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#1 2021-12-03 03:56:06
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Be Of Good Cheer.: Pre-Christmas Viewing...
Last night - 'Young Frankenstein'. If you haven't seen it, do so, if only for the delightful, wonderful Madeline Kahn. The scene in the hermit's hut may be one of the funniest in modern cinema.
Perhaps a little under the radar: 'To Be Or Not To Be'. The divine Carole Lombard - and the moment when a Jew says to a fellow actor, 'What you are I don't eat'. Beautiful.
We'll also be working our way through early Marx Brothers films, such as 'Horse Feathers'.
Cutie: 'Oh, Professor, you're so full of whimsy'.
Groucho: 'I'm always that way after eating radishes'.
#2 2021-12-03 05:52:32
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Re: Be Of Good Cheer.: Pre-Christmas Viewing...
'Some Like It Hot' might come out of its closet... My daughter has my copy of 'Sunset Boulevard'...
A little - or a lot - of Fred and Ginger...
#3 2021-12-03 12:12:49
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Re: Be Of Good Cheer.: Pre-Christmas Viewing...
'Airplane'?
'Don't call me Shirley...'
#4 2021-12-03 18:08:54
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Re: Be Of Good Cheer.: Pre-Christmas Viewing...
Horse Feathers is full of genius dialogue.
some sort of banal legitimacy
#5 2021-12-04 02:11:31
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People often overlook the movies the brothers made before moving to MGM under Thalberg's supervision. But those for Paramount are their very best. 'Duck Soup' has to be in my Top Twenty Greatest Movies Of All Time. The mirror sequence alone in worth the price of a ticket. I was fortunate enough to see a double-bill of their movies on a big screen in 1980, just as I was fortunate enough to see Tati in 'Monsieur Hulot's Holiday' and 'Mon Uncle' at the Aaben in Manchester.
#6 2021-12-04 02:12:34
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Oh, and, of course, early on, there was Zeppo...
#7 2021-12-10 04:31:00
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Re: Be Of Good Cheer.: Pre-Christmas Viewing...
At Christmas itself, 'Gregory's Girl' will feature on our list. This is another film that can be watched time and time again with never-failing pleasure - and not just because of the delectable Miss Grogan. John Gordon Sinclair is a delight and you'll notice something fresh in it each time.