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December 2015 in Film
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 1, 2016
Christmas has come and gone, a new year arriving today. Hope you all had a wonderful time celebrating last night… but not too much fun, eh? Here in the movie blogosphere, a new month means it’s time to take a look at the past month in viewing… so let’s get to it!
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The Classic Movie History Project, 2015: ‘For Me and My Gal’ as Wartime Cinema
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 27, 2015
Note: This post will contain some spoilers. Read with caution if you’ve never seen For Me and My Gal. Additionally, this post was written for The Classic Movie History Project blogathon. For more information on this blogathon, see the end of the post!
With World War II looming heavily over eve read more
The Age of Adaline (2015)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 26, 2015
Born at the turn of the 20th century, Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively) lives a charmed life in northern California. As she gets older, she finds love, marrying and starting a family. Everything seems perfect.
But tragedy strikes one evening, during a rare occurrence of snowfall, as Adaline is driving t read more
The Shock (1923)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 25, 2015
Wilse Dilling (Lon Chaney) is a man with a bad reputation, known as “dangerous” by the police in Chinatown, where he lives. He has few friends, due not only to his bad reputation, but also to the fact that he can’t walk without the assistance of crutches or a wheelchair (which peop read more
Favorite things about… Arsenic and Old Lace
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 24, 2015
The favorite film:
Arsenic and Old Lace, a 1944 black comedy directed by Frank Capra
(Image via Happy Otter)
The synopsis:
Mortimer Brewster is a soon-to-be-married drama critic. He’s “sneered at every love scene in every play.” His reputation is one of a permanent bachelor, and he read more
TMP Recommends: Five Films on TCM, June 24 – 30
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 23, 2015
Welcome to this week’s installment of TMP Recommends, where I share five films you should keep an eye out for on TCM over the next seven days. All times are listed in EST and come from the US version of the TCM schedule. Happy viewing!
(Image via Classic Movie Stills)
Dangerous When Wet (1953) read more
Spring Fever (1927)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 22, 2015
Jack Kelly (William Haines) is a talented golfer, but can’t spend all of his time on the sport. He and his father (Bert Woodruff) both work for Mr. Waters (George Fawcett), a fellow golfer who runs a shipping company.
(Image via IMDb)One day, Mr. Waters fires Pop Kelly, and Jack can’t co read more
Without Reservations (1946)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 21, 2015
Mark Winston may very well be the most popular man in America. He’s a famous pilot, with a handsome face and good values. Millions of women have fallen for him.
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There’s just one catch: he’s fictional! Novelist Kit Madden (Claudette Colbert) has written read more
Falling Leaves (1912)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 20, 2015
For last month’s Shorts Blogathon hosted by Movies Silently, the wonderful blog Silver Screenings covered the 1912 drama Falling Leaves, describing it as follows: “There is a film that makes us a little weepy every time we watch it. Every. single. time. Get this: The film is not even 12 read more
Mad Men Memories: Season 1, Episodes 1 – 6
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 19, 2015
The series finale of Mad Men aired last month, and I have yet to fully recover. Naturally, this has led me to begin re-watching the series from the beginning. “Mad Men Memories” is a new series on the blog where I’ll simply be sharing my favorite moments from each season, in the fo read more
The Cinematic Novels of Ben Ames Williams
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 18, 2015
American novelist Ben Ames Williams was a prolific writer, crafting over 30 novels and over 400 short stories throughout his career. Quite a few of his works, including Small Town Girl, All the Brothers Were Valiant, Leave Her to Heaven and The Strange Woman were adapted to the screen. (All the Brot read more
Doctor, You’ve Got to Be Kidding! (1967)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 17, 2015
Heather Halloran (Sandra Dee) wants to live a normal life — go to college, become a secretary, maybe settle down and start a family some day.
(Image via movieposter.com)
But her overbearing mother (Celeste Holm) has other ideas. She wants Heather to be a star. Setting up shop in an elevator, M read more
TMP Recommends: Five Films on TCM, June 17 – 23
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 16, 2015
Welcome to this week’s installment of TMP Recommends, a series in which I share five films you should be keeping an eye out for on TCM over the next seven days. All times are listed in EST and come from the US version of the TCM schedule. Happy viewing!
(Image via TCM Party on Tumblr)The More read more
The Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 15, 2015
Marie Morgan (Helen Parrish) is visiting the home of her deceased grandfather, who disliked everyone but her. He passed away when she was eight years old, but before he died, he told her to return to the house when she reached the age of twenty-one.
Having finally reached that age, Marie arrives at read more
One year, one film: 1935 – Mad Love
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 14, 2015
One year, one film: 1935 The film: Mad Love, dir. Karl Freund starring Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive Rating: Recommended | HIGHLY RECOMMENDED | Must-See (Image via wrongsideoftheart.com) Peter Lorre stars in Mad Love as Doctor Gogol, a famed surgeon who has become obsessed with actress read more
1961: The Year of Crisis and Unhappy Endings?
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 13, 2015
NOTE: This post is a part of TMP’s Historical Context series, in which I share excerpts from my old magazine collection. The purpose of this post is not to gossip about classic stars or assert the magazine’s stories as fact, but to look at how they were portrayed in the media during the read more
Counterplot (1959)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 12, 2015
Brock Miller (Forrest Tucker) is a man on the run from the law. After being framed for a murder in New York, he has fled the country.
Brock has taken up residence in an abandoned beach house near San Juan, Puerto Rico. He enlists the help of Manuel (Jackie Wayne), a young local, to bring him food an read more
My Love Came Back (1940)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 11, 2015
Amelia Cornell (Olivia de Havilland) is a talented violinist, studying at the Brissac Academy of Music in New York City with her friends, jack-of-all-musical-trades Dusty (Eddie Albert) and fellow violinist Joy (Jane Wyman).
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Amelia’s scholarship isn’t enough t read more
Terror in the Haunted House (1958)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 10, 2015
Sheila Wayne (Cathy O’Donnell) was born in the United States but has lived in Switzerland for most of her life. She’s recently married an American man named Philip Justin (Gerald Mohr), and the two are soon returning to the United States to start their lives together. (Image via St. John read more
TMP Recommends: Five Films on TCM, June 10 – 16
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jun 9, 2015
Welcome to TMP Recommends, the series in which I share five films that you should keep an eye out for on Turner Classic Movies over the next seven days. All times are listed in EST and come from the US version of the TCM schedule. Happy viewing!
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Laura (1944)
Airing o read more