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Watched Mary Poppins tonight and realized (again) that ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NO ONE is, was, or maybe ever will be doing physical comedy like Dick Van Dyke. I assume they let him get away with that HEINOUS accent because THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE ON EARTH WHO COULD DANCE LIKE THAT!!! Who else is going to play a 90 year old banker AND a young chimney sweep worthy of the attentions of JULIE ANDREWS??? No one, that’s who.
What are you doing here, Kitty?
[licking a cigarette after the statement] I run the candy concession
Walk on the Wild Side (1962) dir. Edward Dmytryk
Don English - Marlene Dietrich dans Shanghai Express, 1932.
It's a great feeling (1949)
James Dean, Sal Mineo in "Rebel without a Cause", 1955
"Morocco" (1930), directed by Josef von Sternberg, with Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper
"Glen or Glenda" by Ed Wood (Edward D. Wood, jr), 1953, movie poster from 1978
NIAGARA (Dir: Henry Hathaway, 1953).
Marilyn Monroe's breakthrough performance in an unusual film noir, distinguished by its use of eye-popping three strip Technicolor.
Arriving at Niagara Falls for a delayed honeymoon, the affable Polly Cutler (Jean Peters) and her husband Ray (Max Showalter, billed here as Casey Adams) encounter the altogether odder married couple Rose (Monroe) and George (Joseph Cotton) Loomis, visiting the Falls six years after their own honeymoon in an attempt to rekindle their relationship. Recently discharged from a mental institution, the troubled George is scarred by his experiences in the Korean War and seemingly an ill match for the voluptuous Rose. Darker motives are apparent as Polly spies Rose in the embrace of another man. When George mysteriously disappears Polly suspects murder, but has a hard time convincing her husband and the authorities until George reappears and the fatalities begin to mount.
Read the full review on my blog JINGLE BONES MOVIE TIME! Link below.
MEET THE STEWARTS (Dir: Alfred E Green, 1942).
A domestic comedy from Columbia Pictures which provides an early role for future acting legend William Holden.
Meet the Stewarts' paper thin plot concerns the matrimonial problems of working class Mike Stewart (William Holden) and new bride Candy (Frances Dee). Juggling a limited budget and disapproving families, Candy is determined to prove herself a dutiful wife, without the help of Daddy's income.
Read the full review on my blog JINGLE BONES MOVIE TIME. Link below.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT (Dir: Robert Rossen, 1956).
Richard Burton heads the cast in a historical drama chronicling the life and accomplishments of Alexander III of Macedonia. Part of the trend to entice audiences away from television, the lavish production was shot in glorious Technicolor and utilised the widescreen CinemaScope format.
Read the full review on my blog JINGLE BONES MOVIE TIME. Link below.
THE KING AND FOUR QUEENS (Dir: Raoul Walsh, 1956)
With a title referencing star Clark Gable’s reputation as The King of Hollywood, The King and Four Queens is an offbeat western from legendary director Raoul Walsh.
Clark Gable stars as smooth talking drifter Dan Kehoe who rides into the ramshackle, lawless town of Wagon Mound with the intention of relieving Ma McDade (Jo Van Fleet) and her four widowed daughter-in-laws (Eleanor Parker, Jean Willes, Barbara Nichols & Sara Slade) of $100,000 worth of stolen gold. Romancing each of the ladies in order to learn the whereabouts of the stash, it become apparent that the queens are using him as much as he is using them.
Read the full review on my blog JINGLE BONES MOVIE TIME. Link below.
Don’t Need Permission 💛 (my vintage record store teenagers moodboard and alessia cara music video)
James Dean & Lois Smith.