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The Depression Satire, Gold Diggers of 1933
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 11, 2015
What does the term gold digger really mean, in the context of the Depression? Today we think of Kanye’s gold digger; buying gold and liposuction, maybe holding a lap dog and wearing furs; not a showgirl escaping destitution. For a musical, Gold Diggers of 1933 is surprisingly earnest, managing to read more
A Showcase for Garfield, Neal, and Hernandez: The Breaking Point (1950)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 7, 2015
The Breaking Point is tense from its first scene, with fishing boat captain Harry (John Garfield) arriving on dock to find that his credit is no longer good enough for the gas he needs for his next trip. Money troubles mean he can’t feed his wife and kids, can’t pay his partner, Wesley (Juano Herna read more
A Showcase for Garfield, Neal, and Hernandez: The Breaking Point (1950)
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Jan 7, 2015
The Breaking Point is tense from its first scene, with fishing boat captain Harry (John Garfield) arriving on dock to find that his credit is no longer good enough for the gas he needs for his next trip. Money troubles mean he can’t feed his wife and kids, can’t pay his partner, Wesley (Juano Herna read more
Turning My Sister into a Classic Movie Fan, Bout 1: Rachel 1, Me 0
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 28, 2014
Christmas night I made my sister watch Body and Soul (1947), her first viewing in fulfillment of our bet (if she watches 10 classic films, I will watch Breaking Bad). During the movie, she alternately complained about the music, stared blankly, and dozed off. Afterward, she said, “Well the acting read more
Turning My Sister into a Classic Movie Fan, Bout 1: Rachel 1, Me 0
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 28, 2014
Christmas night I made my sister watch Body and Soul (1947), her first viewing in fulfillment of our bet (if she watches 10 classic films, I will watch Breaking Bad). During the movie, she alternately complained about the music, stared blankly, and dozed off. Afterward, she said, “Well the acting read more
The Moment I Fell for Eve Arden
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 18, 2014
In the early eighties, all the girls I knew pined for large hoop earrings, curly hair, and tight pants just like the changed Sandy in Grease. We piped “You’re the One that I Want,” with its requisite “oooh, oooh, ooohs,” imagining we could lure Danny into the sky with us. Grease had a staying read more
The Moment I Fell for Eve Arden
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 18, 2014
In the early eighties, all the girls I knew pined for large hoop earrings, curly hair, and tight pants just like the changed Sandy in Grease. We piped “You’re the One that I Want,” with its requisite “oooh, oooh, ooohs,” imagining we could lure Danny into the sky with us. Grease had a staying read more
A Film Celebrating Bad Cooks: Christmas in Connecticut
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 13, 2014
I come from a long line of bad cooks. My mother was way ahead of her peers with the natural foods craze, but, like a new vegan, she never learned to substitute anything for the bacon grease she’d been raised with; everything she made was bland. When we visited my maternal grandmother’s, all of our read more
A Film Celebrating Bad Cooks: Christmas in Connecticut
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 13, 2014
I come from a long line of bad cooks. My mother was way ahead of her peers with the natural foods craze, but, like a new vegan, she never learned to substitute anything for the bacon grease she’d been raised with; everything she made was bland. When we visited my maternal grandmother’s, all of our read more
Please Keep the Hair: Keri Russell, Rita Hayworth, and Veronica Lake
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 7, 2014
All the wig-switching in the KGB thriller The Americans has me thinking about hair. Of course, my musings must be rooted in the show’s star, Keri Russell, she of the infamous haircut that made Felicity stars everywhere wish her beautician Sweeney Todd. But Russell was not the only star blamed for read more
Please Keep the Hair: Keri Russell, Rita Hayworth, and Veronica Lake
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Dec 7, 2014
All the wig-switching in the KGB thriller The Americans has me thinking about hair. Of course, my musings must be rooted in the show’s star, Keri Russell, she of the infamous haircut that made Felicity stars everywhere wish her beautician Sweeney Todd. But Russell was not the only star blamed for read more
Is Something Rotten in Mayberry?: Andy Griffith, Bill Cosby, and Our Instinct to Idolize
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Nov 29, 2014
I’d heard that Andy Griffith’s performance in A Face in the Crowd (1957) was something to see. But years of believing him the representative of small-town wholesomeness made his first appearance in the film as the target of the law rather than the enforcer of it instantly off-putting. My first insti read more
Is Something Rotten in Mayberry?: Andy Griffith, Bill Cosby, and Our Instinct to Idolize
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Nov 29, 2014
I’d heard that Andy Griffith’s performance in A Face in the Crowd (1957) was something to see. But years of believing him the representative of small-town wholesomeness made his first appearance in the film as the target of the law rather than the enforcer of it instantly off-putting. My first insti read more
Actors Too Pretty for Their Parts
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Nov 21, 2014
I would like to say that an actor’s performance always trumps any preconceptions of mine about a character from a book I’ve read, that I can set aside my firm conviction that a character was blonde or tall or curvy. But the truth is, sometimes my assumptions ruin a performance for me, no matter read more
Actors Too Pretty for Their Parts
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Nov 21, 2014
I would like to say that an actor’s performance always trumps any preconceptions of mine about a character from a book I’ve read, that I can set aside my firm conviction that a character was blonde or tall or curvy. But the truth is, sometimes my assumptions ruin a performance for me, no matter read more
Disney’s Tangled: Better as a Silent Film?
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Nov 11, 2014
This post is part of the The Fairy Tale Blogathon hosted by Movies Silently. Check out the other entries! I was hesitant to give Tangled a chance. I’ve always been bored by Rapunzel, who had little to recommend her but strong hair. Sure, she had beauty—yawn—and a pretty voice (What heroine doesn’t read more
Disney’s Tangled: Better as a Silent Film?
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Nov 11, 2014
This post is part of the The Fairy Tale Blogathon hosted by Movies Silently. Check out the other entries! I was hesitant to give Tangled a chance. I’ve always been bored by Rapunzel, who had little to recommend her but strong hair. Sure, she had beauty—yawn—and a pretty voice (What heroine doesn’t read more
Confession: Four Great Movies I’ve Never Seen, with Excuses
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Nov 7, 2014
I am unashamed of my pathetic store of musical knowledge. I actually listen to—and like–the radio. And not the satellite kind. Frankly, if I can’t sing or dance to a song, I’m not interested. Riffs, jamming, orchestras, Bonnaroo—not for me. A Pat Benatar singalong? Sign me up. It’s also read more
Confession: Four Great Movies I’ve Never Seen, with Excuses
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Nov 7, 2014
I am unashamed of my pathetic store of musical knowledge. I actually listen to—and like–the radio. And not the satellite kind. Frankly, if I can’t sing or dance to a song, I’m not interested. Riffs, jamming, orchestras, Bonnaroo—not for me. A Pat Benatar singalong? Sign me up. It’s also read more
The Moment I Fell For: Alice Brady
Cary Grant Won't Eat You Posted by Judy on Oct 31, 2014
This is part of the Classic Movie Blog Association’s Forgotten Stars blogathon. Check out the other entries! When you type Alice Brady into a Google search, a flood of entries appear—but not for the talented actress who won over My Man Godfrey audiences in her role as the flighty head of the read more