Tcm mark 2

[Johann]

I'm starting a new thread, a sequel to my old Turner Classic Movies thread.
I love classic movies, and I love that channel.
www.tcm.com

[Johann]

THE PALM BEACH STORY (1942)



This is a Preston Sturges "screwball comedy", and it's charming.
I recently saw Sturges' THE LADY EVE and enjoyed it, but I liked this one better.
Claudette Colbert plays Geraldine or "Gerry", unhappy wife of Joel McCrea.
Their marriage is listless in New York, and she wants a divorce. She learns from a cabbie that Palm Beach is the best place to get a divorce and she flees her hubby without luggage or even a train ticket. She has rich men pay her way onto the train to Florida and encounters a millionaire who falls for her.
Hapless Joel McCrea follows her to Florida and things get convoluted, ending with a surprise ending about who-marries-who.
Colbert is pretty, and McCrea seems like a decent leading man.
This movie gave people something to laugh at in the middle of WW2.

[Chris Knipp]

Bravo, welcome back.

You give me nostalgia for things I haven't seen.

This movie is on the Criterion Channel too.

[Johann]

Thanks.
It’s a good one.

[Johann]

THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938)



Great entertainment.
Errol Flynn plays Sir Robin of Locksley, a Saxon noble during the Crusades.
He's oppressed by Sir Guy of Gisbourne and Prince John (Basil Rathbone & Claude Rains).
Rousing swashbuckling ensues.
The love interest/muse is Maid Marion (Olivia de Havilland).
Fairly lavish production here, with colorful costumes and big sets.
Well worth your time. This film was selected for preservation for it's fine qualities.
Directed by Michael Curtiz

[Johann]

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS (1961)



Blake Edwards directs George Peppard and Audrey Hepburn in a wonky drama/comedy.
Hepburn plays Holly GoLightly, a free spirit who doesn't know if she's coming or going.
She's hiding her past, and she masks it by being a New York socialite.
Peppard is Paul Varjak, a writer who falls for Holly. She calls him Fred because he looks like her brother. (?)
Mickey Rooney is offensive and utterly ridiculous as their JAPANESE (?!) landlord. I cringed every time he was onscreen.
I suppose you could label this a romance flick, but Holly doesn't realize the love until the very end when Paul gives her a stinging rebuke and leaves her in a cab in the rain.
Not really my kind of movie.
The most interesting thing was her nameless cat!!!
"MOON RIVER" is a memorable oscar-winning song.