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The 2nd Annual Olivia de Havilland Blogathon + Errol Flynn Day 3

July 3, 2017, 10:13 am
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Today is the third day of our blogathon in honor of Olivia and Errol. Day 1 and 2 were fantastic so I can't wait to see what's in store for today!
 
 The Posts:
 

Realweedgiemidget Reviews shares her guilty pleasure The Swarm (1978).


Old Hollywood Films covers the film that started it all, Captain Blood (1935).


A huge thank you to my co-host Crystal and to all who participated! See you again next year!
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The 2nd Annual Olivia de Havilland Blogathon + Errol Flynn Day 2

July 2, 2017, 3:00 pm
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Yesterday started off great and it is continuing today with more great posts from around the blogosphere.

The Posts:


Musings Of A Classic Film Addict shows how a great film can be made even if the stars aren't happy with their roles in Dodge City (1939).


Pure Entertainment Preservation Society discovers Olivia for the first time in The Strawberry Blonde (1941).

 
The Stop Button looks at the downside of The Adventures Of Robin Hood (1938).

 
Life With Books & Movies writes about the emotional To Each His Own (1946).

 
The Dream Book Blog takes a look at the psychological side of The Heiress (1949).

"Are you talking about me?"
 
Critica Retro writes about the under-seen comedy It’s Love I’m After (1937).

 
Sat In Your Lap compares It’s Love I’m After (1937) to another famous screwball film.

 
Sat In Your Lap also shares the under-seen and touching Gentleman Jim (1942).
 
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Summer Break

July 5, 2017, 5:00 am
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Just a quick post to let everyone know I have decided to take a short break for the month of July to focus on the Hitchcock class I'm taking and to get a head start on August blogathon posts. I will still do my Cinema Wedding Gown series on the 8th and 22nd and I may announce a blogathon near the end of the month.

Irene Dunne
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Movies I Watched in July

August 1, 2017, 9:08 pm
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This month I was busy participating in the 50 Years of Hitchcock class (offered by TCM and Ball State University on Canvas) and binge watching Suits to catch up for season 7. There was a smaller than usual amount of films I wanted to see on TCM this month, which is good because I was able to clear off the dvr for Summer Under the Stars. Below are the films I watched (* means I've seen it before).
  1. Anthony Adverse (1936) - Fredric March & Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains
  2. Andy Harry's Private Secretary (1941) - Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone
  3. Tortilla Flat (1942) - Spencer Tracey, John Garfield, Hedy Lamarr
  4. Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) - Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demerest
  5. The Dude Goes West (1948) - Eddie Albert, James Gleason
  6. *The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949) - Jane Wyman & Dennis Morgan, Eve Arden
  7. Clash by Night (1952) - Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan, Marilyn Monroe
  8. The Moon is Blue (1953) - William Holden, Maggie, David Niven
  9. The Gun That Won the West (1955) - Dennis Morgan
  10. Our Miss Brooks (1956) - Eve Arden
  11. Teacher's Pet (1957) - Clark Gable & Doris Day, Gig Young
  12. Gigi (1958) - Leslie Caron & Louis Jourdan
  13. The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963) - Glenn Ford & Shirley Jones, Ron Howard, Jerry Van Dyke
  14. *Rocky (1976) - Sylvester Stallone & Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith (one of my top ten favorite movies)
  15. *Down Periscope (1996) - Kelsey Grammar, Bruce Dern
  16. *Star Trek Beyond (2016) - Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho
  17. La La Land (2016) - Emma Stone & Ryan Gosling
  18. Despicable Me 3 (2017) - Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Julie Andrews (I saw it at a drive-in theater, my first!)
Least Favorite: Anthony Adverse (really long and boring) and The Courtship of Eddie's Father (depressing and a little too frank about sex). 

Favorite Film of the Month: Our Miss Brooks and Teacher's Pet, both about teachers!

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ANNOUNCING the Duo Double Feature Blogathon!

August 3, 2017, 3:12 pm
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Last week The Flapper Dame came up with a fun idea for a blogathon and asked if I would like to co-host it with her. The idea is two stars who made only two films together, or, the Duo Double Feature Blogathon. In the Golden Days of Hollywood, it was common for certain stars to make several movies together (usually stars that were part of the same studio). Some made as many as 14 films together (William Powell and Myrna Loy) while others only made two films together. Those are the films we want to explore in this blogathon. Whether they were memorable pairings (James Garner and Doris Day) or lesser known ones (Errol Flynn and Brenda Marshall), as long as they made only two films together they are okay. The blogathon will run from Sept. 22-24.

Here's a list of some great duos to get you started. Keep in mind that they don't have to be romantic pairings (Jean Harlow and Myrna Loy; Robert Redford and Paul Newman). Have one not on the list? That's fine too!
P.S. If you see a pairing on this list that made more than two movies together please let us know so we can remove it. Mistakes happen!
William Powell and Jean Harlow
William Powell and Hedy Lamarr
William Powell and Rosalind Russell
William Powell and Luise Rainer
Carole Lombard and John Barrymore
Jean Harlow and Myrna Loy
Ginger Rogers and Cary Grant
Cary Grant and Sophia Loren
Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman
James Stewart and Jean Arthur
James Stewart and Myrna Loy
James Stewart and Maureen O'Hara
Henry Fonda and Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara and Natalie Wood
John Wayne and Donna Reed
John Wayne and Gail Russell
Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth
Barbara Stanwyck and William Holden
William Holden and Audrey Hepburn
William Holden and Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly and Bing Crosby
Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable
Clark Gable and Loretta Young
James Garner and Doris Day
Dorothy McGuire and Tommy Kirk
Paul Douglas and Jean Peters
Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball
John Wayne and Dean Martin
James Stewart and John Wayne
Robert Redford and Paul Newman
Ginger Rogers and Dennis Morgan
James Stewart and Kim Novak
James Stewart and Myrna Loy
Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman
Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell
Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake
Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman
Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich
Errol Flynn and Eleanor Parker
Errol Flynn and Bette Davis
Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins
James Cagney and Bette Davis
Elizabeth Taylor and Spencer Tracy
Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine
Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio


Rules:

1. Once you have chosen your Duo Double Feature, let us know in the comments below or on The Flapper Dame's blog. If you're having trouble commenting, you can also email me at solidmoonlight@gmail.com or on Twitter @solidmoonlight. PLEASE include the LINK to your blog (because sometimes I click on a commenter's name and it brings me to their Google Plus page and I end up having to Google their blog).

