Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Gemini Cricket]

Saw a bunch of movies on TCM and DVD recently.

The Sons of Katie Elder - I'm on a John Wayne kick lately. I'm not a huge fan of his but I love the Western genre. This one had a cool premise but a lot of it drags.

The Greatest Show on Earth - I haven't seen this one in awhile. Still not sure why it won Best Pic but I'm thinking it had a lot to do with the scale of the project and how the actors did a lot of their own stunts. One of the few films I like Heston's acting... I got all misty-eyed when the elephant comes to the rescue. I'm a sucker for cheese. Oy.

Patch of Blue - Sidney Poitier is amazing to watch but Shelly Winters kinda steals her scenes. Still a cool film. That melody always gets stuck in my head.

Buck and the Preacher - A not so good Poitier movie. Yikes.

Red Dust - Love this pre-code film. Jean Harlow cracks me up. Like this one better than Mogambo (the remake). Man, Gable had big ears... like me. Yay!

Mogambo - Oy. A good cast does not necessarily equal good movie. Ew. The movie does get props from me for featuring a baby rhino in a couple of scenes. Cute!

The Awful Truth - I love 99% of this movie. They lose me at the end with the cuckoo clock thing...