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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Why I like this clip:</b> beautiful singing from many artists I have not been exposed to; African-American performers get to be themselves, not exaggerated caricatures--so refreshing!</span></span></div>
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<br />Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728909810579677454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277656889531400083.post-49485263425114631782016-07-10T12:00:00.000-07:002016-07-10T12:00:14.242-07:00Dancers in the Dark (1932)<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This is part of Hot and Bothered: The Films of 1932 Blogathon hosted by Aurora at <a href="https://aurorasginjoint.com/"><u>Once Upon a Screen</u></a> and Theresa at <a href="https://cinemavensessaysfromthecouch.wordpress.com/"><u>CineMaven's Essays from the Couch</u></a>. For more steamy posts, click <a href="https://aurorasginjoint.com/2016/07/09/day-1-hot-and-bothered-the-films-of-1932/"><u>Day 1</u></a> and <a href="https://cinemavensessaysfromthecouch.wordpress.com/2016/07/09/hot-bothered-3/"><u>Day 2</u></a>.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the film, taxi dancer Gloria (Miriam Hopkins) and saxophone player Floyd (William Collier Jr.) are in love and want to get married. He is willing to forgive her past, which <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">may be</span> worse than he thinks, but he insists he doesn't need to know. Bandleader Duke (Jack Oakie) grew up with Floyd and sees him as a brother. He believes Floyd deserves better than the fallen Gloria. Duke arranges for Floyd to take a four-week out-of-town job, hoping his absence will cause Gloria to reveal her true colors. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Side note: At one time, Duke was also in love with Gloria, and she had a crush on him.</i> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As if this triangle did not produce enough friction, gangster Louie (George Raft) shows up pining for Gloria, his former lover.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>New York Times </i>critic Mordaunt Hall <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F00E2D91F3FE633A2575AC1A9659C946394D6CF"><u>praised</u></a> Raft's performance, comparing him to James Cagney. <i>Image Source - <a href="http://miriamhopkins.tripod.com/stills1.html"><u>The Golden Girl</u></a></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you are looking for a film with a lot of heat, you would be better off with another Miriam Hopkins <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">love triangle<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">,</span></span> <a href="http://classicreelgirl.blogspot.com/2016/02/unresolved-love-triangles.html"><i><u>Design for Living</u></i></a> (1933). Since the plot of <i>Dancers in the Dark </i>focuses on Gloria's ability to reform, her misdeeds are left in the past--and even then, they are only alluded to. I was troubled with Duke forcing himself upon Gloria twice. She struggles and eventually pushes him away. Her laissez-faire attitude and willingness to laugh it off and remain friends bothered me. I felt I was witnessing the genesis of our <a href="http://www.marshall.edu/wcenter/sexual-assault/rape-culture/"><u>rape culture</u></a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Scarlett gleefully hums the day after Rhett forces her up the stairs. <i> </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M25sE8Ccapc"><u>here</u></a> for video clip.</i></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Dancers in the Dark</i> becomes recognizably pre-code when Gloria is allowed a happily-ever-after despite a past<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> with other men</span>. The film's tr<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eatmen<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">of her dance hall colleagues</span> is also evidence of pre-code movie mora<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lity</span>. In m<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ost</span> films, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">someone condem<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s</span> dance hostesses, using the term </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"taxi dancer" in place of p</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">rostitut<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e</span> or gold digger (<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://classicreelgirl.blogspot.com/2015/06/pre-code-portrayals-of-taxi-dancers.html"><u>Two Seconds</u></a>, <a href="http://classicreelgirl.blogspot.com/2016/07/battleground-1949.html"><u>Battleground</u></a>, These<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Glamour Girls</span></span></i>). In <i>Dancers in the Dark</i>, there is no such character. The<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> belief remains that the dancers<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> know how <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to use thei<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">r sexuality, but the<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> prevailing attitude is approv<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">al</span></span>. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sa</span>y<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, what kind of joint is this? <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">They sell everything in here but ya<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">c<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ht<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s.</span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> next even<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ing Fanny coz<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ies up to Gus in appreciation<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The</span> feeling is mutual<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">:</span> they may be different from<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> his, but </span>Fanny has her own asse<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ts.</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Duke jokes with one of the taxi dancers: <i>Hmmm<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, t</span>elephone operator. </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ta<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">xi dancer: </span><i>How do you know? </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Duke: <i>I see <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">all</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">your</span> lines are<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>bu<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">sy. </span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">dancer</span> la<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ughs.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When Duke <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">says Gloria is not good enough<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> for Floyd, there is a sense her individual history <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">as a gangster's moll bothers hi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">m</span></span>, not her profession<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. By the end of the movie, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Duke</span> change<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s</span> hi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s mind about her, deciding <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">she i<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">better</span> than Floyd deserves. He suggests</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Floyd will not be able to support her<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Gloria is not worried.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>I can work. I always have. </i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And like that, the line passes. No uproar about her being the<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> brea<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">d</span>winner </span>(see Edward G. Robinson's character in <i>Two Seconds</i>)<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> or the cheapness of dance halls (see Barbara Stanwyck's beau in <a href="http://classicreelgirl.blogspot.com/2015/06/pre-code-portrayals-of-taxi-dancers.html"><i>Ten Cent</i></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://classicreelgirl.blogspot.com/2015/06/pre-code-portrayals-of-taxi-dancers.html"><i>s a Dance</i></a>). </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A key plot point in the film revolves around the song gangster Louie requests whenever he enters the dance hall: "St. Louis Blues." In addition to sharing his name with the tune, he enjoys watching his old flame Gloria sing it. The song leads to his downfall. However, "St. Louis Blues," may have more significance than bringing down the antagonist in <i>Dancers in the Dark</i>. </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">During research on censor<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ship, I discovered an inter<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">esting<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><i>Cinema Journal</i> essay by <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Peter Stanfield on the use of "St. Louis Blu<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">es" in f<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ilms. According to<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> S<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tanfield</span>, the so<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ng was a means for </span>filmmakers to signif<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">y</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "sexually transgressive women" to their audiences.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>The lyrics about a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">woman who uses trickery<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">fa<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ncy jewelry, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">makeup, fake hair</span></span>)</span> to steal another's man became the a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nthem of many a fallen wom<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a</span>n in film<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Stanfield</span> supports his argument with numerous examples. I<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n </span><i>Baby Face</i> (1933), "St. Louis Blues" punctuates <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lil<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">y</span></span>'s<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> (</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Stanwyck)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> rise from her father's b<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ar to the top o<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">f Gotham Trust<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The song accompanies </span>each <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">exchange<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> of sexual favor</span></span> for </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">advancement <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">u<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">p</span></span> the ladder</span>.</span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sadie<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> (</span>Joan Crawford<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">)<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, </span>who is a </span>prostitute<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">,</span> plays an instrumental version of <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"St. Louis Blues"</span> on her phonograph<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> throughout 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style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Rain</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> (1932)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span 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style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" 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"times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In <i>Red<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-</span>Headed Woman</i> (1932)<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, the tune is on the radio when <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lil</span> (Jean Harl<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ow)</span></span> lures her married boss to her ap<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">artment. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>In </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Ladies </i></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>They Talk About</i> (1933),<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Nan (Stanwyck)</span> covers her fe<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">llow </span>pr</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">ison</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">ers' escape with a recording of the song<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span> Stella (Stanwyck) of <i>Ste<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lla </span>Da<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">llas</span></i> (1937<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">)</span> is finally able to convince her daughter that <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">she would rather <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">give into sexual desire than take care of her</span></span> by putting "S<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t. Louis Bl<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">u<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">es" on the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">record player.</span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Dancers in the Dark</i> follows suit. "</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've sung that song for you for the last time," Gloria declares to Louie. "</span></span>If I ever sing that song for you again, you can tell the whole wide world that I'm your girl." </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Gloria's denouncement of "St. Louis Blues" corresponds with her decision to get married to Floyd. </span></span></span>When he later doubts her faithfulness, she's ready to jump back on the bandwagon. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I don't care what you think about me now. I know where I stand with myself and that's enough.</i></span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">True to her word, Gloria belts out "St. Louis Blues." (Hopkins' voice sounds dubbed. IMDb and Wikipedia</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> credit Adelaide Hall, but a more credible source is needed to confirm the info.) At the last moment, all is straightened out and Gloria gets her happily-ever-after with Floyd.</span></span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">While <i>Dancers in the Dark</i> is not the hottest pre-code I have ever seen, the film adds to the existing scholarship on the evolution of rape culture in film and the coded use of "St. Louis Blues." I am grateful to Aurora and Theresa for giving me an opportunity to study this 1932 film. </span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hall, Mordaunt. "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F00E2D91F3FE633A2575AC1A9659C946394D6CF">Miriam Hopkins and Jack Oakie in a Film Story With a Dance Hall Background</a>." <i>New York Times</i>. 19 March 1932. Web. 5 July 2016.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Stanfield, Peter. "An Excursion into the Lower Depths: Hollywood, Urban Primitivism, and <i>St. Louis Blues, </i>1929-1937." <i>Cinema Journal </i>41.2 (2002): 84-108. <a href="https://kar.kent.ac.uk/2732/1/Stanfield%20-%20Excursion.pdf">PDF</a>. 5 July 2016.</span>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728909810579677454noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277656889531400083.post-24919379981338249502016-07-04T07:00:00.000-07:002016-07-04T07:00:16.791-07:00Battleground (1949)Freedom is not free. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On this Independence Day, I would like to remember all those who fought for the freedom we enjoy<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>by sharing </span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Battleground</span></span><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> (1949), a World War II film with authentic details and realistic characters. </span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The movie is further fitting because one of its stars is George Murphy, today's birthday boy.</i></span></span></div>
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Sure, it's set <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">d<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">uring World War II, but where's the roman<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ce? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Think Rita Wilson's <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">versus Tom Hanks' camp</span> in <i>S</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>leepless in Seattle</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> (1993). I go for <i>An Affair </i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>to Remember</i> over <i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">T<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">he </span>Dirty Dozen</span></i> every time.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I viewed <i>Battleground</i> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">as part of</span> George Murphy'<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s fil<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">mography</span></span> during the <a href="http://classicreelgirl.blogspot.com/2016/03/marathon-stars-blogathon-george-murphy.html" target="_blank"><u>Marathon Stars Blogathon</u></a>. Of the five films I set out to watch, this was the one <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">most dreaded</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">, but it has becom<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e one <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">of<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> my favorite film finds of th<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e</span> year.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Battleground</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> </i></span>depicts the Battle of Ba<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">stogne<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>with remarkable reali<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">sm</span></span></span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>As I <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">w<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">atched </span></span><i>Battleground</i>, I felt I was <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">experienc<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ing</span></span> World War II firsthand. There is reason for this. The script was written by </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Robert Pirosh,</span></span> a soldier who actually lived through the </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Battle of the Bulge</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></span></div>
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serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Four years a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">fter World War II, Pirosh reveals what it <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">was like to be a soldier<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, and h</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>e doesn't hold back<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">film is peppered<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> with <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">details that show the ugly reality of war--<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">details earl<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ier films swept under the rug in order to ensure civilian morale<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span 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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In <i>Battleground</i>, f</span>rostbitten feet must
turn color and fevers must be 102-degrees Fahrenhei<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t or higher </span>before <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the aid station takes <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">soldiers</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As the battle worsens, a </span></span>soldier must be bleeding to get<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> help. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sold<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">iers </span></span>walk around or <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">take