2. No duplicates. There are so many great Duo Double Features that we want to get as many as possible in here (I will cross out names above as they are taken).

3. Rather than do a super in-depth summery of the two films, you might prefer to do a quick summery and focus on the magic/chemistry between the two stars or share funny stories or scenes of the stars on the set or real-life.

4. Take a banner below and share on your blog to spread the word!


 


Roster:

Phyllis Loves Classic Movies: Errol Flynn and Brenda Marshall
The Flapper Dame: Natalie Wood and Robert Redford
Critica Retro: Jean Harlow and Myrna Loy
Maddy Loves Her Classic Films: William Holden and Audrey Hepburn
Thoughts All Sorts: Paul Newman and Robert Redford
That William Powell Site: William Powell and Ronald Colman
Caftan Woman: Susan Hayward and Tyrone Power
Story Enthusiast: Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci
In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood: John Wayne and Lauren Bacall
Charlene's (Mostly) Classic Movie Reviews: Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon
Realweegiemidget Reviews: Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton
The Midnite Drive-In: John Wayne and General Sterling Price
Movies Meet Their Match: Elizabeth Taylor and Spencer Tracy
Little Bits of Classics: William Holden and Audrey Hepburn
dbmoviesblog: Julia Roberts and Richard Gere
Anybody Got a Match?: Cary Grant and Sophia Loren
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Never Let Me Go (1953)

August 6, 2017, 1:26 pm
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I was thirty-two then, not an ideal age to be taking up so strenuous an activity as ballet.

So wrote Gene Tierney in her autobiography Self-Portrait on her experience playing a Russian ballerina in the film Never Let Me Go (1953) starring Clark Gable.
 
The film tells the story  of an American news correspondent, Philip Sutherland (Gable), stationed in Moscow who falls in love with and marries Marya Lamarkina (Tierney), a ballerina. When they try to leave Russia they are separated as Gable is forced to board a plane and Tierney is held back. Gable must then figure out how to get his wife out of Russia. He and his friend (Richard Haydn), whose wife is also being held in Russia, plan a bold sea rendezvous off the coast.
 
Trailer
 
When Tierney's character Marya is first introduced, she is one of the ballerina's in the background of a performance of Swan Lake. After she is kept in Russia and must wait for her husband to come back for her, she becomes a Prima Ballerina. Near the end of the film, Gable, in disguise as a Russian General, swims ashore and attends the theatre where his wife dances the lead in Swan Lake. You can view the scene below (in two parts because there's a scene with Gable pretending to be a doctor in the middle. Sorry for the poor quality - I recorded it with my camera off the tv). Real life Russian ballerina Natalie Leslie doubled for Tierney in the long shots.
 
 
 
 
To get ready for her role, Tierney began instruction with dance master Anton Dolin, practicing two hours a day for six weeks "just to master enough technique to get on my toes and do the few steps that would be required of me." The work was hard and Tierney soon had blistered and achy feet. Gable "was patient and considerate. One weekend he flew to Paris and came back with some salve he assured me would relieve the pain in my feet. The ointment helped." Even though the work was exhausting and painful, it gave Tierney a special love of ballet for the rest of her life.
 
 
The movie was filmed at the British MGM Studios in Hertfordshire, England and on location in Cornwall, where Gable stays to devise his plan to rescue Tierney. Outdoor locations of Russia had to be faked, as the Cold War was really gearing up. As many scenes took place at night, and with the use of some stock and newsreel footage, this was fairly easily accomplished.
 
 
 
Both Gable and Tierney were a little depressed at the time of filming. Gable, who had recently divorced fourth wife Lady Sylvia Ashley, still greatly missed the love of his life Carole Lombard (third wife) who had tragically died over a decade before in a plane crash while on her way home from a successful bond selling tour of the US. Tierney, suffering from mental illness, didn't socialize much with her co-star, despite her mother's urging to pursue a relationship with Gable. The two did go out to eat at a pub in Cornwall once, as was customary between a leading man and his leading lady. Gable mostly talked about Carole as Tierney sympathetically listened. "For all his he-man, no-undershirt screen image, I saw him as sweet and gentle, a hard crust with a soft center. I thought that quality was what came across on the screen and made him adored by so many."
 
 
 
After filming completed, Gable went to Africa to film Mogambo while Tierney remained in London for a while before going to Paris, where she met Rita Hayworth's ex-husband Prince Aly Khan. They began an intense relationship before parting the following year.
 
 
Never Let Me Go did not fare well at the box-office, despite getting good reviews:
It is cheering to have the reassurance that Clark Gable is one fellow, at least, who can still make the Soviet Union tough guys look like absolute monkeys—and does. In his latest Metro adventure, "Never Let Me Go," which was launched in a wide-screen enlargement at the Capitol yesterday, good old Clark does again what he accomplished back in 1940 in "Comrade X": he kidnaps a beautiful Russian lady right out from under the late Joe Stalin's nose. And, what's more, he does it with the coolness of a big boy taking candy away from kids.
Anyone who knows adventure fiction and what to expect from such a film will not be at all disappointed in the brand of whoop-de-do we have here. For the writing is brash and eventful, the texture of the production is fairly real and the performances by all the actors are in the appropriate make-believe style. To be sure, the whole film is romantic and just this side of ridiculous farce in an area that isn't quite that funny. But, after all, it's good old Clark's affair, you know.

