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.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Jean Moves to the City

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Three Wise Girls (1932) stars Jean Harlow as Cassie Barnes, a small-town beauty who is sick of being badly paid in a local soda fountain s...
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Friday, May 2, 2014

Jean is Jealous of Loretta

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Though Loretta Young (as Gallagher, the young reporter with no first name) is listed as the star of Platinum Blonde (1931), it's Jean ...
Friday, April 25, 2014

Joan Meets Her Mom

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This Modern Age   (1931) stars a very blonde Joan Crawford as Valentine 'Val' Winters.  Val has been raised by her recently decease...
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Joan B.'s on the Switchboard

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I 've Got Your Number (1934) is a film about the telephone: repairing them, using them, working with them.  It opens with a fascinati...
Friday, April 18, 2014

Vivien's a Lady

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The war is raging in England, and filmmakers rally to do their bit for the war effort.  The results of one of those endeavors is That Ham...
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Monday, April 14, 2014

Joan Joins an Army

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I n 1931, a legendary film partnership began.  Joan Crawford and Clark Gable appeared together for the first time in Laughing Sinners, a pr...
Thursday, April 10, 2014

Shane Comes Back

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For those of you who read Entertainment Weekly , you might have had the pleasure recently to read an excerpt of Mark Harris' new book ...
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Everyone loathes Kirk

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Perhaps the most interesting film to examine Hollywood is The Bad and the Beautiful (1952).  Kirk Douglas plays Jonathan Shields, a would-be...
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Friday, March 28, 2014

Joan B. Leaves Home

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Joan Bennett and Henry Fonda star in I Met My Love Again (1938).  We meet Julie Weir and Ives Towner while Ives is in school.  He and Jul...
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Fred Meets Ginger

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As I've mentioned before, when an extraordinary opportunity to see a classic film happens in the greater Washington DC area, I'm goi...
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