STEELS CREEK MOVIE CLUB

Past Screenings

13 August 2004

THE BIRDS ***1963 119m dir Alfred Hitchcock; Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren … “Enough to make you kick the next pigeon you come across” The actors are pawns in the master’s hand.
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27 August 2004

THE BAND WAGON **** 1953 112m, dir Vincente Minnelli; Fred Astaire, Oscar Levant, Cyd Charisse, Nanette Fabray “Maximum of music and song … “the best musical of the month, the year, the decade, or for all I know of all time” ‘That’s Entertainment, Dancing in the Dark …’
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10 September 2004

PYGMALION**** 1938 96m, dir Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard; Leslie Howard, Wilfrid Lawson, Wendy Hiller, Marie Lohr, Jean Cadell: Subsequently turned into the musical My Fair Lady … “Flawlessly presented and making an obvious appeal to all audiences.”
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24 September 2004

HARVEY *** 1950 104m, dir Henry Koster; James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Cecil Kellaway, Jesse White …A middle aged drunk has an imaginary white rabbit as his friend and his sister tries to have him certified. “Myrtle Mae, you have a lot to learn, and I hope you never learn it.”
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8 October 2004

BRINGING UP BABY*** (1938) d Howard Hawks, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, May Robson, Charles Ruggles: a zany girl causes a zoology professor to lose a dinosaur bone and a pet leopard in the same evening. “Outstanding crazy comedy which barely pauses for romance and ends up with the whole splendid cast in jail.”
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22 October 2004

ROAD TO ZANZIBAR** (1941) Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Una Merkel, Eric Blore: The trio on safari in Africa.
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12 November 2004

SPELLBOUND** (1945) d Alfred Hitchcock, dream sequence Salvador Dali: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Leo G. Carroll: The new head of a mental institution is an impostor and an amnesiac; a staff member falls in love with him and helps him recall the fate of the real Dr Edwardes.
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26 November 2004

KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS*** ( 1949) d Robert Hamer; Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood: An impecunious heir eliminates eight D’Ascoynes who stand between him and the family fortune. Witty, genteel black comedy well set in the stately Edwardian era.
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Break - no movies in the summer

11 February 2005

42nd Street *** 1933 Warner Baxter, Ruby Keeler, Bebe Daniels, Una Merkel, Ginger Rogers, Dick Powell: all singing all dancing: Music: 42nd Street, Shuffle Off to Buffalo.
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25 February 2005

Gaslight ** 1944 d George Cukor; Charles Boyer, Ingrid Berman, Joseph Cotton, Dame May Whitty; a Victorian schizophrenic drives his wife insane when she seems likely to stumble on his guilty secret of an old murder and hidden rubies.
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11 March 2005

Shop Around the Corner** 1940 d Ernst Lubitsch; James Stewart, Margaret Sullivan, Frank Morgan; In a Budapest shop, the new floorwalker and a girl who dislikes him find they are pen pals. “One of the most beautifully acted and paced romantic comedies ever make
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25 March 2005

NO FILM: Grand Easter Exhibition = Yarra Glen Art Show

8 April 2005

The Man in the White Suit****1951, Ealing; Alec Guiness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker: “ brilliant satirical comedy, put together with meticulous cinematic counterpoint.”
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22 April 2005

The Day the Earth Stood Still** 1951, Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Sam Jaffe: “ quite wry and alarmingly smooth.”
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13 May 2005

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes* 1953 d Howard Hawks, Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn: Dumb blonde and showgirl go to Paris in search of husbands.
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27 May 2005

Jamaica Inn* 1939 d Alfred Hitchcock; Charels Laughton, Maureen O’Hara, Leslie Banks, Robert Newton: in Old Cornwall , an orphan girl becomes involved with smugglers.
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10 June

The Horses Mouth (1958) 93mins, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Renee Houston, Ernest Thesiger: An obsessive painter is a liability to his friends. “A work of genius.”
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24 June

Jane Eyre (1943) 96mins, Joan Fontaine, Orson Welles, Margaret O’Brien, Agnes Moorehead, Elizabeth Taylor, John Abbott: “The essentials are still there; and the nonessentials such as gloom, shadow, mist have been redoubled and magnified.”
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8 July

