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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) (2)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 26, 2013
I’m unsure what came first: a desire to watch Gene Tierney in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, or if it was inspired by reading her biography. Either way, you’re getting a double dose of Tierney this week, and 20th Century Fox‘s recent Blu-ray release kicks us off. The bittersweet romanc read more
I’ll Be Seeing You (1944)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 25, 2013
Merry Christmas to all my awesome readers (or whichever holiday you choose to celebrate around this time). I always close out my 25 Days of Christmas with a new movie for Christmas Day and this year I had two newly introduced movies up for review, this and It Happened on Fifth Avenue. I’ll read more
25 Days of Christmas: A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) (3)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 24, 2013
This review originally ran December 23rd, 2011. I still adore this Christmas special! As we get ever closer to Christmas Day we’re hitting the best Christmas films to watch. This isn’t a film per se, it’s a television special, but it’s iconic to Christmas. It’s the read more
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) (2)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 23, 2013
Originally published May 6th, 2013 Meet Me in St. Louis came highly recommended due to its place as a musical classic, and because it’s got the downright angelic Margaret O’Brien who I praised heavily in my Christmas review of Little Women. So, as I tend to do with blogathons, I used my read more
25 Days of Christmas: Come to the Stable (1949) (2)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 22, 2013
Originally published December 27th, 2012 My final review for Christmas 2012 is the 1949 film Come to the Stable. It’s not a Christmas movie per se, but it does include the building of a church in a town called Bethlehem so it’s good enough to round out the series. Come to the Stable read more
25 Days of Christmas: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) (3)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 21, 2013
This review originally ran December 25th, 2011. This is still a must-watch as many times as you can. I recently watched the Ron Howard remake for this month a few days back and was horrified by what had been done to this great special. Thankfully, rewatching this has made me all but forget that read more
25 Days of Christmas: Joyeux Noel (2005) (3)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 20, 2013
This review originally ran Christmas Eve 2011. I finally purchased this on DVD this year and it’s become a staple in my household. Its multilingual story is still relateable today and the performances will truly affect you. I have to give thanks to my World Religions in Cinema teacher for read more
News From the Lake for December 17th, 2013
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 19, 2013
A lot of news this week, both sad and hopeful. There’s info on another upcoming biopic, some upcoming TCM tributes after the tragic loss of several top stars this week, and a heaping dose of DVD/Blu-ray release dates. Diving right in! With 2013 closing in a few weeks, the year has certainl read more
25 Days of Christmas: Miracle on 34th Street (1947) (3)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 18, 2013
This review originally ran on December 20th, 2011. My thoughts on the film itself haven’t changed, and have only grown. Natalie Wood continues to astound me, and the film has such love embedded in it. How can I say I’m a film fan, and actually write reviews for a living, if I’ve read more
The Blue Angel (1930)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 17, 2013
Weimar cinema isn’t my forte, but after featuring Marlene Dietrich in my inaugural July Five event, I wanted to review the movie which propelled her into international cinema. Kino Classics apparently read my mind as they recently released Dietrich’s début, The Blue Angel, in a comprehe read more
25 Days of Christmas: Remember the Night (1940) (3)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 17, 2013
Originally reviewed Remember the Night on December 16th, 2011 We journey back to 1940 for today’s 25 Days of Christmas film featuring two huge stars of day, Remember the Night. I found this movie via Wikipedia and only knew it was the first film pairing up Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck read more
Maureen O’Hara: The Biography
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 16, 2013
University Press of Kentucky continues to impress with their Screen Classics series of biographies; a far cry from the lackluster series of movie encyclopedias masquerading as biographies which were their earlier output. Much like author Christina Rice, author Aubrey Malone creates a tender and int read more
25 Days of Christmas: O. Henry’s Full House (1952)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 16, 2013
Originally published December 2nd, 2011 This is an odd one to group with Marilyn movies as she’s literally in it for a minute (I’d say less but I didn’t time it). O. Henry’s Full House an anthology film of adapted stories from the works of O. Henry. It’s certainly not read more
25 Days of Christmas: Holiday Affair (1949) (2)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 15, 2013
Originally published December 24th, 2012 Coming into the home stretch of 25 Days of Christmas 2012, and the final three movies cannot come sooner. I don’t hate Christmas movies; it’s just I lost a day and the whole slate of films ran away with me. Today’s film is another first-ti read more
Now It’s Time to Say Goodbye…
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 14, 2013
May 2012: I was looking for ways to diversify the blog’s content, as well as cross off a few personal challenges of my own. I immediately went to Disney for my first weekly feature; one of my favorite things in the entire world. While perusing the list of Disney animated films – at leas read more
25 Days of Christmas: The Thin Man (1934) (2)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 14, 2013
Originally published December 4th, 2011 We move on to another diverse Christmas film, one that has a more tenuous connection to Christmas than even Rent could boast, but nonetheless takes place on Christmas! The 1934 W.S. Van Dyke noir The Thin Man is one of my favorite movies and continues my ador read more
25 Days of Christmas: White Christmas (1954) (3)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 12, 2013
This originally ran December 14th, 2011. Really my thoughts on this film haven’t changed. I still adore Vera-Ellen‘s dancing but I don’t love this movie. Yep, it’s official: I’m not a Bing Crosby fan. It’s not the movies themselves that are bad, but as an read more
25 Days of Christmas: Little Women (1949)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 11, 2013
Originally published December 4th, 2012 I decided to watch all three film adaptations of Little Women as a subset of my 25 Days of Christmas. I’ve seen them all separately, but this will be the first time I watch them in a small time-span allowing me to note similarities and differences in to read more
News From the Lake for December 10th, 2013
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 10, 2013
With finals ramping up this week I didn’t want any news to escape my attention, and thus you get a special Tuesday edition of News From the Lake. If anything pressing happens, you might see a regularly scheduled one Wednesday. A few brief snippets in this update including an amazing opportun read more
25 Days of Christmas: Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (1970) (3)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Dec 10, 2013
This review originally ran December 10th, 2012. Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town is my favorite Rankin-Bass production that has fun songs, and a memorable villain! Tonight’s film is a television movie, but it’s an iconic Christmas film which holds a place in most people’s hea read more