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3 Characters I’d Like to Celebrate St. Patrick’s with
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 12, 2015
The Hero of The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) While watching Errol Flynn play Robin Hood, you get the feeling he knows how ridiculous he looks in those green tights. But instead of embarrassing, his outfit energizes him. You can almost hear him thinking, “Well, the manliness contest is lost. Let’ read more
3 Characters I’d Like to Celebrate St. Patrick’s with
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 12, 2015
The Hero of The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) While watching Errol Flynn play Robin Hood, you get the feeling he knows how ridiculous he looks in those green tights. But instead of embarrassing, his outfit energizes him. You can almost hear him thinking, “Well, the manliness contest is lost. Let’ read more
The Artist at Play: Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 9, 2015
This post is part of the blogathon hosted by Movies Silently and sponsored by Flicker Alley. Thanks to both for such a great event! Click here to see the wonderful entries of the other participants: Wizardry. It’s the word that jumps at you while viewing Man with a Movie Camera, the celebrated docu read more
The Artist at Play: Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 9, 2015
This post is part of the blogathon hosted by Movies Silently and sponsored by Flicker Alley. Thanks to both for such a great event! Click here to see the wonderful entries of the other participants: Wizardry. It’s the word that jumps at you while viewing Man with a Movie Camera, the celebrated docu read more
4 Movies Downton Abbey’s Lady Mary Would Watch
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 1, 2015
It’s 1924 at Downton Abbey. We’ve just seen Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery) canoodling with one guy in a London theater (Charles Blake) to ward off another (Lord Gillingham) who had mistaken intimacy for love. Mary barely protested when forced to leave Beau Brummel early to disenchant Gillingham. But read more
4 Movies Downton Abbey’s Lady Mary Would Watch
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Mar 1, 2015
It’s 1924 at Downton Abbey. We’ve just seen Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery) canoodling with one guy in a London theater (Charles Blake) to ward off another (Lord Gillingham) who had mistaken intimacy for love. Mary barely protested when forced to leave Beau Brummel early to disenchant Gillingham. But read more
A Plea to the Academy: Consider East Coast Bed Times
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 24, 2015
I have read a number of suggestions for improving the Oscars broadcast, but one solution I rarely hear would increase your viewership instantly: Move the ceremony at least an hour and a half earlier. I realize that this is a Hollywood event, that it’s meant to be at night. But after all, the broadc read more
A Plea to the Academy: Consider East Coast Bed Times
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 24, 2015
I have read a number of suggestions for improving the Oscars broadcast, but one solution I rarely hear would increase your viewership instantly: Move the ceremony at least an hour and a half earlier. I realize that this is a Hollywood event, that it’s meant to be at night. But after all, the broadc read more
The Debt Actresses Owe William Somerset Maugham: from Gloria Swanson to Annette Bening
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 19, 2015
I’ve read many glowing tributes to the stars of The Letter, Being Julia, Of Human Bondage, and Sadie Thompson over the years. While I’ve never questioned the talents of these actresses, I have always credited much of their brilliance in these parts to William Somerset Maugham. Their strengths are read more
The Debt Actresses Owe William Somerset Maugham: from Gloria Swanson to Annette Bening
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 19, 2015
I’ve read many glowing tributes to the stars of The Letter, Being Julia, Of Human Bondage, and Sadie Thompson over the years. While I’ve never questioned the talents of these actresses, I have always credited much of their brilliance in these parts to William Somerset Maugham. Their strengths are read more
Unexpectedly Romantic: The Mistress Giving the Wife Advice in The Smiling Lieutenant
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 12, 2015
There’s something both charming and shocking about the song between Franzi (Claudette Colbert) and Princess Anna (Miriam Hopkins) in The Smiling Lieutenant. The two are unexpected friends in this moment, after all; the film begins with Franzi’s passionate love affair with Niki (Maurice Cheval read more
Unexpectedly Romantic: The Mistress Giving the Wife Advice in The Smiling Lieutenant
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 12, 2015
There’s something both charming and shocking about the song between Franzi (Claudette Colbert) and Princess Anna (Miriam Hopkins) in The Smiling Lieutenant. The two are unexpected friends in this moment, after all; the film begins with Franzi’s passionate love affair with Niki (Maurice Cheval read more
Why the John Goodman Oscar Snubs?
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 9, 2015
This post is part of the 31 Days of Oscar blogathon. I’m taking part in the Oscar Snubs segment, hosted by Once Upon a Screen! There are so many amazing posts. Check them out here. Also see Paula’s Cinema Club & Outspoken & Freckled for the other great Oscar topics. I’m rarely puzzled read more
Worth Watching Before the Oscars or Not? Quick Reviews of Six Nominees
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 4, 2015
With little more than two weeks left before the Oscars, is it worth it to view all eight? Even for those of us who think this was a great year for movies, eight by Feb. 22nd may be pushing it. To help you decide, I’m including short reviews for the nominees I’ve seen so far (two left to go). The read more
Worth Watching Before the Oscars or Not? Quick Reviews of Six Nominees
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Feb 4, 2015
With little more than two weeks left before the Oscars, is it worth it to view all eight? Even for those of us who think this was a great year for movies, eight by Feb. 22nd may be pushing it. To help you decide, I’m including short reviews for the nominees I’ve seen so far (two left to go). The read more
Fabulous Fights: Ginger Rogers & Gail Patrick in Stage Door (1937)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 31, 2015
This post is part of Backlots’ 4th Annual Dueling Divas Blogathon. Check out the other entries! If you haven’t seen Jean (Ginger Rogers) squabble with Linda (Gail Patrick) in Stage Door, I envy you. It’s just such a pleasure. Three minutes into the movie, they are already at it: Jean thinks Linda read more
Fabulous Fights: Ginger Rogers & Gail Patrick in Stage Door (1937)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 31, 2015
This post is part of Backlots’ 4th Annual Dueling Divas Blogathon. Check out the other entries! If you haven’t seen Jean (Ginger Rogers) squabble with Linda (Gail Patrick) in Stage Door, I envy you. It’s just such a pleasure. Three minutes into the movie, they are already at it: Jean thinks Linda read more
Five Surprising Lessons I’ve Learned from Blogging
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 27, 2015
Sixty posts after my first, I’d like to reflect on the unexpected—and sometimes bizarre—lessons I’ve learned in my first year blogging: 1. Quality/Effort/Originality Does Not Equal a Popular Post; the Word ‘Sex’ in the Title Does Of course, in theory I knew that words such as “sex” read more
Five Surprising Lessons I’ve Learned from Blogging
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 27, 2015
Sixty posts after my first, I’d like to reflect on the unexpected—and sometimes bizarre—lessons I’ve learned in my first year blogging: 1. Quality/Effort/Originality Does Not Equal a Popular Post; the Word ‘Sex’ in the Title Does Of course, in theory I knew that words such as “sex” read more
The Oscar Snub No One Is Talking about: Ralph Fiennes in The Grand Budapest Hotel
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 22, 2015
I know everyone is busy discussing the Selma Oscar snubs and Jennifer Aniston’s supposed one. The former film I haven’t seen yet, and Cake I won’t. Only when I scrolled through long lists of snubs would I find Ralph Fiennes, as if the omission of his name were insignificant, perhaps expected. read more