cover next to dead bod<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ies</span> w<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ith</span>out fli<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n</span>ching<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new 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serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A soldier </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: 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, "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">dig</span>s through boots of the de<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ceased to find new shoes<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, 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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Unlike the we're-all-in-this-together attitude of films made during WWII, <i>Battle<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">g<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">round</span></span></i> shows </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span>bitterness towards the air corps, who <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">come in<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">save the day, and get all the glory<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; 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style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">so the <i>air corp</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>s </i>can come up and win the war for us</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">,</span>" </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Wolowi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">c</span>z gripes<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> to fellow sold<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">iers Jarve<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s</span>s (John Hodiak) and </span>Holley (Van Johnson)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, pictured here with Denis<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e, </span>a local <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">French woman</span> (Denise Darcel). </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">L</span>ater i<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n the film</span>, the GIs will feel differently about the<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">military aviators</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Th<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rough </span>Holley, <i>Battleground</i> scoffs at home front propaganda<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, which <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">paints a <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">fairy tale picture of the army.</span></span></span> Holley <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">sarcastically repeats<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, "I found a <i>home</i> in the army." When one of <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">his peers dreams<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> of beer and h<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ar<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">dshell crabs, Holley <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">playfully scolds</span> him, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rem<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">inding him that they are fighting for mom's <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">blueberry pie.</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He add<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s, </span>"Am I </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">gon</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">na kick if I don't</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> get my job back? No siree<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">!"<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> H</span>is cynicis<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">m<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> would have hit a chord for m</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">any v</span>eterans in the audience<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> wh<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">o experienced the same.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> 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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The film also comments on the i</span>nefficien<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cy of <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">military <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">procedures.</span> Though technically Pop (George Murphy) has been <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">given the okay for a "dependency discharge," he </span>ca<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">no</span>t leave without the official letter. </span></span></span>Alt<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">hou<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">gh<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>the soldiers are warned to take care of their gas masks<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, </span></span></span>the men<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">overb<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">urdened<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>with equipment<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>shed what they view as ineffective protection</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One by one, the<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">soldiers throw out their mask<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; 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Pop leads the<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> way, pictured here with his foxhole partner Rodrigues (Ricardo Montalban)</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In addition to traditional gunfire and bombing<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, with which the audience would be familiar, t</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;">he film depicts the psychological <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">techniques Nazis </span>inflicted on <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">exhausted</span> soldiers. Enemy airplanes drop leaflet</span>s onto the battlefield</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> during Christma<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s</span>. The leaflets </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">try to induce guilt, reminding the men that thei</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">r families are at home praying for their safety</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">, which they could </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">ha</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">ve--along with a </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">hot meal--if they surrender. The<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Nazis</span> tell the<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> soldiers</span> they are outnumbered ten to one. Later a German broadcas<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t indicates that many members of their division<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> have already surrendered<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sometimes <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the details are not about the horro<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rs of war. They <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">simpl<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">y</span> </span></span>add to the authenticity of the film<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The soldiers use s</span></span></span>lang unique to the army<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">; <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e.g.,</span></span> "<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ste<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">el pots" <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">for helmets<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and "<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">incom<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ing mail" for <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">bombs. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>They</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , 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style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> enemy <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cannot identify their</span></span> rank.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">T</span>hey spend their energy digging fox<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">holes only to be told the orders have changed and they</span></span></span> have to move.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> 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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pirosh <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">creates characters who <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">feel</span> like real people<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> C</span>onsidering he was present during the battle, the<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">re is a good chance that their idiosyncr<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a</span>sies are pulled from </span></span>aspects of soldiers he knew. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There is<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> the soldier (<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Guy Anderson)</span> who keeps his watch on Illinois time, so he feels closer to his family<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">; t</span>he <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">toothless soldier <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(Douglas Fowley) whose click<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ing</span> dentures be<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">come an extension of his<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> vocabulary<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">; t</span>he <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">W</span>est<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> C</span>oaster <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(R<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">icardo Mont<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a</span>lban) who is thrilled to see snow for the first time<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">; t</span></span></span>he former newspap<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">er reporter (John Hodiak) who is frustrated that </span></span></span>his wife, also a reporter, knows more about <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">what is occurring in the war than he does<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">;</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">his u<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">neducated part<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ner (Jerome Courtland) whose <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">songs<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">reflect <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a</span> country upbringing</span> </span></span>an<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">d repeatedly grates on Hodiak's nerves with his, "That's fer sure. That's fer dang sure." </span></span></span></span></span> </span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Then there is Private Jim Layton (Marshall Thompson), the soldier <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">who represents the evolution of all soldiers<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">:</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">At the beginn<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ing of the film<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, h<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e is </span></span></span></span></span>new<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> to the outfit,</span> op<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">timistic, clumsy, </span>scared<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On the battlefield, he hears of <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a friend's death<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and learns that the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">company</span> didn't <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">remember his f<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">riend's name.</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">H</span>is reaction to the news show<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s he is alarm<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ed but </span>has not be<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">en hardened b<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">y war yet. However, through the cour<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">se of the film<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, he<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> transforms from naive<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>boy to experienced <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">soldier, eventually becoming more jaded than the surrounding v<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eterans, who <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">have learned hope is an essential element<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> of</span> survival.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Piros<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">h fu<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rther paints</span> his characters<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> with<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> a human stroke</span></span> by<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span>not masking<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> each soldier's </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">natural desire</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>to<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> escape figh<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ting and go home. At the same time, the<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">y</span> bravely face the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">bat<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tle and move forward, but there is no illusion that this is always an easy dec<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ision</span>. Often, soldiers do the right thing without consciously decid<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ing to do so. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The film also shows </span>how <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">each <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">copes</span></span> with being <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">under fire<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">: </span>some sing, some small talk with their neigh<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">bor</span>, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">others</span> smo<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ke</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">. And when it appears that one of them might die, it <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">hur<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ts because we have gotten to know the characters' human qualities<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It would<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> be <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">re</span>miss for</span> <i>Classic Reel G</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>irl</i> to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">overlook <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">an</span> exchange<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> which makes reference to</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <a href="http://classicreelgirl.blogspot.com/search/label/Taxi%20Dancer" target="_blank"><u>t</u></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://classicreelgirl.blogspot.com/search/label/Taxi%20Dancer" target="_blank"><u>axi dancers</u></a>. The term comes into play when Holley and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Denis<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> try to find a little amusement </span>by dancing. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new 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style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new 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serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the scene</span>, Pirosh <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">adds another dimension to the characters<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">: life before thi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s battle, before the film</span></span>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Side note - Wonderful staging here.</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When Denise<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> explains that the children li<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ving with her <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lost their parents in a prior bombing</span></span></span>, Kip (<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Fowley</span>) comments, "They all have a </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">sob story." Holley i<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">gnores Kip's remarks and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">continues dancing<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, but <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kip persists, </span></span></span></span>"You gotta keep paying these taxi dancers.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Fork over another chocolate bar." </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(</span>A</span>s seen in pr<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">evious fil<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ms<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;">the term <i>taxi dancer</i> is synonymous with prostitu<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">te.</span>) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jarvess, who is listening to the exchange, asks Denise to get coffee.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> She <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cheerfully agrees, to which Kip mumbles, </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">"Anything you want. Sure, as long as you pay for it. They</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">'re all alike up here." </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Without spe<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lling it out, Pirosh has shown that </span>Kip <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">must have had</span> a bad experience with a woman<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> in the past</span>. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Di</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">d he </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">give his heart away to a gold-digger? Or is <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">he simply <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">jealous of the attention Denise is giving Holley? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Jarvess defends Denise,<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span>"Yes, they're all alike, Kip! Scared. Hun<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">gry. Lonely."</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He understands humanity at war. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Did <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">his <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">newspaper column take him to<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>war-ravaged countries like Spain <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">in the late 30s</span>?</span></span></span></span> Again <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the audience is</span> not directly told, but there is enough meat in the dialogue <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to read between the lines<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and to give a hint at life prior to this <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">war.</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The final scene takes <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the viewers full circle. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kinnie (James Whitmore) </span>leads <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">his company in <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a march and chan<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t</span>. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He</span> </span></span></span>walk<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s</span> with limp, t</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span 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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">April and May are busy months in my neck of the woods. While my tweeps are gathering at the annual TCM Film Festival, I am readying students for state testing and our end of the year drama production. May sees me furiously grading papers to meet deadlines and calling or meeting with parents about kiddos who may not make it to the next grade unless assignments get turned in. For the most part, I am on island far away from Tinseltown and its movies, but even the hardest worker is entitled to a brief respite. Here are <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a few of the movies I caught.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There was no way I was going to completely miss Judy Garland's month on TCM--even if it meant loading up my DVR. I skipped the Andy Hardy movies as they never appealed to me. IMHO, Mickey Rooney's character is an overactive pip squeak. From what I saw of the one film I stayed around for (in the background, so not sure which one), he needs a firmer hand. He's not cute and his apology seems a bit dramatic to be sincere. <i>Poor Judy </i>is all I could think.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*<b><i>Pigskin Parade</i> (1936)</b> -</span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For
some reason my thirteen year old son loved this Judy Garland pic. The
tables were turned: I sat through this movie because he wanted to watch
the whole film. The only part worth viewing in my opinion was the very
young and very talented Judy Garland. (She was fourteen years old when
she made this film.) My son enjoyed the role reversal between Jack
Haley, who portrays the bumbling football coach, and Patsy Kelly, who
portrays his wife and seems more like a football coach than her hubby.
