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Netflix Instant Pick #10 – The Perfect Host
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Aug 2, 2012
John Taylor (Clayne Crawford) is a criminal on the run after carrying out a bank robbery, but this isn’t his first run-in with the law. Injured and looking to get into more trouble, John goes door-to-door, hoping someone on a ritzy block will let him in.
Finally, he succeeds in entering the ho read more
FIVE favorite films of my birthday buddy, Clara Bow!
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 31, 2012
Clara posing for Dancing Mothers
Of all of the people that I share a birthday with, Clara Bow is definitely my favorite. She was a beautiful woman and an amazing actress, but led an unfortunately less-than-perfect life.
Sunday marked 105 years since she was born, so to round off July’s Tuesday read more
TCM’s Summer Under the Stars – TMP’s recommended viewing, from John Wayne to Sidney Poitier
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 31, 2012
Throughout the month of August, I’ll be sharing recommended films from TCM’s Summer Under the Stars programming every Tuesday. It isn’t August just yet, but I wanted to get a list up that included the first week of the month. Feel free to share your own recommendations for me in th read more
Moulin Rouge (1952)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 30, 2012
Henri hangs out at the Moulin Rouge, where he is well-known by the staff and likes to sketch the performers as they dance. (Image via toutlecine.com)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (Jose Ferrer) is a painter living in Paris. Originally born into a family of the French court, Henri moved away from his fam read more
I share a birthday with… (Picspam!)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 29, 2012
Today is July 29. To most this may seem like any other day, but as of 5:59 this morning, I’m officially 21 years old! Happy birthday to me!
When I was a kid I hated my birthday because 29 is an odd number, and I hated odd numbers. Through the years, however, my curiosity has gotten the best of read more
Shopworn (1932)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 28, 2012
Kitty Lane (Barbara Stanwyck) is a poor waitress from what is commonly referred to as the wrong side of the tracks, but she’s a perfectly respectable and honest lady. Kitty finds herself falling for David (Regis Toomey), a college student from a stuffy upper-class family.
Though their backgrou read more
Young and Innocent (1937) (1)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 27, 2012
A publicity poster for the film’s UK release (Image via hitchcockwiki.com)
Christine Clay (Pamela Carme) is a divorcee and actress. Her ex-husband has come for a visit, and they have a terrible fight. He’s angry over the “silly Reno divorce” and the fact that she’s spen read more
Off Topic Thursday: Book buys and library picks!
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 26, 2012
One of my used book picks: the beautiful 1986 hardcover edition of The Handmaid’s Tale (Image via lwcurrey.com)
I recently discovered a great used bookstore called Ukazoo that does buybacks and also stocks a pretty impressive selection of books, from biographies to fiction to textbooks to chil read more
The Roaring Twenties (1939) (1)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 25, 2012
Eddie and Panama (Image via doctormacro.com)
Eddie Bartlett (James Cagney) and George Hally (Humphrey Bogart) are buddies in combat in France during world War I. They meet and befriend Lloyd Hart (Jeffrey Lynn), a law school student, at the tail end of the war. While George’s post-war plans ma read more
THREE favorite films of Joe E. Brown
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 24, 2012
Joe E. Brown, seen here with Babe Ruth, loved baseball just as much as he loved entertaining. (Image via americanmemorabilia.com)
Joe E. Brown had what may have been the world’s most enormous smile – the kind of expression that you can’t help but smile back at. And while his face m read more
Fit For a King (1937)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 23, 2012
(Image via iceposter.com)
Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher “Scoop” Jones (Joe E. Brown) is the go-fer at the New York Daily Blade newspaper. Scoop has big dreams of becoming the star reporter for the Blade, but is having trouble reaching those dreams despite the fact that his uncle ow read more
Mill Creek Musings: Calendar Girl (1947) and All-American Co-Ed (1941), 50 Musicals set
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 22, 2012
I’m currently working my way through the Mill Creek Entertainment 50 Musical Classics pack, which I recently picked up at Target for only $8. Yes, the quality is sometimes very poor, but $8 for 50 films – most of which I’ve never seen before – is a steal to me even in low qua read more
Kansas City Confidential (1952) (1)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 21, 2012
(Image via twentyfourframes.wordpress.com)
Peter Harris (the amazing and underrated Jack Elam), Boyd Kane (Neville Brand) and Tony Romano (Lee Van Cleef) are criminals at work in Kansas City.
A stranger hires them to rob a bank next door to a flower shop, using one of the florist’s vans as the read more
Casanova’s Big Night (1954)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 20, 2012
Vincent Price appears for a short time as the real Casanova. (Image via acertaincinema.com)
*This review contains a spoiler for the ending of the film, but it is clearly marked!
Pippo Popolino (Bob Hope) is a miserable tailor’s apprentice living in Italy in the mid-18th century. He wants to wo read more
Off Topic Thursday: Recent Reads
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 19, 2012
*These aren’t all of the books I’ve read recently, but they’re the ones I feel like sharing!
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
(finished on May 31, 2012; rated on Goodreads: 3/5)
I picked this up through B&N’s irresistibly affordable “Barnes & Noble Classics” read more
Bullets or Ballots (1936) (1)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 18, 2012
(Image via museum.walterfilm.com)
*The synopsis portion of this review contains spoilers for Bullets or Ballots. Scroll ahead if you don’t want to be spoiled!
Anti-crime crusader Ward Bryant (Henry O’Neill) has died. Heading up the murder investigation is Captain Dan McLaren (Joe King), read more
Happy birthday to the queen! + 6 Missy films I love
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 17, 2012
Ruby Stevens was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 16, 1907 and didn’t exactly have the perfect childhood. Her mother died when she was only two years old, struck by a trolley after being pushed in front of it. Her father was a boozer and womanizer who cared little about his children and even read more
The Black Cat (1934) (2)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 16, 2012
(Image via johnsforbiddenplanet.blogspot.com)
*This review contains mild spoilers.
Joan (Julie Bishop) and Peter Alison (David Manners) are on a honeymoon train in Hungary when a ticket mix-up causes them to have to share their compartment with Dr. Vitus Werdegast (Bela Lugosi), a psychiatrist who i read more
Step Lively (1944)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 15, 2012
Gribble is getting angry. You wouldn’t like him when he’s angry. (Screen capture by TMP)
Gordon Miller (George Murphy) is a stage producer, currently working on his latest musical comedy. He’s rented out the penthouse suite of a hotel owned by Joe Gribble (Walter Slezak) in order t read more
To Sir, With Love (1967) (1)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jul 14, 2012
(Image via historywillabsolvemike.blogspot)
Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier) is an out of work engineer who decides to take a job as a teacher at an East End school full of rough-and-tumble London kids. Mark’s new colleagues warn him about the class. Other teachers have been driven away! The ki read more