Showing posts with label 1940s-A. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1940s-A. Show all posts
Monday, 29 August 2016

Summer re-views: Bette's Charlotte Vale

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Its on television now, as I write - on the BBC: the 1942 NOW VOYAGER - its so seldom the BBC show a 1940s classic now, that its almost one...
Tuesday, 9 August 2016

4 British classics ....

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As mentioned we moved house back in May, downsizing to an apartment 10 floors up, with great views. So we have been re-sorting and gettin...
Sunday, 10 July 2016

Deborah's Sister Clodagh and Sister Angela

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Two of our enduring favourites were screened again recently, and despite having them on disk I had to tune in once again. We simply love ...
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Sunday, 10 April 2016

Bette Davis classics: Old Acquaintance, 1943

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Do camp classics get any camper than OLD ACQUAINTANCE ? Do ‘Bette Davis Classics’ get any Bette-ier than OLD ACQUAINTANCE ? Probably NOW...
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Tuesday, 29 March 2016

Bette goes beyond the forest ...

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Is BEYOND THE FOREST a camp stinker, a Trash Classic or an undervalued late Forties melodrama proving Bette Davis with one of her great r...
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Sunday, 27 March 2016

Joan Fontaine on stardom ...

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Joan Fontaine's 1978 autobiography NO BED OF ROSES , which I have just rescued from a box filed away in the garage, is a fascinating ...
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Tuesday, 8 March 2016

Still Notorious after all these years ...

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NOTORIOUS , Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 classic, does not look or feel like it is 70 years old. This is surely the high-point of Hitch...
Sunday, 14 February 2016

Bette, dressed by Orry

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Bette Davis's 3 films with William Wyler are undoubted classics ( JEZEBEL , THE LETTER , THE LITTLE FOXES ) where she was dressed by ...
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Friday, 22 January 2016

Fabiola, 1949

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Sticking with vintage epics & peplums (see the 1925 BEN-HUR below), the 1949 Italian FABIOLA may well be the first of those costume...
Tuesday, 10 November 2015

Another Bette double ...

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We have spent a few lazy afternoons re-watching some Bette Davis classics. Is there a more weirdly enjoyable '40s melodrama than THE GR...
Monday, 31 August 2015

A new top 100 movies ! (1)

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I am compiling, in odd moments,  a new top 100 favourite films - not 'best' films, but films I love and can re-see any time, 100 ...
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Friday, 21 August 2015

My very favourite film

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Take the usual ingredients: a wilful heroine, an unconventional leading man, supporting characters we like and want to see more of, mix in...