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Big Fish: A Kettle of Oscar Snubs
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 13, 2016
Director Tim Burton’s beautiful Big Fish was shut out of all Oscar nominations in 2004 but for original score (which it didn’t win). The director’s work is often dismissed as creative, but too weird, or lovely, but lacking in feeling. The same critiques, by the way, the Coen brothers and Wes Anders read more
Big Fish: A Kettle of Oscar Snubs
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 13, 2016
Director Tim Burton’s beautiful Big Fish was shut out of all Oscar nominations in 2004 but for original score (which it didn’t win). The director’s work is often dismissed as creative, but too weird, or lovely, but lacking in feeling. The same critiques, by the way, the Coen brothers and Wes Anders read more
Canada Lee: Blacklisted Actor, Civil Rights Activist, Benefactor
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 6, 2016
In 1940, a white kid shows up at actor Canada Lee’s door in Harlem. Lee knows him, met the lonely teenager backstage while starring in Broadway’s Native Son. The kid asks to stay; Lee says yes, lets him remain a year. Introduces the kid to the lights of the Harlem Renaissance, loans him read more
Canada Lee: Blacklisted Actor, Civil Rights Activist, Benefactor
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 6, 2016
In 1940, a white kid shows up at actor Canada Lee’s door in Harlem. Lee knows him, met the lonely teenager backstage while starring in Broadway’s Native Son. The kid asks to stay; Lee says yes, lets him remain a year. Introduces the kid to the lights of the Harlem Renaissance, loans him read more
Mae West Quote of the Week: Religion vs. Jewels
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 30, 2016
“You know it was a toss-up whether I go in for diamonds or sing in the choir. The choir lost.” The line would be funny regardless, but West does so much with it: She pauses in between the sentences for emphasis. She follows up the words with an arch look at her love interest of the hour read more
Mae West Quote of the Week: Religion vs. Jewels
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 30, 2016
“You know it was a toss-up whether I go in for diamonds or sing in the choir. The choir lost.” The line would be funny regardless, but West does so much with it: She pauses in between the sentences for emphasis. She follows up the words with an arch look at her love interest of the hour read more
Joel McCrea: Stalling Director Preston Sturges
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 23, 2016
This essay is part of Cinema Maven’s Symbiotic Collaborations blogathon, featuring wonderful director/star pairings. Click here for all the great entries. When I was a kid, my sisters and I used to play with the record player. We loved to speed it up to make it sound like Mickey Mouse. I ment read more
Joel McCrea: Stalling Director Preston Sturges
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 23, 2016
This essay is part of Cinema Maven’s Symbiotic Collaborations blogathon, featuring wonderful director/star pairings. Click here for all the great entries. When I was a kid, my sisters and I used to play with the record player. We loved to speed it up to make it sound like Mickey Mouse. I ment read more
A Classic Christmas Romance for Any Day
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 19, 2016
How do you create a Christmas film that is sentimental, without dripping it in eggnog? Especially when you’ve agreed to make it a romance between a shoplifter and her prosecutor, and set it in *gulp* Indiana, which is peppered with cornpone clichés in every cinematic portrayal? Miraculously, read more
A Classic Christmas Romance for Any Day
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 19, 2016
How do you create a Christmas film that is sentimental, without dripping it in eggnog? Especially when you’ve agreed to make it a romance between a shoplifter and her prosecutor, and set it in *gulp* Indiana, which is peppered with cornpone clichés in every cinematic portrayal? Miraculously, read more
Turning My Sister into a Classic Movie Fan, Bout 2: Abject Failure
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 15, 2016
For anyone who is interested, a long while ago, I made a bet with my sister: I would watch Breaking Bad, and she would watch ten classics. When I reminded her that she hadn’t honored our bet while I’d made it through four seasons, she said, “Yeah, but Breaking Bad is good. And you read more
Turning My Sister into a Classic Movie Fan, Bout 2: Abject Failure
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 15, 2016
For anyone who is interested, a long while ago, I made a bet with my sister: I would watch Breaking Bad, and she would watch ten classics. When I reminded her that she hadn’t honored our bet while I’d made it through four seasons, she said, “Yeah, but Breaking Bad is good. And you read more
Thanks to Love Letters to Old Hollywood!!
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 8, 2016
Thank you, Michaela, for nominating me for a Liebster. And thank you even more for your wonderful blog, and all of the hours of enjoyment I’ve gained from it. read more
5 Classic Movie Resolutions
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 3, 2016
My regular resolutions are never met (or are so ambiguous I can’t tell if they have been), so this year I’m setting some for this blog. Who knows? I may even honor them. Here goes: So that’s it! My hopefully manageable goals for classic film viewing & writing in 2016. What are read more
Mae West: Making an Impression
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 26, 2015
Mae West always gets her guys (emphasis on the plural). And once she gets them, they stay. In her classic She Done Him Wrong, Lou (West) is en route to visit an ex in prison. Her companion on the visit questions whether her ex will listen to her, given that he’s probably “sore” at read more
Mae West: Making an Impression
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 26, 2015
Mae West always gets her guys (emphasis on the plural). And once she gets them, they stay. In her classic She Done Him Wrong, Lou (West) is en route to visit an ex in prison. Her companion on the visit questions whether her ex will listen to her, given that he’s probably “sore” at read more
Irene Dunne’s Birthday
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 20, 2015
Others may love Irene Dunne for her skill with pathos: I Remember Mama, Love Affair. Fair enough: the woman sure could summon convincing tears. But for me, Dunne admiration is all about the comedy. Not the frantically paced Theodora Goes Wild, but those sophisticated films that beautifully negotiat read more
Irene Dunne’s Birthday
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 20, 2015
Others may love Irene Dunne for her skill with pathos: I Remember Mama, Love Affair. Fair enough: the woman sure could summon convincing tears. But for me, Dunne admiration is all about the comedy. Not the frantically paced Theodora Goes Wild, but those sophisticated films that beautifully negotiat read more
Hitchcock Fans, Watch The Gift (2015)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 13, 2015
The beauty of watching The Gift (2015) is how often our own reactions to the film are reflected in Rebecca Hall’s expressive face: compassion, fear, doubt, suspicion.
Her character, Robyn, is in a vulnerable state when she and husband Simon (Jason Bateman) move to a new town: She’s give read more
A Classic Film for Media Critics: Ace in the Hole
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 6, 2015
This fall, the media is a top-trending topic (surprising in a season when we’ve lost Jon Stewart’s acerbic touch): Ted Cruz won applause for attacking the media, Spotlight accolades for celebrating them. For the second year in a row, news-centered movies have garnered Oscar buzz; this y read more