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Movie Monday: A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Long before he was the beloved sheriff of a little town called Mayberry, Andy Griffith played a southern jailbird named Lonesome Rhodes. A Face in the Crowd is a little known film, but one that will make you realize just how talented Andy Griffith was as an actor. Honestly, I had a hard time watching The Andy Griffith Show after seeing this film! These photos are not mine. This gripping story is centered around Griffith’s character who is a backwoods philosopher who gets his big break on the radio! A Face in the Crowd is a significant movie because it was one of the earliest and first films to discuss…
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Movie Monday: A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
In the mid-1960’s, while a slew of Elvis Presley films were dominating theaters all around the world, the United States experienced something of a British invasion. Beatlemania had taken over seemingly everywhere, and this band was considered a fad of it’s time. The decision to make a semidocumentary, semicomedy was an urgent one! In 1964, A Hard Day’s Night was made in six and a half weeks. These photos are not mine. Scenes like the one pictured above could only be shot once or twice before fans would cause them to have to move along. In the opening scene of the film, The Beatles were truly chased by fans to a…
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Movie Monday: The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Oh The Philadelphia Story! This was the movie that made me question who was the better Hepburn: Audrey or Katherine? Of course, Katherine Hepburn was labeled box office poison for many years until Phillip Barry wrote a screenplay specifically for Hepburn, that play is what became The Philadelphia Story. Katherine Hepburn was so taken with this play that she made the impassioned decision to forgo a salary and fund the whole stage production out of her personal funds. However, being the savvy business women that she was, Hepburn did receive a significant portion of the profits from the huge success that this play became. Katherine Hepburn soon realized the kind of…
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Generations of Bergmans
In a book about Grace Kelly that I once read years ago, it said she wrote in her high school yearbook that her favorite actress was Ingrid Bergman. If you really think about this though, it makes sense. Yes, Bergman was a popular actress during the very impressionable years of Grace Kelly’s life, but Kelly also had the natural beauty that Ingrid possessed. These photos are not mine. Similar face shapes, hairstyles, eyebrow shape, and smiles. Both of these women were stunning, but at the heart of this story many generations later women are still trying to capture the beauty of these women. Today, many women in Hollywood wear vintage…
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Movie Monday: The Women (1939)
These photos are not mine. If you love fashion as much as I do, and that is a whole lot, this is a must see film!! Although The Women fails the “Bechdel Test” because all of the women in this film pretty much always end up talking about the allusive “Steve” who never appears on screen, this is still a triumphant film for women! The cast was ALL FEMALE! Right down to the animals that appear in the movie. Some of the most glamorous women of the 1930s starred together in The Women and went on to create a cinematic masterpiece!! These photos are not mine. One of my favorite actresses, Norma Shearer, wore…
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Movie Monday: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) movie poster Today’ #MovieMonday will be all about reviewing the timeless style of Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961). It is safe to say that Audrey served up some serious looks in this film so lets get started! These photos are not mine. Breakfast at Tiffany’s is easily one of the most influential movies, stylistically speaking, to hit the silver screen since…well probably another Audrey Hepburn film. Unlike Sabrina (1954) or Roman Holiday (1953), Audrey is no longer playing characters who are young and somewhat naive. In this film she is a mature woman who knows how to make a decision for herself, and those traits are clearly articulated in the…
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Movie Monday: La Bohème (1926)
The movie poster for La Bohème (1926) You can purchase this classic film here. Welcome to the first ever #MovieMonday! Today we will be reviewing and discussing the fashion of La Bohème (1926). I love watching the silent films TCM’s (Turner Classic Films) show on Sunday evenings so when I saw that this movie would be shown on the network a couple of weeks ago I was sure to watch it! WARNING: if you have not already seen this film and would like to keep the ending a secret, read this after you have watched the film. The silent classic is based on Giacomo Puccini’s Italian opera, under the same name as the movie, which was inspired by…
