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Love Affair shipboard romance: Lisa’s Home Bijou

January 15, 2018 by Lisa Grable 6 Comments

Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer start a love affair on a cruise ship. You will need three hankies for all the tears in this famous drama. Lisa's Home Bijou: Love Affair (1939)

Film Festival: Three Hankies THE STORY of Love Affair (1939) has been filmed three times in the last almost 80 years, a testament to its romantic appeal. Director Leo McCarey created a world that includes jaded lovers, an ocean liner, witty repartee, pink champagne cocktails, tragedy and the Empire State Building. Through the years, the…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1939, Charles Boyer, classic films, Howard Greer, Irene Dunne, Leo McCarey, Lisa's Home Bijou, Love Affair, Maria Ouspenskaya, tearjerkers

Lisa’s Home Bijou: Honolulu tropical classic film

July 31, 2017 by Lisa Grable 3 Comments

A rich movie actor and a Hawaiian plantation owner trade places and get in romantic trouble. Eleanor Powell dances spectacularly! Lisa's Home Bijou: Honolulu (1939)

Film Festival: The Islands and Tropicana Honolulu (1939) brings together a talented cast for an amusing look at the life of Hollywood public relations and the rarified atmosphere of the Hawaiian plantation class. In the 1930s, and even decades before, the territory of Hawaii, Honolulu, and Waikiki Beach held a tremendous allure for mainland Americans…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1939, Andy Iona, classic films, Eddie Anderson, Eleanor Powell, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Honolulu, hula in movies, Kealoha Holt, Lisa's Home Bijou, Robert Young, tropicana

Lisa’s Home Bijou: The Women classic film

February 10, 2017 by Lisa Grable Leave a Comment

Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer want the same man and Paulette Goddard and Rosalind Russell have the catfight of screen legend. Lisa's Home Bijou: The Women (1939)

Film Festival: Vices Try The Women if you like to revel in juicy gossip. An all-star ensemble cast featuring Rosalind Russell, Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Joan Fontaine, and Paulette Goddard, the women mew and claw their way through a variety of misadventures in Connecticut, New York and Nevada. Part of the story takes place in…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1939, Anita Loos, Clare Boothe Luce, classic films, George Cukor, Joan Crawford, Joan Fontaine, Lisa's Home Bijou, Norma Shearer, Paulette Goddard, Rosalind Russell, The Women

Lisa’s Home Bijou: The Flying Deuces

September 23, 2016 by Lisa Grable 1 Comment

The Flying Deuces stars Laurel and Hardy in a comedy romp through Paris and Morocco. Don’t miss the Shine on Harvest Moon soft shoe! Lisa's Home Bijou: The Flying Deuces (1939)

Film Festival: Aviation In The Flying Deuces (1939) Laurel and Hardy are unable to resist the lure of the desert, and airborne hilarity is the result. For romance and adventure, nothing quite equals the image of the French Foreign Legion during its heyday in 1920s – 1930s Morocco. During this time, the airplane emerged as…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1939, aviation, aviation films, classic films, French Foreign Legion, Jean Parker, Lisa's Home Bijou, Morocco, Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, The Boys, The Flying Deuces

Lisa’s Home Bijou: Destry Rides Again

June 17, 2016 by Lisa Grable 1 Comment

Marlene Dietrich brings Berlin cabaret style to the West and Southwest & Jimmy Stewart in a musical drama! Lisa's Home Bijou: Destry Rides Again (1939)

Film Festival: The West and Southwest Destry Rides Again is a Western gem from 1939, a wonderful little jewel of a story with great stars, a superior supporting cast, and wit to spare. It was a banner year for the movies. 1939 contained many of the blockbuster classic films of the mid 20th century. The…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1939, classic films, Destry Rides Again, Frank Loesser, Jimmy Stewart, Lisa's Home Bijou, Marlene Dietrich, musicals, Western films

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Lisa Grable, Casa BouquetI’m an educator, grandmother, classic movie fan, sewer and crafter, and I love Hawaii. Read more about me …

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