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HOLIDAY
(dir: George Cukor, Not Rated) - Bart says, "It tends to get
overshadowed by two other Cary Grant / Katherine Hepburn screwball
comedies - Howard Hawks' BRINGING UP BABY from the same year and THE
PHILADELPHIA STORY from two years later, also based on a Philip
Barry play and directed by Cukor. But I think it can definitely
stand its ground against the other two, and, depending on my mood, I
might even say it's my favorite of the three. It may have the
disadvantages of not giving Hepburn a role where she really
gets to show her stuff and showing its stage origins by all taking place
inside a house, but Cary Grant more than makes up for it
with my favorite performance of his. He's totally charming, and you
root for his anti-establishment attitude which disarms his fiancee's
upper class family. Plus, Grant gets to do some acrobatics which
remind us how he started out in show business as Archie Leach,
circus performer." |
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THE
LADY VANISHES (dir:
Alfred
Hitchcock, Not Rated) - Bart
says, "For a while I sincerely preferred Hitchcock's early,
British films to his glossy American ones. The clever, unpretentious
suspense of movies like THE 39 STEPS or the original MAN WHO KNEW
TOO MUCH is exciting and fun - not weighed down in
elaborate cinematic techniques. THE LADY VANISHES was always my
favorite, because it's so fast-moving and funny, with a train-bound mystery
that's genuinely intriguing. It may not have the rich layers of
sophistication of Hitchcock's later works, but you're guaranteed a
good time." |
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PYGMALION (dir:
Anthony Asquith / Leslie Howard, Not Rated) |
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