....with lots of sitting by the fireplace and keeping up with the awful news on the economy. And also the weather.
This week I watched:
Remember The Night (1940) Barbara Stanwyke, Fred MacMurray going home for Christmas. He's the assistant D.A., John Sargent. She is a thief, Lee Leander, he is prosecuting just before Christmas. The Judge releases her on bail for the Christmas holiday. She ends up being delivered to the D.A. who is going home for the holidays and he ends up taking charge of her. Sweet, sentimental and with the great Beulah Bondi as his Mom, Elizabeth Patterson as Aunt Emma, and Sterling Holloway as Willie. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032981/
The Jungle Book (1942) Sabu in the live action version. Kiplings childrens story in beautiful technicolor. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034928/
Little Women (1949) June Allyson, Janet Leigh, Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret O'Brien and Mary Astor as Marmee. Each generation seems to get their version of this story. This one was shot entirely on MGM sound stages. No realism. No dirt roads billowing dust. Just beautiful technicolor, cinematography, authentic costumes, and score. 9/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041594/
Iris (2001) Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent (Oscar, Best Supporting) in story about novelist Iris Murdoch. It jumps between the young couple's story and the couple dealing with Iris' onset of Alzheimers. Sad. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280778/0.
Middle of the month and 10 days before Christmas. Need to get last minute shopping done. But with the weather turning bad again, may just forget it. And watch films.
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