He was also into the game, perhaps not yet aware that the star's team
almost always wins in the last seconds. As for me, I will not be
watching <i>Pigskin Parade</i> again any time soon.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*<b><i>For Me and My Gal</i> (1942)</b> - </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It has been years since I viewed this musical. ***SPOILER<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> ALERT</span>*** As always, I felt for poor George Murphy's character when he loses Garland. He is the better guy and the one with whom she should end up, not Gene Kelly's self-centered weasel. (In my mind, Kell<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">y'</span>s heroic actions do not make up for what he did to her. I would be fine with him finding happiness with another gal, just not Judy.) The music and dancing <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">are</span> great throughout, but that final scene breaks my heart. Don't worry, George, you can have me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*<b><i>Little Nellie Kelly</i> (1940)</b> - </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Judy Garland stars with George Murphy, their second film together (both appeared in <i>Broadway Melody of 1938</i>).
I wasn't taken with this one. Not sure why. Maybe my heart went out to
George Murphy's character again, who lost his first wife (portrayed by
Judy Garland, who also plays his grown up daughter) to childbirth, never
to find love again though he is a good man and father. Maybe it was the
regression of Judy Garland from mature wife back to teenage
daughter--as though you can see Louis B. Mayer's fists binding her,
refusing to let his cash cow grow up. Maybe it was the rotten
grandfather, who didn't deserve and took advantage of Nellie's
unconditional devotion. Either way, <i>Little Nellie Kellie</i> did not sit well with me.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*<b><i>Presenting Lily Mars</i> (1943)</b> -</span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This
film utterly charmed me. Was it because I was reading romantic novels
in my spare time and therefore open to light plots? Or just because Judy
is cute as a button and how can anyone <i>not</i> love her? Her character is determined to get into show bu<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">siness yet </span>is selfless<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> at her core as evidenced</span>
when she puts her brother's passion for collecting door knobs (quirky
characterization like this sends me) over her own needs. Her de<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">sire</span>
to audition for Van Heflin's character puts her in comedic situations
that made me chuckle out loud. Much needed. Van Heflin was cuter than I
remembered and<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>I was pleased as punch when</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">...SPOILER ALERT...</span></span>their
characters got together. It was also a treat to see choreographer
Charles Walters in action at the end of the film. This film will be a
part of my DVD collection in the near future. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*<b><i>Till the Clouds Roll By</i> (1946)</b> -</span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Due to work, I was not able to fully immerse myself in this film, but I have viewed it several times before, so I made peace with that fact. In particular, I was looking for Judy Garland's performances of "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFITLxanHoU" target="_blank"><u>Look for the Silver Lining</u></a>," where she effectively emotes hope amidst trying circumstances, and the cheerful "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_9R0vrvYa8" target="_blank"><u>Who?</u></a>" where she dances with a gaggle of gentlemen. Dinah Shore's performance of "The Last Time I Saw Paris" is also touching, especially knowing Paris would have changed quite a bit for its viewers, who may not have seen the city since World War II ravished it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Because I am currently reading Gower Champion's biography, <i>Before the Parade Passes By</i>, I was also on a mission to see Gower's first onscreen appearance. There was only a SHORT glimpse of Gower, which surprised me because he was billed so high in the opening credits.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> (Granted the<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> names</span> are in alphabetical order, but<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> it still suggests a <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">bigger part.)</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">His biography confirms that the number was cut as it did not go over well with the preview audience: "the audience hooted and derided the performer as he waltzed across the screen sporting the bizarre hair." (Gower Champion is a brunette by nature. MGM messed up on this one.) Only <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soa_WSFQvIU" target="_blank"><u>thirty seconds of him actually dancing</u></a> remains in the picture.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">*<b><i>Gentlemen Marry Brunettes</i> (195<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">5</span>)</b> - </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> I saw this once a long time ago<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. I remember not caring for it, but couldn<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">'</span>t remember why. After all, I absolutely love its sister<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-film, <i>Gent</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>lemen P</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>refer Blondes </i>(195<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">3</span>)<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, which <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">made it <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to</span> my <a href="http://classicreelgirl.blogspot.com/2016/05/5-movies-on-island.html" target="_blank"><u>5 Movies on an Island</u></a> list. So I gave <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">this one</span> another try. Oops. Unlike <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Anita Loos' <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">novel</span>, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">which is a true sequel to <i>Blondes</i>, the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Brunettes</i> script <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">involves two c<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ompletely new characters. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Jane </span>Russell takes on <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a</span> Monroe<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-like </span>role<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> but without brains behind the exterior.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> While Russell's<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">impersonation of Monroe in <i>Blondes</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is humo<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rous,</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span>her<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> character in <i>Brun<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ettes</span></i> wears thin and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">proves</span> a disappointment <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">after her witty Dorothy Shaw in <i>Blondes</i>. </span></span>The dialogue <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lacks <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">imagination<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, and</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t</span>he plot seems an excuse to showcase a series of s<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">uggestive cos<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tumes.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Image Source - <a href="http://travillastyle.blogspot.com/2013/05/gentlemen-marry-brunettes-jane-russell.html" target="_blank">5<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">0 Years of Film and Fashion Travilla S<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tyle</span></span></a></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">*<b><i>The Secret Garden</i> (19<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">49</span>)</b> -</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I spent one of my <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sundays with </span>another famous MGM child star, Margaret O'Brien and the film version of </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Frances Hod<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">gson Burnett's</span> 1910 novel</span></span></span></span></span>.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">contemplating join<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ing</span></span></span></span> a disability in f<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ilms </span>blogathon<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, so my focus was on Mary's (O'Brien) cousin Colin (Dean Stockwell), who is confined to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">his </span>bed. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Withi</span>n the household<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">,</span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> attitudes towards Colin<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> reflect varying beliefs about disability throughout the years</span></span>. His father (Herbert M<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">arshall) views <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">his son <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a</span>s ugl<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">y and cursed<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, believing</span> he should be hidden away. </span></span></span></span>The house<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">keeper</span> (Gladys Cooper) pities <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Co<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lin because of his condition<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and goes to great measures not to upset him<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On the other hand, Mary and the doctor see Colin as </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a child first<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and foremost. As</span> such, they believe he should be treated the same as Mary<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, including being able to go</span> outside. Mary and her f<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">riend Dickon (Brian Roper) <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">make this a reality, and the three chi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ldren privately enjoy the secret garden. </span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the part of the s<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tory</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">concerning disability ended here, I would be happy<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, but a f</span></span></span></span>inal societ<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">al view of disability surfaces<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, one <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">which suggests that <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">true happiness can only be found wh<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">en</span> the disability is "fixed." In the end<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, Colin is able to walk and this coincides with his father's acceptance of him. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;">The ending would have been stronger if his father </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">accepted him regardless of perceived ability, but </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">th<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">at</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">societal attitude would be decades away.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Gilvey, John Anthony. <i>Before the Parade Passes By: Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical. </i>New York: St. Martin's Press, 2005. Kindle.</span> Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728909810579677454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277656889531400083.post-84910568115267683782016-06-26T07:00:00.000-07:002016-06-26T07:00:31.417-07:002016 Liebster Award<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thank you to Ginie from <a href="https://thewonderfulworldofcinema.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><u>Wonderful World of Cinema</u></a>
and <a href="https://christinawehner.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><u>Christina Wehner</u></a> for the kind nominations. In turn I would like to
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<li><a href="http://back-to-golden-days.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Back to Golden Days</span></span></a></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://simoa-writes.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Define Dancing</a> </span></span></li>
<li><a href="https://sistercelluloid.com/"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sister Celluloid</span></span></a></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1. Frank Sinatra or Bing Crosby?</b> Depends. For music, Frank Sinatra reigns king in my car. For movies, Bing Crosby wins every time. </span></span></div>
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Marathon Stars Blogathon earlier this year. His dancing skills were a
match for Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, and Gene Kelly. He also held his
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>8. What do you usually say to someone who tells you, "I don't like black and white movies"?</b> As a teacher, I hear this every year when I tell students we will be watching a clip from a black-and-white "Twilight Zone" episode. I<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> tell them to trust me. </span>After viewing the clip, students beg to see the whole episode, and after that, they ask to watch more, which I save as a last-week-of-school-if-you-behave-activity. "Twilight Zone" is the perfect gateway<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> to the silver screen<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. </span></span>Works every time. ;-) </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>10. When did you start blogging?</b> <b>And what gave you the idea to do so?</b> I started blogging in June 2014 (although I briefly had a website, "Silverscreen
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college). </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I had just finished my masters and needed a writing outlet. </span></span>It seemed like the natural marriage of two loves: classic
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1. Book you would most liked to have seen Alfred Hitchcock turn into a movie. </b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I would <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">like to have seen what Hitchco<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ck's masterful hands would <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">have done to <i>The </i></span></span></span></span><i>Da Vinci Code</i>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>7. Classic movie you would most like to see on the big screen.</b> A few years ago I missed seeing <i>White Christmas</i> (195<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">4) on the big screen due to illnesses and conflicting events. I<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> sooooo want to see this film on the big screen!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>8. Movie you would most like to see remade today. </b><i>42nd Street </i>(193<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">3</span>). <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">During <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the 2015 TCM Film Festival viewing, I learned t</span></span>here w<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">as a major</span> subplot <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">change </span>from the orig<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">inal book</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. The homosexual relationship between two of the male leads was </span>considered too racy eve<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n for pre-code days<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Today, the relationship</span></span> could <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">be returned to the movie. </span></span></span></span><br />
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Ciao til next time! Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728909810579677454noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277656889531400083.post-18384991937090634852016-06-17T07:00:00.000-07:002016-06-17T19:02:09.069-07:00Reel Infatuation: Dennis Riordan<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This post is part of the Reel Infatuation Blogathon hosted by <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://fontandfrock.com/" target="_blank"><u>Font and Fro</u></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://fontandfrock.com/" target="_blank"><u>ck</u></a> </span></span>and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://silverscreenings.org/" target="_blank"><u>Silver Screenings</u></a>. </span>To read about <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">more</span> cinematic crushes, click <a href="https://silverscreenings.org/2016/06/16/reelinfatuation-blogathon-day-4/" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Blame it on the political season, but my crush goes to a character who has strong convictions yet can listen to the other side of the story and--gasp!--</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">change his course of action if it benefits the whole<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Aherne does a magnific<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ent job showing the audience that</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Dennis</span> is truly tormented about his decision to co<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">operate</span>. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He</span> knows <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a truce with the British will anger his radical colleagues<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>and possibly result in his death.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Des<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">pite t</span></span>he Irish rebels' bel<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ief that backing down is cowardly, he ultimately</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">opts to save lives and makes the compromise</span></span></span></span>. </span></span>What t</span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">he Irish rebel<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">view as a </span>weakness<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> is really</span> a st<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rength<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">:</span></span></span> the wisdom to know when to put down the sword and<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> extend a</span> hand</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In additi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">on to high ideals and a willi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ngness to sacrifice self for the greater good, </span>i</span>t doesn't hurt that <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Dennis</span> is a cutie<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and</span> has a sexy Irish accent (although Aherne is actually British). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Dennis has my heart in this <a href="http://fw.to/CtUVnXf" target="_blank"><u>clip</u></a> (via TCM).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When Dennis shares <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">his </span>vision of the future with Helen, my heart melts<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">: a </span>house in the Irish<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>countryside, a spirited woman (yep, that's me), and children. Oh, and he writes poetry! *sig<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">h* All reasons why Dennis Riordan is my reel infatuation. </span></span></span></div>
