The Movie Night Group's Guide to Classic Film

A weekly examination of classic films by a group who meet to discuss a selected film.

Monday, November 14, 2011

Little Boy and Girl Lost, Circa 1942

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The war has just started in America at the end of 1942's Journey for Margaret , but has been a factor in the lives of two small childr...
Monday, October 24, 2011

Little Boy Lost circa 1948

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This week, we begin a brief look at children during the Second World War with two outstanding flims.  Our first film is The Search , a qu...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

The Real Joan Crawford

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As we leave Ms. Crawford for awhile, we ended our viewing with Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star, a TCM production from 2002. The...
Monday, October 10, 2011

Joan Shines (Well, not quite)

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Our film this time is Crawford's 1938 melodrama The Shining Hour . Crawford is Olivia (Maggie) Riley, a nightclub singer who weds H...
Monday, October 3, 2011

Joan Visits Montana

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This time, we visit with a VERY early Crawford talkie, Montana Moon .  Released in 1930, Montana Moon immediately calls up images of Sing...
Monday, September 26, 2011

Joan Gets Jilted

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Based on a play which starred Tallulah Bankhead, Forsaking All Others (1934) is an absolutely delightful film.  With an exceptional ca...
Monday, September 19, 2011

Joan is Possessed (for the First Time)

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Joan Crawford made two movies named Possessed . We already looked at the 1947 film (with Van Heflin); this time we look at an interesti...
Monday, September 12, 2011

Joan Runs

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Two years after Clark Gable followed Claudette Colbert to Jericho, he was again portraying a reporter in pursuit of an heiress in 1936...
Monday, August 29, 2011

Joan Teaches the Blind (and Deaf)

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None of us had ever seen 1957's The Story of Esther Costello before this viewing and it was definitely a pleasant surprise. Ms. C...
Monday, August 22, 2011

Joan Goes to Greece

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Thanks to TCM's latest "Summer Under the Stars", we've been able to assemble a number of Joan Crawford (and Carole Lomb...
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