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Period film: Belle (2013)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 24, 2015
Dido (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) is the daughter of Sir John Lindsay, a captain of the British Royal Navy. Her mother is an African woman enslaved in the West Indies.
When her mother dies, Dido is brought to England by her father. He asks his aunt and uncle, Lady (Emily Watson) and Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkins read more
First a Girl (1935)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 23, 2015
Elizabeth (Jessie Matthews) is a talented dancer, but she hasn’t yet made her mark on the entertainment world. Instead, she works as a dressmaker while hoping to someday find success on the stage.
Outside of a theater one day, she meets Victor (Sonnie Hale), a female impersonator. They become read more
Suzy (1936): Contemporary reviews + my thoughts
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 22, 2015
Suzy (Jean Harlow) is an American chorus girl who hopes to move to London in hopes to be swept off her feet by a royal and marry into the wealth of the monarchy.
Rather than fulfill that dream, she meets Terry Moore (Franchot Tone), a factory foreman, and quickly falls in love with him. The two marr read more
Book vs. Film: The Birds
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 21, 2015
Daphne du Maurier’s “The Birds” opens with Nat Hocken, a farmhand, lamenting the overnight arrival of winter. Soon after, birds begin entering his home, attacking his family.
The story collection that started it all! (Image via royallib.ru)
All of the birds in England seem to have read more
TMP Recommends: Five Films on TCM, January 21 – 27
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 20, 2015
A note from Lindsey: This is the first in the new revival “What to Watch” series, which I’ve renamed to “TMP Recommends: Five Films on TCM” since it won’t be following the same format as the old posts. Each week I’ll be highlighting five films that are going read more
What Rats Won’t Do (1998)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 19, 2015
Kate Beckenham (Natascha McElhone) is a successful London lawyer who is marrying a man named Graham. In her latest court case she’ll be facing off against Jack Sullivan (James Frain), a fellow thirty-ish lawyer with a great track record and reputation for never losing.
(Image via Filmy)
Sulliv read more
Party like it’s 1942: TMP celebrates three years!
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 18, 2015
Today marks the beginning of my fourth year of blogging, the third anniversary of the day I started this blog (January 18, 2012)! In celebration of TMP’s birthday, I figured I’d take the day off from reviewing and reflect on all that has happened over the past three years, as well as clu read more
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 17, 2015
Joe Clay (Jack Lemmon) is a public relations man, a dedicated worker at a firm in San Francisco. He’s also a heavy drinker, even drinking on the job.
Joe meets Kirsten Arnesen (Lee Remick), a secretary for one of his clients — and a teetotaler. She prefers chocolate over liquor.
It may s read more
The best of True Story’s January 1954 “Village Pump”
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 16, 2015
“The Village Pump” was (or may still be, since the mag is — surprisingly — still in print!) True Story’s monthly feature which allowed readers to write in feedback on the magazine, or just write in short little stories they’d like to share from their own lives. He read more
Favorite things about… How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 15, 2015
(Image via Pinterest)
The favorite film:
How to Marry a Millionaire, a 1953 rom-com directed by Jean Negulesco and scripted by Nunnally Johnson.
The synopsis:
Schatze Page, Loco Dempsey, and Pola Debevoise are three beautiful models living in a New York City penthouse. But make no mistake — th read more
The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 14, 2015
“Sunk into the Earth like a great molten bowl, lay the desert – unconquered Empress of the Wilderness – beautiful – mysterious, merciless. A tawny siren, whispering promises of a Paradise beyond – crushing out the lives of men in its poisonous embrace.”
Despite it read more
Announcement: New comment policy
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 11, 2015
Hello, everyone!
I just wanted to post a quick note letting you all know about TMP’s new comment policy. Recently the site has had a few novel-length, rude comments on very old posts. The most recent instance, which occurred tonight, was the last straw for me. The commenter attacked me, as a p read more
‘All About Eve’ at the Redford Theatre
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 11, 2015
Kicking off their 2015 programming, the Redford Theatre spent January 9 and 10 hosting screenings of All About Eve, starring the incomparable Bette Davis as well as Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe and Celeste Holm.
(Image via My Film Journal)
Bette Davis is one of my all-time read more
Hot Saturday (1932)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 10, 2015
Cary Grant was TCM’s star of the month in December — cause for celebration! I hoped to catch as many films of his as I could throughout the month — those that I hadn’t seen, or that I had only seen so long ago that I barely remembered them. Though I didn’t watch as many read more
Classic Stars on the Small Screen: Miss Frances and ‘Ding Dong School’
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 9, 2015
As you all may remember from my fascination with the somewhat corny and somewhat terrifying pilot Rosie, I love forgotten classic TV oddities. And recently, I discovered another while browsing the Internet Archive — a show not quite as odd as Rosie but just as cheesy.
Ding Dong School was an N read more
This Property is Condemned (1966)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 8, 2015
The Starr family – Hazel (Kate Reid) and her daughters Willie (Mary Badham) and Alva (Natalie Wood) – operate the Starr Boarding House in the small town of Dodson, Mississippi. The boarding house caters to railroad men, including the wealthy Mr. Johnson (John Harding), an older man with read more
Anticipating in 2015 Part II: July – December
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 7, 2015
Welcome to Part II of TMP’s “anticipating in 2015″ list! Once again, these release dates are tentative and based on Wikipedia’s “2015 in film” list.
What are you looking forward to in the second half of the year? Feel free to share in the comments?
July
Selfless & read more
Anticipating in 2015 Part I: January – June
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 6, 2015
Welcome to the first of two posts that have become a TMP tradition — the “anticipating this year” list! Release dates in this list are tentative and based on Wikipedia’s “2015 in film” article.
What are you looking forward to catching at the cinema in the first ha read more
Honolulu (1939)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 5, 2015
Brooks Mason (Robert Young) is one of Hollywood’s most popular film stars. He’s got the type of fame that makes it impossible for him to leave his home without being mobbed by fans.
George Smith (also played by Robert Young) is the owner of a Hawaiian pineapple plantation, who has come t read more
The Boys from Brazil (1978)
The Motion Pictures Posted by Lindsey on Jan 4, 2015
Barry Kohler (Steve Guttenberg) is in Paraguay, where he’s discovered a group of war criminals of the Third Reich holding secret meetings, led by the infamous Josef Mengele (Gregory Peck).
Barry contacts Ezra Lieberman (Laurence Olivier), a man coined “the Nazi hunter” by the press read more