Romance, daring, intrigue–that’s Clark Gable’s meat. That’s Never Let Me Go–the adventures of an American newspaperman in Russia who falls in love with a ballerina (Gene Tierney), marries her, and is forced to leave the country alone. His English friend, Richard Haydn, has also married a Russian and must also leave her behind. Gable lights on a fantastic idea. Why not sneak the girls right out of Russia? He decided to buy a fishing boat, sail it from England to a beach resort near the town where Gene is performing. At night the beach is crowded with bathers. No one would notice if two of those bathers swam out beyond the breakers to a rowboat, were taken by that rowboat to the fishing vessel, and freedom. Haydn’s skeptical, but what–besides his life–does he have to lose? Gable has a fiend, a radio broadcaster in Russia, whom he contacts and together they devise a code enabling Gable to make rendezvous plans with their wives. Everything works–up to a point. But there’s a run-in with a Russian patrol boat, and after that there’s Gable masquerading as a Russian Army officer, and after that there’s a chase right into the ocean. After that–well, see for yourself. 
~ Modern Screen Magazine
 
 
I greatly enjoyed this film. Tierney made a lovely ballerina, as can be seen in all the promotional photos below (click to enlarge) and the story was exciting, especially near the end where you wonder how they will get away with only minutes left to go on the film. And even though Gable is obviously older than Tierney - he was 54 and she was 32 - it somehow works.
 
TCM isn't showing this film anytime soon, but is available on DVD. I hope everyone gets a chance to watch it.
 
 

 
 

 
This post is part of En Pointe: The Ballet Blogathon hosted by Christina Wehner and Love Letters to Old Hollywood. Dance on over to their blogs to check out all of the other posts!
 
 
Sources:
Self-Portrait. Gene Tierney with Mickey Herskowitz. Wyden Books. 1979.
Clark Gable: A Biography. Warren G. Harris. Harmony Books, NY. 2002.
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Cinema Wedding Gowns: My Cousin Rachel (1953)

August 12, 2017, 5:00 am
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Last month My Cousin Rachel starring Rachel Weisz premiered in theaters. While I'm normally against remakes, when it's based on a book rather than a remake of an original movie script - especially a period piece - I'm fine with it. In such cases the films can be vastly different, especially when one was made during the days of the Hays Code and no CGI. I have not seen Weisz's version yet, but I thought it would be fun to take a look at Olivia de Havilland's version of Rachel for this month's first Cinema Wedding Gown.
 
 
The wedding scene occurs in a delirious dream of Richard Burton's while he is extremely ill. The enigmatic Rachel (de Havilland) cares for him during this time and when he gets better he insists that they are married and she insists it was a dream. Either way, de Havilland is absolutely gorgeous in her wedding gown, which can be seen in the promotional photos below. Displayed proximately is a family necklace, which is one of the reasons Rachel is not trusted. Is the family fortune all she wants (she's the widow of Burton's brother)?

 
I wanted to take screenshots of the scene but it's not on youtube and the movie isn't being shown on TCM anytime soon. Below is an image that shows (almost) the full-length dress as well as the sketch by costumer Dorothy Jeakins.

 
The gown is made of heavy cream satin, off the shoulders, and with flared three quarter length sleeves. There is lace appliqued on the front of the bodice, which has panels and is pointed in the front where it is attached to a full gathered skirt that just touches the floor. A floor length piece of exquisite lace is pinned to the back of her head. The sketch shows a different veil perched on the crown of the head with a piece over the face. You will notice the necklace is also different.

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Her Twelve Men (1954)

August 23, 2017, 3:47 pm
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Image from TCM

Today is Greer Garson day on TCM's Summer Under the Stars. Garson is one of the actresses I've been wanting to get to know better for some time so I was excited to see that she was getting a whole day of films this month. I watched two of them this morning (and am recording another three). One of the films I watched this morning was Her Twelve Men (1954) co-starring Robert Ryan of Film Noir fame. One of the reasons I wanted to watch it is because in it Garson plays a teacher. As someone with a degree in Educational Studies who has been doing part-time teaching for three years it sounded like something I would enjoy, and I did!


The film begins with Miss Stewart (Garson) on a plane to the prestigious all boys boarding school The Oaks, where she will be the first female teacher. A recent widow, she has to find something to do with her life and having previously enjoyed teaching for a short time after college is returning to that field. Upon arrival she is met with disapproval by fellow teacher Joe Hargrave (Robert Ryan), who thinks a woman teacher has no place there. Miss Stewart, or as the boys refer to her "Sir," goes through the usual boyish pranks (frog in the bed, etc.) but learns quickly from these experiences how to handle the boys in a way they will grow to respect her and, over the course of the school year, proves Hargrave wrong  and wins the hearts of her lonely boys she is put in charge of.
 

There were many touching scenes in the film as Garson handles homesickness and heartache, making "Her Twelve Men" feel loved and special when they don't receive the attention they need from their parents. One boy's parents are too busy running around Europe to write their son so she writes him letters pretending they are from his parents. It definitely tugs at the heart strings.

David Stollery, Richard Haydn, and Garson

Partway during the semester a new boy is dropped off at the school (Tim Considine). Richard Jr. is the son of a busy oil man whose wife died shortly after his birth. Richard has a chip on his shoulder, scoffing at everything in the school and getting all the boys in his class in trouble when he sets off the sprinklers in the dorm. The rest of the boys freeze him out and Richard falls out of the bedroom window and fractures his leg as a result. Garson accompanies him back to his house while his leg heals. Richard gets to know his father better as a result and Garson gets a hint of a marriage proposal (prompting a rather funny conversation where the headmaster, played by Richard Haydn, suggests that Garson might soon be sending her sons to the school, even though Garson was nearly 50 at the time of filming).

Considine being introduced to the other boys (he's from Texas).

Tim Considine is best known for being one of the original Mouseketeers with Annette Funicello, starring in Disney's Spin and Marty series (with David Stollery who plays Jeff in Her Twelve Men) and the Hardy Boys serials with Tommy Kirk as well as other Disney films. But he is probably best known as the oldest son in the popular and long running My Three Sons starring Fred MacMurray and William Frawley. Considine also appeared in another film with Garson, Sunrise at Campobello (1960). In it Garson plays Eleanor Roosevelt and Considine her son. The film chronicles FDR's life from when he contracts polio up to his running for President of the United States.


Another familiar television face is a young James Arness as the gym teacher. His part is rather small, simply as another love interest to show Garson's effect on the staff.

