I remember seeing My Man Godfrey in college (they showed classic films in the union on Wednesday nights--first time I saw Dr. Strangelove and lots of other films, too). Really liked it, and it was fun seeing William Powell in his heyday, instead of just as the doc in Mr. Roberts.
Stop means no. And no means no. So . . . stop.
Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Kathy A - Mar 10, 2010 6:52:44 am PST #7197 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Scrappy - Mar 10, 2010 6:59:59 am PST #7198 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I love My Man Godfrey, but she is SO not good enough for him.
sighs with deep Godfrey love
DavidS - Mar 10, 2010 7:00:11 am PST #7199 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
JZ is crazy about Lew Ayers in Holiday.
Holy shit, I'm watching TCM and they're showing the trailer for The Lady Eve right now. It is, of course, fucking great.
In The Lady Eve I love how Fonda seems like he's from an entirely different movie. He just plays it so incredibly straight and gets bounced around to great comic effect.
Who couldn't like it? It's got Barbara Stanwyck in a tiara!
DavidS - Mar 10, 2010 7:00:51 am PST #7200 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I love My Man Godfrey, but she is SO not good enough for him.
I'm still kind of hot for the bitchy, older brunette sister.
msbelle - Mar 10, 2010 7:01:33 am PST #7201 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Now is when I admit to the highly unpopular, I don't much like Katherine Hepburn.
megan walker - Mar 10, 2010 7:02:01 am PST #7202 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I think much of why I don't love TLE or BUB is that the guys don't work in those roles for me (as much as I love both Grant and Fonda in almost anything else).
Kathy A - Mar 10, 2010 7:03:45 am PST #7203 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I think I prefer later Kate Hepburn over her earliest work. Except for Stage Door--she was terrific in that. But her best performance was in Lion in Winter.
DavidS - Mar 10, 2010 7:05:03 am PST #7204 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Now is when I admit to the highly unpopular, I don't much like Katherine Hepburn.
I like Kate a lot, but I love Barbara Stanwyck, Jean Arthur and Irene Dunne.
Also, I have to once again pimp The Vivacious Lady with Ginger Rogers. Best Slap Fight Ever.
Vonnie K - Mar 10, 2010 7:07:34 am PST #7205 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
JZ is crazy about Lew Ayers in Holiday.
Poor sad drunk Neddie. He breaks my heart. Linda got out, Julia's got her own brand of cold resilience, but you just know that family would completely destroy Ned. Poor puppy.
One of my favourite screwball comedies I haven't seen mentioned yet: The More the Merrier. Jean Arthur! Joel McCrea! Charles Coburn! "You've been shushing me for 22 months now. You've shushed your last shush!"
DavidS - Mar 10, 2010 7:22:01 am PST #7206 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oh no! Tim Burton's Secret Formula is horribly accurate.