tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post3657512008688452559..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: Best Director Of 1932-33 (Comedy/Musical): Ernst Lubitsch (Trouble In Paradise and Design For Living), Part OneMythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-85228302988213675772010-06-20T16:38:35.833-04:002010-06-20T16:38:35.833-04:00(I am a Met fan and we likely get to play Stasburg...<i>(I am a Met fan and we likely get to play Stasburg at Washington, sometime on the Fourth of July weekend)</i><br /><br />Probably July 3, barring a rainout in the meantime. Fortunately for the Mets (and unfortunately for me), Washington's hitters will make your starter, regardless of who he is, look like Cy Young.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-42405588506724172302010-06-20T08:04:53.121-04:002010-06-20T08:04:53.121-04:00“She was beautiful and sexy and with a wonderfully...“She was beautiful and sexy and with a wonderfully naughty side that the studios later scrubbed clean.”<br /><br />I agree. She was all those things and more. I have a friend who likes film but when he hears that Jeannette is going to be on TCM he switches channels. He will say something like “I can’t stand them and that kind of singing.” <br /><br />Probably a good part of the reason Jeanette has such detractors is the Eddy anchor. Eddy came with the MGM package (as you implied) and after the move somebody at MGM must have called out some mythical Munchkins and “brushed, brushed here, and brushed brushed there.” And also covered up her lingerie. David Thomson had her right. As do you.<br /><br />Best <br /><br />Gerald<br /><br />(I am a Met fan and we likely get to play Stasburg at Washington, sometime on the Fourth of July weekend)Gordon Pashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18177101489742741815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-29201432985842946342010-06-19T22:51:57.122-04:002010-06-19T22:51:57.122-04:00"This puts you one up on me. Now I've got..."This puts you one up on me. Now I've got to find this film!"<br /><br />I wish i could tell you how I came across The Doll but i really cant remember, i ended up by having to download it, but i cant seem to remember how i did it, lol,it isnt on the archive site so it must of been a torrent of some kind, not sure if thats legal, but its a real clear restoration. Its through kino so you might be able to find a real dvd copy of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-12684739917483126882010-06-18T11:50:04.506-04:002010-06-18T11:50:04.506-04:00I will mention The Merry Widow in Part Two when I ...<i>I will mention The Merry Widow in Part Two when I write about the Lubitsch touch</i><br /><br />Actually, since it's Jeanette MacDonald's birthday, I decided, why wait?Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-84046046710738643482010-06-18T10:34:16.722-04:002010-06-18T10:34:16.722-04:00You will likely comment on “Widow” in your next in...<i>You will likely comment on “Widow” in your next installment so I will say no more.</i><br /><br />I <i>will</i> mention <i>The Merry Widow</i> in Part Two when I write about the Lubitsch touch, but I'll say more when I get to Part Five (Part 3 is about <i>Trouble in Paradise</i>, Part 4 is about <i>Design For Living</i>) when I write about Lubitsch from 1934-47.<br /><br />Obviously, this is one of those insanely long essays which I can't keep myself from writing from time to time ...Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-75325095003860723542010-06-18T10:28:15.449-04:002010-06-18T10:28:15.449-04:00It is especially rewarding to start a morning with...<i>It is especially rewarding to start a morning with Jeanette, sans Eddy</i><br /><br />Welcome, Gerald of Laszlo's -- I've added a link to your blog which those of you who actually read comments can find <a href="http://laszlosonlex.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> here</a>.<br /><br />Movie fans who only know Jeanette MacDonald through her association with Nelson Eddy really owe it to themselves to check out her pre-Code musicals, particularly <i>Love Me Tonight</i> directed by Rouben Mamoulian and <i>One Hour With You</i> and <i>The Merry Widow</i>, both by Lubitsch. She was beautiful and sexy and with a wonderfully naughty side that the studios later scrubbed clean.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-26660994358551174882010-06-18T09:44:12.285-04:002010-06-18T09:44:12.285-04:00MM:
I loved the Foxtrot video, made even more rel...MM:<br /><br />I loved the Foxtrot video, made even more relevant because my wife and I again watched “The Merry Widow” on TCM this morning. The numerous dance scenes in “Widow” seem just a direct extension of the Fox Trot video. Hypnotic. <br /><br />It is especially rewarding to start a morning with Jeanette, sans Eddy. “Widow” has a little extra meaning to me as it was issued the year I was born. I like to entertain the thought (unsubstantiated) that, perhaps, I accompanied my mother safely tucked away within her person while she watched that which occurred in Marshovia and beyond. <br /><br />Thank you again for the video. You will likely comment on “Widow” in your next installment so I will say no more.<br /><br />Best:<br /><br />Gerald of Laszlo’sGordon Pashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18177101489742741815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-37711492145034853122010-06-18T08:26:08.105-04:002010-06-18T08:26:08.105-04:00Thanks Father Caprio and Zoe -- hopefully you'...Thanks Father Caprio and Zoe -- hopefully you'll still feel the same way after you read parts two, three, four and five ...<br /><br /><i>I finally saw (after serching & searching) his The Doll recently thats a cute little film.</i><br /><br />This puts you one up on me. Now I've got to find this film!Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-67252647764900352782010-06-18T03:16:50.441-04:002010-06-18T03:16:50.441-04:00Nice post
I finally saw (after serching & sear...Nice post<br />I finally saw (after serching & searching) his The Doll recently thats a cute little film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-5454354612257910562010-06-16T15:45:50.558-04:002010-06-16T15:45:50.558-04:00Very interesting post about a great director. The ...Very interesting post about a great director. The Student Prince seemed a splendid film, Norma Shearer is wonderful and the boyish face of Novarro is not at odds. Of course the performance of Jean Hersholt very good. I also liked Lady Windermere's Fan.FATHER_CAPRIOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388522679346433899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-15467347507641644132010-06-16T13:43:08.505-04:002010-06-16T13:43:08.505-04:00Lubitsch bought out the remainder of his contract,...<i>Lubitsch bought out the remainder of his contract, made one movie at MGM—a charming, non-musical version of The Student Prince In Old Heidelberg, starring <b>Ramon Novarro</b>, Norma Shearer and Jean Hersholt—then finally landed at Paramount Pictures where he remained for fourteen years.</i><br /><br />We knew him as "Uncle Randy". . . .Husky Navarrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16739628194072820807noreply@blogger.com