The Merry Widow (1934) Jeanette Macdonald, Maurice Chevalier. Ernst Lubitsch directs the operetta with Jeanette as the widow, Sonia and Maurice as Count Danilo. All the music is here and it is a joy to watch. Just before the morality code took over films, so this has some delicious naughtiness. The Prince needs to woo the Widow and marry her and her millions to save their small kingdom. So they all go to Paris. Ups and downs. A good time with some lovely music. 8/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025493/
The Firefly (1939) Jeanette MacDonald, Alan Jones, Warren William. Shown on Jeanette's day on TCM but also close to Warren Williams day, The Firefly has both acquitting themselves well. A popular operetta with some lovely songs. Jones has a light tenor and Jeanette a very high soprano. Their voices do not blend as well as hers with Eddy deep baritone, but will do. Usual nonsense going on. 7/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028873/
Tales Of Manhattan (1942) Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda, Edward G. Robinson. Episodes in the life of a tale coat, starting with the original owner, an actor who gets involved with a femme fatale. With a bullet hole, the coat next goes to a 2nd hand shop and is bought by someone else, and on to a good-will shop and finally is thrown out of plane going over a field being worked in by a black preacher. Each time it passes to someone else, their story is told. Finally there is a great deal of money stuffed in the coat. And that is when our preacher gets it. The best of the stories is the bum played by Edward G. Robinson who is tracked down by his class at law school. It is their Graduating anniversary and his sponsor at the mission talks him into going. They have this coat from the donations and everyone pitches in to get him all cleaned up. He goes and how it turns out for him is surprising. Eddie G. can make almost anything interesting, but this was short and sweet. 6/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035415/
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