July 11th, 2010%
No it’s not an invitation, necessarily.
Just got a DVD of one of my favorite musicals, Kiss Me Kate.
How can you not like Cole Porter lyrics, Howard Keel at his swooniest, Anne Miller dancing up a storm, all based on (mangled) Shakespeare?
Watched with Geoff and Hannah, and we all loved it. Of course, . . . → Read More: Kiss Me Kate
April 15th, 2007%
Caught this movie on Turner Classics the other night. Stellar performance by Andy Griffith as a ne’er-do-well who becomes a nationwide success as an “ah shucks, I’m just telling it like it is” performer. Courted by the powerful, his sense of importance spirals dangerously out of control until Patricia Neal, who found him, helped him, protected . . . → Read More: A Face in the Crowd