5 Classic Movies on an Island Blogathon

Which five movies would you choose to take with you on a deserted island? Clearly, if you could prepare, you'd  throw out the movies and...

Sunday, May 15, 2016
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Madame Bovary (1949) w/ Jennifer Jones

Gustave Flaubert's controversial novel of an unfaithful wife comes to life with the help of MGM Studios in Madame Bovary (1949). ...

Monday, October 26, 2015
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An Affair to Remember (1957) w/ Cary Grant

A shipboard romance docks on dry land. It's saccharine sweet, but you love it anyway. Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr play two stranger...

Tuesday, October 06, 2015
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Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953) w/ Robert Wagner

An underwater Romeo and Juliet story. Beneath the 12-Mile Reef follows two sponge fisherman families who war over a dangerous, deep ...

Monday, October 05, 2015
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Jack Lemmon in The Notorious Landlady (1962)

Scotland Yard suspects a landlady of being a female Bluebeard. They ask her tenant to become an informant. Kim Novak and Jack Lemmon s...

Monday, September 28, 2015
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The Big Show (1961) w/ Cliff Robertson and Esther Williams

This remake of House of Strangers and Broken Lance follows the favorite son of a circus owner (Nehemiah Persoff ). Cliff Robertson is the...

Thursday, September 24, 2015
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Autumn Leaves (1956) w/ Joan Crawford

A May-December marriage turns horrific when a husband's past haunts his new bride. Joan Crawford and Cliff Robertson star in Autumn L...

Wednesday, September 16, 2015
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The Women (1939) w/ Norma Shearer

It's the story of relationships among females, the story of a home broken by the pains of infidelity, the story of one woman's s...

Monday, September 14, 2015
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Under the Big Top

In old circus films, s omeone is often dramatically injured or killed.  I didn't realize this until taking the nephews to the circu...

Saturday, September 12, 2015
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To Sir, With Love (1967) W/ Sidney Poitier

It's "Back to School" time. What could be better than a story about the classroom? To Sir, With Love (1967) fits the bill...

Wednesday, September 09, 2015
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Thoughts on Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw and Producer Gabriel Pascal

George Bernard Shaw and Gabriel Pascal ( Source ) George Bernard Shaw , award-winning playwright, author of Pygmalion (the basis...

Monday, September 07, 2015
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MAME is Lucille Ball's TROG?

Mame with Lucille Ball Trog with Joan Crawford Lucille Ball in the musical Mame is the subject of a light debate over in a Face...

Wednesday, July 08, 2015
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The Phantom of the Opera (1943) w/ Claude Rains

My young nephews are studying The Phantom of the Opera in music class. One of them asked if Aunt Java has the film at home. I do. Yours tru...

Wednesday, May 20, 2015
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The Heiress (1949) | My Favorite Classic Movie Blogathon

William Wyler directed some of the greatest, sweeping adventure moments ever captured on film, such as those in Ben-Hur or The Big C...

Saturday, May 16, 2015
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