Greer Garson played hostess at her lovely Bel Air home to the twelve youngsters who played with her the  film “Her Twelve Men.” From left to right are George Folsey, Peter Votiren, Dale Hartleben and Tim Marxer. 2/5/1954
This was Garson's final film for MGM. She did a few more movies, including one for Disney, as well as several television appearances as a guest star or made-for-tv movies. Robert Ryan was only a third of the way through his career. The film was not well received by critics or its audience but I enjoyed it. If you missed Her Twelve Men (1954) this morning or don't have access to TCM, you can watch the entire film (in two parts) here.


This post is part of the annual month-long 2017 TCM Summer Under the Stars Blogathon hosted by Journeys in Classic Films.
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Movies I Watched in August

September 1, 2017, 5:00 am
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Well August was certainly a busy month for me movie wise! There were so many great movies airing for TCM's Summer Under the Stars. I was most excited for the days devoted to Eleanor Parker and Dennis Morgan. I also was able to get even more acquainted with Greer Garson and watch my first real Esther Williams swimming movie (I'd only seen The Hoodlum Saint and Easy to Wed) on Ricardo Montalban day. What days were you the most excited for/watched the most movies on? Did one of the features stars become a new favorite?

Not listed below as I didn't watch the entire movie but I also watched the first 30 or so minutes of the (definitely!) French film La Ronde (1950) for the segment with Simone Simon.
  1. Today We Live (1933) - Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Robert Young
  2. The Unguarded Hour (1936) - Franchot Tone & Loretta Young, Roland Young, Lewis Stone
  3. The Sisters (1938) - Bette Davis & Errol Flynn
  4. The Mad Miss Manton (1938) - Barbara Stanwyck & Henry Fonda
  5. Remember? (1939) - Robert Taylor & Greer Garson, Lew Ayres, Billie Burke
  6. Wings for the Eagle (1942) - Dennis Morgan, Ann Sheridan, Jack Carson
  7. What a Woman! (1943) - Rosalind Russell & Brian Aherne
  8. The Desert Song (1943) - Dennis Morgan
  9. *The Very Thought of You (1944) - Dennis Morgan & Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark & Faye Emerson
  10. Shine on Harvest Moon (1944) - Dennis Morgan & Ann Sheridan, Jack Carson
  11. Cover Girl (1944) - Rita Hayworth & Gene Kelly, Eve Arden
  12. The Locket (1946) - Larraine Day, Brian Aherne, Robert Mitchum
  13. The Late George Apley (1947) - Ronald Colman
  14. On an Island with You (1948) - Esther Williams, Ricardo Montalban, Peter Lawford, Jimmy Durante
  15. Three Husbands (1950) - Eve Arden
  16. The Law and the Lady (1951) - Greer Garson, Fernando Lamas, Marjorie Main
  17. Niagara (1953) - Marilyn Monroe & Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters
  18. Jeopardy (1953) - Barbara Stanwyck & Ralph Meeker
  19. Her Twelve Men (1954) - Greer Garson & Robert Ryan, Tim Considine
  20. Valley of the Kings (1954) - Robert Taylor & Eleanor Parker
  21. Many Rivers to Cross (1955) - Robert Taylor & Eleanor Parker
  22. *Lilies of the Field (1963) - Sidney Poitier
  23. Shenandoah (1965) - James Stewart, Doug McClure, Patrick Wayne, Katharine Ross, Glenn Corbett
  24. Do Not Disturb (1965) - Doris Day & Rod Taylor
  25. The Liquidator (1966) - Rod Taylor & Jill St. John
  26. The Undefeated (1969) - John Wayne, Rock Hudson
  27. Mrs. Brown (1997) - Judi Dench, Billy Connolly
  28. Allied (2016) - Brad Pitt & Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris
  29. Moana (2016) - Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson
Least Favorite:Today We Live should have been called "Today We Die." Also, what was up with Joan holding a roach?!? Gross!!! Many Rivers to Cross was somewhat painful to watch because Taylor and Parker are putting on backwoods accents... (I loved the Victor McLaglen and James Arness storylines though so worth a watch). Three Husbands wasn't very good either, despite a story and screenplay by Vera Caspery, you know, the one who wrote the novel Laura?

Favorite Movie of the Month:Niagara was all kinds of amazing. Valley of the Kings was pretty exciting too, even with the clichés.

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ANNOUNCING The Eve Arden Blogathon!

September 15, 2017, 6:00 am
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Eve Arden is the best friend everyone wants. With her quick wit and sarcastic wise-cracking humor, she always has something to say. I've recently watched several films of Arden's, whether she's a supporting player or one of the main characters, and decided to hold a little blogathon in her honor.

The two-day event will take place on Nov. 11 and 12 (the anniversary of her death). If you want to participate, leave a comment below with your choice and a link to your blog and grab a banner to display. Eve Arden has a lengthy filmography covering both movies and television and even radio so I'm allowing only two posts on the same topic. Feel free to write about something other than her onscreen work if you wish, as those sorts of posts are always fun.

As you can see below, I've chosen to write about Arden's Miss Brooks character, focusing mainly on the film. If you want to write a more in depth post about the radio or television series or a specific episode that is perfectly fine.


ROSTER:

Phyllis Loves Classic Movies: Arden's "Miss Brook's" character from radio to television to the film

The Story Enthusiast: The Voice of the Turtle (1947)

Caftan Woman: The Doughgirls (1944)
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The Duo Double Feature Blogathon Day 1!

September 21, 2017, 9:31 pm
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It's Day 1 of The Duo Double Feature Blogathon hosted by myself and The Flapper Dame! I can't wait to read all of the wonderful posts on the film pairs that only made two films together.

THE POSTS


Words Seem Out of Place discusses two completely different films that showcase duo Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino.


Maddy Loves Her Classic Films and she also loves the two films starring duo William Holden and Audrey Hepburn!


Realweegiemidget Reviews explores the magical chemistry between duo Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor.


Caftan Woman discussed the long-in-coming pairing of duo Susan Hayward and Tyrone Power.


Taking Up Room has a good time with the twinkling duo Don Ameche and Betty Grable.


Film Noir Archive brings us Noir's hottest duo, Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell.

