Actually, I think of it as a Monty Woolley flick. And if you like Monty Woolley this is the flick for you.
Posted on 01/08/2023 10:18:57 AM PST by Rummyfan
When I was asked to take over this column from my friend Kathy Shaidle, at her request, I knew one thing for certain: it would be a long time before I'd try to write about Bette Davis. Davis was Kathy's favourite movie star, All About Eve her favourite movie. She wrote columns about both of them, and any attempt on my part to match her thoughts about Davis would only showcase my comparative lack of insight.
This coming week marks the second anniversary of Kathy's death. Along with her dog-eared copy of Whittaker Chambers' Witness, I've come into possession of her double-disc Criterion Blu-ray reissue of All About Eve, but there's no way I'm going to take on that picture. Instead I'm going to write about one of Davis' biggest hits, albeit a film that no Davis fan would rank among her best, or even consider a Bette Davis picture per se.
I hope that gives you some idea of how anxious I am to stay out of Kathy's very long shadow.
The Man Who Came to Dinner was based on a hit Broadway play, written by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, and adapted for the screen by Julius and Philip Epstein. Davis saw the play and urged Warner Bros., her studio, to buy the rights, hoping to star in the film alongside John Barrymore. She would be disappointed in this, and by the picture in general, though not by its critical or box office response.
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Actually, I think of it as a Monty Woolley flick. And if you like Monty Woolley this is the flick for you.
Also really enjoy Robert Montgomery and Audrey Totter in Lady in the Lake, another offbeat Christmas movie.
One of my favorite movies.
How is Mark’s health?
The Shop Around the Corner, to name another.
In Falling Hare Bugs asks "was that a gremlin?" to which the Gremlin replies "It ain't Winnie Winkle!"
Means nothing to most people now days but then was something everyone could relate to.
Ah yes. "Matuschek & Co." What can you say? All these movies are superlative. They live on in another universe, a universe inhabited by normal people.
The delivery boy, Pepe, I think his name is (William Tracy.) Quite a character. And the older clerk who seeks to keep a low profile.
One of the classic screwball comedies.
The site says he is still recovering. That’s all.
I love the Shop Around the Corner! Glad you mentioned it first.
(I was born in 1936, and grew up in a society whose ordinary lifestyle was fixed before mine, unremarkable in conduct and nothing a radio show or magazine story was anything to write about to gain an audience.)
‘I love the Shop Around the Corner!’
pretty good movie; didn’t care too much for the Margaret Sullavan character...
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