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Skipalong Rosenbloom (1951)
I think I wet my pants I laughed so hard.
My cousin and I saw this movie when it came out in the early 50s.
We were like about 12 years old, the perfect age for this movie.
I think I wet my pants I laughed so hard. And yes, the balsa rocks. There is a fight scene where they are throwing rocks the size of cars at each other. Also I recall a scene in a gold mine where the villain is going to blow up Slapsie. The scene got so silly the cast was laughing at it. This was way before Sid Ceasar of any of the other crazy satire that started in the early 60s. It was way ahead of its time (of course I'm going on a 40 year old memory here). I think it was even before Mad magazine. It was the most insane thing I had ever seen. We couldn't believe it. Boy, would I like to get a copy, or even just see it again.
Charlotte Gray (2001)
Marvelous movie
I happened to see this movie shortly after reading the Leo Mark's book "Between Cyanide and Silk" which describes the process of sending and supporting couriers from England to Vichy France. I thought this movie Charlotte Gray did an excellent and accurate job of depicting those times. But much more importantly, it was a beautiful and moving movie depicting some of the more subtle horrors of Nazism that are not often seen in film. I think this movie tells the truth about France and the French during the war, as well as making a very blunt depiction of the viscious betrayal of many brave anti-fascist who didn't fit the "politically correct" criteria of the Gaullilsts.