The Flapper Dame is hosting Day 2 so head
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The Duo Double Feature Blogathon Day 3!

September 24, 2017, 10:00 am
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Yesterday's blogathon entries can be found over on The Flapper Dame's blog. The entries for Day 1 can be found here.

The Posts


Sat In Your Lap starts off the day with the two films starring duo Cary Grant and Jean Arthur: Only Angels Have Wings and Talk of the Town (two posts).


My wonderful co-host, The Flapper Dame takes a look at the lovely friendship between duo Natalie Wood and Robert Redford.


Thoughts All Sorts takes on a double dose of handsome with Paul Newman and Robert Redford.


Pure Entertainment Preservation Society examines the special magic of duo James Cagney and Doris Day.


Moon in Gemini reviews two films that were made close together but are complete opposites starring duo James Stewart and Kim Novak.


Dbmoviesblog takes a look at opposites attracting in duo Julia Roberts and Richard Gere.

Check back in the next couple of days for the rest of the posts (including mine)!

I want to thank Emily for asking me to co-host this unique blogathon with her! I also want to thank all the participants. Without you there is no blogathon!

I watched Titanic for the very first time this week.
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Two Guys From Texas (1948)

September 29, 2017, 11:54 am
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Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson, Warner Brother's answer to the Bing Crosby/Bob Hope "Road" movies of Paramount, made fifteen films together. The two were good friends in real life making their on-screen friendships very authentic and a joy to watch (check out my posts on Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson by clicking on their names).
 

One of my favorite films of theirs is Two Guys From Texas (1948), a follow-up to the successful Two Guys From Milwaukee (1946). Not only is their off-screen friendship evident on-screen, but it also features some great songs, including one that shows off Jack Carson's rich baritone. It's also set in Texas, which is the subject of The Midnite Drive-In's latest blogathon, of which this post is part of (it also gives me a chance to share several clips I recorded from the film).

Trailer

The film starts with sing and dance partners Steve Carroll (Morgan) and Danny Foster (Carson) on a road trip to California. While driving through the wide spaces of Texas (aka the WB Studios and Thunderbird Ranch in Palm Springs, CA) they run out of gas - not before they sing a song though.

Video from my YouTube Channel. Sorry about the quality. I recorded it with my iPad.
 
Watching this song, "There's Music in the Land," it is easy to imagine that this is something Morgan and Carson did in real life, not just in the movies. Their camaraderie is undeniable. This little clip was just after the song but I didn't want to record the song again so it's only a few seconds.
 
Video from my YouTube Channel.
 
Anyway, they run out of gas and hitch a ride to a nearby Dude Ranch. There they meet an old friend of theirs, Maggie Reed (Penny Edwards). When their car is stolen, Reed helps them get a job doing their act at the ranch. The owner, the very pretty Joan Winston (Dorothy Malone) is none to keen on the two but they are completely broke and doing their act is a way to get free room and board. It also gives Morgan and Carson a chance to sing several songs. Carson singing "I Never Met a Texan" is a highlight.
 
Video from my YouTube Channel.
 
Both of boys also take an instant liking to Joan, who has an "understanding" with the sheriff, who incidentally never seems to be out looking for the stolen car. Joan, somewhat reluctantly, becomes attracted to Steve, causing Danny to seek the advice of Dr. Straeger (Fred Clark), a guest at the ranch. Danny reveals a recurring dream he has. Enter a ridiculous cartoon sequence (Bugs Bunny's first appearance in a feature film!) where Danny is a shepherd who always loses his sheep to a wolf that just happens to look like Steve. This has in turn created a real-life fear of animals. The scene is too funny not to watch, as the caricatures are spot on.
 
 
The Doctor (later revealed to be a veterinarian) advises Danny to steal a girl away from Steve, which Danny does that very evening. Joan, who is trying to decide between Steve and Tex, willingly uses Danny to get out of an awkward situation, and even kisses him. It is in this scene Carson finally gets to sing a song straight, without trying to be funny (though he still pulls a few faces). I knew he could carry a tune but wow!! "Hankerin'" is my favorite song from the film.
 
Video from my YouTube Channel.
 
The next morning, Danny finds he is no longer afraid of animals, just in time for the annual rodeo. While at the rodeo, the two guys who stole Steve and Danny's car, use it for a quick getaway after robbing the rodeo ticket booth. Tex is more than happy to throw them in jail, especially Steve. The boys escape and put on a disguise. Back at the ranch they overhear the bad guys (they work at the ranch) planning another robbery. Steve and Danny go back to the rodeo and set up a trap in order to catch the crooks and clear their names. In the course of their plan, Danny's fake beard falls off and while running from Tex he ends up joining and winning the bucking bronco contest.
 
 
 
The film ends with the bad guys getting caught and Steve and Joan deciding to get married. Their friend Maggie decides to marry Tex. What about Danny you ask? Throughout the film he is followed by an old Indian squaw who he thinks wants to marry him but turns out she wants him to marry her very beautiful daughter. So everyone is happy.
 


 
A few more photos...
 
 
 
 

 
 


 
Two Guys From Texas is airing on TCM
October 27th at 3:15pm ET.
 
This post is part of The Texas Blogathon hosted by The Midnite Drive-In. Be sure to check out the other posts celebrating the wide-open spaces of Texas (or the studio backlot, whatever).
 
I can't get over the awesome banners (made by Hamlette's Soliloquy)!
I just had to use the one with John Wayne in Rio Grande (1950)
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Movies I Watched in September

October 2, 2017, 12:27 pm
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This month a wonderful thing happened. My tv provider - Spectrum - was finally added to WatchTCM!!!! Which means I no longer have to dvr every movie I want to watch on TCM and can discover movies that I would have originally passed over!

