Hannah you need to see Vivacious Lady! I need to watch it again. I'm behind schedule in exhausting this film like I did Stage Door.
By the way I like your little bookshelf in the sidebar! It's cute! I heard the book at the very bottom 'misrepresents' them or something, but I haven't read it, so I don't know for sure!
I'm looking forward to sitting down and watching Vivacious Lady in its entirety soon myself as well. And Stage Door! I think Beth over at Finding Ginger may have a link up to watch either one or both of these on youtube. I was naive enough to try watching Swing Time on youtube recently, and when it got to the scenes with the musical numbers, all the sound was cut out. :-/ Major letdown!
And Lauren, it seems like I read something about that book being very opinionated as well - that's sort of why I want to read it though. Aside from how Fred and Ginger represent themselves in their own autobiographies, I want to see other people's take on them too. I don't know, I'm always wanting more. ;)
this is soooo great!!!! Every time I watch it, I'm almost crying at this scene from laughter!! "Alright, put 'em up!" hahaha Thank you for sharing this scene with us :) ~Ashley @ http://www.ahauteaparty.blogspot.com
I'm a native Floridian of the Melancholy/Idealist temperament who spends her time in part exploring and enjoying the world of classics in Hollywood, literature, history, and politics. I've been convinced that I was born too late since childhood.
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
Variety said that the film is "...easy on the eyes but hard on the intellect...an old-fashioned soap opera", and: "It is a rather pointless, slow-moving story, but it has been brought to the screen with such skill that it charms the spectator into an attitude of relaxed enjoyment, much the same effect as that produced by a casual daydream fantasy". Look for a post devoted to this movie coming soon!
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Primrose Path (1940)
Ellie Mae (Ginger Rogers) lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister (a young Joan Carroll who played Agnes in Meet Me In St. Louis) and a mean-spirited grandmother. The Hill is not a good part of town, however. When she meets and falls for a hard-working man, they marry and she hides her past from him. When he discovers the truth it jeopardizes their marriage.
I love that movie!
ReplyDeleteAw, I still haven't watched this film yet! This is the one with Jimmy, too...Must find this somewhere...
ReplyDeleteHannah you need to see Vivacious Lady! I need to watch it again. I'm behind schedule in exhausting this film like I did Stage Door.
ReplyDeleteBy the way I like your little bookshelf in the sidebar! It's cute! I heard the book at the very bottom 'misrepresents' them or something, but I haven't read it, so I don't know for sure!
Lauren
I'm looking forward to sitting down and watching Vivacious Lady in its entirety soon myself as well. And Stage Door! I think Beth over at Finding Ginger may have a link up to watch either one or both of these on youtube. I was naive enough to try watching Swing Time on youtube recently, and when it got to the scenes with the musical numbers, all the sound was cut out. :-/ Major letdown!
ReplyDeleteAnd Lauren, it seems like I read something about that book being very opinionated as well - that's sort of why I want to read it though. Aside from how Fred and Ginger represent themselves in their own autobiographies, I want to see other people's take on them too. I don't know, I'm always wanting more. ;)
hahahahaha, amazing!
ReplyDeletethis is soooo great!!!! Every time I watch it, I'm almost crying at this scene from laughter!! "Alright, put 'em up!" hahaha Thank you for sharing this scene with us :)
ReplyDelete~Ashley @ http://www.ahauteaparty.blogspot.com