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Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728909810579677454noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277656889531400083.post-5808676437713008902016-06-13T21:00:00.000-07:002016-06-16T11:12:22.399-07:00People Will Talk (1951)<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>People Will Talk</i> (1951) is </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the first movie Joseph L. Mankiewicz<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> took on</span> following his A<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cademy<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>Award-winning<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> film,</span> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>All About Eve</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> (</span>1950). T</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">he film is ba<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">sed on a 193<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">4</span> German play </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">written by Curt Goetz</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">which was</span> later made into a German film<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, <i>Frauenarzt Dr. Pratorius</i> (1950).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> According to </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; 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font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">film critics, Mank<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">iewicz<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> maintained that </span><i>People Will Talk</i> was a response<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> to a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n unpleasant</span> medical experience<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> although parallels have been made between <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Praetorius' <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">hearing and </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the House Un-American Acts Committee (HU<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">AC) </span>hearings<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, which</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> resulted in the blacklis<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ting of <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">hundre<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ds of <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hollywood a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rtists. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; 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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The hearing<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>in question does not occur until the last twenty minutes of the film. Advertising indicates that Jeanne Crain's character, Deborah Higgins, will be key in the discussion:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The posters promise a "new look at life<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">" and include<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> a </span></span>picture of </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cary Grant and Jeanne Crain in bed. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvLNaV-ja4E" target="_blank"><u>trailer</u></a> </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">strings together every cut of Grant and Crain embracing <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and</span> declares </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the movie is "all </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">about men, maids, morals and more<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> (</span>t</span></span></span></span></span></span></span>he <i>all about</i> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to remind us</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">about Mankiewicz' last hit,</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <i>All About Eve</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">).</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Deborah<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Higgins<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>is not part of the final case brought against Dr. Noah Praetorius (Grant)<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> de<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">spite her </span></span>condition <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">giving</span> 1<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">950s audience<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> plenty to talk about:</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">an</span> unwed <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">pregnant woman, admittedly unable to remember the father of her baby as well as she should<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, </span>who attempts suicide yet still goes unpunished by censorship codes<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span> </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Through <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">his reaction to </span>Deborah<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> an<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">d her<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> family (side note -<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> here </span></span></span>Mankiewicz inserts commentary<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, </span>not present in the Germ<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">an 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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Praetorius reminds</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>a group of medical stud<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ent<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s in his fir<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">st <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">scene<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Anatomy is more or less the stud<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">y of the human body. </span>The human body is not necess<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">arily the human being<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Likewise, t</span>he man on trial is<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> more than a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> body<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">; he is a human 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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lthough he is </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">careful to </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span>work under the guise of faculty committee and not outright declare himself the accuser</span></span></span>, </span></span>Professor Elwell (Hume Cronyn) is the mastermind behind Praetorius' hearing</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span></span>. Elwell is all policy and procedure, zero heart. When Elwell is late to a meeting, Praetorius is surprised Elwell has revealed a "human weakness," especially as "he would be the last to tolerate it in anyone else." (Think Tracy Lord in the beginning of <i>Philadelphia Story</i>.) </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Elwell does not approve of Praetorius' manner with patients or how he heals without following strict medical guidelines. Professional </span></span>jealousy motivates Elwell's actions.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Unlike the film's German counterpart which begins with images of Shunderson letting Pratorius into the clinic's grounds, the </span>first images in <i>People Will Talk</i> are of Professor Elwell letting Sarah Pickett, Praetorius' former housekeeper, into his office so he might gather proof of Praetorius' supposed malpractice. Sarah Pickett is portrayed by none other than Margaret Hamilton, most famous for her role as the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Wicked Witch of the West in <i>The Wizard of Oz</i>. </span>Coincidental? If so, what luck! It certainly sets the tone of the movie: this is a witch hunt. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pickett's information doesn't seem incredibly damning. Fifteen years prior, in her little backwoods town of Goose Creek, Praetorius was viewed as a miracle worker and a healer, who could "talk a body into being well" in addition to using the traditional tools of powders, syrups, pills, and shots. When Elwell questions her about Shunderson (</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"the most important subject of all")</span></span>, the man who is mysteriously close to Praetorius, she informs him that Shunderson was known as the "Bat" in her town. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Dr. Noah Praetorius may be the individual on trial, but what is really under scrutiny is the medical profession. The first part of the hearing focuses on the philosophical approach to caring for the ill. Is a doctor's job "to make sick people well" regardless of the means? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In Goose Creek, Praetorius set up shop as a butcher but did not openly display his medical degree. By so doing, he was able to cure a great many people who otherwise would not have trusted, as Pickett described earlier, "a school doctor, out of books." Elwell is bothered that Praetorius' business thrived because of the townspeople's desire to believe in a miracle worker over the power of scientific knowledge. </span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Elwell: Do you deny that at that time you<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">r </span>patients were under the impression that you were a
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Praetorius believes that faith "injected" into a patient can be just as powerful as scalpels and pills. He cautions<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> the practice of medicine not to lose sight of the human being, not to become mechanical les<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t</span> practitioners </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"eventually evolve into electronic doctors."</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When El<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">well fails to discredit Praetorius based on his <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">practice in Goose Creek</span></span>, he brings up <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> doctor's</span></span> relationship with Shunderson (Finlay Currie) who<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">m he has </span>discovered is a convicted murderer<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. When pressed about Shunderson, Praetorius refuses to d<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">i</span>vulge information about him<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. (<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Praetorius' refusal<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">prompts comparison to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">artists who refused to</span></span></span></span> "name names" during<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>HUAC hearings.)</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Suffice it to say, Praetorius is cleared of all charges after Shunderson shares his story. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Once everyone has left the room, Shunderson <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">calm<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ly </span></span>puts Elwell in his place<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">:</span></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Professor Elwell, you're a little man. It's not that you're short, you're<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">...</span>little.
In the mind and in the heart. Tonight you tried to make a man little
whose boots you couldn't touch if you stood on tiptoe on top of the
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Praetorius looks back at <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Deborah, who has just felt the baby kick.</span> </span></span></span></span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>People Will Talk</i> is a quirky little movie, at times feeling like a drama, then comedy,<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>romance, and even mystery<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, which is why it's my go<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>to<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>movie when I don't know what I feel like watching. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">W</span>itty dialogue that you can sink your teeth into<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> makes i<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t ideal for repeat viewing--I pick <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">up new zingers e<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ach</span> time. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And as much as I love pure fluff, th<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is movie <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">has meat to it with </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">social messages that are as important and relevant now as they were then</span></span></span></span>. Biggest bonus: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">*sigh* Cary Grant. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Both h</span>e and J<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eanne </span>Crain are simply fabulous. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Landazuri, Margarita. "<a href="http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/86482/People-Will-Talk/articles.html" target="_blank">People Will Talk (1951)</a>." <i>TCM</i>. N.d. Web. 5 June 2016. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Lower, Cheryl Bray and R. Barton Palmer. <i>Joseph L. Mankiewicz: Critical Essays with an Annotated Bibliography and a Filmography.</i> Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc., Publishers, 2001. Google eBooks. 7 June 2016. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Interested in viewing the German version, </i>Frauenarzt Dr. Pratorius</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> (1950)? It is currently av<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ailable on<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il7gg4pwYo8" target="_blank"><u> YouTube</u></a>. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Warning - no subtitles, I viewed the film for this post and had to go off of prior knowledge of the film and body language.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Celebrate #NationalTapDanceDay and the great Bill Robinson and Fred Astaire with a post that celebrates dance in film. Everything is game: choreography, dancers, music, partnerships, style. The important ingredient is fun!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sit back and let us razzle dazzle you with these copasetic posts:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Classic Reel Girl - <a href="https://classicreelgirl.blogspot.com/2016/05/everythings-copasetic-when-bill.html" target="_blank"><u>Everything's Copasetic when Bill Robinson Dances</u></a></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i> Wonderful World of Cinema - <a href="https://thewonderfulworldofcinema.wordpress.com/2016/05/25/put-your-dance-shoes-and-watch-footloose/" target="_blank"><u>Put your Dance Shoes and Watch "Footloose"!</u></a></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood - <a href="https://crystalkalyana.wordpress.com/2016/05/25/dancing-lady-1933-joan-crawford-dances-with-fred-astaire/" target="_blank"><u>Dancing Lady (1933) Joan Crawford Dances with Fred Astaire</u></a></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Christina Wehner - <a href="https://christinawehner.wordpress.com/2016/05/25/cyd-charisse-in-the-gotta-dance-blogathon/" target="_blank"><u>Cyd Charisse</u></a></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Back to the Golden Days - <a href="http://back-to-golden-days.blogspot.pt/2016/05/the-gotta-dance-blogathon-gene-kelly.html" target="_blank"><u>Gene Kelly <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nd</span></span> Judy Garland</u></a></span></span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Phyl<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lis Loves Classic Movies - <a href="http://phyllislovesclassicmovies.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-best-things-happen-while-youre.html" target="_blank"><u>The Best Things <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Happen While You're Dancing..Especially <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If You're Vera-Ellen!</span></span></u></a></span></span></span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pop Culture <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Reverie - <a href="https://popculturereverie.wordpress.com/2016/05/26/dirty-dancing-review-by-robin-franson-pruter/" target="_blank"><u>Dirty Dancing</u></a></span> </span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span><br />
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Happy National Tap Dance Day!</div>
<br />Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728909810579677454noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277656889531400083.post-19473724165393268942016-05-23T07:00:00.000-07:002016-05-23T07:00:16.931-07:00Everything's Copasetic when Bill Robinson Dances<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This entry is part of the </span></span></i>Gotta Dance! Blogathon <i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">hosted by Classic Reel Girl on May 25th. Click <u>here</u> to view more fabulous entries celebrating dance in film.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Born May 25, 18<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">78</span> in Richmond<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, VA</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tod<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ay, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Robinson is </span></span>be</span>st remembered for the four films he made with Shirley Temple. He has been both praised a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nd criticized for his part in these movies<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. P</span>raised for breaking race barriers w<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">hen he and</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Temple<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> became </span></span>the first interracial dan<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cing duo <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to grace</span> the silver screen<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. C</span>riticized for </span>taking</span> "<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Uncle Tom" roles<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">where he portrayed servant<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, slave, butler,</span> and overall protector of <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a little white girl.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In interviews with Larry King and Leonard Maltin, Shirley Temple Black fon<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">dly remembered Robinson, stat<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ing<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>they enjoyed working together and became lifelong friends. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She e<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">xplain<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ed</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>that Robinson treated her as an equal<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and was an excellent teacher. </span></span>H</span>e taught her how to dance by list<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ening<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> rather than watching <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">her fe<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">et.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> bubbly personalities</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> endeared them to audiences just as much as their mastery of complex<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>steps (granted the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">steps <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lacked the complexity <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Robinson could <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">showcase if solo)</span></span></span></span>. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">her interview<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> with Larry King, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Temple Black <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">shared that she was<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> not pretending to dance with glee, she <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">truly <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">enjoyed dancing with Robinson. