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Easy Living (1937): Everybody fall down
When a an expensive fur coat falls on her head, Mary Smith’s life of scraping together enough for food and rent turns upside down. She suddenly finds herself in a world of wealth, as she’s mistakenly perceived of as the … Read more
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This is the Night (1932)
Directed by Frank Tuttle Without intending to, I caught This is the Night on TCM last night and I was delightfully surprised. It was funny, curious and also interesting historically in that it was the first full feature movie Cary … Read more
Lily Damita, Roland Young and This is the Night
Without intending to, I caught This is the Night on TCM last night and I was delightfully surprised. It was funny, curious and also interesting historically in that it was the first full feature movie Cary Grant ever appeared in. … Read more
Posted in Comedy, Reviews, Romance
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Trading Places (1983)
Directed by John Landis I think this is the first “holiday” movie I’ve watched this year. To be honest, though, I never thought of Trading Places as that kind of movie until recently. But it is a kind of feel … Read more
This cockeyed caravan: Preston Sturges defends fluff
I watched Sullivan’s Travels (1941) yet again last night because, as the main character John L. Lloyd ‘Sully’ Sullivan (Joel McCrea) says: “There’s a lot to be said for making people laugh. Did you know that’s all some people have? … Read more
Posted in Academy Awards, Comedy, Directors, Movies, Romance, Writers
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What Topper meant to Cary Grant
Although the movie Topper, despite it’s summer success in 1937, could hardly be considered a big movie, not in the Hollywood terms we usually speak of, it was a key movie in the career of Cary Grant (and for those … Read more
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