Danny Kaye's cinematic debut in Up in Arms (1944)

Up in Arms (1944) introducing Danny Kaye and co-starring Dinah Shore, Dana Andrews, and Constance Dowling I had a fairly decent sum saved up from my credit card rewards, and I couldn't think of a better way to spend it than on a Danny Kaye movie collection! Apart from Bob Hope, Danny is my favorite funny man. But unlike Bob Hope who is sometimes too ridiculous, Danny always played lovable...

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Movie Review: The Harvey Girls (1946) starring Judy Garland and John Hodiak

The Harvey Girls (1946) starring Judy Garland, John Hodiak, and Angela Lansbury co-starring Ray Bolger, Marjorie Main, Chill Wills, Kenny Baker, and Cyd Charisse I remember LOVING The Harvey Girls the first time I saw it, so naturally I was curious to see if that emotion had staying power since I hadn't seen the movie in over a decade. As it happens, yes, I still love it, and with good reason. I've...

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Five Magic Spindles Book Announcement + Giveaway!!

This is sort of a post in two parts.One, my friend Rachel of Hamlette's Soliloquy is now a published author!She was 1 of 5 winners to a contest for Sleeping Beauty retellings called Five Magic Spindles, and it's no wonder she won because she wrote a western! Who would ever think to do that other than her?! Which, naturally, I am uber excited to read because I love westerns and I cannot even fathom...

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Movie Review: Forever Darling (1956)

Forever Darling (1956) starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, and James Mason co-starring Natalie Schafer Forever Darling is described by many viewers as a romantic fantasy, and I guess that hits the nail pretty much on the head. It also happens to be the 60th anniversary of this film this year (OH MY GOSH) and so I couldn't go without reviewing it! Newlyweds Susan and Lorenzo Vega are very...

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Book Review: The Wood's Edge (The Path Finders #1, 2015) by Lori Benton

Fort William Henry, Lake George, New York, 1757 When Reginald Aubrey holds the cooling body of his hour old infant son in his arms he is left with a choice. He can either tell his unconscious wife that their son has died or he can kidnap a boy from a set of newborn twins born within minutes of his own son. The twins' mother is a white woman who had been captured as a small child by a tribe of American...

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Movie Review: Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

Unfaithfully Yours (1948) starring Rex Harrison and Linda Darnell supporting cast: Rudy Vallee, Barbara Lawrence, and Lionel Stander Have you ever had a single performance color every other movie an actor makes? Welcome to my experience with Rex Harrison. Every movie he made is colored for me by Henry Higgins from My Fair Lady. For some people this might not be such a bad thing, but for...

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Movie Review: The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)

The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) starring Humphrey Bogart and Barbara Stanwyck supporting cast: Alexis Smith and Nigel Bruce Why in the world are movies like Gaslight, Dial M for Murder, and Midnight Lace so insanely popular? I guess audiences just love to see men plotting to kill their wives, either out of some crazed need for control or simply because they are crazy. In that vein, the plot...

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Movie Review: In the Good Old Summertime (1949)

In the Good Old Summertime (1947) starring Judy Garland and Van Johnson And here is the 1st remake of The Shop Around the Corner (my review here)! Once, many, many moons ago when I was quite young, I did watch In the Good Old Summertime and I remember not liking it, but also, I remember not having the intellectual development to discern my exact reasoning. To be fair, it's a...

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Jane Eyre Read-Along: Thoughts on Chapters 1-10

I'm a little slow on the uptake with my friend's Jane Eyre read-along, but what else is new! *winks*Anyway, prepare to be shocked, but this is the first time that I've read Jane Eyre. Not the first time that I've tried to read it, mind, but the first time that I'm actually determined to get all the way through, front to back, without yielding to irritation and tossing it back on the bookshelf.Irritation,...

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Movie Review: The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

The Shop Around the Corner (1940) starring James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan supporting cast: Frank Morgan In a fit of boredom, I've begun watching classic films again. I was just fortunate enough to find a James Stewart collection of movies during one of my last trips to the store and it just happened to include The Shop Around the Corner. I vaguely remembered this little title from several...

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