I Was a Male War Bride (1949) 105mins. Howard Hawks: Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan: A WAC in Europe marries a French officer and can’t get him home. “Cary Grant pretends to be a Frenchman (and later a Frenchwoman)… not likely to appeal to the prudish.”
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22 July

A Farewell to Arms (1932) 78mins, Novel by Hemingway: Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes, Adolphe Menjou, Jack La Rue: A wounded American ambulance driver falls in love with his nurse. “Cooper at his youngest and sexiest – moving from drunkenness to intoxication.”
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12 August

My Man Godfrey 1936; William Powell, Carole Lombard, Mischa Auer:
In this screwball comedy about the Depression, one of the community of 'forgotten men' living on the city dump becomes the butler for an eccentric, upper crust family.
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26 August

This Gun for Hire 1942; Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Alan Ladd:
In San Fransisco, during WWII, Philip Raven, a cold-blooded killer, is hired by a nightclub owner to murder a chemist in possession of a formula for poison gas.
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09 September

Topper 1937:Cary Grant, Roland young, Constance Bennett:
Sophisticated fantasy in which a young couple are killed in a car crash after a wild night of partying and drinking. Their astral bodies return to drive banker Cosmo Topper to distraction.
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23 September

Vertigo 1958; Alfred Hitchcock; James Stewart, Kim Novak:
A detective, hired to follow an apparently possessed woman, is drawn into a spiral of voyeuristic obsession.
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14 October

Murder My Sweet 1944; Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley:
This second screen version of Raymond Chandler's detective thriller (the first was The Falcon Takes Over) is also the first screen characterisation of Philip Marlow. Chandler considered Powell's portrayal closest to his own concept of Marlowe and the first person narration preserves Chandler's prose style. The blend of the hard-boiled tradition and 'a kind of muted expressionism' was the archetype for many films that followed.
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28 October

Strictly Ballroom 1992; Paul Mecurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter, Pat Thomson, Gia Carides, Peter Whitford, Barry Otto:
Luhrmann's energetic high-camp tribute to American dance movies of the 1940s concerns a young, competitive ballroom dancer who outrages his mother and the ballroom dancing establishment by insisting on dancing his own provocative steps. After his regular dance partner refuses to dance with him he is forced to take on an inexperienced partner. Under his tutelage she develops into a professional dancer, while his own dancing is also enriched by his contact with her Spanish relatives who teach him how to dance flamenco.
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11 November

Major Barbara 1941: Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley, Robert Newton, Marie Lohr, Deborah Kerr. :
After the success of 'Pygmalion' (1938), Pascal and Shaw collaborated again on this film version of Shaw's 1905 comic social satire about wealth and poverty. Wendy Hiller plays Major Barbara Undershaft, a major in the Salvation Army who is also a socialist and a strident critic of capitalists. She is romanced by a young Greek professor, but due to her spending all her time on mission work his love goes ignored. After the Salvation Army accepts financial aid from her father, a munitions factory owner and rich distiller, she becomes disillusioned with her soul-saving.
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25 November 2005

Duck Soup 1933; The Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Zeppo), Margaret Dumont, Louis Calhern:
The most unremittingly anarchic of the Marx Brothers films is a burlesque of twentieth century politics and a parody of operetta. Groucho is Rufus T. Firefly who becomes the absolute ruler of Freedonia at the behest of Mrs. Teasdale. Her wealth is keeping Freedonia from economic collapse.
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24 February 2006

Things To Come**** 1936 92min; w Alexander Korda, ad H.G. Wells; Raymond Massey, Ralph Richardson, Cedric Hardwicke; War in 1940 is followed by plague, rebellion, a new glass-based society, and the first rocket ship to the moon. “A leviathan among films …. A stupendous spectacle.”
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10 March 2006

Sabotage*** 1936 81min; d Hitchcock; Oskar Homolka, Sylvia Sidney, the proprietor of a small London cinema is a dangerous foreign agent. ‘famous sequences and a splendidly brooding melodramatic atmosphere.’
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24 March 2006

Way Out West**** 1937 86min; Laurel and Hardy come to Brushwood Gulch to deliver the deed to a gold mine. ‘ One of their most perfect films, it ranks with the best screen comedy anywhere.’
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14 April 2006

NO FILM – See you at the Grand Easter Exhibition !

