
The TCM Top Ten for May 2014
If you’re like me the summer time is the best season for movie watching. Of course, the majority of movie patrons trot out to the local multiplex but who needs … Continue Reading The TCM Top Ten for May 2014
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If you’re like me the summer time is the best season for movie watching. Of course, the majority of movie patrons trot out to the local multiplex but who needs … Continue Reading The TCM Top Ten for May 2014
We’re studying pre-Codes in my film class, and this week’s movie was a double-feature of this and Trouble in Paradise. It turns out this movie still isn’t a favorite, and … Continue Reading The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
Our final Myrna Loy and William Powell film of the week, and the conclusion of The July Five itself! Love Crazy is the tenth pairing between the screen duo, as … Continue Reading Love Crazy (1941)
I Love You Again is a return to form for Loy and Powell, akin to their work on The Thin Man and Libeled Lady. It makes sense considering they are … Continue Reading I Love You Again (1940)
The end of Double Wedding is no mystery, it’s right there in the title. Obviously, Powell and Loy are going to get married, along with another couple by the end. … Continue Reading Double Wedding (1937)
A friend of mine watched the last 20 or so minutes of Evelyn Prentice with me, and only watching that brief snippet made him angry. Try watching it for over … Continue Reading Evelyn Prentice (1934)
First off, a happy birthday to William Powell, star of today’s film! I had no idea it was his birthday when I planned the July Five, but if anyone asks … Continue Reading Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
And Busby Berkeley week comes to a close with a review of the film that put him on the map and brought Warner Brothers back from the brink of bankruptcy. … Continue Reading 42nd Street (1933)
Gold Diggers of 1935 is another pale imitation of Gold Diggers of 1933 and lightening still hasn’t struck twice. Gold Diggers of 1935 is an entirely different entity than its … Continue Reading Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
Hi all, sorry for the delay in posting. I’ve been dealing with a few abrupt household issues that prevented me from keeping up with everything, so bear with me as … Continue Reading Dames (1934)
I knew better than to go gaga over the first Busby Berkeley movie I saw because Gold Diggers of 1933 is superior to Footlight Parade. Not to say Footlight Parade … Continue Reading Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
And we come to the end of Marlene Dietrich week and I’m sad to say things ended on a down note. After good turns in Morocco and Blonde Venus, Dietrich … Continue Reading Golden Earrings (1947)
The Flame of New Orléans isn’t a flame, more of a crackle. Despite the presence of Dietrich and I Married a Witch director Rene Clair, the formulaic plot is funny … Continue Reading The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
In today’s film we see Marlene Dietrich move away from the jolly role of a woman struggling to find work and love into the role of wife and mother; … Continue Reading Blonde Venus (1932)
Marlene Dietrich is the woman of the hour for this week’s July Five installment, and we kick things off with her American film début. Morocco is best remembered for Dietrich’s … Continue Reading Morocco (1930)