Frank Sinatra on TCM
Bobby-soxer-turned-blue-haired-matron idol Frank Sinatra will have his "Summer Under the Stars" day on Friday, Aug. 28.
Turner Classic Movies will show twelve of the actor-singer films, the best of which is On the Town, a zesty musical about three sailors and their three girls (four, if you include Alice Pearce) spending a day together in New York City. The three guys — Sinatra, Gene Kelly, and Jules Munshin (above) — are all likable and fine, but it’s the female quartet that does it for me: in addition to Pearce, there’s Vera-Ellen, Betty Garrett, and Ann Miller. In my view, those women are the ones who should have been the superstars of Hollywood musicals of the ’40s and ’50s. Anyhow, Kelly [...]
by Andre Soares | August 23, 2009
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Tags: Classic Movies, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, High Society, On the Town, Shirley MacLaine, Some Came Running, Summer Under the Stars, The Kissing Bandit, Turner Classic Movies
Best Films – 1955
The guilty pleasure of all guilty pleasures. An unabashedly sentimental story about East meets West, a bland performance by leading man William Holden (Sunset Boulevard, Network), an awful (and awfully long) title. That’s 20th Century Fox’s Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing. Yet, the film does offer gorgeous locations (Hong Kong and surrounding areas), superb color cinematography (Leon Shamroy), a rousing, romantic score (Alfred Newman), several good directorial touches (Henry King), and a beautifully modulated performance by leading lady Jennifer Jones (The Song of Bernadette, Carrie). A huge hit at the time of its release, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing is the type of movie that will either make you sick or touch you profoundly. Come to think of it, chances [...]
by Andre Soares | August 31, 2004
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Tags: All That Heaven Allows, Anna Magnani, Best Films, Classic Movies, Eleanor Parker, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Ernest Borgnine, Frank Sinatra, Jennifer Jones, Katharine Hepburn, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, Marilyn Monroe, Michelangelo Antonioni, Rosalind Russell, The Private War of Major Benson
