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The “best” films are the ones that touch us on an emotional level.  They stir, they move, they ultimately conquer us.  I am all too willing to surrender to them, be transported.  That’s what John Ford’s The Quiet Man does.  A lovely film full of the requisite…

The Quiet Man

July 31, 2012
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There are movies.  And then there are MOVIES. WWII has just ended and three servicemen meet on their way back home to the town of Boone City.  Air Force Captain Fred Derry, Infantry Sergeant Al Stephenson and Sailor Homer Parrish.  During the day-long journey home,…

The Best Years of Our Lives

July 25, 2012
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A very rare, quadruple threat in American cinema would have turned 101 years old today.  I haven’t a clue how to put into words the joy she’s brought to so many through the years by way of her extraordinary talents.  I never tire of watching…

Just looking at Ginger

July 16, 2012
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For the most part, I am not a fan of film remakes and am certainly against the remaking of great classic films.  There’s just no need for it.  Remakes are very rarely any good – especially when compared to the originals.  My feeling is leave our…

High Society in The Philadelphia Story

July 15, 2012
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Gods-and-Monsters

You may have heard that  Universal Studios is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. To celebrate, they will be restoring and reissuing some of its classics. A few of which may appear in theaters near you as special releases so be on the look-out! I wanted to…

Happy 100th to UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

July 14, 2012
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“Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo-doo Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo-doo… I’m singing in the rain Just singing in the rain What a glorious feelin’ I’m happy again…” I spent the entire night “Doo-dloo-doo ing.”  It’s not a complaint, mind you, it’s pure joy as I am one of the lucky who…

Still SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN

July 13, 2012
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In 1924, MGM was formed by a merger of Louis B. Mayer’s Metro Pictures Company with the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation. Under Mayer’s influence, MGM productions were characterized by elaborate sets, gorgeous costuming and pretty girls. Such pictures as Ben-Hur, Grand Hotel and The Good Earth…

To Louis B. Mayer, That’s Entertainment!

July 12, 2012
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“And now a little diddy for all you bloggers out there in the airwaves.  My contribution to The Best Hitchcock films Hitchcock Never Made blogathon, hosted by the fabulous Tales of the Easily Distracted and Classic Becky’s Brain Food .  From an era gone by, misty…

Play Misty for Me – Eastwood does Hitchcock

July 9, 2012
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ON FEAT

Following is one of my earliest classic movie memories as I shared it on The Cinementals site, a random post on June 5.  It’s on a movie that means the world to me, that was a revelation and one, which I thought was my little secret, Stanley…

Memories ON THE TOWN

July 7, 2012
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Errol Flynn - by George Hurrell 1938

I posted the following on the anniversary of Errol Flynn’s birthday on June 20 as that day’s entry of the Cinemental Journey on the former The Cinementals site.  But in looking at him in Vincent Sherman’s, THE ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN (1948) on Turner Classic…

Errol Flynn: A pictorial

July 3, 2012
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"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul." - Marilyn Monroe
I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next door. - Joan Crawford
There once was a time in this business when I had the eyes of the whole world! But that wasn't good enough for them, oh no! They had to have the ears of the whole world too. So they opened their big mouths and out came talk. Talk! TALK! - Norma Desmond, SUNSET BOULEVARD
"A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet." - Orson Welles

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