Another awesome discover was scans of Old Hollywood Photoplay magazines! I've made a separate page for them at the top of my blog where I linking them in chronological order. Check it out!
  1. The Beast of the City (1932) - Walter Huston, Jean Harlow
  2. Brief Moment (1933) - Carole Lombard
  3. The Gay Bride (1934) - Carole Lombard & Chester Morris
  4. Love, Honor and Behave (1938) - Wayne Morris & Priscilla Lane
  5. Topper Returns (1941) - Roland Young, Carole Landis, Joan Blondell, Billie Burke, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson
  6. Out of the Fog (1941) - John Garfield & Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell
  7. The Mysterious Doctor (1943) - John Loder, Eleanor Parker
  8. Dead Men Walk (1943) - George Zucco
  9. The Unsuspected (1947) - Claude Rains, Audrey Totter, Constance Bennett
  10. The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947) - Harold Lloyd 
  11. State of the Union (1948) - Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn, Angela Lansbury, Van Johnson, Adolph Menjeu 
  12. At Sword's Point (1951) - Maureen O'Hara
  13. Escape from Fort Bravo (1953) - William Holden & Eleanor Parker
  14. Code Two (1953) - Ralph Meeker, Keenan Wynn
  15. It Should Happen to You (1953) - Judy Holliday & Jack Lemmon, Peter Lawford
  16. Phffft! (1954) - Judy Holliday & Jack Lemmon, Jack Carson, Kim Novak
  17. Miracle in the Rain (1956) - Jane Wyman & Van Johnson
  18. A Hole in the Head (1959) - Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Thelma Ritter, Eleanor Parker, Carolyn Jones
  19. The Scapegoat (1959) - Alec Guinness 
  20. Murder She Said (1961) - Margaret Rutherford (based on 4:50 From Paddington, which I've read)
  21. Cairo (1963) - George Sanders
  22. Spencer's Mountain (1963) - Henry Fonda & Maureen O'Hara, James MacArthur
  23. *Ride the Wild Surf (1964) - Fabian, Tab Hunter, Shelley Fabares
  24. The Nanny (1965) - Bette Davis
  25. Walk Don't Run (1966) - Cary Grant, Jim Hutton, Samantha Eggar
  26. Titanic (1997) - Kate Winslet & Leonardo DiCaprio (first time watching!)
  27. The Cobbler (2014) - Adam Sandler, Dustin Hoffman
  28. Beauty and the Beast (2017) - Emma Watson & Dan Stevens (better than I expected)
Least Favorite Film: I did not like The Nanny at all. When a movie starts with kids chanting or singing, I probably won't like it. Those kind of movies creep me out.

Favorite Film: Hands down It Should Happen to You (1953) followed closely by Phffft! (1954). Walk Don't Run ended up better than I thought. It doesn't compare to the original of course but I still enjoyed it and wouldn't mind owning it on DVD (and btw, Cary Grant is more physically appealing at 62 then Jim Hutton is at 32). Miracle in the Rain (1956) made me cry in a good way. I also enjoyed The Unsuspected, Topper Returns, and Miracle in the Rain (which made me cry).

Lombard in The Gay Bride (1934). I took way too many screenshots from this movie.
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Movies I Watched in October

November 1, 2017, 12:00 pm
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October turned out to be Jane Fonda/Robert Redford/1970s month. I've posted before on my blog facebook page and on twitter my pitifully small list of films I've seen and enjoyed from the 1970s so I was excited to find three films (two starring Jane Fonda) and a TV mini-series that I enjoyed. And due to my access to WatchTCM I have been able to see many movies I would have never recorded (aka I watched a ridiculous amount of movies this month).

Does anyone else think Drew Barrymore looks like Zita Johann?
 I thought they must be related but they aren't.

I watched the Sissi trilogy starring Romy Schneider, making it's TCM debut. I loved it! I took a ton of screenshots of the lavish costumes and  gorgeous Austrian scenery, where it was filmed. The trilogy, and Schneider's The Story of Vickie, were my first German language films! A new dvd set of the four films, plus the condensed-into-one dubbed English Sissi movie Forever My Love, was released yesterday! It also includes a 20 min. making of feature and a 20 page booklet. You can buy it here. I really want it!


Two movies I was happy to FINALLY get around to watching were The Mummy (1932), Old Acquaintance (1943), and The Innocents (1961). I also watched my first Lizabeth Scott, Margaret Lockwood, Romy Schneider, Marge & Gower Champion, and Robert Donat films! I also discovered Paula Prentiss in Where the Boys Are (1960). I'm excited to watch all of her films from the 60s!
  1. The Mummy (1932) - Boris Karloff, Zita Johann
  2. Murder in the Private Car (1934) - Charles Ruggles, Una Merkel
  3. Knight Without Armour (1937) - Robert Donat & Marlene Dietrich
  4. Joy of Living (1938) - Irene Dunne & Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Lucille Ball
  5. Castle on the Hudson (1940) - John Garfield & Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien, Burgess Meredith
  6. The Great Lie (1941) - Bette Davis, Mary Astor, George Brent
  7. All Through the Night (1942) - Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Peter Lorre
  8. Joe Smith, American (1942) - Robert Young & Marsha Hunt, Darryl Hickman
  9. The Affairs of Martha (1942) - Marsha Hunt, Marjorie Main
  10. I Walked with a Zombie (1943) - Frances Dee, Tom Conway
  11. Old Acquaintance (1943) - Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, Gig Young
  12. A Place of One's Own (1945) - Margaret Lockwood, James Mason
  13. Anna and the King of Siam (1946) - Rex Harrison & Irene Dunne, Linda Darnell, Lee J. Cobb, Gale Sondergaard
  14. Boomerang (1947) - Dana Andrews & Jane Wyatt
  15. *Portrait of Jennie (1948) - Joseph Cotten & Jennifer Jones, Ethel Barrymore
  16. April Showers (1948) - Jack Carson & Ann Sothern
  17. Night Unto Night (1949) - Ronald Reagan
  18. Easy Living (1949) - Victor Mature, Lizabeth Scott, Lucille Ball, Los Angeles Rams
  19. The Narrow Margin (1952) - Marie Windsor
  20. Lone Star (1952) - Clark Gable & Ava Gardner
  21. Scaramouche (1952) - Mel Ferrer, Janet Leigh, Eleanor Parker
  22. The Actress (1953) - Jean Simmons, Spencer Tracy, Teresa Wright, Anthony Perkins
  23. Miss Sadie Thompson (1953) - Rita Hayworth, Aldo Ray, Jose Ferrer
  24. Easy to Love (1953) - Esther Williams & Van Johnson
  25. Give a Girl a Break (1953) - Marge & Gower Champion, Debbie Reynolds
  26. The Blue Gardenia (1953) - Anne Baxter, Raymond Burr, Ann Sothern
  27. The Story of Vickie/Victoria in Dover/Mdchenjahre einer Knigin (1954 - German) - Romy Schneider, Magda Schneider, Adrian Hoven, Karl Ludwig Diehl
  28. Sissi (1955 - German) - Romy Schneider & Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider
  29. Trial (1955) - Glenn Ford & Dorothy McGuire
  30. World Without End (1955) - Hugh Marlowe, Rod Taylor
  31. The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956) - Judy Holliday & Paul Douglas
  32. Sissi: The Young Empress (1956 - German) - Romy Schneider & Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider
  33. Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress (1957 - German) - Romy Schneider & Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider
  34. *Until They Sail (1957) - Jean Simmons & Paul Newman, Joan Fontaine, Sandra Dee, Piper Laurie
  35. Where the Boys Are (1960) - Dolores Hart, George Hamilton, Yvette Mimoux, Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Connie Francis
  36. The Innocents (1961) - Deborah Kerr
  37. Man's Favorite Sport? - (1964) - Rock Hudson & Paula Prentiss
  38. *CatBallou (1965) - Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan
  39. Any Wednesday (1966) - Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, Dean Jones
  40. *Barefoot in the Park (1967) - Robert Redford & Jane Fonda, Mildred Natwick, Charles Boyer
  41. *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) - Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross 
  42. What's Up, Doc? (1972) - Barbra Streisand & Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn
  43. Little Women (1978) - Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Greer Garson 
  44. The Electric Horseman (1979) - Robert Redford & Jane Fonda
  45. The China Syndrome (1979) - Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas
  46. Our Souls at Night (2017) - Robert Redford & Jane Fonda
Least Favorite Film of the Month: It was a pretty good month for me. Scaramouche was kind of lame but I was watching it for Eleanor Parker. Same goes for The Actress and Jean Simmons. And I didn't like the rape storyline in Where the Boys Are. It had started out as such a fun movie! Also, I really wanted Esther Williams to walk out on Van Johnson in Easy to Love. She deserved better! The Florida-shaped pool was pretty epic though :)

