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The DuPont Show of the Month: Harvey (1958)
I loved this version for Marion Lorne!
I had been crazy about her since her Garry Moore Show appearances, and seeing her as the ditsy sister Veta was wonderful.
She and Josephine Hull (the original Veta) were very under-utilized actresses. Josephine Hull was on Broadway a lot, but only her Harvey and Arsenic and Old Lace were captured on film. A great loss, I'm sure (though I'm too young to have seen her on Broadway).
Art Carney made a wonderful Elwood P. Dowd, too, though not quite as good as Jimmy Stewart. Perhaps Stewart and Lorne would have been too much ditsy!
After nearly 50 years, I still remember this production. I sure wish this was available on DVD!
Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
You MUST see this in 3D! Much better than "Rain"
I was very surprised to find that Rita Hayworth was very much better than Joan Crawford in the same role (in "Rain"). Crawford always played Crawford, and had a lot of baggage she brought to the role. Hayworth was able to be flirty and vivacious with a "don't cross this line" under it that was very well done. And her changes of feeling over the course of the movie were as convincing as the script would allow, I think.
Jose Ferrar was also great in his part... he also had to undergo change, and did it well.
Aldo Ray was the weak point, convincing at the beginning as an eager Marine, but not really someone she could spend the rest of her life with... she way outclassed him.
Overall, though, an excellent movie, and definitely better in 3D!
Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
You MUST see this in 3D! Much better than "Rain"
I was very surprised to find that Rita Hayworth was very much better than Joan Crawford in the same role (in "Rain"). Crawford always played Crawford, and had a lot of baggage she brought to the role. Hayworth was able to be flirty and vivacious with a "don't cross this line" under it that was very well done. And her changes of feeling over the course of the movie were as convincing as the script would allow, I think.
Jose Ferrar was also great in his part... he also had to undergo change, and did it well.
Aldo Ray was the weak point, convincing at the beginning as an eager Marine, but not really someone she could spend the rest of her life with... she way outclassed him.
Overall, though, an excellent movie, and definitely better in 3D!
Our Old Car (1946)
If you love old cars, this is a MUST-see!
Nesbitt tells of his father's courtship of his mother in his first car (she was terrified, but didn't show it, so he proposed on the spot). He tells of all the cars, from the Stanley Steamer through the Model T and his own jalopies from his high school days.
Annie Was a Wonder (1949)
Lovely story!!
It's a shame that John Nesbitt's stories aren't shown more often... I caught this one on TCM's "One Reel Wonders" segment, along with "Our old Car". His stories really show what it was like at the beginning of the 20th century. I hope someone does the same for our era.
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Funniest Comedy Ever Made!
If you're thinking of writing a comedy, study this one! If you're thinking of acting in a comedy, study this one! Comedy is very personal, of course, but I love "Airplane!" and "The In-Laws," and this is better, I think. (For reference, I DON'T like the Three Stooges...)
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
The movie is not up to the play.
While I enjoyed the play very much, I felt the movie padded it in all the wrong places... it dragged a lot for me, starting with the opening scenes... it was enough in the play to just note the number of "heads" that came up, and discuss that.