I had a few other matters to take care of - like having a tooth pulled and recovery. And some digging in the garden. But I managed to watch a few good films;
Transgression (1931) Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez in a melodrama about a wife whose husband goes off to India for a year. The wife (Kay) becomes involved with a rogue (Cortez) who tricks her into coming to his home in the mountains of Spain. Death and despair before all works out for our heroine before "the end." 6/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022501/
Secrets Of An Actress (1938) Kay Francis, George Brent, Ian Hunter in a triangle revolving around a young actress. Brent is the romantic lead here, but Hunter is the interesting one. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030727/
Scudda Hoo, Scudda-Hey (1948) June Haver, Lon McCallister star in a teenagers film from just after the WWII war years. Story of a boy and the 2 mules he buys and trains. I remember the sighs of the girls at my highschool over Lon. Can't understand it now, but he was a heartthrob, as was June for the guys. Ah, youth! 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040762/
Searching For Debra Winger (2002) Documentary. Interesting look at how the actresses handle hitting the 30 to 40 age group. Suddenly, no roles offered or only mothers/harridans. Well done, if a bit repetitious. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318049/
Last Holiday (2006) Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Timothy Hutton Remake of the Alex Guinness film of a dying person taking the bit in hand and going to a resort to spend their last days. All goes well and before long, money, friends and opportunities abound. Of course, it's all a terrible mistake. The Queen is fun to watch. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408985/
Tomorrow brings the first day of autumn, which I love. Just hope it lasts extra long here this year. Beautiful time of year.
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