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My Top 100, 90-81
Welcome to week two of counting down my top 100 favorite movies! This week is a pretty eclectic bunch of movies. There are a lot of lighthearted favorites, a couple of mysteries, some from the “I...
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My Top 100, 20-11
Another week, another ten movies! This week, I’ve got lots of musicals, some silents that have only gotten better with age, and movies with some of my favorite snappy lines. Now, onto the movies! 20....
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The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
Delphine (Catherine Deneuve) and Solange Garnier (Francoise Dorleac) are twin sisters from Rochefort. Each of them has a creative passion; Delphine wants to be a dancer and Solange wants to be a...
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The Pirate (1948)
Manuela (Judy Garland) only has eyes for one man: Macoco, the infamous pirate. She absolutely loves everything about the myth of Macoco, but the only problem is that she’s never met him. People...
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The Time Gene Kelly Made Madonna Suddenly Timid
Gene Kelly and Madonna: talk about an odd couple. But believe it or not, the two of them did briefly work together in 1993. I had almost forgotten that little detail until I was watching my DVD of...
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Live Post: The Debbie Reynolds Auction
Even though I’m broke and can’t afford to actually bid on anything in today’s auction, there’s so much amazing stuff up for sale today that I can’t resist trying to follow the auction as best I can....
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Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
Hat check clerk Louis Blore (Red Skelton) works in a nightclub where one of the star performers is May Daly (Lucille Ball). Louis is in love with May, but he has some competition from dancer Alec Howe...
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An Evening With Kerry Kelly Novick
Last night I had the absolute pleasure of attending a presentation on the life and career of Gene Kelly at the Detroit Opera House as part of a series they’re hosting about dance in film. But this...
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What’s on TCM: August 2012
How is it already time for another round of Summer Under the Stars?! As usual, TCM has done a great job of coming up with a nice blend of stars who are no strangers to the SUTS schedule and stars who...
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Cover Girl (1944)
While working as a dancer in a nightclub, Rusty Parker (Rita Hayworth) hears about a contest being run by Vanity magazine to find a new face for their big fiftieth anniversary issue. She goes to...
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