One day, the Kimbell family of tiny Duck Creek, Connecticut, sits down for dinner after church. As patriarch Gordon (Robert Keith) says grace, they are interrupted by visitors. Wealthy Rick Belrow Livingston (Farley Granger) and his tap-dancing Broadway star girlfriend, Lisa Bellmount (Ann Miller), who are on their way to elope, have been pulled over…
My second contribution to the ongoing countdown of the “Top 70 Musicals of All Time” has been posted over at Wonders in the Dark. This time, the focus is on the wonderful 1953 Cole Porter musical Kiss Me Kate, which was ranked at number 48. Head on over to Wonders in the Dark to check out…
Carrie’s choice: Anchors Aweigh (1945) Airing at 12:00PM EST I AM SO EXCITED. It’s Kathryn Grayson day. Hello, DVR. I adore her movies. That’s all there is to it. Make sure you read Brandie’s comments below because it was hard for me to decide what to watch. Just set your DVR and watch all of…
It has been a very busy two weeks around these parts, and my attention to my beloved classics has fallen by the wayside (though blogging itself has not; I’ve been helping with a blogging project for my alma mater’s historic alumnae association, and you can see the fruits of that labor here). Can I just…
Tonight, Turner Classic Movies will show a lineup of some of director Frank Capra’s best. SET YOUR DVR. Now that I’ve gotten the warning/mild-threat-of-violence-if-you-don’t-comply out of the way … If you’ve read my introduction page (in the links to the right), you know that I consider Capra one of my five favorite film directors of…
True Classics 