Misfortunes of Imaginary Beings
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Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Shall We Dance (Mark Sandrich, 1937)
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This was the seventh teaming of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, and the fatigue is beginning to show, despite a score by George Gershwin a...
Saturday, January 21, 2017
The Gay Divorcee (Mark Sandrich, 1934)
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Obviously, The Gay Divorcee wouldn't pass muster as the title for a heterosexual romantic comedy today, but the film's producers ...
Sunday, August 14, 2016
The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941)
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Preston Sturges, who was a screenwriter before he became a hyphenated writer-director, has a reputation for verbal wit. It's very much...
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Sullivan's Travels (Preston Sturges, 1941)
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Let us now praise Joel McCrea, who never became an icon like Cooper or Gable or Grant or Stewart, but could always be relied on for a fine...
Thursday, December 31, 2015
Swing Time (George Stevens, 1936)
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The plot of a Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers is typically a thread on which the gems (the songs and dances) are strung, and Swing Time is no ...
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