Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | yesterday
Courtesy of Jean Arthur from “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.” Also, I forgot to mention it yesterday in my post about it, but “1776,” the wonderful, if flawed, and still oddly controversial musical about the writing of the Declaration of Independence, is showing tonight (10:15 est/7:15 pst) on TCM. There are worse fireworks alternatives.
Flavorpill San Francisco Events (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
July 1–9 Daily @ The Castro Theatre Something must have aligned in the stars in 1939 that made Hollywood sing. Often hailed as one of the Golden Age's greatest years, '39 found many of Tinseltown's brightest shining in some of their most memorable pictures. James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich paired up in Destry Rides Again ; Cary Grant and Jean Arthur in Howard Hawks' Only Angels Have Wings ;...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
As we head into Independence Day weekend, for those who'd like to move beyond the evergreen "Yankee Doodle Dandy", I want to suggest some classic...
The Common Room (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
Two employees from a department store who were spending a day with friends at the beach find themselves falsely accused of some minor, pettifogging violations of the law, and one of their smooth-talking pals talks them out of the police station with a rousing speech: Starting about the 7:45 mark- "Let a man say you were spitting on the sidewalk when you weren't and the next thing you know he'll...
Austinist (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
My Man Godfrey & Easy Living Double Feature Tuesday, June 23 - Wednesday, June 24 Paramount Theater ( 713 Congress Avenue ) $7 online (if you buy the day before the show), $8 at the window [ info ] | [ tickets ] The Paramount continues their Depression-era comedy theme for the month with 1936's My Man Godfrey and 1937's Easy Living showing Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Both of these comedies throw...
Reality TV Website (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
Each August, movie fans come out of the sun and park themselves on the sofa for the latest edition of Turner Classic Movies'(TCM) ultimate movie star showcase: Summer Under the Stars. Returning for its seventh year, the festival dedicates each of its 31 days to one of Hollywood's most enduring personalities
composite drawlings (Free subscription) | 06/19/2009
Go away. What are you doing still around here? Didn't you hear the conductor call "all aboard" for the midnight train going anywhere? Why won't you go? Did somebody trick you into believing I wanted company? No? Then what is keeping you here? Oh, you came for a reading. And, if you get one, you'll take it far, far away? YeeeeeHAW! Let's get this baby going, then. Here you are: "Sensitive",...
Jalopnik (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
One of the easier ways to judge whether a film is pre-WWII or post WWII is to look at the portrayal of women. Female characters in films from the 30s and early 1940s are typically working women with attitude. Once the war is over, and the suburban middle class life begins, women are all of a sudden wearing aprons and taking care of kids. A stark example of this can be seen in Frank Capra's films....
The Inn at the End of the World (Free subscription) | 06/02/2009
Tonight: TCM double feature. 7:00 p.m. PDT " Mr Smith Goes to Washington " followed at 9:15 p.m. PDT " You Can't Take It With You ". It's outside the purview of The Jean Arthur TV-Movie Alert Service, but if you have time on your hands, you can drown in the best of the screwball comedy genre tonight. At 5:00 p.m. PDT, TCM also has Claudette Colbert in Frank Capra's " It Happened...
Free Frank Warner (Free subscription) | 05/25/2009
Turner Classic Movies showed “The Fighting Seabees” (1944) today as part of its Memorial Day tribute to those who fought and died in the cause of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. What surprised me was John Wayne (as...
Maryland Politics Watch (Free subscription) | 05/21/2009
Following is the press release from the County Council. Release ID: 09-077 Release Date: 5/21/2009 Contact: Neil H. Greenberger 240-777-7939 or Jean Arthur 240-777-7934 From: Council Office Montgomery County Council Approves $3.73 Billion Operating Budget for FY 2010 County’s 1.1 Percent Decrease in Tax-Supported, All-Agencies Budget Is First Decrease Since Fiscal Year 1992 County Government...
A Boat Against the Current (Free subscription) | 05/12/2009
Sparks, radioman ( played by Victor Killian ): She wants to know why you like flying. Kid Dabb ( played by Thomas Mitchell ): I've been in it 22 years, Miss Lee. I couldn't give you an answer that would make any sense. What's so funny about that? Bonnie Lee ( played by Jean Arthur ): That's what my dad used to say. Kid Dabb : Flier? Bonnie Lee : No, trapeze. High stuff. He wouldn't use a net. Sparks...
Collin Kelley...Modern Confessional (Free subscription) | 04/25/2009
I have a new poem, "Jean Arthur at the Lincoln Memorial," in the latest edition of Hobble Creek Review . I'm in fine company with C.E. Chafin, Nancy Devine, Lesley Doyle, Matthew Hittinger, Donald Illich, Rachel Mallino, Montgomery Maxton, Joe Milford, Nanette Rayman Rivera, Nic Sebastian, Sarah Sloat and Troy Urquhart. A big thank you to editor Justin Evans for accepting the poem and doing...
ABC TV (Free subscription) | 04/20/2009
The Ex-Mrs Bradford1:45am Wednesday, 22 Apr 2009 Repeat CC G A doctor's screwball wife gets him involved in a hunt for a murderer. CAST: William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Gleason, Eric Blore, Robert Armstrong DIR: Stephen Roberts (1936)
Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | 04/19/2009
Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains is about one man's effect on American politics. Directed by Frank Capra – his last film for Columbia Pictures, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was controversial when it was released, but also successful at the box office, and made Stewart a major movie star. Impact (wikipedia) When it was first released – the...
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