Post by Fading Fast on Mar 28, 2023 7:37:23 GMT
First and most importantly, a round of applause for Andrea Doria's hosting of last month's Sunday Live "Don't Be So Melodramatic!" movies.
She chose a fun mix of films that kept us engaged in spirited conversations each week. I enjoyed them all, but my favorite was "Dodsworth," with "Peter Ibettson," a Romantic Era throwback, a close second. Plus I loved the sordid legal drama "Never Look Back," with the English-adorable Romamund John getting herself into all sorts of trouble.
This month's theme is "business melodramas." Please give them a try even if business movies aren't your thing as these are really just soap operas within a business construct. They are more about interpersonal relationships than corporate machinations.
I'm guessing "Female" (on 4/9), one of our two pre-codes this month, is going to be particularly popular as Ruth Chatterton has so much fun running an automobile company and pushing the boys around for her personal pleasure that, had there been an internet back in 1933, she could have single handedly started the men's equivalent of the "MeToo" movement.
First up for the month, though, will be "Patterns," from a Rod Serling teleplay (yes, he's "The Twilight Zone" guy).
"Patterns" from 1956
This Sunday, April 2nd at 3pm ET / 1pm MT / 12pm PT, we will be watching and sharing our thoughts on the 1956 movie "Patterns," starring Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, Ed Begley and Beatrice Straight
"Patterns" is a business boardroom drama driven by a volatile mix of an egotistical boss, an older executive having a nervous-breakdown, an up-and-coming corporate wonder-boy and a social-climbing wife.
It started life as a teleplay written by the, at that time, relatively unknown Rod Serling. Its success prompted Hollywood to make it into a low-budget, but well-cast movie that foreshadowed the haymaker style of dialogue writing and delivery that's become the norm of business and political movies and television shows today.
Please join us this Sunday.
Link to the movie "Patterns"
She chose a fun mix of films that kept us engaged in spirited conversations each week. I enjoyed them all, but my favorite was "Dodsworth," with "Peter Ibettson," a Romantic Era throwback, a close second. Plus I loved the sordid legal drama "Never Look Back," with the English-adorable Romamund John getting herself into all sorts of trouble.
This month's theme is "business melodramas." Please give them a try even if business movies aren't your thing as these are really just soap operas within a business construct. They are more about interpersonal relationships than corporate machinations.
I'm guessing "Female" (on 4/9), one of our two pre-codes this month, is going to be particularly popular as Ruth Chatterton has so much fun running an automobile company and pushing the boys around for her personal pleasure that, had there been an internet back in 1933, she could have single handedly started the men's equivalent of the "MeToo" movement.
First up for the month, though, will be "Patterns," from a Rod Serling teleplay (yes, he's "The Twilight Zone" guy).
"Patterns" from 1956
This Sunday, April 2nd at 3pm ET / 1pm MT / 12pm PT, we will be watching and sharing our thoughts on the 1956 movie "Patterns," starring Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, Ed Begley and Beatrice Straight
"Patterns" is a business boardroom drama driven by a volatile mix of an egotistical boss, an older executive having a nervous-breakdown, an up-and-coming corporate wonder-boy and a social-climbing wife.
It started life as a teleplay written by the, at that time, relatively unknown Rod Serling. Its success prompted Hollywood to make it into a low-budget, but well-cast movie that foreshadowed the haymaker style of dialogue writing and delivery that's become the norm of business and political movies and television shows today.
Please join us this Sunday.
Link to the movie "Patterns"