28 April 2006

UNION PACIFIC** 1939, 133m, d C.B. deMille, Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Robert Preston, Anthony Quinn; Indians and others cause problems for the railroad builders. “ A socko spectacular, excitement is the dominant emotion … altogether wonderful.”
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12 May 2006

FUNNY FACE** 1956, 103m, George and Ira Gershwin; Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn; a fashion editor and photographer choose a shy bookstore attendant as their ‘quality woman.’
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26 May 2006

MURDER AT THE GALLOP* 1963, 81m, w Agatha Christie; Margaret Rutherford, Robert Morley; Miss Marple investigates when an old man is apparently frightened to death by a cat.
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9 June 2006

MILDRED PIERCE**
1945 113m, Joan Crawford, Eve Arden, Classic Crawford: Dowdy housewife starts a restaurant chain and survives a murder case before true love sets in; “a woman’s picture par excellence; the star suffering in luxury on behalf of the most ungrateful daughter of all time.” More details from www.allmovie.com
Also, Zorro’s Fighting Legion: Golden Gold. (web link for info)

23 June 2006

MIRACLE OF MORGAN’S CREEK*** 1943 99m, d Preston Sturges; Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken, William Demarest; Chaos results when a stuttering hayseed tries to help a girl accidentally pregnant by a soldier she met hazily at a dance. “An indescribable, roaringly funny melee, as unexpected at the time as it was effective; like a kick in the pants to all other film comedies.”
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14 July 2006

TO BE OR NOT TO BE**** 1942 99m, d Ernst Lubitsch, ad Vincent Korda; Jack Benny, Carol Lombard, Robert Stack, Lionel Atwill, Felix Bressart; Warsaw actors get involved in an underground plot and an impersonation of invading Nazis; “The comedy is hilarious even when it is hysterically thrilling:”
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28 July 2006

NINOTCHKA*** 1939 110m, w Billy Wilder, d Ernst Lubitsch; Greta Garbo, Felix Bressart, Bela Lugosi; A Paris playboy falls for a communist emissary sent to sell some crown jewels. Sparkling comedy frequently explored; “This picture takes place in Paris in those wonderful days when a siren was a brunette and not an alarm.
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11 August 2006

The Major and the Minor 100m,1942 ,This farcical comedy was Wilder’s directorial debut after years as a scriptwriter. Ginger Rogers plays a working-class girl living in New York who wants to leave the big city and return home to the Midwest. Unable to pay the full train fare she dress up as a 12 year-old and manages to get away with paying half-fare. Caught smoking on board, she takes refuge with a major en route to a military academy. The major and his cadets are unable to explain their attraction for such a young girl. The script is full of rapid-fire one liners and risque dialogue (including the memorable line ‘Why don’t you step out of that wet coat and into a dry martini?’). Director, Billy Wilder; Cast: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson, Robert Benchley, Diana Lynn, Lela Rogers.
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25 August 2006

Million Dollar Mermaid 110 m, 1952. Highly fictionalised aquatic biopic with Esther Williams portraying turn-of-the-century Australian swimming champion Annette Kellerman. An antecedent of Williams, Kellerman launched her career as a silent film actor and vaudeville star by staging publicity stunts, the most famous of which was her public appearance in a one-piece bathing suit in 1907 which created a public scandal and resulted in her arrest. Kellerman was also an early pioneer of synchronized swimming performing a ‘water ballet’ in a glass tank at the New York Hippodrome in 1907. Featuring lavish water ballet sequences employing smoke, fire and mirrors choreographed by Busby Berkeley, the film marks the Hollywood studio systems’ response to the advent of television and subsequent decline of cinema audiences. Choreography, Busby Berkeley, Audrene Brier. Cast: Esther Williams, Victor Mature, Walter Pidgeon, David Brian, Donna Corcoran, Jesse White.
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8 September 2006

