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Picks from movies shown on TVOntario's Saturday Night at the Movies
Went the Day Well? (1942) Video Trailer
"Went the Day Well?" (1942) , from a short story by Graham Greene, is a wartime propaganda film with some surprises up its sleeve. The film, set in a sleepy English village, depicts the responses of ordinary folk to the extraordinary situation of having some German paratroopers land in their backyard posing as a British engineering detail. Watch out for dithering sweet little old ladies who serve tea and crumpets while secretly wielding an axe against unsuspecting German servicemen!
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My Darling Clementine (1946) Video Trailer
"My Darling Clementine" (1946) INDb embodies the Western à la John Ford. Rough justice on the wild frontier is brought to life with screen legend Henry Fonda playing the real life legend,Wyatt Earp. Fonda is surrounded by a strong supporting cast that includes Victor Mature (Doc Holliday), Cathy Downs (Clementine), Linda Darnell (Chihuahua) and Walter Brennan (Old Man Clanton). As for the scoop as to what really happened underneath all t
hat dust in Tombstone at the O.K. Corrall, check out the Wikipedia article.
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It Happened One Night *1934) Video Trailer
Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable define “Capraesque” in this madcap Depression era comedy that marries glamour and glitz to populist sentiment. Tag along for a wild ride with this TVO Saturday Night at the Movies special on Frank Capra’s classic Hollywood film .
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The Good Old Bad Old Days
I sometimes wonder if my grandmother would have gone to see a film like “It Happened One Night” at the movie theatre. I look at black and white photos with the funny old hats and the rattletrap black Model Ts and chuckle. . .
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) Video Trailer
From movies on TVOntario's Saturday Night at the Movies
"Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" (1936) IMDb stars Gary Cooper as Longfellow Deeds. Mr. Deeds is a young man whose amazing abilities include writing poetry for greeting cards, playing the tuba in the town band, and giving away millions of dollars. Jean Arthur is the worldly-wise newspaper reporter, Babe Bennett, who is eventually undone by the unassuming ways of Mr. Deeds. It's an entertaining Frank Capra movie still well worth the price of admission if you are into "oldies", romantic comedy and don't mind the slightly syrupy, "pixilated" point of view of a Depression era film.
Drill down into the Frank Capra Flick that also ran on TVOntario's SNAM: "It Happened One Night". See the Midnight Oil review of this film.
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My Sister Eileen (1955) Video Trailer
My Sister Eileen (1955) Video Trailer
"My Sister Eileen" 1955 INDb is chock full of a sunny optimism and great dance moves courtesy of Bob Fosse. Fosse as the underdog suitor of the highly attractive Eileen (Janet Leigh) is entirely unremarkable - until he puts on his dancing shoes, that is. Eileen's older sister, played by Betty Garrett, isn't a bad hoofer either as she tries every trick she knows to get published while in the Big Apple. My only regret is that we don't get to see Jack Lemmon graduate from charm school into a dance number. A song will have to do.
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