ROMEO, WHO ART THOU? JULIET DITTO PART 2
THIS ALL STARTED WITH MY VIEWING the 1936 flick Romeo and Juliet on TMC. Today in Part 2 we finally get down to Act I Scene 5 at a Capulet … Continue reading
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS TIDBITS
HAVING RECENTLY MENTIONED An American in Paris, I thought it would be fun to go tidbit-gleaning about this 1951 musical flick. Sources include Wikipedia, IMBd, Silver Screen Modes, Thomson’s The New … Continue reading
BUSBY BERKELEY—TAKING THE CAMERA TO PLACES IT’D NEVER BEEN
DAVID THOMSON PUT IT WELL in The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: “It is a delicious irony that as the cinema institutionalized its own morality—in the early 1930s—it promoted a … Continue reading
DINNER AT EIGHT—THEATRE WITH REAL LEGS
I’VE JUST WATCHED DINNER AT EIGHT for the third time on Turner Classic Movies, and this 1933 flick continues to delight. Its 3:01 trailer at IMDb serves as a fine … Continue reading
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