Do I wish I was somebody else right now. Somebody not... married, not madly in love with a beautiful woman who can kill me with her pinkie!

Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


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DavidS - Mar 22, 2022 9:22:18 pm PDT #3100 of 3424
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

inspired me to finally wrap up my look at the 1930s

I'm just reading it now! Your "Bringing Up Baby" hate is beyond the pale! But I respect your taste, and depth of research and diligence.


DavidS - Mar 22, 2022 9:28:49 pm PDT #3101 of 3424
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I will note that "Hellbound Train" is part of a long tradition of sermons in the Black church along that theme.

I know it best from Chuck Berry's great song "Downbound Train" but it's all clearly derived from the same almost folk process that informed sermons which were taken, changed, adapted just as folk songs and folk stories were done.

Here's Chuck: [link]


megan walker - Mar 22, 2022 9:48:49 pm PDT #3102 of 3424
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I know it best from Chuck Berry's great song "Downbound Train" but it's all clearly derived from the same almost folk process that informed sermons which were taken, changed, adapted just as folk songs and folk stories were done.

Very cool. Sounds like something that could be in one of your Halloween mixes.


DavidS - Mar 22, 2022 11:00:23 pm PDT #3103 of 3424
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Sounds like something that could be in one of your Halloween mixes.

I've definitely put it on a Halloween mix.


Toddson - Mar 23, 2022 7:54:04 am PDT #3104 of 3424
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

I have a liking for Katherine Hepburn, but Bringing Up Baby annoys me; however, I appreciate your love for Holiday - it's one of my favorites.

And Shanghai Express ... I'm always reminded of the line, "it took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily".


sj - Mar 26, 2022 3:57:36 pm PDT #3105 of 3424
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

It was only ten months or so in the making, but seeing Scola and Hec this past weekend inspired me to finally wrap up my look at the 1930s: [link]

I'm bookmarking this to read later!

I have a liking for Katherine Hepburn, but Bringing Up Baby annoys me; however, I appreciate your love for Holiday - it's one of my favorites.

I love Katharine Hepburn movies, including Bringing Up Baby, although it is very different from her other roles.


megan walker - Mar 26, 2022 10:36:19 pm PDT #3106 of 3424
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I appreciate your love for Holiday - it's one of my favorites.

I love HOLIDAY. The 1930 version is also quite good: Ann Harding & Mary Astor play the sisters and (hilariously) Edward Everett Horton plays Nick Potter yet again.


Sophia Brooks - Mar 27, 2022 6:34:47 am PDT #3107 of 3424
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I also love Holiday! I have played Susan Potter (Nick Potter’s wife). I am not sure if she exists in the movie because I haven’t watched in 20 years! But she was extremely fun to play- I used my Anya “I will barf too!” Imitation.


DavidS - Mar 27, 2022 9:20:45 am PDT #3108 of 3424
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I have played Susan Potter (Nick Potter’s wife). I am not sure if she exists in the movie because I haven’t watched in 20 years!

Oh indeed she's in the movie and delightful. It's one of Jacqueline's favorite screwballs, and Neddy is on her short list of all-time Woobies.


megan walker - Mar 27, 2022 10:17:44 am PDT #3109 of 3424
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Oh indeed she's in the movie and delightful. It's one of Jacqueline's favorite screwballs, and Neddy is on her short list of all-time Woobies.

I think my love for Lew Ayres in Holiday is one reason I loved All Quiet on the Western Front so much.

I have played Susan Potter (Nick Potter’s wife). I am not sure if she exists in the movie because I haven’t watched in 20 years!

I can't remember the name of the actress in the '38 version but in the '30 version it's Hedda Hopper!