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…
Jimmy Stewart
Annotated It’s a Wonderful Life: Lisa’s Home Bijou
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) is a favorite Christmas film for many people. Some folks don’t like it, because they don’t like Scrooge stories in general. It’s a Wonderful Life been shown on TV so many times it doesn’t really need a review. But the film had its 70th anniversary in 2016, so I think…
Lisa’s Home Bijou: The Spirit of St. Louis
Film Festival: Aviation The Spirit of St. Louis, directed by Billy Wilder and starring Jimmy Stewart, gives us a chance to learn more about Lindbergh’s heroic flight. Charles Lindbergh is one of the world’s most famous aviation pioneers. We studied about his daring non-stop crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in school, but we didn’t learn…
Lisa’s Home Bijou: Destry Rides Again
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…