----I watched:
The Gay Bride (1934) Carole Lombard, Chester Morris, Zazu Pitts. THE Gold Digger of the 1930's. Carole is really good as a woman who wants everything (in writing) from the men who flock around her. She is an actress and her man of the moment is a gangster, which doesn't concern her as long as she is in the will. Morris is a bodyguard the boss has watching her every move. He's on to her and their spats are very clever and entertaining. One of the best Lombard comedies I've seen. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025163/
Top Hat (1935) Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers. One of the first and best of the duo's films. And one of the first to have the troup of great character actors in support: Eric Blore, Edward Evertt Horton, Helen Broderick, and the wonderful Erik Rhodes as Alberto (I'm so pretty) Beddini. "Dancing Cheek To Cheek" and the title number are worth watching the whole film for, but it's all lots of fun. 9/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027125/
Ruggles Of Red Gap (1935) Charles Laughton, Zazu Pitts. Fish out of water story of a English mans man who is won in a poker game and ends up in the west in Red Gap in Washington State. The town is full of characters, of course, and eventually Ruggles loosens up and begins to get used to the freedom. When he decides he can own a restaurant, he has found his American dream, and alls well that ends well. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026955/
Three Loves Has Nancy (1938) Janet Gaynor is child like as a country girl who comes to the big city. Shes looking for her bridegroom who left her waiting at the church. She enlists author Malcome (Robert Montgomery), who she met when he was on a tour promoting his latest book, to help her find him. His friend Robert from next door, also his publisher, falls for sweet Nancy (she's a good cook) which makes Malcome jealous. Sort of a screwball comedy. The leads are likeable. 6/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030867/
Fools For Scandal (1938) Carole Lombard, Fernand Gravet. Screwball comedy that makes even less sense than usual. At one point the leads begin singing a song, and whistling. Evidentally quite a few songs were written for the film by Rogers & Hart and discarded. Story of an actress visiting Paris who is picked up by a layabout who then proceeds to stalk her, while her fiance(Ralph Bellamy) barges in and out from time to time, is just not that amusing. But the stars are likeable so spending 90 minutes with them is not unbearable. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030145/
Our weather moderated this week so was able to plant some pretty flowers in my porch boxes and patio containers. Good to be out side.
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