White Christmas (1954) is a favorite Christmas musical for so many people. This is another classic that doesn’t really need a review. Being over 60 years old, I think it’s time for an annotation for younger viewers. Here’s my take on some of the sayings and culture in White Christmas that might need some explanation….
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Lisa’s Home Bijou: The Muppet Christmas Carol
Film Festival: Christmas classics The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) is a great version of the Dickens’ Christmas ghost story of Scrooge and Tiny Tim. This faithful adaptation uses the Muppets cast to great effect with Michael Caine as a very believable Scrooge. The Charles Dickens novella was published in 1843 and is given credit for…
Lisa’s Home Bijou: Girl Crazy
Film Festival: The West and Southwest The 1943 film,Girl Crazy, is one of the best examples of the early 20th century “go West” philosophy. A curious trend in plotlines started in the movies and theater in the 1920s and 1930s. It goes as follows: a hero or heroine living in the east is headed for…
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…
Lisa’s Home Bijou: Stormy Weather
Film Festival: Divine Divas Lena Horne plays the leading lady in Stormy Weather, a film legacy of her expressive voice and luminous beauty. One of America’s divine divas, she came to our attention as a chorine at Harlem’s famed Cotton Club and made her way to Hollywood to become the first black woman to sign…