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Joy likewise spilled from Robinson. Whether dancing with Temple in an "Uncle Tom" role or starring in a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> "race </span>f<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ilm" (<i>Harlem is Heaven</i>, 1932), </span></span>Robinson<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> bursts with happiness at each tap<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. L<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">isten<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>carefully </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span 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style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(2:49 and 3:<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">25) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>and you will hear <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Robinson's </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">exclaims of <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">delight in this clip <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">from <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"King for a Day," a 1934 b<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lack film short<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">:</span></span></span></span> 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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Unable to view <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the clip</span>? Click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NusZgfCQ634" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Long b</span>efore partnering with little Shirley Temple, </span>Robinson established himself <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">i</span>n vaudeville, gr<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">adu<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ating to the more pre<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">st<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">i</span>gious Keith-<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Albee and Orphe<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">um</span></span></span> circuits<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, and eventually finding h<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is way onto </span>Broadway<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span> The world took notice of his stair dance, a signature routine in which he gradually ascended a set of stairs, torso erect, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tapping in a series of complex s<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tep</span>s which created <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">its own rhythm<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">push</span>ing the music accompaniment<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> aside</span>.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>Once on top, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Robinson</span></span> descended the next set of stairs in<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> the same fashion. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A clip from <i>Harlem is Hea</i></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>ven</i> (1932) captures Robinson's famous stair dance<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Note ho<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">w Robinson's steps <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">build upon each other, inten<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">sifyin<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">g</span> over the cour<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s</span>e o<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">f the song</span></span>, becoming fas<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ter<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">with each <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ascent and descent until he finally <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">sprints in a cakewalk<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> off the stage</span></span></span></span>. 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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">D</span>o<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">zens of dancers attempted to imitate Robin<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">son<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, and</span> so<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">me found success to a degree. However, </span></span>there was only one "Bojangles<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">." <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He</span> made <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the routine look easy<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, but as </span>Megan Pu<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">g<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">h observes in </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>America Dancing: From the Cakewalk to the Moonwalk</i>, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Even <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">practiced tappers were unable to distinguish between his left foot and his right: the two were perfectly balanced."<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>In her <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">interv<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">i<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ew with King, </span></span></span>Temple Black also <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">recalled the </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">difficult nature of Robinson's speedy nerve tapping. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What is nerve tapping<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">? <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">See below.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Most readers will be familiar with this example of nerve tapping<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Vera-Ellen in "Choreography" <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>White Christmas</i> (195<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">4</span>)</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In addition to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">his imi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tators, </span></span>Robinson <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">won many adm<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">irers<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> as well. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One of them was a</span> young Ele<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">anor Powell<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, who had the fortu<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ne of performing on the same bill as Robinson in New York. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The two became friends and earned money </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span 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style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">danc<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ing</span> together at the private partie<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s of upper cr<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">u</span>st <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">society. Unfortunately this would not translate to the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">silver screen. While <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">studios <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">were willing to push bound<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">aries and allow <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Shirley Temple to dance with a bla<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ck man fi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">fty years <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">her senio<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">r, they would ab<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">solutely not allow Robinson to dance with Powell<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">--<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">any suggestion of</span> romantic involve<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ment between races considered socially taboo. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Side note: Robinson </i></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>filmed</i></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> an apache number with Temple's white ta<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">p teacher</span>, Geneva Sawyer, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">for</span> </i>Cafe Metropole<i> (1937). <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To make <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the routine</span> more socially acceptable, Sawyer performed in blackface. </span>The dance was <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ultimately</span> left on the cutting room floor, the interracial dancing deemed to</i></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>o <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ca<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nd<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a</span>lous</span></span></span> for the American public. [Further drama ensued when the public wondered why Robinson did not choose to perform with Jeni L<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eGon, an African-American dancer with whom he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-MGuYHS8rY" target="_blank"><u>successfully danced</u></a> in RKO's 1935 </span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hooray for Love</span><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Some argue that Robinson's <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">omission ruined LeGon's <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">career.</span></span></span>]</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The closest Powell and Robinson would get to dancing together <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">i</span>n film was <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAsEvbD1384" target="_blank"><u>an homage</u></a> to him in <i>Hon</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>olulu</i> (1939) where <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">she becomes her <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">idol</span></span>--complete with blackface. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Wh<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ile jarring for modern viewers, t</span></span>he number <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>Powell's way <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">subvert soci<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a</span>l mores of the day and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">publicly </span></span>pay tribute to the performer<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> she so admired</span>. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the film<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, s</span></span>he </span>performs Ro<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">binson's stair dance</span>. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In addition<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> to</span> Temple, Powell was the only <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">other </span>dancer to whom Robinson ta<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ught <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">his iconic stair dance<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">--</span>further pro<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">of of their special fr<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , 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serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">in<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">sight <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">into</span> <a href="http://www.classicmoviefavorites.com/eleanor-powell-and-bill-bojangles-robinson/" target="_blank"><u>Robinson<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and Powell's <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">professional relationship</span></span></u></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> (also -</span> an interview with <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Powell's son<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Peter).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Another fan<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> of <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Robinson's work was the equally <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">great </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;">Fred Astair<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e. </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In <i>St</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>e</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>ps in Time,</i> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Astaire comment<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ed</span>, "The great Bill interested me, not only for his i<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">comparable dancing but for his good nature and likable per<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">onality--in addition to his ability as a pool player<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">." </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Robinson was impressed with Astaire's </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">footwork as well. Astaire noted that Robinson told him, "<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Boy<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, you can dance!" when they first met. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">With choreographer Hermes Pan and composer Hal Borne, Astair<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e </span>created a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> tribute</span> to Robinson <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and other <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">African<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">-American dancers in <i>Swing Time</i>'s "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm1jiv3zYw0" target="_blank"><u>Bojangles of Harlem</u></a>" (1936). The lyrics <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">we</span>re an ode to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Robinson while the dancing <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">wa</span>s more aligned with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STAIw-rpnvI" target="_blank"><u>John "Bubbles" Sublett's style</u></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> (mu<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ch more movement above the waist<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, swinging of arms)</span></span></span>. Like Powell in <i>Honolulu</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Astaire performs </span></span>"Bojangles" in blackface--albeit very light blackfac<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">--</span>with</span> upmost respect for the men he was honoring. </span>Both<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Astaire and Pan were greatly influenced by bla<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ck dancers. This was <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">their</span> way to honor them.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">~ ~ ~ </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Because of societal attitudes during his life time, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Robi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nson</span> was deprived of opportunities <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">afford<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ed his white peers. The society that limited his <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">image on film continues to reach into our time as Robinson <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">remains less <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">recognizable compared to Powell and Asta<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ire.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> Fortunat<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ely their</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">bla<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ckface tribute dances</span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> stir </span>conversation (<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">check out #TCMParty next time one of the films air) </span>and serve as a reminder of <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">who King of Tap was</span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Robinson</span> </span>changed the face of tap <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">dancing<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and influenced countless numbers of dancers.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span>If there <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">w<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">as</span> no Robinson, then there w<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ould be no Powell or Astaire<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> or anyone who was in turn<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> inspired by them. No <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Gower Cha<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">mpion. N<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">o Michael Jackson. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Society may have been able to limit <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Robinson's</span> image--hopefully today's post helps rectify this, but they can never erase his far reaching i<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nfluence.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Thanks to Bill "Bojangles<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">" Robinson, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">all the dance world is </span>copasetic!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Copasetic is a term Robinson coined to mean great, super, excellent.</span></i></div>
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Sources</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Astaire, Fred. <i>Steps in Time. </i>1959. New York: Harper Collins, 2008. Print.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Cutcher, Lenai. "Eleanor Powell (1912-1982)." <i>Dance Heritage Coalition</i>. 2012. PDF. 22 May 2016. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hill, Constance Valis. <i>Tap Dancing America: A Cultural History. </i>New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Print.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Franceschina, John. <i>Hermes Pan: The Man Who Danced with Fred Astaire</i>. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. Print.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">King, Larry. Interview Shirley Temple Bla<i>c</i>k. <i>Larry King Live. </i>25 Oct 1988. Web. 6 March 2016.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Maltin, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Leonard</span>. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Interview Shirley Temple Black. </span><i>Entertainment Tonight.</i> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">25 Oct 1988. </span>Web. 21 May 2016.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pugh, Megan. <i>America Dancing: From the Cakewalk to the Moonwalk</i>. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2015. Kindle.</span><br />
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<br />Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728909810579677454noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277656889531400083.post-55081084908643533792016-05-15T07:00:00.000-07:002016-05-15T09:29:43.104-07:005 Movies on an Island<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In honor of National Classic Movie Day, Rick from Classic Film and TV Cafe is hosting the <a href="http://www.classicfilmtvcafe.com/2016/03/5-movies-on-island-blogathon.html" target="_blank"><u>5 Movies on an Island Blogathon</u></a>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pick five classic films you would want to have with you if stranded on a deserted island. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Whittling
my beloved film collection to only five was no easy task. Which movies
would I be content forever replaying in my head because I know every
