Gold Diggers of 1935

Posted by kathryn - April 3rd, 2006

I’ve just watched Gold Diggers of 1935. Actually over 2 days - I watched half of it last night, fell asleep on the couch and when I woke up I watched CSI & Law & Order: Criminal Intent (I love these shows) .

Ironic maybe…. as my troublesome wisdom tooth cost me $180 today to get an xray done and medication (I think it’ll have to be pulled in a few months). And the film was full of people calculating their net worth, their share in joint ventures…. and breach of promise suits.

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Cagney… that little gangster.

Posted by kathryn - April 1st, 2006

I’m exactly halfway through my Busby Berkeley set now. Woohoo!

I’ve just watched Footlight Parade. I’ve watched it once before… but it was just like watching it for the first time as I didn’t really remember it.

It’s definitely pre-code, and even keeping that in mind… you still wonder how did Busby get away with Honeymoon Hotel?

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Dames

Posted by kathryn - March 29th, 2006

Next out of the Busby Berkeley box has been Dames. Second because I haven’t seen it before. It’s been slow going as I’ve also been watching all of the special features.

And my special hard-to-answer question of the day… will someone please explain exactly what is meant by dubbed versions of cartoons? Two of the ones I saw that today had the copyright notice at the end and I’ve never ever seen that before.

Anyway enough of intermission…. back to the film.

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Busby Berkeley

Posted by kathryn - March 28th, 2006

My Busby Berkeley DVD boxed set arrived today - I pre-ordered it in December and have been waiting patiently ever since for the courier to put the box on my doorstep. Six discs of Warner Musicals goodness!

And my poor old copy of 42nd Street can finally be thrown away as I damaged it a couple of years ago by wiping the surface with a paper towel when I was having trouble playing the disc. Not recommended…. especially when it was the DVD player being tempermental.

It’s going to be slow going watching them. I’ve watched one film already and only half of the extras on that disc… and there are more movies on the way to me.

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