tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post5290720439484648324..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Who's Your Daddy?SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-2234526082429313382016-09-09T10:40:58.766-05:002016-09-09T10:40:58.766-05:00You're kinder to Fanny than I am. There's ...You're kinder to <i>Fanny</i> than I am. There's not much here that I find particularly interesting beyond Boyer and Buchholz. The rest of this is just the same old poofy romance that makes me a little leery of romances. I'm actually a little shocked it's not a musical--it easily could have been one.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-85532226555516453662016-09-08T18:05:53.836-05:002016-09-08T18:05:53.836-05:00Slightly more on-topic, I was watching Red-Headed ...Slightly more on-topic, I was watching <b>Red-Headed Woman</b> (1932) recently. I've seen it before, it's one of Jean Harlowe's better movies. It has the famous scene where Chester Morris loses his temper and slaps her, and she holds her hand to her cheek, smiles and says: "Do it again, I like it!"<br /><br />I'd forgotten that Charles Boyer is in it. At the end, Jean has left her first husband and is trying to get an even richer (and much older) man to marry her. And she's fooling around with the chauffer behind his back. And Charles Boyer is the chauffer! He's not in it much, but there's no mistaking those rich tones and that Gallic trill.<br /><br />Great movie! It has quite a few of those great actors from the early 1930s, including Lewis Stone and Una Merkel.<br /><br />And I also saw him in a 1945 film called <b>Confidential Agent</b>. Not bad. A little by-the-numbers for a wartime spy thriller, but Boyer's leading lady is Lauren Bacall between <b>To Have and Have Not</b> and <b>The Big Sleep</b>. And Peter Lorre is also along for the ride, as well as Dan Seymour, Ian Wolfe and George Zucco.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-88917066003747966302016-09-08T16:47:08.168-05:002016-09-08T16:47:08.168-05:00I saw Fanny a year or so ago and it's OK. I fo...I saw <b>Fanny</b> a year or so ago and it's OK. I found it pleasant enough and watchable. If I remembered it better, I would probably have some of the same issues with the plot that you have. (We're totally on the same page on <b>Gigi</b> in any case.)<br /><br />I forgot Horst Buchholz was in it. I saw him recently in <b>Nine Hours to Rama</b>, a 1963 film where he plays the guy who murdered Gandhi. As soon as I saw the plot summary, I had to DVR it! It's very entertaining at times, but for all the wrong reasons. A movie dramatizing the movements of the members of the conspiracy that killed Gandhi should not be enjoyable in the same way that <b>Robot Monster</b> is enjoyable. I feel very strongly about this. <br /><br />Also embarrassing themselves by appearing in <b>Nine Hours to Rama</b> are Jose Ferrer (who should have known better), Robert Morley (who did lots of stuff like this) and Diane Baker as an Indian prostitute.<br /><br />Oh, my beloved Diane! Why? You already had one cult movie to your credit, and it was a classic and you rocked! (<b>Strait-Jacket</b>) Why did you do <b>Nine Hours to Rama</b>? It was way too early in your career for you to do a <b>Trog</b>.<br /><br />I seem to have gotten off-topic, but since the topic was <b>Fanny</b>, I imagine the penalties won't be too harsh.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.com