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You Were Never Lovelier: Lisa’s Home Bijou

May 15, 2020 by Lisa Grable 5 Comments

Rita Hayworth is a Latina tame-able shrew resisting Fred Astaire in Buenos Aires. Music and dancing with Xavier Cugat. Lisa's Home Bijou: You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

Film Festival: Latin Flavor In You Were Never Lovelier (1942), Rita Hayworth plays a Buenos Aires princess in the style of “Taming of the Shrew.” Margarita Cansino was a dark-haired beauty who first was noticed as her father Eduardo’s ballroom dance partner. In her late teens she made a few movie appearances (Charlie Chan in Egypt). Then…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1942, Adolphe Menjou, Buenos Aires, classic films, Fred Astaire, Irene, Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer, Latin America, Latin music, Lisa's Home Bijou, Rita Hayworth, wedding, Xavier Cougat, You Were Never Lovelier

Shall We Dance ballet and jazz: Lisa’s Home Bijou

March 1, 2019 by Lisa Grable Leave a Comment

Shall We Dance (1937). Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers find love on a cruise ship with a Russian ballet troupe. Gershwin songs are to die for! Lisa's Home Bijou

Film Festival: Cruise Ship Romance Shall We Dance (1937) is the seventh pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. This time he is the star of a Russian ballet troupe and Ginger is the famous tap and jazz dancer he admires. Traveling on a cruise ship is a huge piece of the plot. I’ve always…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1937, classic films, cruise ship films, Fred Astaire, George Gershwin, Ginger Rogers, Lisa's Home Bijou, Shall We Dance

Swing Time wedding and gambling: Lisa’s Home Bijou

August 3, 2018 by Lisa Grable Leave a Comment

Swing Time stars Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in one of the best vintage weddings, romance, comedy, and musicals! Lisa's Home Bijou: Swing Time (1936)

Film Festival: Weddings, Hollywood Style Swing Time (1936) opens with John “Lucky” Garnett (Fred Astaire) dancing on stage with all male dance troupe. His manager Pop Cardetti (Victor Moore) is backstage playing card tricks for money. Lucky is leaving show business to get married, to the dismay of his troupe. Lucky dresses beautifully in a…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1936, classic films, Dorothy Fields, Fred Astaire, George Stevens, Ginger Rogers, Jerome Kern, Lisa's Home Bijou, musical film, Victor Moore, vintage wedding

Lisa’s Home Bijou: Holiday Inn

January 4, 2016 by Lisa Grable 11 Comments

Bing Crosby introduces White Christmas, and with Fred Astaire, sings and dances through 11 Irving Berlin holiday numbers. Lisa's Home Bijou: Holiday Inn

Film Festival: The Holidays One of America’s most-beloved Christmas songs is White Christmas. Written by Irving Berlin during World War II, it served as a reminder of home and hearth for many GIs. Bing Crosby introduces the song in the musical, Holiday Inn (1942), a film that is about a lot more than just Christmas….

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1942, Bing Crosby, classic films, Fred Astaire, holiday films, Holiday Inn, Irving Berlin, Lisa's Home Bijou, musical films, White Christmas

Lisa’s Home Bijou: Top Hat classic art deco musical

May 8, 2015 by Lisa Grable 2 Comments

Sparkling music/dancing, art deco luxury, sharp comedy, and Fred and Ginger romance in a classic Irving Berlin musical. Lisa's Home Bijou: Top Hat (1935)

Film Festival: Art Deco DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION, Hollywood movies gave audiences a glamorous escape from reality. RKO’s Top Hat has glamour in spades, featuring exotic locales, beautiful clothes, big dance numbers and fantastic art deco sets. This is one of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers‘ finest moments in any film. “Heaven, I’m in heaven,
 And…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1935, art deco, classic films, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Irving Berlin, Lisa's Home Bijou, Top Hat

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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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