Breakfast in Classic Movies (And How it Drives the Plot) - Part 2

This is another round of breakfast in classic movies and its importance to a storyline. Read the first part here: Breakfast in Classic Movie...

Wednesday, October 30, 2013
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Edith Head's Birthday Tribute from Google Doodle

Edith Head, famed movie studio costume designer with a record-setting number of Academy Award wins, has a birthday today and Google remember...

Tuesday, October 29, 2013
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Monsieur Beaucaire (1946) - Bob Hope vs.King Louis

The king of France and his barber like the same woman - a chamber maid.  The king and a duke also like the same woman - the king's mist...

Monday, October 28, 2013
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Enemy Agents Defect for Love in Classic Movies

"An enemy agent defects for love" is a standard movie plot that has been around for a long time.  Omnia Vincit Amor, or some such...

Friday, October 25, 2013
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Breakfast in Classic Movies (and How it Drives the Plot) - Part 1

Breaking bread with a person is an intimate activity. To do so first thing in the morning suggests the person carries a certain level of imp...

Wednesday, October 23, 2013
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One Touch of Venus (1948) - Ava Gardner's comedy

Before Mannequin (1987), another inanimate simulation of a female form comes to life in the movie One Touch of Venus (1948). The kiss from...

Monday, October 21, 2013
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Would This Scene Be Better If...? Garland's Shouting Match in A Star is Born (1955)

Spoiler alert. Sometimes even highly-acclaimed movies leave you wondering if some scene "would have been better if." Take,...

Friday, October 18, 2013
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Jumbo (1962) - Doris Day's Circus Romcom

Make it stop! I cannot tear my eyes away from this train wreck. Jimmy Durante owns the little circus with the big elephant in Billy Rose...

Wednesday, October 16, 2013
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The Band Wagon (1953): The Martons

Lilly and Lester Marton are a New York writing team who convince former film star  and friend Tony Hunter (Fred Astaire) to try Broadway...

Monday, October 14, 2013
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Gene Kelly's Makeovers Tell a Story in Singin' in the Rain (1952)

There's a movie within a movie in the classic musical Singin' in the Rain (1952) called The Dancing Cavalier (aka Broadway Melody B...

Saturday, October 12, 2013
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It Started With a Kiss (1959) - A Risqué Comedy with Debbie Reynolds

Debbie Reynolds was (and is) one of America's cinematic sweethearts.  By the late 1950s, the actor was growing out of her ingenue roles....

Wednesday, October 02, 2013
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