line and move by heart? Which movies would I want the full film
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*a weeper because when one is stranded from friends and family, a good cry</span></span> is in order</span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*a
comedy because when life is at its bleakest, you need a good laugh</span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*a movie I could watch repeatedly and the plot would remain somewhat of a mystery</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*a holiday movie to celebrate the yuletide season</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*a musical with lots of fabulous dancing that I could try to teach myself in all the free time I'd have</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></blockquote>
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1) <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Casablanca</i> (1942) - starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid </span></span></div>
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<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vmXBT3umUl8/U9IHnvjjpxI/AAAAAAAABko/OckGO-CxV0w2ONozTbWjdHmu2ypgMVGYQCKgB/s1600/Casablanca2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vmXBT3umUl8/U9IHnvjjpxI/AAAAAAAABko/OckGO-CxV0w2ONozTbWjdHmu2ypgMVGYQCKgB/s1600/Casablanca2.jpeg" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'm in love with this movie. I know every line, every snippet of melody in the </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">background</span></span>,every costume's design. I c<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">an</span>not imagine relegating <i>Casablanca</i> to a memory replayed in my mind. This would have to be in my stranded suitcase. Maybe it is not a weeper in the true sense of the word, but this all time fave has me in tears each time Bogart gives his noble speech and Bergman says, "God bless you." </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After I've had a good cry, I'm going to want to laugh. As I am easily amused, this was a tough<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ie. </span>I considered <i>Bringing Up Baby </i>(1938) with beloved actors Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. I also thought about taking along <i>Sunday in New York</i> (1963) or Doris Day and Rock Hudson's first comedy toge<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ther, </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Pillow Talk </i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(1959)</span></span></span></span></span>. In the end,<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Jane Russell and </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Marilyn Monroe</span></span>'s musical </span>comedy won out.</span></span> </blockquote>
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musical category was the most difficult movie choice to make. I
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In my opinion, Astaire and Powell's "Begin the Beguine" is the best tap number ever captured on film. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The dance literally gives me goose pimples--it is just that good! I love how Powell keeps Astaire on his toes. She is his equal, challenging him with her steps. If you watch carefully, there is even a part where he watches her feet--as though <i>he</i> is the one trying to keep up with her. Go girl power! </span></span></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thank you for reading my five film picks. Be sure to visit <a href="http://www.classicfilmtvcafe.com/" target="_blank"><u>Classic Film and TV Cafe</u></a> and check out which movies other classic film bloggers would take if stranded on an island.</span></span></i> </div>
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Ciao til next time!Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728909810579677454noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277656889531400083.post-88394600929742862832016-05-01T07:00:00.000-07:002016-05-01T07:00:01.965-07:00Dancing Legs Quiz ~ May 2016 Edition<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This post is part of the S<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tar-Studded Couple Blogathon hosted by Phyl over at <a href="http://phyllislovesclassicmovies.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Phyllis Loves Classic Movies</a>. Click <a href="http://phyllislovesclassicmovies.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-star-studded-couple-blogathon-is.html" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a> to read more f<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">abulous po<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">st<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> about star couples.</span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Their marriage and popularity drew parallels to an earlier married dance pair, Irene and Vernon Castle<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, who<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">--by the way--</span>also wrote a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n instructional book on how to dance.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Marge and Gower's ballroom dancing is full of emotion, each routine telling its own story. Take the numbers in <i>Lovely to Look At</i> (1952). "I Won't Dance" is a playful number in which Gower's character pursues his lady love--portrayed by none other than Marge (click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCaxR6Cf01w" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a> or see below), who resists his advances. In contrast, the choreography for "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," is a blend of wistfulness and romantic triumph (click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJZoB1cKCVU" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a> or see below).</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In an <i>Archive of American Television </i>interview, Marge credits former husband Gower for bringing the "conceptions" to the partnership while she brought the "ability to connect with an audience." If this is their special mixture, it works. The end result is art in motion. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The funny thing is Marge and Gower never set out to dance with each other. They went to school together in Los Angeles</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, each had an interest in dance, but a partnership did not occur to them. They met again in New York after World War II, but romance became their focus. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">addition to dancing, Marge says they had many things in common--including cats and artichokes. Love it<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">! - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gower_Champion#/media/File:Marge_and_Gower_Champion_1957.jpg" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Image Source</span></i></a></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Marge and Gower eventually divorced in 1973 - Marge cited living on different coasts as being one of the factors for the split. Fortunately, their dance partnership will<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>forever be preserved on film for future generations to enjoy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">P.S.: At the time of this posting, Marge is still alive and going strong. She continues to dance every day and was recently the subject of a short film, "Keep Dancing," which you can view <a href="https://vimeo.com/153283760" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a> (free viewing for a limited time). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Parich, Sunny. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Interview with Marge Champion. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/marge-champion#" target="_blank"><i>Archive of American Television</i></a>. 30 Oct 1998. Web.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">You see,</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> growing up<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, </span>I related to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Alice's</span> desperate need t</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">o hide a socially unacc</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">eptable home life <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">in orde<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">r to</span></span> avoid judgment from the crowd. I under</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">stood her desire to fit in where she d<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">id</span> not belong, to b<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ecome more than what she was de<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">alt at birth</span></span>. I felt her rejection in </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">spite of her best attempt</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">s to<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> project <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">normalcy.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After the party<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, Alice (Katharine Hepburn) weeps. W</span>eeks of planning<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and dreaming <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">have been dashed<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. She h<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">as been repeatedly snubbed by her peers</span></span> and embarrassed by her wilted homemade corsage, out-of-fashion dress, and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a </span>brother who</span></span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">would rather <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">gamble in the coat closet than dance with her.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When the truth comes out:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Well--but <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I haven't driven you away.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And yet you've gone<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As an adult<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, </span>I suspect there are a good deal more Alice Adam<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ses than I initi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ally thought<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. T</span>he <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">B<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> movie that wants to be an A<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. T</span>he knockoff <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">p<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">urse </span></span>that wants to be a name brand<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. T</span>he new kid who wants to be part of the established group<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. T</span>he <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Fa<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cebook picture that wants to portray the perfect family and life.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">f set today, would this <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">image grace <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Alice's Facebook</span> wall<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Alice gaily <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">laughs <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">with </span>fellow wallflower, Frank Dow<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">l</span>ing (Grady <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sutton)</span></span> </span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The movie says yes to these dreams, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">anything</span> is possible. If you want it bad enough, it will happen. If you build it<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, he will come<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(t</span></span>o quote a line from<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>my hub<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by's fave <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">film).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Despite years of immense effort to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">believe i<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> RKO's ending, </span></span></span>no matter how<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> many times I watched <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the film<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">final shot</span></span> j<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ust </span>didn't <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ring true. Even Alice tires of the charade, and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I had come to that point.</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Let's go out on the porch where we belong.</i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Alice to her beau, Arthur Russell (</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Fred MacM<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">urray) - She knows it is over.</span><i> </i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">During <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">w<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">in<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ter break</span></span></span></span>, I was ready to face the music and dance<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">read<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> the ending that George Stevens a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nd</span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; 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The ending <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">where, according to</span> Hepburn<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"[Alice] </span>doesn't get the man, and she finally faces <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the realities of life and goes to work."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">True to what I have read, George Stevens' <i>Alice Adams</i> (1935) is remarkably faithful to Booth Tarkington's novel. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Except for <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">MacMurray's "<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I love you" and Hepburn's "Gee whiz!"</span></span>, t</span></span>he dialogue, the mannerisms, the heart-breaking dance and dinner scenes mimic <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tarkington's</span> written words<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. I am proud to say the film eliminated the racial slurs found in the Southern write<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">r's work. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Alice's brother <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">wa</span>s also given<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> a happier <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ending than in the novel<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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up the shadows were heaviest, but after that the place began to seem
brighter. There was an open window overhead somewhere, she found, and
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is peace and hope in Tarkington's ending. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; 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--</style><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">accept<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ing</span> who she is</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">, Alice </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">steps into the sunlight. She is no longer trapped in a cycle of pretend. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">While RKO's ending appears happy on the surface, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ar<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">thur's accept<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ance of Alice was not going to magically clea<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nse her background. The s<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ocial crowd would view her as a gold-digger and exte<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nd </span>their pity <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to Arthur</span>. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Alice's primary conflict, that of be<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">longing, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is </span>not solved</span></span></span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On the other ha<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nd, Tarkington<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">'s novel offers us that resolution, and at the same time, illustrates that </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t</span>rue happiness lies in accept<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ing</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">one's </span>self. 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I wish <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">it hadn't tak<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">en</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">me so long to get around to reading it<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Booth, Tarkington. <i>Alice Adams. </i>1921. New York: Random House, 2014. Kindle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Excerpt from "George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey." <i>Alice Adams</i> (1935) Special Feature. Warner Brothers Archive Collection, 2014. DVD.</span></div>
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a look at the following partial pictures. Each pair belongs to a <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">dancer</span> whose birthday is this month. Name the dancer. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Then g</span>ive yourself a bonus point if you can name the movie.</span></span></span></span></div>