Favorite Movie: The Sissi Trilogy, as I mentioned above. The Solid Gold Cadillac was great (despite the author's contrary opinion in Holliday's biography...) as well as the Fonda films. Our Souls at Night was very sweet. I would highly recommend it to any Fonda/Redford fan (get the one month free trial if you have to). What's Up, Doc? was a throwback to the Screwball days, a la Bringing Up Baby. Also, Rod Taylor was adorable in World Without End ;)

Some months there are too many movies I enjoyed and I feel like I should write little blurbs about some of them. Would anyone be interested in that?

Paula Prentiss
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Hollywood Auction Catalogs

November 5, 2017, 8:14 am
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This year I have discovered Auction Catalogs. Unfortunately - rather than being collected in one fabulous museum - costumes, jewelry, photos, and props from Classic Hollywood films are often owned by private collectors or consist of personal collections auctioned off by the actor or actress's family after their passing. Oftentimes the person who buys these items ends up selling them after a while and we end up with annual actions with catalogs featuring pages of fabulous items.

On Nov. 18, Julien's Auctions is having an auction consisting entirely of jewelry from the famous Joseff of Hollywood. The catalog, which you can view online, has over 400 pages of glittering jewels that once adorned the most beautiful of women and the most handsome of men. Here are a few of my favorite pages.














 
If you could own any of these pieces, or any of the other pieces in the catalog, which would you choose? Oh! To be fabulously wealthy at a time like this!
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The Eve Arden Blogathon is Here!!!

November 10, 2017, 4:00 pm
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The Eve Arden Blogathon has finally arrived! I will update this post as entries come in so please check back throughout the weekend! I can't wait to read all the entries about this fabulous comedienne. A huge thank you to all who participated!

The Posts


The Story Enthusiast, like myself, went on an Arden kick after seeing The Voice of the Turtle (1947).
 

The Midnite Drive-In talks Grease-y Relationships.


Realweegiemidget Reviews relates how Arden's small role in Grease (1978) left a big impact.


Caftan Woman shares the wartime comedy The Doughgirls (1944).


Hamlette's Soliloquy wants to know what Arden's character is up to in No, No, Nanette (1940).


Hometowns to Hollywood takes a look at Arden's career and the town where she grew up.


Love Letters to Old Hollywood finds Arden perfect for her role in Cover Girl (1944).


Critica Retro looks at Arden's small role in the dazzling Ziegfeld Girl (1941).

Keep an eye out for my next blogathon announcement!
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Cinema Wedding Gowns: Until They Sail (1957)

November 11, 2017, 5:00 am
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Today's cinema wedding gown comes from a short scene in Until They Sail (1957) starring Jean Simmons and Paul Newman, with Piper Laurie as the bride. Her marriage will not be a happy one - being World War II there's basically no men left in her hometown of Christchurch, New Zealand so she marries the one guy that IS there. And while the union is a disaster - deadly in fact - the gown is a beautiful one.


The bodice has a button up front and collar with a sweetheart lining and short cuffed sleeves. It is covered with a floral applique. The veil is gathered tulle attached to a floral trimmed headband. Small pearl earrings add the perfect finishing touch. Unfortunately the costume designer is not listed on either TCM or IMDb.


Promotional photos for the film show Sandra Dee wearing a gorgeous lace dress that looks very much like a wedding gown but we do not see her character get married. I thought I'd include them as it's such a lovely gown.
 
