tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post4120170356964775480..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: That's Typing Tuesday #3: Miss Pettigrew Lives For A DayMythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-84011381798421327142011-10-06T19:23:02.330-04:002011-10-06T19:23:02.330-04:00And why not? You sure have oysters on your blog, b...<i>And why not? You sure have oysters on your blog, but I didn't find any starfishes.</i><br /><br />That made me laugh.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-68521719025401761262011-10-06T18:45:06.389-04:002011-10-06T18:45:06.389-04:00"--and she's the sort of housekeeper who ..."--and she's the sort of housekeeper who disposes of oyster shells in a kitchen drawer."<br /><br />And why not? You sure have oysters on your blog, but I didn't find any starfishes.<br /><br />Friendly outcry though,<br /><br />Miss P.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18391428399392889593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-60208590947613053292011-05-17T23:52:20.495-04:002011-05-17T23:52:20.495-04:00Barbara Stanwyck -- what a great idea!
Jane Greer...Barbara Stanwyck -- what a great idea!<br /><br />Jane Greer, by the way, is one of my all-time favorites. In addition to <i>Out of the Past</i>, she was also quite good in <i>The Big Steal</i> which has a lot of comedic moments. But she always came across as very knowing, very smart, like she knew more about what was really going on than anybody in the room.<br /><br />Of the actual cast, you mentioned Shirley Henderson who I remembered from <i>Topsy-Turvy</i>, which came out while Katie-Bar-The-Door were still living in England. <i>That</i> was a great movie -- one of the few that managed to make the act of creation interesting, when Jim Broadbent is fooling around with the samurai sword and then his eyes slowly light up and you know he's come up with <i>The Mikado</i>. Too often movie portraits of artists focus on the trivia of their love lives and addictions when it's the <i>work</i> that makes them worth remembering.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-37881534194600921062011-05-17T19:02:55.215-04:002011-05-17T19:02:55.215-04:00I have seen and enjoyed Miss Pettigrew at least th...I have seen and enjoyed Miss Pettigrew at least three times, and I like your description of this film as a rare romantic comedy about adults for adults. The film is a rarity also in that the conclusion manages a nice balance of different tones: true to romantic comedies in Delysia’s story and something richer in Guinevere’s story. I was familiar with the British cast, including Shirley Henderson and Mark Strong; I was also familiar with Lee Pace from his television show and earlier film work (I’m still looking for a bargain on the Pushing Daisies set). I had never heard of or seen Amy Adams before this film, but she was a delightful discovery as Delysia. I would suggest Barbara Stanwyck for the role of Miss Pettigrew and this is why: she appeared in a Charlotte Vale type role in Forbidden (1931), a role that included the same transformation from timid frumpiness to elegant loveliness. I also think Barbara Stanwyck could have gracefully handled the self-aware and self-deprecating humor called for in the role. I could see Virginia Mayo as the same physical type as Delysia LeFosse, the same could probably be said of Jane Greer, but I don’t think either could match the broad but light comic touch necessary (the emphasis of both actresses is too much on the noir elements for which each is remembered).whistlingypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126688373252306609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-12340893228347487032011-05-17T17:29:00.891-04:002011-05-17T17:29:00.891-04:00Both Beulah Bondi and Aline MacMahon had the chops...Both Beulah Bondi and Aline MacMahon had the chops to pull it off, that's for sure.<br /><br />Actually, now that you mention Jean Harlow, maybe they could cast Marie Dressler -- the follow up to <i>Dinner at Eight</i> they never got to make. But then Dressler would have to fall in love with Wallace Beery, and I'm not sure I could swallow that much ham ...Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-36079159702946303522011-05-17T16:47:31.458-04:002011-05-17T16:47:31.458-04:00I was going to say that Lombard is perfect but the...I was going to say that Lombard is perfect but they probably would have cast Harlow.<br /><br />I would have enjoyed Aline MacMahon in Fran's role.<br /><br />As for Amy in this film? That scene where she is on the couch talking about fur on the naked skin is the scene where I knew she was my #1 desirable actress in Hollywood.Erik Beckhttp://nighthawknews.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-41141074512673366972011-05-17T16:35:58.696-04:002011-05-17T16:35:58.696-04:00Jean Harlow and Beulah Bondi... maybe? :o)Jean Harlow and Beulah Bondi... maybe? :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-40206464665250337232011-05-17T09:34:36.266-04:002011-05-17T09:34:36.266-04:00good typing there.
And pruefreeding. . .good typing there.<br /><br />And pruefreeding. . .mister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-71926201506377672742011-05-17T09:33:51.793-04:002011-05-17T09:33:51.793-04:00I'm on eof those old Mules who really, really ...I'm on eof those old Mules who really, really enjoyed this movie.<br /><br /><br />This post, now that's trouble. . . .<br /><br /><br />[oh oh; slipped into Wrickles there).<br /><br />This was delightful. And you mentioned <i>My Man Godfrey</i>, which shot from "never seen it" to "among my all-time favces" about six minutes into the watching.<br /><br />Of a DVD copy of a shitty print, on top of it all.<br /><br />Adults behaving like adults.<br /><br />PS Um, whi didn't you publish that photo of Delysia lounging on the bed in her furs? I know that <i><b>I've</b></i> published it.<br /><br />For you.mister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.com