Rio Bravo 141 m, 1959 A beleaguered sheriff shuns offers of help in this conscious rejoinder to ‘High Noon’. The apparent seriousness of purpose in ‘High Noon’ contrasts with the deceptively simple revivication of traditional Western elements (especially of characterisation) in ‘Rio Bravo’ through the integration of character and action. Against the confines of a static, almost abstract background, there is a complex working out of interrelationships in a matrix of nearly simultaneous events. Director, producer, Howard Hawks ; John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond.
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22 September 2006

My Darling Clementine 97 m,1946 rating This is Ford’s most consciously poetic western heavily overlaid with the weight of myth: the pitting of dark against light, wilderness against garden, paradise lost and then regained. A revenge plot culminating in the gunfight at the OK Corral is set against the leisurely and romantic portrayal of a period epitomised by the ritual celebration of community in the square dance. Fonda as Wyatt Earp, the wanderer planning to settle, the mover between worlds, brought a new conceptual complexity to the Fordian hero. And Hawks No. 1. Prod. Co. Prod Director, John Ford Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature.
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13 October 2006

Bride of Frankenstein **** 1935, 90m; Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester "Every scene has its own delights and they are woven together into a superb narrative which has never been surpassed."
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27 October 2006

The Merry Widow** 1934, 99m; d Ernst Lubitch, m Franz Lehar; Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, Una Merkel; A bankrupt king orders a nobleman to woo a wealthy American widow. "Fine all around job; an entertainment natural."
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10 November 2006

Movie cancelled due to Flower Show.

24 November 2006

And Then There Were None**** 1945, 97m; novel Agatha Christie; Walter Huston, Barry Fitzgerald, June Duprez, Roland Young, Mischa Auer. A classic mystery novel is here adapted and directed with the utmost care to provide playful black comedy. "Very stupid to kill the only servant in the house. Now we don’t even know where to find the marmalade"
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9 March 2007

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ***(1943) 163 min; A British Soldier survives three wars and falls in love with three women all played by Deborah Kerr with Roger Livesey and James McKechnie.
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13 April

Strangers on a Train*** (1951) 101 min; D, Alfred Hitchcock, W, Raymond Chandler; Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Leo G. Carroll; An accidental meeting of two strangers leads to a proposal for exchanging murders. A great tennis movie!
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May 11

Design for Living ** ( 1933) 91 min; Ernst Lubitsch, W Noel Coward; Miriam Hopkins, Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton. Two friends love and loved by the same worldly woman and they set up house together. "Notorious for its wealth and variety of moral code infractions."
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8th June

The Overlanders *** (1946) 91 min; Synopsis: Although superficially comparable with cattle drive Westerns like Red River, the emphasis in this film is on the cooperative nature of the enterprise - a cattle drive from Northern Australia in 1942 to escape the Japanese - rather than on notions of individualism at the centre of the western ethos. The Overlanders is a documentary in spirit, recreating the hazards of an epic drive and carefully assembling the mannerisms, vocabulary and attitudes to characterize the Australian bushman. There was also a strong role for a woman - Daphne Campbell as Mary Parsons - carrying on the tradition of the bush heroine established in Australian films of the twenties and thirties. Prod Co: Ealing Films. Credits: Producers, Ralph Smart, Michael Balcon ; director, writer, Harry Watt ; photography, Osmond Borradaile ; editing, Leslie Norman. Cast: Chips Rafferty, John Nugent Hayward, Daphne Campbell.
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13th July

The Fallen Idol ** ( 1948) 95 min; Synopsis: This is a carefully crafted drama about emotional isolation symbolised by the deserted embassy which becomes a kind of prison for a young boy caught in an adult world he does not understand. The butler, whom the boy looks up to as a father-figure, is caught in a bleak marriage, from which he does not have the strength to escape. The realities of childhood and adulthood intersect then diverge, trust corroded by misunderstanding and duplicity. Prod Co: Lion International Films Ltd. Credits: Producers, David O. Selznick, Carol Reed ; director, Carol Reed ; writer, Graham Greene ; photography, Georges Perinal. Notes Note: Based on the short story The basement room by Graham Greene. American release title: The lost illusion. Cast: Ralph Richardson, Michele Morgan, Bobby Henrey, Sonia Dresdel.
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10th August