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Good luck! Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728909810579677454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277656889531400083.post-28167942809529131822016-03-27T17:00:00.000-07:002016-03-27T21:05:46.798-07:00Easter Eggs in my March Viewing<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Easter eggs. The wink and nod between filmmaker and audience. The quick quip that slips past censors. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The hidden gem... </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">...and I <i>love </i>finding them. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In honor of Easter, March's Viewing Journal will include a few eggs I caught along with my usual musings. Movies covered include <i>Beloved Enemy</i> (1936), <i>Foreign Correspondent (</i>1940), and <i>Meet Me in Las Vegas </i>(1956). So grab another slice of pie and cup of coffee, </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">kick back your feet, </span></span>finish that chocolate bunny, and enjoy the reveal. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Beloved Enemy</i> (1936) - starring Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, David Niven</span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In other <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">words, don't get tied up in historical accuracy<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> as it's not the point of the film. </span></span></span>Research on Michael Collins reveals a much more complex story and confirms the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">declaration that <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the "story is not taken from the pages of h<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">istory</span></span></span>." The love story between the Irish rebellion leader and English <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">L</span>ady is complete fabrication, but if you're viewing for the fantasy, this should not<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> interfere with your enjoyment</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">And what a fantasy! </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Oberon<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">'</span>s beaut<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">y is</span> stunning,</span></span> her voice tender and lilting. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Aherne<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> is a cuti<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, and if</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> you are into accents,</span> h</span>i</span>s Irish<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> one makes him</span> </span><span style="font-size: large;">downright sexy<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">While some movies and novels cut away from sweet nothings s<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">hared </span>between lovers, <i>Beloved Enemy</i> invites the audience into the couple's <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">reverie</span>. Smart choice<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>T</span>he passion between <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Riordan and Lady Helen</span> is pal<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">p</span>able<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> as</span> </span>Riord<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a</span>n shares his vision of a future<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> together <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">had their nations not been at war</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The two kiss<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. The scene fades to black.</span> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Here we find the filmmakers' first Easter egg. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Notice Lady Helen's buckled blouse prior to the fad<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e out<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">:</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The line is inconsequential to the overall plot, thrown in to let us know Niven is no longer pursuing Oberon. (Not that it was that hot of a pursuit in the first place.) But it is a juicy <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">piece of <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">dialogue</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">, slipped past the censors</span></span></span></span>. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">At fellow Irish patriot<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Tim O'Rourke's (<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Jerome Cow<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">an</span></span>) <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">urging, </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Riordan p<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ledges <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">loyalty to the cause over a woman</span></span></span></span></span>.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is where the movie shortchanges us. Sort of. Th<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e film would be more powerful if Riordan completed the self-sacrifice with h<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is death. However, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span></span>t</span>he studio gives the 1936 audience what they want: a hap<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">py</span> ending<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. In my opinion, though<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the ending is rather va<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">gue.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Sure, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Riordan and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lady Helen speak of the realization of their dream future, but so did Ma<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rguerite</span> and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Armand in <i>Camille </i>(1936)</span>. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As far as I can see--and I have v<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">iewed the<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> film several times <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">over the years--Riordan's survival is not definite. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And this is perhaps the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">greatest gem of the movie. T<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">he screenwriters allow the s<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tudio (and any willing audience participants) to believe<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> they have their</span> f<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">airy tale ending<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, yet still <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">uphold the integrity of the story.</span> </span> </span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In support of our school field<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> trip</span></span> to the <i>Don Quixote Ballet</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">,</span>
</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I opted to show <i>Foreign Correspondent</i> during Drama Club movie lunches this month. The two stories are connected <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">by <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">key <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">plot points which in<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">volv<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e</span></span></span></span> windmills. </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As you may recall, o</span>ne of the most memorable scenes from Miguel de Cervantes' novel is Don
Quixote's battle with a windmill. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In</span> <i>Foreign Correspondent</i>, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">su<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">s<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">picious </span></span>windmill<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> activity</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tips off <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Johnny Jones</span> (Joel McCrea<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">) to the whereabouts of <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Van Meer<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and his</span> kidnappers</span></span></span></span>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">My final find is a hidden gem<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> a</span>mong a <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">hos<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t of</span></span> star cameos in <i>Meet </i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Me in Las Vegas</i>.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Deb<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">bie Re<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ynolds, Tony Mar<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tin, </span>Jerry Colo<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n</span>na, Lena Horne, Vic Damone, Sammy Davis Jr.'s voice, and Frank Sinatra all make an<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> appearance<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, but what excited me most was <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">spotting</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> dancer George Chakiris, who was billed as George Kerris: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Five years </span>prior to p<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ortraying</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the</span> leader of the Sharks in the film version of <i>West Side Story</i> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(</span>1961).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Nugent, Frank S. "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9906E1DA1F39EE3BBC4E51DFB467838D629EDE" target="_blank">Beloved Enemy (1936)</a>." <i>New York Times</i> 26 December 1936: Movie Reviews. Web. 25 March 2016. </span>Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728909810579677454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277656889531400083.post-15734906898710011712016-03-24T10:54:00.000-07:002016-03-24T10:54:01.846-07:00Gotta Dance! Blogathon Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Stuck for an idea<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">? W</span>ant to branch out of your comfort zone<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">?</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">C</span>heck out these websites: </span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.afi.com/100Years/musicals.aspx" target="_blank">American Film Institute's 100 Years of Musicals</a> </span></span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.atdf.org/hall.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">American Tap Dance Foundation</span></span></a></li>
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Ciao til next time!Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728909810579677454noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8277656889531400083.post-27425212114177371762016-03-13T22:00:00.000-07:002016-03-14T19:41:49.973-07:00Marathon Stars Blogathon: George Murphy<div style="text-align: justify;">
<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This post is part of The Marathon Stars Blogathon hosted by <a href="https://thewonderfulworldofcinema.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">The Wonderful World of Cinema</a> and <a href="https://crystalkalyana.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood</a>.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> You can read more <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">fabulous posts by clicking <a href="https://thewonderfulworldofcinema.wordpress.com/2016/03/10/the-marathon-stars-blogathon-is-here-2/" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>.</span></span></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*To get to know a star whose films you have not widely viewed<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> (max three <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">prior to blogathon</span>)</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">V</span>iew <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">at le<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ast five of their films and report back</span></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">After consulting <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Constance Valis Hills' </span><i>Tap Dancing America</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and checking to see <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">if there were</span> enough films avail<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">able for viewing, I selected</span></span> </span></span>George Murphy for the Marathon Stars Blogathon. According to Hills, Murphy is one of the "Irish Princes" <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">who <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">brought the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">vaudevillian<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and popular sta<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ge</span></span> tradition to the big screen</span></span></span>. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">What better month to celebrate the Irish actor than in March<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Source - <a href="http://www.biography.com/people/george-murphy-20956409" target="_blank">Biography.com </a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Murphy was <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the true</span> all-American Irish<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> dancer</span></span>, born on the 4th of July. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">He </span>dropped out of Yale to dance<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, </span>form<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ing</span> a part<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nership with his future wife, </span>Juli<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">et Johnson<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. The two </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">remained married for 47 <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">years, </span>until her death<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. He</span></span></span> e</span>nded up on Broadway before tapping his way into the movies</span></span>.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As far as I can see, Murphy was </span></span></span></span>rarely the main attraction in <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">his films</span>.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> In fact<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, </span></span>my own exper<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ience with Murphy was<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> accidental<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. He <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">happened to be in films I <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">viewed </span></span></span>for <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">other stars</span></span> such as Judy Garland, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Gene Kelly, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Fred Ast<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">aire, Eleanor Powell, and Ginger Rogers</span></span></span></span>. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As I type this, it strikes me that it is </span>often noted which women danced with b<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">oth </span>Astaire and Kelly<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, but not the men. </span>Murphy would be one of them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">1) <i>For Me and My Gal </i>(1942) -<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> with Judy Garland and Gen<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e Kelly</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">2) <i>Broadway Melody of 1940 </i>(1940) - with Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">3) <i>Tom, Dick, and Harry</i> (1941) - with Ginger Ro<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">gers</span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob </i>(1941) - starring Murphy <i>and</i> Lucille Ball, plus it's a comedy--sign me up! I sc<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">our</span>ed the internet, but it appears this film is only available on VHS. Bummer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1) <i>Two Girls on Broadway </i>(1940) - starring George Murphy, Joan Blondell, and Lana Turner</span></span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Source - <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/t2stamand/lana-turner-1930-40/" target="_blank">Lana <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Turner 1930-40 Pinterest</span></a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I viewed <i>Two Girls </i>for George Murphy, but I'll admit it was difficult to keep my eyes off Lana Turner, who at age nineteen received top billing over veteran actors Murphy and Blondell. After knowing Turner in the capacity of femme fatale<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and</span> dramatic actress<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">(</span>with</span></span> a dab<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ble</span> of comedy in <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the</span> unpopular <i>Bachelor in Paradis</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>e</i> (1961)</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">personal fave</span></span>), I was surprised to learn she could dance too. Not taxi dance like in <i>These Glamour Girls</i> (1939), but really dance. While you can dub singing, dancing--full out dancing (unlike Monroe's wiggling in "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" or Joan Fontaine's attempt in "Things Are Looking Up")--is not a talent you can fake. Turner keeps up with Murphy in a variety of s<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ty<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">les and tempos</span></span>. Of cour<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">se, it helps <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to be </span>in the hands of an </span>expert lead<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It looks like Murphy has a knack for introducing new stars. In <i>Step Lively</i>, he gets a bit of tap in the beginning, but once Frank Sinatra enters and sings, the movie becomes all Frank's. Murphy is relegated to a fast-talking, scheming side story. His character runs about, trying to pull fast ones on people in order to finance his show and lavish lifestyle. He even asks his girlfriend to play a "phony love scene" to Frank's character to keep him in the production. It's hard for me to stay angry at <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Murp<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">hy</span></span>, though,<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>as he dances across the stage in the finale with as much elegance as Fred Astaire or Gower Champion. Sigh. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Murphy trades his tap shoes for a Navy u<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">niform</span> in this <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">W<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">WII f<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lick</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">, which </span><span style="font-size: large;">reads as a do<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and don't list</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">for</span> superior military </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">behavior<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. The film <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">covers <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the dangers of discussing military plans in public<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and</span> the importance of obeying orders<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">maintaining focus <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">under attack, and <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">refraining from <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">excuses.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A</span>n</span></span> i<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">gnore<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">d</span> warning</span> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">leads to a surprise attack from the enemy.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Regarding orders<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, Murphy advises his younger shipmate<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">:</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Y</span>ou know you got to learn to t<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ake <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">'</span>em before you can give <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">'</span>em."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Murphy is the guy to sell <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the message<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Look at that</span></span> smile<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">! D</span>oesn't it </span>pull on <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">your heart strings<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The</span> job must get done<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> at all costs</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">:</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Get back to your station!<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">" O'<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Brien shou<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ts, "</span></span>Let him bleed! Get back to your gun!"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">R</span>ather than make excu<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ses, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>M<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">urphy takes th<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e high road<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, allowing fe<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">llow offic<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ers to believe he <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ab<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">andon<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ed</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">his stat<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ion</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">because he was yellow</span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Side note: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Murphy's luck of the Irish must have rubbed off on his costars. Once again, he works beside a future screen star<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Desi Arnaz--</span>a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lbeit</span> a decade before his <i>I Love Lucy </i>fame.