The story takes place in the transition from silent movies to talkies. The prima donna has made her mark only because Continue reading…
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Filmed for 3-D glasses, as one can easily observe; however, the technique had just gone out of fashion when the movie hit the theatres.
Divorced Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson have a Taming of the Shrew like interaction. The story, a play-within-a-play, is actually based on Continue reading…
This, the greatest of our Hollywood musicals, needs no commendation. Most have seen it several times and are familiar with the story. For the few that have not, you have something to look forward to.
Reviews of “The Sound of Music” are legion so I will not bother with another. A few words about the music, though, may be helpful in appreciating the movie. For, as the title suggests, it is the music that is the soul of the film. Continue reading…
This is a biography of Cole Porter, the great popular song writer of the first half of the 20th century.
The story is framed by a theater scene which sets up the rest of the movie as a flash-back, and the framing idea is rather clever.
This is not enough to rescue the story, however. The life of this debauched epicurean Continue reading…