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Man's Favorite Sport? (1964)

November 17, 2017, 5:00 am
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Roger Willoughby (Rock Hudson) is happily employed as one of the world's great angling experts. Unfortunately, even his own boss doesn't know that Roger has never been fishing in his life. So when press agent Abigail Page (Paula Prentiss) arranges for Roger to participate in her resort's upcoming fishing tournament, he's thrown into a panic. At the resort, he and Abby commence a crash course to turn him into a genuine outdoorsman - only to have their plan riotously upset by a surprise visit from Roger's fiancé.
This description from the DVD case for Man's Favorite Sport? (1964) immediately called to mind two films for me: Christmas in Connecticut (1945), in which Barbara Stanwyck's character writes for a magazine pretending to be married, have a baby, live on a farm, and be an excellent cook; and Libeled Lady (1936), in which William Powell's character pretends to be an expert at fly fishing in order to become friend's with the father of Myrna Loy's character, leading to a hilarious fishing scene where Powell tries to fish and look at a manual at the same time. As I watched I was reminded of yet another film, Bringing Up Baby (1938). The "love impulse" quote, ripped back of dress (in this case a stuck zipper), and "strangely attracted" bit as well as all the bad things that happen to Roger when Abby is around are practically lifted right out of the beloved Screwball film. But it's really not that much of a surprise, seeing as both films were directed by the legendary Howard Hawks. Hawks even originally wanted Cary Grant in the lead role! Cary turned it down for Charade (1963) so he had to settle for Hudson, who was fresh off of his first two films with Doris Day.


While this film is no masterpiece, it's a fun little comedy with plenty of laugh out loud moments. The film starts with what will become a pattern for Roger (Hudson) as Prentiss's character Abby steals his parking space with her tiny car as he's about to back in. He tries to explain that she is in his space, where he parks every day, but she's not budging, telling him if he wants to park there he'll have to move her car himself. It's reminiscent of the scene in Bringing Up Baby where Katharine Hepburn drives off in Cary Grant's car. What follows is a classic tall man tries to get in small space, in this case Roger trying to release the break by sticking his top half through the sun roof. A police gets involved and he ends up with a ticket for leaving his car in the middle of the parking lot.


When Roger finally gets upstairs where he's late to a meeting, he discovers his meeting is with none other than the young lady from the parking lot. She is naturally embarrassed and he tries to control his anger and annoyance. It doesn't help matters when he hears the purpose of her visit. As the author of a best selling fishing book, she thinks Roger should enter the annual fishing tournament!


His boss is all for it, not knowing the truth about his employee (Christmas in Connecticut anyone?). Roger takes Abby and her friend out for a drink and in an odd scene in a musical museum he confesses he doesn't know the first thing about fishing. Since Abby got him into this situation, she's determined to help him get out of it. With five days before the tournament begins, they head to the lake to begin a crash course in fishing. Roger's boss sends a carload of equipment for him to try out for the store while he's there. This causes no end of troubles for Roger, culminating in some inflatable fishing pants that nearly drown him than save him - Roger can't swim of course.


Abby finally hits upon an idea she thinks will work. What if Roger breaks his arm? Well, not actually break it, just plaster it up so everyone THINKS it's broken. So, Abby plasters it up. While it's drying she discovers that another famous name in the world of fish is participating in the tournament so Roger can simply drop out! Right? Wrong. The other guy REALLY gets a broken arm and once again Roger is stuck as a contestant in the tournament.


And so it begins. Somehow Roger manages to catch a good sized fish on the first day, coming in second in the days results! Of course it's completely by accident and he gets completely soaked in the process but so far so good. He also manages to catch a large fish on the second and third days of the tournament and finds himself with a trophy for first place!



Also in the course of the tournament he loses his fiancé due to a scene taken right out of the aforementioned Bringing Up Baby. It's taken a step further with Roger's tie getting stuck in a zipper - which happened earlier with a sleeping bag and also witnessed by his fiancé - causing his engagement to be broken.

 

Abby has by this time fallen in love with Roger but is upset that he won the tournament purely by accident. She tells him he has to confess to being a phony, even if it means losing his job at Abercrombie and Fitch. Roger had already decided to do just that but Abby goes off into the woods by herself to be miserable.

 
After he is fired, Roger goes off to find Abby and they get caught in a downpour, sharing her covered sleeping bag for protection from the rain. Back at the lodge, the other fishermen convince Roger's boss that he is missing out on a huge marketing scheme, that any man can win a fishing tournament as long as he has the right equipment!


And so, Roger gets back his job and redeems himself in the eyes of Abby, who he's "strangely attracted" to despite all the trouble she has caused him. And there the movie ends, with the two of them in their sleeping bag floating in the middle of the lake.

 
While the film didn't do to well at the box office, due to 25 minutes being cut and the overall phony look of the studio-built sets, I greatly enjoyed the film and found myself laughing aloud at several comic moments. Hudson and Prentiss are great in their roles and the supporting cast, particularly the other fishermen, added greatly to the film.

Love this outfit Abby wears!

Here's a great clip I found on YouTube of Prentiss after a 2010 screening of the film talking about her experience working with Hudson. The first eight minutes are about Man's Favorite Sport? and then she talks about some other films from her career. You can watch the trailer for the film here.


 
 
Happy Birthday Rock!
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ANNOUNCING The Bill & Myrna New Year's Blogathon!

November 18, 2017, 11:00 am
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For the past few years, TCM has shown the Thin Man films for a New Year's marathon. To celebrate our favorite fictional married couple, The Flapper Dame and I thought it would be fun to celebrate with Bill and Myrna in another way - with a blogathon!! Therefore, we are excited to announce The Bill and Myrna New Year's Blogathon 🍸 which will take place from January 1-3, 2018.


Bill and Myrna made fourteen films together and many, many more on their own, so there are lots of fabulous movies to talk about. They also had amazing friendships and lots of personal stories that would be fun to write about, so we ask that there be no duplicates so we can cover as much of these two amazing actors lives and careers as possible. Once you've decided on a topic, let one of us know in the comments section with the name and link to your blog. Finally, grab a banner (I'm pretty excited with how they turned out) and spread the word! Oh, and free martini's for everyone!! ;)





The Guest List:

Phyllis Loves Classic Movies: TBA
The Flapper Dame: TBA
Love Letters to Old Hollywood: I Love You Again & So Goes My Love
The Midnite Drive-In: The Thin Man (1934)
Movies Meet Their Match: TBA
Maddy Loves Her Classic Films: Powell and Loy as an on-screen couple

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