Comments on: This Week on TCM

By: Mitchell Craig

Mitchell Craig — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:34:14 +0000

Actually, The Nutty Professor is one of Jerry Lewis’ best movies. It’s a bit shy of being classic, but it has the virtue of Jerry playing one of the most loathsome characters in the persona of Buddy Love. In his book Cult Movies, Danny Peary points out how Buddy resembles the Jerry Lewis we’ve been watching on his annual MDA telethons – art anticipating life, perhaps.

By: tony

tony — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:34:51 +0000

I liked the movie for the performances. I was totally feeling the love in Stolen Holiday.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:42:02 +0000

Living history is a great way to put it. I love that aspect of even mediocre old movies.

By: John Steventon

John Steventon — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:40:47 +0000

My daughters and I watched a few episodes of Nancy Drew on TCM last week. I think they were from the 30′s, and besides the fun adventures of Nancy, it was fascinating to see the slice of life from the time, such as Nancy trying to cook on a honest-to-goodness wood stove. The second film showed Nancy’s friend as an Ice Man! He was actually delivering huge cubes of ice for people’s ice boxes.

These old films are a great way to see living history, although I am hoping that Nancy was the exception when it came to her deadly driving and wielding a gun. :0)

JOHN :0)

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 04:25:30 +0000

Ooh, more Kay Francis. I was totally feeling the love in Stolen Holiday, though I have no idea why she went for the stiff instead of foxy Claude Rains!

By: Mark S.

Mark S. — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:54:33 +0000

Agreed. I have that one on DVD. Part of a Cary Grant collection. Primary reason I bought that set was that movie and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.

Myrna Loy…*sigh*

Have you ever watched all the Thin Man movies? Or the box set? There’s a terrific extra dvd that has documentaries on both William Powell and Myrna Loy. Well worth watching, along with those great, goofy, funny, wonderul movies.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:51:36 +0000

No, I didn’t know that. I like Temple best in The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, but that’s got Cary Grant and Myrna Loy.

By: Mark S.

Mark S. — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:47:00 +0000

That’s the one. It was sort of an odd ending. Still, I liked the movie for the performances. Didja know that Maxwell received a Golden Globe for being the most promising newcomer? Temple always thought it was the best Adult performance she gave…

And for the record, Reagan thought the ending wouldn’t work well with audiences.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:42:21 +0000

Oh, Hagen Girl — that’s the one where everyone thinks Temple is his illegitimate daughter, right, but they end up dating at the end? Oook.

By: Mark S.

Mark S. — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:31:22 +0000

Reagan was terrific in “King’s Row.” He also gave a fine performance in “The Hasty Heart.” Reagan was a solid character actor and a dependable B actor.

I recently watched him play opposite Lois Maxwell (yes, that Lois Maxwell) and a 21 year old Shirley Temple in a screen adaptation of “That Hagen Girl” that wasn’t too bad. He did broody and angsty pretty well for 1947. I liked the film enough to track down the book through inter-library loan…