Showing posts with label 1957. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1957. Show all posts
Friday, 12 May 2017

Back to 1957 with ....

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When I was 11 in 1957, a favourite movie magazine - one of the American fan ones - was maybe called " Screen Stories ", featuring...
Monday, 24 April 2017

A movie moment ...

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I love that whole montage of Astaire shooting the fashion shots of Audrey in Paris in FUNNY FACE , but particularly this: she walks down ...
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Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Festive cheer 2

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Two treats lined up for holiday viewing: two Katharine Hepburn movies ideal for this time of year. THE LION IN WINTER , now spruced up in...
Monday, 26 September 2016

Take 3 girls - Italian style

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Here's an oddity: despite my affection for British and Italian cinema I had never heard of  SOUVENIR D'ITALIE  (or  IT HAPPENED I...
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Saturday, 24 September 2016

Take 4 girls - American style

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Another delirious 1957 treat: (which I reviewed back in 2011) FOUR GIRLS IN TOWN . I had totally forgotten this 1957 Universal-Internat...
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Saturday, 3 September 2016

Last summer re-view: La Isla Del Sol

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As summer ebbs away here and autumn sets in, our final summer re-view is, appropriately, ISLAND IN THE SUN (or as my ...
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Thursday, 23 June 2016

The Pajama Game, 1957

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THE PAJAMA GAME from 1957 is worth another look too, and great to see it in a good print at last, as there have been some ropey public...
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Friday, 8 April 2016

Something for the weekend: the mystery of Cyd's skirt

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Here's a mystery: Cyd Charisse is clearly wearing a skirt with a pleat at the start of this lovely number with Fred in the 1957 SILK ...
Tuesday, 8 March 2016

Belinda as Aphrodite

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One of our favourite sites is the great PEPLUM  ( www.peplumtv.com ) where I found this full-version of the 1957 APHRODITE, GODDESS OF LOV...
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Sunday, 20 December 2015

Christmas treats

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TV is awash at the moment with Christmas movies - glutinous, sentimental TV movies - there are even whole channels devoted to them. I ignor...
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Wednesday, 17 June 2015

To Indo-china and Japan via the sea wall ....

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I liked the French epic INDOCHINE a couple of years back, nice to see it again now, plus also that 1950s favourite of mine, Rene Clement...
Thursday, 23 April 2015

The Prince and the Showgirl: a 1957 review

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There seems to be an impression that THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL was a damp squib back in 1957 and did not get very good reviews and the g...