The good, bad, etc---
FIRST WATCHES:
Boy On A Dolphin (1957) Alan Ladd, Sophia Loren. Nice scenery but awful acting and the story is a bore. Ladd seems to be sleep walkng through the film. 4/10
http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0050208/combined
Anna Karenina (2012) Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Gorgeous cinamatography and costumes. Disjointed way to tell the story. A stage play is the set up for the scenes. Taylor-Johnson is a toad. Knightly and Law are fine. 7/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1781769/combined
ENCORES:
Satan Met A Lady (1936) Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth, Marie Wilson. Second version of Hammett's story. Fun but not memorable.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028219/combined
The King & The Chorus Girl (1938) Joan Blondell, Fernand Gravet, Edward Everett Horton, Mary Nash. Favorite Blondell film. A major theme of 1930's film - deposed royalty living in Paris and their foibles. He's a drunk that the duchess and count take care of and hire a chorus girl to pretend to be uninterested in their charge. The doctor has said he is suffering from "melancholia" and needs a challenge. Joan is the American girl who teaches the ex-King a lesson. Better than most of its' type. 9/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029082/combined
The Mad Miss Manton (1938) Barbara Stanwyke, Henry Fonda. Miss Manton and her crew of ditsy friends solve a murder. I forget what Fonda does. 7/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030396/combined
The Lady Is Willing (1942) Marlene Dietrich Fred MacMurray, Aline McMahone. She is a star on Broadway. He is a doctor. She finds a baby and brings it home and gets the nearby doctor to come see if it is alright. Cute comedy that shows a different side of Marlene. But not a funny as it should be. 7/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034961/combined
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