Movies, Memories, and Whatnot.

Much like one of the main characters in my book I love old movies, and by old I mean older than me. Hence I don’t consider any of the Star Wars movies old.

Not. At. All.

Anyway, when I say old, I mean black and white, or Technicolor old.

“Gone with the wind”, Audrey Hepburn, Alfred Hitchcock, Vivien Leigh, “Some Like it Hot”, Greta
Garbo, “Witness for the Prosecution”, Spencer Tracy and whatnot kind of old. I could go on forever.

I'll tell you that at the age of eight I missed school for a whole week to watch a Fred Astaire Marathon on TV. My mom might contest it. Ok, it might not have been a whole week, but that’s how I remember it. One of my favorites at the time was “Silk Stockings”, which in essence is the same story as in “Ninotchka”, with Greta Garbo that I also enjoyed.

I’ve mentioned before that I take dance lessons. I bet you can guess my favorite style now.

You got it. Tap. So don’t even get me started on “Singing in the Rain”. It’s entertaining, funny, romantic, surprising, has wonderful dancing and singing, and also makes you think about the transition from silent movies to “talkies”. (Much like “The Artist” which is silent, black and white, but not old at all. Needless to say I loved it.)

 

I just remembered something. When I was on 8^th grade I had the most curious collection. I collected movie stars (mostly) from the so-called Golden Age of Hollywood. It was nothing more than a list of all the movie stars I knew from that era. It’s silly, I know. But everyone wanted to add to my list. I remember my math teacher, this big guy with a low voice telling me to add Julie Christie’s name. She was Lara in “Doctor Zhivago”, but I have to confess, I don’t think I ever watched it.  (I don’t think she is part of the Golden age though.)

Quoting Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds:  “It’s great to stay up late”, but I must retreat  because “tomorrow is another day”(Scarlett O’Hara), and I’m really tired!

“Here’s looking at you, kid.” (Rick Blaine in Casablanca)

Good Night!