Film Festival: Cruise Ship Romance Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) is one of the great Technicolor movie musicals with two famous beauties as the stars. Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell take over a cruise ship. I’ve always loved the fantasy life of people cruising on ships in the old days. Dressing up for dinner, meeting all…
Anita Loos
Lisa’s Home Bijou: San Francisco
Film Festival: The City by the Bay THE GREAT 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire is one of the defining events in 20th century American history. The 1936 film San Francisco connects faces with some of the stories of the earthquake, from the wealthy owners of mansions up on the hills, to the politicians who…
Lisa’s Home Bijou: The Women classic film
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…