify it into a distinct “before” and “after;” the befores all exposition scenes in lingerie, the …
Running a bit late, so I’m jotting these down quickly! You’re spared from my commentary this month… Sunday April 2 (Buddy Ebsen day!) 6:45am / Broadway Melody Of 1936 (1936) [review] 8:30am / Broadway Melody Of 1938 (1937) 10:30am / The Girl Of The Golden West (1938) 6:15pm / Sing Your Worries Away (1942) Monday April …
In lieu of a full, minute-by-minute recap—at least for now—I’ve been thinking about all the great individual moments I had at this year’s TCM Film Festival. From new friends to fun events to magical movie sequences, there were so many little elements that had to come together to create the whole overall experience… and here are a few …