Film Festival: Weddings, Hollywood Style The Philadelphia Story (1940) starts off with a bang. C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant) is angrily packing his car to leave his house. His wife, Tracy Samantha Lord Haven (Katherine Hepburn) brings out his pipe stand and golf clubs, then trashes them on the porch. Dexter almost decks her, thinks…
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Lisa’s Home Bijou: Too Many Girls
Film Festival: Latin Flavor Too Many Girls (1940) stars DESI ARNAZ, who became a Mambo King in New York after emigrating from Cuba. He was mentored by Xavier Cugat, then toured the country with his own band, bringing the conga drum and ritmo latino to mainstream America. George Abbott, the Broadway producer, liked his style…
Lisa’s Home Bijou: Remember the Night
Film Festival: The Holidays CAN A THIEF AND a prosecutor find happiness together at Christmas? That’s the situation Preston Sturges creates for Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray in Remember the Night (1940). Though not as well known as other holiday classic films, this romantic comedy is a great demonstration of an old-fashioned loving family celebration….