Julie Andrews sings Noël Coward's 'Parisian Pierrot' in Star! (1968)

Watched Star! (1968) , starring Julie Andrews , the other day. It was mesmerizing. Nearly three hours of extravagant, yet succinct, storyt...

Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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Marge & Gower Champion - Awesome Dancers

Java sometimes plays movie excerpts on her computer while surfing the 'net. It's really for the familiar sound; I just continue do...

Sunday, September 26, 2010
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Musical Noir and On The Town (1949)

  On the Town (1949) follows three sailors on 24-hour leave. It's just a  feel-good Gene Kelly -Comden and Green musical and nothin...

Tuesday, September 21, 2010
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Grace Kelly: Style Icon at the museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum offers an exhibit called  Grace Kelly: Style Icon   from April 17 to Sep 26.  "This exhibition shows t...

Saturday, September 18, 2010
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Pauline Kael on Lauren Bacall

Today is Lauren Bacall's birthday (born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924). I submit a little of Pauline Kael's description o...

Thursday, September 16, 2010
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Favorite Movie Quotes

Inspired by Clara's favorite film lines , here are a few of mine.   From Can-Can (1960)    Paul: It's over. Don't go on tor...

Wednesday, September 15, 2010
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I could kick myself : Shows you wish you'd seen

  Zorro played in the West End last year . There doesn't seem to be any Broadway turn for it. I could just kick myself for not going. ...

Sunday, September 12, 2010
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The Rat Pack: 25 Never-Seen Photos

Life Magazine Life magazine released 25 (actually it's 28) never-seen photographs of four members of the Rat Pack - Sammy Davis, Jr.,...

Friday, September 10, 2010
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Classic Movies On the Radio

When radio was king, adaptations of popular movies were all the rage. An hour or half an hour would be devoted to a streamlined script of Je...

Tuesday, September 07, 2010
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Li'l Abner (1940)

Li’l Abner (1940) is a low budget, adaptation of Al Capp ’s famous comic strips, which follows a lumbering man-child whose only concern is...

Sunday, September 05, 2010
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