HOLIDAY CHEER - Virginia Grey

Virginia had a little tumble, but at least she's still happy

HOLIDAY CHEER - ANN MILLER

Ann about to read The Night Before Christmas

Be My Guest - Clara (Part 3)

Here we go with the final questions for my guest this month, Clara. I was glad she accepted my invite to come over to my blog and I hope everyone enjoyed having her here. On to the questions. And be sure to stop by Clara's wonderful blog at: Via Margutta 51

Monty: What is your favorite classic movie series?
Clara: "The thin man" by far.
Monty: That would be mine as well..as is several of my guests who have come on here.
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Monty: What is your favorite movie genre?
Clara: "Romance" I guess :)
 Monty: Ahhhh...sweet love.
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Monty: What classic stars would you have love to met in person?
Clara: Besides all the people I named in the first question, I'd love to meet David Niven, Lucille Ball and William Powell. 
Monty: Good choices Clara

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 Monty: And finally, what is your favorite movie character? the one you can identify with the most?
Clara: Difficult question. I can barely identify with them, most of them are too damn cool, even if their circumstances are rough. I guess that's why I don't tend to identify with the characters I like, I tend to wish I was more like them. Examples: I'd like to have Hildy Johnson's personality, Nora Charles' humor, Mary Kate Danaher's will, "Ellie" Andrews fun sexiness, Regi Allen's commitment with her work, "I remember Mama"'s Mama ability to face problems, Melanie Wilkes' kindness, etc. 

So that's it. Thanks again for having me, Monty!
Monty: Great answer Clara and once again thanks for doing this. See ya in blogland.

And everyone please come back in January when my guest will be none other than Emily of The Silver Screen Affair.

Happy Birthday Lee Remick (1935 - 1991)

Almost missed that it was Lee Remick's birthday. My friend and co-blogger Irene reminded me that it was. So Happy Birthday Lee! She starred in such classic films like Anatomy of a Murder, Days Of Wine and Roses, The Omen, Experiment in Terror and The Detective.

HOLIDAY CHEER - Janet Leigh

Janet and her little helper

Pawsome Pet Pictures: Audrey Hepburn

Audrey and a cute little one with a mirror image....

I couldn't stand being with FUNNY FACE (1957) but THE LEMON DROP KID (1951) was my kind of buddy that I could hang out with...

Last night I started to watch Funny Face for the very first time in honor of Audrey Hepburn week at my house. Twenty minutes in, I had to stop watching. Talk about excruating. This was a very painful film to watch. Well try to watch anyway. A bright and cheery musical that never caught my eye before. I now know why. Even when Audrey makes her appearance about 10 minutes in, as bookstore clerk Jo Stockton, the movie still doesn't pick up. If anything it drags even more. Audrey's voice in this is so weird sounding, it just took me right out. She was a smart and independent young woman but her voice just bugged the crap out of me. And when Fred Astaire plants a kiss on her early on, I just thought..eeeewwwwww!

So what to do. I could start the next Audrey film in my line-up, Sabrina, which I know is good or watch something else. Well TCM happened to be showing the 1951 Bob Hope film, The Lemon Drop Kid, and to my luck I had only missed the first 10 minutes or so. I started watching this light comedy and loved it from the word go. Bob Hope is in great form as The Kid, a guy who loves to bet and who loves lemon flavored candy. He gets into trouble when he gives a girl a bad tip on a horse and the girl's gangster boyfriend wants The Kid to cover his losses to the tune of $10,000. So Hope has to do some scheming and fast thinking to come up with the dough such as starting a home for old ladies to raise money. Backed by a terrific supporting cast inlcuding Jane Darwell, William Frawley, Llyod Nolan and the underrated Marilyn Maxwell.  And it's set at Christmas time, which makes it perfect viewing for the holidays. With Maxwell getting to sing a stirring rendition of Silver Bells. Hope even gets in a great classic one liner to end the film too. A little joke at his old buddy, Bing Crosby's expense. The Lemon Drop Kid saved my movie watching night and became one of my new best friends. Funny Face, I don't think I will be seeing her again anytime soon.

HOLIDAY CHEER - CAROLE LOMBARD

I think Carole is anxious to see what she got for Christmas

HOLIDAY CHEER - James Stewart and Donna Reed

Jimmy and Donna

Happy Birthday Frank Sinatra (1915 - 1998)

Happy Birthday to Frank Sinatra aka Ol Blue Eyes and The Chairman of The Board. A terrific singer and wonderful actor. Happy Birthday Frank!

Here's Frank hanging with his pal Dino..