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This Week on TCM: Forbidden Hollywood » Comics Worth Reading — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:30:13 +0000

[...] found on the first Forbidden Hollywood collection, which also includes Jean Harlow’s triumph Red Headed Woman and the first Waterloo Bridge, in which a soldier’s betrothed becomes a hooker during the [...]

By: John

John — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:51:45 +0000

Pajama Party rocks!!!! What’s really weird about it is that the gang is playing characters almost like but not exactly the same as the beach movies – for instance, Annette is Connie not Dee Dee, Jody McCrea is Lunkhead not Deadhead. Weird. And at one point, when Tommy Kirk says he’s from Mars, Annette replies that she’s from Venus! Jesse White’s character name is J. Sinister Hulk! Oh, I love that movie!

Stardust Memories is the only Woody Allen movie I really care for intellectually. It’s so brutally honest about what a jerk he is, it doesn’t try to soften his rough edges into some form of comedic likability. And it’s beautifully shot. That said, I don’t think I need to see it ever again.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:37:05 +0000

Oh, good to know I won’t be lost, then. Thanks!

By: Joshua Fialkov

Joshua Fialkov — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:16:46 +0000

It’s very much it’s own movie, and if anything, Stardust Memories makes 8 1/2 even better.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:10:02 +0000

Thanks, Joshua! Always good to know someone’s reading and enjoying. I don’t think I know much about 8 1/2 — will that be a hindrance or a help?

Barney, I need to watch Red Dust sometime. I’ve just never been that interested in the “different behavior in foreign climes” type of movie. Maybe we should start a petition for a Harlow box?

By: Barney

Barney — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:56:59 +0000

I’ve been waiting for a Harlow box set for forever it seems. “Red Dust” has never been out on dvd as far as I can tell and I would hope it would be included. The Gable box has their next pairing, “China Seas” and the remake done in the fifties “Mogambo” so I can only assumed they’ve been saving “Red Dust” for a Harlow set.

By: Joshua Fialkov

Joshua Fialkov — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:17:17 +0000

Stardust Memories is Woody’s remake of 8 1/2 (with a little bit of Wild Strawberries thrown in), which, while as a I die-hard Woody fan, I love, but, for someone not so into him… might be a miss. It’s got all of the Fellini-esque absurdism and then a string of Woody jokes interspersed throughout.

Probably it’s best feature is that it makes 8 1/2 considerably more comprehensible, by refining it’s plot to make it’s own.

And have I told you how much I love your This Week on TCM’s?