(I took this picture when I was in New York many years ago.)It had been many years since I had seen the Batman movie (1966) with Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether, Burgess Meridith, and Caesar Romero. It's fun to see the films I watched as a kid and realize what was really going on. The action was always the fun part, but now the fighting just seems so fake and you understand the relationship between Batman and Cat Woman. All of the villans are present, The Joker, The Riddler and The Penguin. It's the comics brought to life. With all the Splash, Whams and Splunks.
On April 1, 2014, It was an interesting night of films, No Highway in the Sky (1951) (DDDD) starring Jimmy Stewart and Marlene Dietrich. I Don’t recall ever seeing a film with Marlene Dietrich. I’ve seen clips from the film in which she sang in the tuxedo, but never all the way through. The film is in black and white, it’s about an aeronautical engineer who believes planes will begin falling out of the sky after his research reveals how many hours a plane can fly before parts begin to malfunction.
The Psychopath (D), about a killer that left a doll resembling each of his victims at the scene of the crime. I watched the film April Fool’s Day (1986) (DD) which played over and over again. There were some familiar faces in the film including Amy Steel from Friday the 13th part 2.
I watched The Belles of St. Mary (DDDDD) with Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman. I’m not sure if I saw this as a kid with my grandmother, but I know she liked Bing Crosby. I really enjoyed this film and its still relevant today. It brought back some memories of attending catholic school. It also made me think about the importance of prayer and if you believe it does work. May not work the way you wanted it, but you have to be specific in what you are asking for.
The Easter Parade (DDDD) was another one of those films I remember seeing when I was a kid. This film stars Judy Garland, Peter Lawford and Fred Astaire. It’s sort of a Pygmalion type story as a dancer loses his partner and says he can turn anyone into a good dancer. He discovers Hannah Brown played by Judy Garland and the two women compete against each other in their own shows. Costumes are really colorful and there are some great musical numbers; Fred Astaire does some incredible dancing.
Twisted Obsession is an 80’s film (DD) that stars Jeff Goldblum and Miranda Ricardson. It’s in English, but was filmed in France. It’s about a writer who becomes obsessed with a young film maker’s sister who is used to get his artistic film made.
Portrait of a Showgirl (D) stars Lesley Ann Warren, Rita Moreno and Tony Curtis. Another film from the 80’s. I’m pretty sure this was a made for Television film. There are several stories going on here which aren’t hard to follow, but they aren’t all that interesting. A showgirl, played by Lesley Ann Warren, becomes a mistress in New York and moves to Vegas to try and start anew. She is still being wooed by the guy that won’t leave his wife and she falls for a younger guy that just isn’t ready to grow up. Rita Moreno plays the veteran showgirl that just wants to stay afloat because her husband, played by Tony Curtis, keeps falling for get rich quick schemes.
Here is my new rating system. DDDDD highly recommend. DDDD It should be watched. DDD Entertaining DD So, so if you like the stars. D Just out of curiosity watch it.
(I like all movies. Even those that most people don’t like, it makes for great conversation.)
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