To Have and Have Not **** (1944) 100 min; Synopsis: In many ways Bogart's character in this film resembles his lead role in 'Casablanca' made two years earlier. Most famous for the on and offscreen romance between Bogart and Bacall it was the first film the pair made together and Bacall's screen debut. While in port on the island of Martinique, charter boat operator Harry Morgan (Bogart) is approached by Free French activist Gerard, who wants to charter Harry's boat to smuggle in an important underground leader. He initially refuses but after starting a romance with Marie Browning (Bacall) he agrees to Gerard's smuggling terms as a means of helping Marie return to the States. The film bears little resemblance to Hemingway's novel (which was remade in 1950 as 'The Breaking Point') focusing instead on the chemistry between the two stars. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Moran, Hoagy Carmichael.
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14th September

The Whole Town's Talking *** (1935) 95 min; Synopsis: At odds with auteurist expectations of 'Fordian concerns' this comedy of mistaken identity and police bungling has a lightness of touch more akin to Capra films than those of John Ford. Robinson plays the dual role of meek newspaper clerk, too repressed to declare his love to colleague Arthur, and notorious escapee 'Killer' Mannion. The concept of two differing personalities inhabiting the one person - as a visual motif and psychological dynamic - seems to be the key element of meaning in the film for the director. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Wallace Ford, Arthur Hohl. Director: John Ford.
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12 October

Libelled Lady **** bw, 1936, Cast: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracey, Walter Connolly. Fast paced, wisecracking newspaper-cum-screwball comedy with Tracey as an editor whose paper is being sued for libel by Loy as the maligned heiress. Tracey hires Powell to put Loy in a compromising position so she’ll drop the suit. The plan requires Harlow and Powell to marry for a few weeks.
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16 November 2007

The Best Years of Our Lives *** bw, 1946, 170 minutes; d, William Wyler; Cast: Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Cathy O'Donnell, Hoagy Carmichael, Gladys George. A drama of three men's collisions with the realities of the post WWII world. The focus is on the tensions, anxieties and expectations of men and women of different ages and backgrounds trying to re-establish their relationships. It was a film which struck a chord with audiences since it seemed to reflect real situations while also conforming to widely held images that many Americans had of themselves.
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14 March 2008

BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU (2000) This film, starring George Clooney; John Tuturro; and Tim Blake Nelson, is based loosely (very) on the travels of Ulysses. Three prisoners escape from a Mississippi prison farm and embark on a wacky and hilarious adventure to retrieve stolen loot. Along the way they meet various strange characters including a blind prophet, sexy sirens, and a one-eyed bible salesman (John Candy). The soundtrack is a great mixture of blues; bluegrass; gospel and soul/folk.

28 March 2008

WORLDS FASTEST INDIAN (2007) No it’s not a western! There are no cowboys and redskins in this movie. This really is a charming film with drama; excitement; romance: and some very funny (especially for the over 60’s males) scenes. Starring Anthony Hopkins, as an ageing and slightly eccentric backyard mechanic, and a 1920’s Indian Motorcycle this movie is a great story of determination and triumph over adversity. Set in New Zealand and America the supporting cast is outstanding.

11 April 2008

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES at the Whistle Stop Cafe A strange title but a movie that we think will hold you under its spell. In the tradition of the "Old Southern Storyteller" this film is a tale of family and friendship in rural Alabama. It is at times a humorous; uplifting and joyful story. Also there is drama, suspense and sadness. It ends with a deep understanding of the importance of friendships built through the power of words as well as deeds. Starring Kathy Bates; Jessica Tandy; Mary Louise Parker; and Mary Stuart Masterton.

25 April 2008

THE AFRICAN QUEEN What better than a war movie for Anzac day! Set in Africa during the First World War. Starring Kathleen Hepburn as a prim and proper Missionary spinster and Humphrey Bogart as a scruffy; hardbitten; worldweary; and cantankerous ( typical Steels Creek male) riverboat skipper. An all time classic and not to be missed.

