Hello Movie people, I thought this month it would be fun to have great character actors in film. These are actors that you might not remember their name but you hear their voice and see their face and you say oh yes I have seen that guy before. First on the list is Charlie Ruggles in Love Me Tonight, it is about a tailor who pretends to be a nobleman falling in love with a princess. It has Rodgers and Hart songs and Maurice Chavalier and my personal favorite Myrna Loy. One more thing people might not know he did the narrartion voice in the fractured fairy tale in my favorite Bullwinkle and Rocky cartoons ( the cartoon has adult humor and goes over childrens head highly recommended you will get it
Second on my list is George Sanders in All About Eve he plays a notorious talent agent . It is about an aging actress and a woman who is a fan and she starts to manipulate herself into the actresses life. Famous line is Fasten your seatbelt it is going to be a bumpy night. It won six academy awards including best picture. George Sanders was married to one of the Gabor sisters and when he said he had had enough of life he killed himself leaving a note that said he was tired of living, goodbye world . Angela and Arthur will host the dinner this month on Thursday 1/9 at 6:30 to discuss the December movies Gigi and Joyeaux Noel. Please RSVP to Angela at seascapes@roadrunner.com. Movielynne
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Lynne
Looking forward to seeing "All About Eve" again. I haven't seen it in years. "Love Me Tonight" looks great too. We will be at Angelas and looking forward to seeing all of you other Movie Mainers.
club members Fun time at Angela' Arthur's home last week. Awesome food and great discussion on December movies. We have something big planned for the end of February stay tuned for more info. I love leaving messages for my good friend Carl as I think you are the only one reading this. Movielynne
The Arizona chapter of the movie club watched "Love Me Tonight" this week and enjoyed it thoroughly. Watch for the look on Jeanette's face when Maurice sings about wanting to have babies with her (and it's only a minute after their first meeting). Priceless.
movie trivia Jeanette Macdonald in Love Me Tonight crazy but true her partner in most of her films was Nelson Eddy, even though they were never romanticly linked they each married someone who looked like their screen partner, in other words Jeanette married someone who looked like Nelson Eddy and Nelson married someone who looked like Jeanette funny Movielynne
moviemainers those of you who have been watching All About Eve did you notice a small part with Marilyn Monroe ? Ok who is reading this ? Carl all I can say is Mi Mi you funny little good for nothing Mi Mi am I the guy ? what a classic what a song who is Mi Mi ? Misss you Jim is still singing it,we are taking Keith out to dinner tomorrow night. Movielynne
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Loved the movies this month. The Az. connection had a great time viewing and dining! One of these days I will get someone to start paying dues! Also, Being There, an oldie but a goodie, was also viewed. A classic!! All I can say is: Lynne, keep the movies coming, Lynne you funny little Lynne Movie Jim
Just finished watching All About Eve for the second time. I just love this movie. A few comments..Eve is both a great actress on stage as well as in real life. She uses her age, humility and her "oh who me?" attitude to manipulate everyone and everything to get what she wants...fame and money. Only her game is turned around on her by Addison..."what goes around comes around". I'm sure that is very close to what happens in tinsel town.
On the lighter side I just loved the comment from Marilyn Monroe - "I can't yell "oh Butler" can I? Maybe someones name is Butler!" Loved it!
I loved "Love me Tonight" It is surprising how sexy a black and white movie can be. I am going to admit to you all that I didn't know who the actors were (!) but I was surprised at how "hefty" the women were back then. I am sure that's not what I was supposed to be looking for in the movie, but I did notice that. We watched the film in Larry's home theater - and we looking forward to sharing this wonderful place with the others this Sunday
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