Tag Archives: Ginger Rogers

Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Mark DuPré

Broadway Melody of 1936 is the second of four Broadway Melody films. The first, simply called The Broadway Melody (1929) is likely the most famous, as it was the first musical and first sound film to win Best Picture. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Broadway Melody, Broadway Melody of 1936, Broadway Melody of 1940, Buddy Ebsen, Eleanor Powell, Errol Flynn, For Me and My Gal, Fred Astaire, George White's 1935 Scandals, Ginger Rogers, Jack Benny, Jimmy Stewart, Katharine Hepburn, Morning Glory, Robert Taylor, Sid Silvers, Sing Before Breakfast, singin' in the rain, The Broadway Melody, The Wizard of Oz, Una Merkel, Vilma Ebsen, Wedding of the Painted Doll, You Were Meant for Me, Zoolander | Leave a comment

#OscarsSoSilly

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Mark DuPré

The Oscars should be taken seriously on a few levels. Sometimes they actually reward and encourage great work. At other times, they at least call attention to work that might otherwise be ignored. They can jumpstart a stalling career (or … Continue reading →

Posted in Film-Related Articles | Tagged #OscarsSoSilly, #OscarsSoWhite, A Beautiful Mind, A Place in the Sun, A Star is Born, A Streetcar Named Desire, African Queen, Airport, Al Pacino, All About Eve, All the President's Men, An American in Paris, Anne Baxter, Around the World in 80 Days, Ben Hur, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Bette Davis, Bing Crosby, Born Yesterday, BUtterfield 8, Capote, Cecil B. DeMille, Chaplin, Charles Laughton, Charlton Heston, Citizen Kane, City Slickers, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Cocoon, Cold Mountain, Coquette, Dances with Wolves, Dangerous, Denzel Washington, Dial M for Murder, Don Ameche, Donna Reed, Driving Miss Daisy, Elizabeth Taylor, Ellen Burstyn, Erin Brockovich, Franchot Tone, George Chakiris, George Clooney, Ginger Rogers, Going My Way, Golden Globes, Gone with the Wind, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Grace Kelly, Grace Moore, Greer Garson, Hallie Barry, Hattie McDaniel, Helen Hayes, Henry Fonda, Hollywood Foreign Press, Humphrey Bogart, It Happened One Night, Jack Lemmon, Jack Palance, James Steward, Jean Dujardin, Jessica Tandy, Jezebel, John Ford, John Mills, John Wayne, Judy Garland, Judy Holiday, Julia Roberts, Julianne Moore, Kate Winslet, Kitty Foyle, La Vie en Rose, Leonard DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Marlon Brando, Mary Pickford, McLaglen, Monster's Ball, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Mutiny on the Bounty, Myrna Loy, Nicole Kidman, Norma Shearer, Of Human Bondage, Olivier, On Golden Pond, On the Waterfront, Orson Welles, Oscar, Oscars, Out of Africa, Paul Newman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rear Window, Rebecca, Renee Zellweger, Requiem for a Dream, Robert Donat, Robert Duvall, Rocky, Russell Crowe, Ryan’s Daughter, Save the Tiger, Scent of a Woman, Still Alice, Sunset Boulevard, Syriana, Tender Mercies, The Artist, The Caine Mutiny, The Color of Money, The Country Girl, The Grapes of Wrath, The Great Dictator, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Hours, The Informer, The Philadelphia Story, The Reader, The Revenant, The Shootist, The Sting, The Thin Man, Training Day, True Grit, Victor, West Side Story, William Powell | Leave a comment

La La Land

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Mark DuPré

I haven’t seen Moonlight yet (I live in Rochester, New York, not a major city, and it takes awhile for films to get here at times), but La La Land may well be the best film of the year. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged "Shall We Dance", An American in Paris, Britney Spears, Casablanca, Christina Aguilera, Crazy, Damien Chazelle, Emma Stone, Fred Astaire, Gangster Squad, gene kelly, Ginger Rogers, Helena Bonham Carter, Howard Keel, Johnny Depp, Judy Garland, Justin Timberlake, Kathryn Grayson, La La Land, Love, Manchester by the Sea, Moonlight, Rebel Without a Cause, Ryan Gosling, singin' in the rain, Stupid, Sweeney Todd, The King and I, The Red Balloon, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Tim Burton, Vincente Minnelli, Whiplash | Leave a comment

Follow the Fleet

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Mark DuPré

Follow the Fleet (1936) is considered one of the lesser Astaire-Rogers musicals. Seeing it again for research, it’s clearer than ever why. If ever there was a musical that should be fast-forwarded through to get to the musical numbers, this … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Older Films | Tagged Betty Grable, Follow the Fleet, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Harriett Hilliard, I'd Rather Lead a Band, I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket, Let Yourself Go, Let's Face the Music and Dance, Lucille Ball, Randolph Scott | Leave a comment

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