A Game Of Six Degrees Of Separation

Page over at  My Love Of Old Hollywood started this wonderful new series called Six Degrees of Separation where we get to match film stars to each other in six tries or less. I missed the first game because I was out of town for Thanksgiving but I was ready to play whenever my turn came around again. Well here it is. Vincent over  Carole and Co. started this game with his girl Carole  Lombard (my fave as well) and Goldie Hawn. Before I proceed with my choice, here is the beginning and choices made by everyone before me:

Carole Lombard

Carole in Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)

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Goldie Hawn

Goldie in Seems Like Old Times (1980)

Vincent began with Carole Lombard.

Carole Lombard in My Man Godfrey (1936)

He passed it along to Marsha at  A Person In The Dark who gave us Cary Grant by way of In Name Only (1939)

 

Cary Grant in North By Northwest (1959)

Marsha passed the game onto Jessica over at Comet Over Hollywood who gave us Sophia Loren by way of Houseboat.

Sophia Loren in Boy On A Dolphin (1957)

Then Michael over at  I Shoot The Pictures gave us Italian actor Vittorio De Sica by way of Too Bad She's Bad (1954).

Sophia and Vittorio in Too Bad She's Bad (1954)

Now it's my turn to continue and I change from Italy to Germany with Gert Frobe in Dear Caroline (1968), which I hope doesn't make it too hard for Dorian.....to connect him to Goldie....

Gert Frobe and Sean Connery in Goldfinger (1964)

I pass the game along to Dorian over at Tales of the Easily Distracted

Please don't hate me Dorian....

SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES (1980) seems like a great old screwball comedy and it is

During my childhood, one of the many films me and my family would watch on cable constantly was the 1980 comedy Seems Like Old Times. I know I must have seen this film at least 30 times while growing up. It's one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. I recently watched it again for the first time with my wife and she loved it as well. The film stars Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, and Charles Grodin. Hawn is Glenda, a California lawyer who has remarried to assistant district attorney Ira (Grodin) after a failed marriage to writer Nick (Chase). Well Nick is abducted by two bank robbers and forced to rob a bank and is soon a wanted fugitive. Once Ira hears about this, things become tense between him and Glenda. Of course Nick comes a calling and asking for Glenda's help much to the chagrin of Ira. All of this is played for laughs and the entire cast is game.

Goldie Hawn is definitely one of modern cinema's best comediennes as she gives a star making performance. She is on her A game with this, as she plays hysterical, romantic, smart, and funny with ease. Her co-stars Chase and Grodin are good as well. Chase gets most of the pratfalls and some of the best one-liners. Grodin is actually pretty funny as well. The home of Ira and Glenda is a veritable zoo as Glenda owns 6 dogs, 2 cats, an excitable cook/maid named Aurora, a chauffeur named Chester who tends to drink quite a bit, and numerous clients that Glenda keeps as workers around her to keep them out of trouble.

Things come to a frantic finish as Ira and Glenda are having a dinner party for the visiting governor of California when Nick shows up to turn himself in. Things don't go smoothly and everyone ends up in court for the big finale.

Seems Like Old Times is a wonderful throwback to the marvelous screwball comedies of the 30's and 40's and a perfect showcase for Goldie Hawn. And another plus is the meal served at dinner: it's called Aurora's Chicken Pepperoni and it sounds and looks very tasty. I am now game to try and make it one night for me and Stephanie. As one of the characters says upon hearing what's being served for dinner...."looooooooove that chicken pepperoni!".
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"I know I'm a wanted man, but I gotta eat a little something"

"I know I'm playing a ditzy blonde but I can be a lawyer, trust me."

"Aw, crap!"