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In the Good Old Summertime: Lisa’s Home Bijou

November 12, 2020 by Lisa Grable 3 Comments

Judy Garland and Van Johnson fight at work but fall in love as pen pals. Lisa's Home Bijou: In the Good Old Summertime (1949)

Film Festival: Christmas classics In the Good Old Summertime is named for the old song from 1902. It’s actually a Christmas story, with Judy Garland and Van Johnson competing at the music store where they work, while they are getting to know each other as pen pals. The story begins in Chicago in the early…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1949, Buster Keaton, Christmas movies, classic films, holiday films, in the good old summertime, Judy Garland, Lisa's Home Bijou, SZ Sakall, Van Johnson

The Fountainhead passion & drama: Lisa’s Home Bijou

February 12, 2018 by Lisa Grable 2 Comments

Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal have sizzling chemistry in stone quarries and heroic buildings in this three-hankie drama. Lisa's Home Bijou: The Fountainhead (1949)

Film Festival: Three Hankies Ayn Rand’s novel, The Fountainhead, is loosely based upon the career of Frank Lloyd Wright, though Rand, who also wrote the screenplay, continually denied it. This is a morality play about the strength of personal conviction. Gary Cooper brings Howard Roark alive in The Fountainhead (1949), which also stars Patricia Neal…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1949, Ayn Rand, classic films, Fountainhead, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gary Cooper, King Vidor, Lisa's Home Bijou, Max Steiner, Patricia Neal, Prairie School, Raymond Massey, tearjerkers

Lisa’s Home Bijou: Twelve O’Clock High

August 26, 2016 by Lisa Grable 3 Comments

Twelve O’Clock High, a suspenseful aviation war drama, stars Gregory Peck and Dean Jagger. Actual WWII combat footage included. Lisa's Home Bijou: Twelve O’Clock High (1949)

Film Festival: Aviation Twelve O’Clock High (1949) is a story of a group of airborne warriors from World War II. Ever since Orville and Wilbur Wright got us off the ground, Americans have been fascinated with the daring young women and men in their flying machines. In times of war, aviators fought gallantly. “We’re in a…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1949, aviation films, B-17, classic films, Dean Jagger, Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Lisa's Home Bijou, war films, World War II, WWII

Lisa’s Home Bijou: Holiday Affair

November 23, 2015 by Lisa Grable 4 Comments

Janet Leigh and Robert Mitchum enjoy Christmas in New York with toy trains and Central Park sea lions. From Lisa's Home Bijou: Holiday Affair (1949)

Film Festival: The Holidays Americans had a lot to get used to in the years immediately following World War II. The war signaled the end of the Great Depression, but the boys who made it back needed jobs, and war widows needed to support their families. Holiday Affair (1949) gives a glimpse of life in…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1949, Christmas, classic films, Holiday Affair, holiday films, Janet Leigh, Lisa's Home Bijou, Robert Mitchum

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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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