kansas city soil (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Allie and I watched The Awful Truth last night. Wonderful movie. It's about this perfect couple that gets suspicious of one another and hastily files for divorce. The break up begins to fall apart over the issue of who keeps the dog, Mr. Smith, or Smitty, who delivers an Oscar-worthy performance. Needless to say, it was the perfect movie for a couple of dog-loving freaks like us. We both long
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
Seen any good movies lately? If current films about talking Chihuahuas or saw-wielding killers don't spark reel excitement, here's your ticket to check out some classics from Hollywood's golden past.
Catholic Fire (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008
Fred and Ginger in Roberta (1935) tap dancing: We watched this on TCM this evening. Irene Dunne and Randall Scott were the couple in love, and these two were old friends who got engaged. What a great film! http://screen-shots.blogspot.com
PXDCO Reviews (Free subscription) | 10/19/2008
Click Here to download full episode If you’re looking for star power and magical musical numbers, look no further. This 1935 classic stars Randolph Scott as an American football player who finds romance with a Russian aristocrat (Ginger Rogers) in Paris. Irene Dunne and Fred Astaire also star in the film that gives us legendary standards [...]
The House Next Door (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008
By Dan Callahan As the star of three bona fide comedy classics, It Happened One Night (1934), Midnight (1939) and The Palm Beach Story (1942), Claudette Colbert is at least as well-known as contemporaries like Jean Arthur, Carole Lombard and Irene Dunne, but she was primarily a star for Paramount Studios, which means that many of her films are out of circulation on television. Looking at her filmography,...
American Spectator (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Old Hollywood peaked that year, giving us everything from Gunga Din to Gone With the Wind to Stagecoach to The Women -- which is why you'll want to miss the new remake of the last.
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Hollywood's first family of movie make-up is to be honoured with a star on the Walk of Fame. Marvin and Michael Westmore will unveil the 2,370th star near the corner of ...
Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
A young distraught actress commits suicide by jumping off the "H" of the "Hollywoodland" sign. Is it a true story or urban legend?
Entertainment Weekly (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
We've been spoiled the last two weeks by humdinger episodes, and this was a slower, moodier night of TV. But it opened with a bang, as our Mad women prepared for battle as a modern-day Decemberists song blared in the background. The tension of the entire evening was laid out in that first scene as Betty armed herself in white lingerie and Joan swathed herself in blue and black. They are the archetypal...
Entertainment Weekly (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
We've been spoiled the last two weeks by humdinger episodes, and this was a slower, moodier night of TV. But it opened with a bang, as our Mad women prepared for battle as a modern-day Decemberists song blared in the background. The tension of the entire evening was laid out in that first scene as Betty armed herself in white lingerie and Joan swathed herself in blue and black. They are the archetypal...
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
LET'S DO IT AGAIN is a musical remake of the Cary Grant-Irene Dunne classic THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937). While not on a par with the original, this time around the leads are played by Ray Milland and Jane Wyman, two Oscar-winning actors who had previously costarred in THE LOST WEEKEND (1945), and the film is quite enjoyable on its own terms. Milland plays a Broadway composer and Wyman is his musical actress...
The Sheila Variations (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Wonderful actress. Fluid, emotional, easy on the eye, funny, deep, unconventional in some of her responses, she creates characters - and very specifically - she does not repeat herself - and you also don't catch her working. It looks...
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Cowpokes marrying city women seems to be a theme of my viewing this week. A couple nights ago I watched THE COWBOY AND THE LADY , and I followed that up tonight with NEVER A DULL MOMENT, which is the story of a Broadway composer (Irene Dunne) who leaves Park Avenue for the "wild west" when she marries a rancher (Fred MacMurray). The film is fairly predictable and very silly, but thanks to its cast...
Walt at Random (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Penny Serenade, 1941, b&w. George Stevens (dir.), Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan. 1:59 [1:57]. Great stars, a generally good print, good soundtrack—but I found this one disappointing. It’s told entirely in flashbacks as Irene Dunne plays records from the “Album of a Happy Marriage” as she’s about to walk out the door. Seems [...]
Tativille (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Sandrine Bonnaire Favorite Films: À nos amours (Maurice Pialat, 1983), Vagabond (Agnès Varda, France), Joan the Maid (Jacques Rivette, 1994), The Ceremony (Claude Chabrol, 1995) Irene Dunne Favorite Films: The Awful Truth (Leo McCarey, 1937), Love Affair (McCarey, 1939) Setsuko Hara Favorite Films: Late Spring (Yasujiro Ozu, 1949), Early Summer (Ozu, 1951), Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953), Sound of the Mountain...