9 May 2008

NOTHING SACRED Classic 1937 screwball romantic comedy starring Carole Lombard and Fredric March. Small town girl thinks she is dying of radium poisoning and comes to town for one last fling (this is funny?). She is not really but falls in L----------------------------- etc etc

13 June 2008

Adam's Rib (1949) Friday the 13th !!! We’ll laugh it off with a classic comedy. It’s the hilarious answer to who wears the pants - the battle of the sexes fought by that wonderful combination of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as a married couple who happen to be lawyers on opposing sides. This film was also the first film role for Judy Holliday.
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27 June 2008

Guys and Dolls Starring Hollywood legends Marlon Brando; Frank Sinatra; Jean Simmons and Vivian Blaine (from the original Broadway cast) star in this Frank Loesser masterpiece. A spectacular song and dance show that is loaded with entertainment.
Two gamblers make a bet that one (Brando) can’t seduce a pretty missionary ---- he of course falls in love etc etc etc. Rip roaring romantic fun.
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11 July 2008

Chocolat In a small French village life has meandered on unchanged until one day a free spirited woman and her daughter arrive and set up a chocolate shop. Welcome by some, resented by others, her presence is life changing. Her tantalizing and delectable treats almost magically cure lost hopes; awaken unexpected passions; and fulfil unspoken desires. (No wonder women like chocolate).
The film is in French but with easy to follow subtitles. It is funny in parts; dramatic and of course romantic. A very enjoyable film.
Starring: Juliette Binoche; Judi Dench; and Johnny Depp
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8 August 2008

HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE (1953) In one of the finest comedic performances of her career Marilyn Monroe plays a delicious, yet decidedly vision impaired young model, who, along with her two scheming friends (Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall) rent a Manhattan penthouse in the hope of hooking rich husbands.
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22 August 2008

MRS MINIVER (1942) Starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon this film won 6 academy awards and an Oscar for Garson. Set during the blitz the film portrays an idealised England tending the roses while confronting the horrors of war. The stiff upper lip of British resolve comes to the fore. While Hitler did his worst Mrs Miniver did her best.
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12 September 2008

THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940) Sophisticated romantic comedy at its best – voted in the top 100 American all time movies. Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart star in this marvellous comedy about a fault finding, bride-to-be socialite who gets her comeuppance.
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10th October 2008

CHARADE (1963) Her apartment is ransacked; her husband is dead and a gang of crooks are searching for her husband’s riches. Poor Audrey Hepburn should never have gone skiing. However, Cary Grant comes to her rescue to help her escape from the sinister group who end up mysteriously murdered one by one. An exceptional comedy mystery with supporting roles from Walter Matthau and Charles Coburn
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24th October 2008

THE DAY OF THE JACKAL (1973) Starring Edward Fox as a suave British Assassin hired to kill General Charles De Gaulle. The killer, code name "The Jackal", relentlessly and methodically prepares to carry out the task whilst at the same time the police are seeking to stop him. The story is a non-stop edge of the seat suspense and I consider it one of the best movies I’ve seen.
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14th November 2008

THE FIREMEN’S BALL (1967) Milos Forman directed this film as a parody of the Soviet era Czech bureaucracy. It was so good that when the Russians invaded, the film was "banned forever", and Forman quickly headed to America (where he directed One Flew Over a Cuckoos Nest). This film is an hilarious portrayal of well intentioned provincial firemen determined to celebrate the 86th birthday of their retired fire chief. Of course what can go wrong does to spoil the party at the famous Ball.
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28th November 2008

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS (1988) Steve Martin and Michael Caine star in this delightful comedy set on the French Riviera. Steve plays Freddy Benson a sleazy small-time con man, and Caine is Lawrence Jamieson, a sophisticated operator who considers that Freddy is giving con men a bad name. They agree to compete, on a winner takes all basis, to swindle an American heiress (Glenne Headly) out of her fortune. A very amusing film and a good note to end the 2008 season.
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