Jim and I recently watched an American Masters (PBS) show on the film director George Cukor. He directed The Philadelphia Story, Gaslight, Adam's Rib, Camille, and Born Yesterday to name a few. All of the American Masters documentaries are engrossing, and we really enjoyed this one. Cukor also had a hand in the making of The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind, not a bad record, eh? He was known as a "woman's director" due the incredible performances he got out of his leading ladies in particular: Katharine Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Greta Garbo, and Judy Holiday. The clips of Born Yesterday in this documentary were enough to make us want to rent it, and that's what we've watched most recently. It stars Judy Holiday, William Holden and Broderick Crawford. The whole family watched it: a good, funny old movie. See the Wikipedia article on Born Yesterday at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_Yesterday_%281950_film%29
One reader's thoughts as she steps from book to book.
Books I've Finished
- "A Christmas Memory"
- by Truman Capote 12/8/12
- "Child's Christmas in Wales"
- by Dylan Thomas 12/7/12
- "One Christmas"
- by Truman Capote 11/29/12
- "The Thanksgiving Visitor"
- by Truman Capote 11/29/12
- Inside Mrs. B's Classroom
- by Leslie Baldacci 11/28/12
- The Bee Eater
- by Richard Whitmire 11/15/12
- There Are No Shortcuts
- by Rafe Esquith 10/28/12
- I'd Like to Apologize to
- Every Teacher I Ever Had
- by Tony Danza 10/21/12
- Corked
- by Kathryn Borel 10/15/12
- Year of Learning Dangerously
- by Quinn Cummings 9/30/12
- A Hologram for the King
- by Dave Eggers 8/23/12
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- by Harper Lee 7/18/12
About Me
- Christine
- I often have a few books with bookmarks in them at once. I enjoy classics more than contemporary works of fiction, often read historical fiction, and love to get glimpses into other people's lives by reading memoirs and biographies.
3 comments:
Looks like fun, Christine.
I know you tend to prefer to read older books (especially ones classified as fiction), ones that have withstood the test of time, to avoid wasting your own time on something that isn't worth it. However, it seems that you watch a number of newer movies, and not quite as many like this one, that are a bit older. Reasons?
Hmmm. Jim knows a lot about movies and reads up on what's coming out. He knows exactly what kind of movie I like and can usually steer me to something worth my time. So with him as a filter, I can see pretty good new movies without much risk or effort.
There are some great old movies, but there are a lot of clunkers, too. Just because they're black and white doesn't necessarily mean they'll be good. Some of our family's favorite old ones:
The Philadelphia Story
Casablanca
The Adventures of Robin Hood
My Man Godfrey
Ball of Fire
His Girl Friday
Speaking of Jim and movies, he just came in from seeing Cloverfield. He liked it--said it's a good B-movie that kept his attention and is good, escapist fun. Doesn't hurt that it's short and kills off a bunch of urban hipsters.
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