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">[Murphy would also<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">go on to do</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">public re<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lati<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">on<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> work </span>for Desilu Productions.</span></span></span></span></span>] </span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">4</span>) <i>This is the Army </i>(1943) - starring George Murphy, Joan Leslie, Ronald Reagan</span> </span></span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A year <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">further into the war than <i>The Navy</i>, t</span></span>his film focu<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ses</span> on </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">boo<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">sting WWI<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I morale. It serves as a kind of celluloid USO sho<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">w<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, but </span></span>without Hope<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> or Grable. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Extremely pop<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ul<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ar<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> at the time of its rel<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ease (it earned $<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">10 million for th<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e A<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rmy</span> Emergency Relief</span></span>), <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the film</span> is the p<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">roduct of its <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">purpose<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">: </span>light <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">in plot, heavy in enter<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">tainment. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Murphy<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">'s character anchors the story whereas Reagan, who plays his son, does little more than introduce the acts.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Murphy <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">plays dancer turned WWI officer. There is that winning smile again<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">--this <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">time in Technicolor.</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Na<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">turally, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; 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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Excluding Murphy, P<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rivate</span> William Wyckoff and C<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">orporal</span> James A. Cross have the best dance moves in the film.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thought dancing <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"</span>drunk" was a feat? How about dancing as though you have a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n injured leg? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Murphy <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">shows how</span> i<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>This is the </i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Army</i>.</span></span></span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">5) <i>Battleground </i>(1949) - starring George Murphy, Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban</span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I dragged my feet on watching this n<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">on-dancing Murphy f<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">lick</span>. I thought, here is an excuse for WWII gu<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ys to reminisce about the old days. </span>Now that I have exper<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ienced the film...</span></span>Wow.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I spent the movie on the e<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">dge</span> of my seat, heart <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ra<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">c</span>ing, wondering what would happen next to the characters. I <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">felt I was </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">exper<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">iencing WWII firsthand.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span>The writing, the ac<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ting, the </span>cinematography<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> make this possible</span></span>.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> The movie pays attention to details--both big and small.</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>I started goin<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">g into the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">film here</span></span>, but soon realized </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> the movie could constitute it's own post. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">E</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">xpect a post dedicated to the film in the near future. For now, I'll focus on the man of the hour<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">:</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Murphy's <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">sparkling</span> smile and eyes<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> shine</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> through the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">dirt.</span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Murphy plays an aging <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">solider, whose<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> peers lov<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ing</span>ly nickname</span></span> "<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pop<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">."</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Though <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">it<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> is not a dancing role, h</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is hoofing <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">e</span>xper<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ience</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">w</span>ould have come in handy </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; 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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">At the onset of the movie, Pop<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> is waiting for clearance to go ho<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">me<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. H</span>is te<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">am teases him that the reason is his </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">arthritis<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, which</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">h</span>e denie</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">s, stating</span><span style="font-size: large;"> he is going home because his wife is <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ill</span>. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As the <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">film progresses<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and the men have been on their feet<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> for a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">while, </span></span></span></span>the audience learns the soldiers</span> have not<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>exaggerat<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ed Pop's <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">condition</span>. H<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is</span></span> gait develops into a full limp</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">, a perfect c</span><span style="font-size: large;">haracterization of an old soldier w<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ith a<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rthritis.</span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">6) <i>Little Miss Broadway </i>(1938) - starring George Murphy<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and</span> Shirley Temple</span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> wrapped up</span> my marathon wi<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">th th<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is fun</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>pic. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Jimmy Durante is in the cast </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">(love him!)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>, cracking jokes throu<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ghout the fil<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">m</span></span>. There is an array of vaudevillian-type acts, including a dancing penguin. And of course, the two star tappers, <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Shirley </span>Temple and George Murphy.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A</span> whole lot of cuteness<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> in one frame</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Following the style pioneered by Astaire, t</span>he dance routines are filmed full body without close-ups<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. Portions of Murphy and Temple<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">'s number <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">are </span>shot<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> from a </span></span>crane<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">,</span> further allowing the audience to appreciate their movements</span>.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Murphy<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>displays<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>ath<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">leticism<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> as he </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">jumps from floor to table</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and </span>over gate in<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> the<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> dance numbers</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">George Murphy was a talente<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">d dancer.<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> He held his own against <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the likes of Fred Asta<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ire, Gene Kelly, and Eleanor Powell<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. </span></span></span></span></span>Perhaps he is not as well <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">known as those names because he was also </span>effective as an everyday Joe--or as <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Temple sings in <i>Little Miss Broadway</i>, "<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a r<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">egular guy." <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">His face was efferv<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">escent</span> when he smiled, endearing him to the publ<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ic, making him </span></span></span></span></span></span>accessible<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, yet he </span>di<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">dn't</span></span> outshine the rising stars around him. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">These are the s</span>ame qualities that would later help him <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">transition into public relations and</span> politics. He served on<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> the</span> Board of Directors<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, then was pre<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">sident </span>of the</span> Screen Actors Guild in the 1940s<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> 1951, h</span></span>e received an</span> honorary Oscar </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"for his services interpre</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">ting the film industry to the country at large." Eventually, he became <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a</span> U.S. Senator for California from 1965-1971.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Source - <a href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/bioguide/photo/M/M001092.jpg" target="_blank"><u>Biographic Directory of the United States Congress</u></a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Dancing with the "greats," an honorary Oscar, and Congress. What's next for this dancer? How about Star of the Month at TCM? That's a campaign I can get behind. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Thank you to </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://thewonderfulworldofcinema.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">The Wonderful World of Cinema</a> and <a href="https://crystalkalyana.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood</a></span></span> for giving me the opportunity to get to know this talented dancer.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"<a href="https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1951/memorable-moments" target="_blank">The 23rd Academy Awards Memorable Mo</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1951/memorable-moments" target="_blank">ments</a>."<i> Academy of Motion Arts and Sc</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>iences</i>. </span>Oscars.o<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rg. 2015. Web. 12 March 2016. </span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Arnold, Jeremy. "<a href="http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/92968/This-Is-the-Army/articles.html" target="_blank">This is the Army (1943)</a>." TCM. N.d. Web. 11 March 201<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">6</span>.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Dietz, Dan. <i><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=VRiMBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA124&dq=dancers+james+cross,+william+wyckoff&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwir5rqzpb3LAhVP0WMKHcbxCjUQ6AEIGzAA#v=onepage&q=dancers%20james%20cross%2C%20william%20wyckoff&f=false" target="_blank">The Complete Book of 1940s Broadway Musicals</a>. </i>Lanham, MD: Rowman <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and</span> Littlefield, 2015. <i>GoogleBooks. </i>10 March 201<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">6</span>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hills, Constance Valis. <i>Tap Dancing America<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">: A Cultural History. </span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">New York: Oxford Press, 2010. Print.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Reich, Kenneth. "<a href="http://articles.latimes.com/1992-05-05/news/mn-1547_1_george-murphy" target="_blank">George Murphy, 89; Ac</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://articles.latimes.com/1992-05-05/news/mn-1547_1_george-murphy" target="_blank">tor-Dancer Who Se</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://articles.latimes.com/1992-05-05/news/mn-1547_1_george-murphy" target="_blank">rved 1 Term in U.S. Senate</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">." <i>Los Angel<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">es Times<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">5 May 1992<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">: <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Article Collections. W<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">eb. 12 March 2016.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">St<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">einberg<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, Jacques. "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/05/us/george-murphy-singer-and-actor-who-became-senator-dies-at-89.html" target="_blank">George Murp</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/05/us/george-murphy-singer-and-actor-who-became-senator-dies-at-89.html" target="_blank">hy, Singer and Actor Who Becam</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/05/us/george-murphy-singer-and-actor-who-became-senator-dies-at-89.html" target="_blank">e Senator, Dies a</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/05/us/george-murphy-singer-and-actor-who-became-senator-dies-at-89.html" target="_blank">t 89</a>." <i>New York Times </i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">5 May 1992: U.S. Web. 12 March 2016.</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Margaret Perry is hosting a <a href="http://margaretperry.org/curatemylife/" target="_blank"><b><u>Flash Blogathon</u></b></a> this weekend as part of her Cultural Heritage Management course. She asks classic movie lovers to document their classic film heritage and culture. </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To aid in the task, she has given us a list of items to share--kind of like a scavenger hunt.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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1. DVD collection:<br />
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2. VHS collection - <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sadly I gave away my extensive collection (almost twenty years in the making) when we moved into our new home. I'm still working on replacing the titles. There <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">i</span>s one movie with which I c<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">an</span>not part until it <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">i</span>s properly replaced:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">...a</span>nd one I purchased last year for my <a href="http://classicreelgirl.blogspot.com/2015/04/a-marriage-of-convenience.html" target="_blank">entry</a> into the Pre-code Blogathon:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I bo<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rrowed</span> a VHS player to view it<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span></span></div>
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3. Favorite DVD:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Not only is <i>Follow the Fleet</i> my fav pairing of Fred and Ginger, I also love the fab cover of this DVD.</span></div>
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4. Favorite VHS - <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Because it is not available on DVD:</span></span><br />
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5. Classic film related wall art:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We switch out the poster for the holidays.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I haven't gotten around to switching back to <i>Casablanca</i> yet, but here is a pic of the poster.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Side story - <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I received this during high school from a</span> friend</span> who worked at Blockb<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">uster<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Instead of tossing it, he <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">gave <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the poster</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to</span> me.</span></span></span> </span></div>
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6. Classic film related household product:<br />
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7. Classic film movie ticket:<br />
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8. Pictures of mom and me enjoying a classic movie experience:<br />
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9. Picture of fan art - <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Technically my mom's fan art:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My brother painted this scene from <i>Oklahoma </i>and gave it to <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">our</span> mom as a gift.</span> </div>
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11. Object that once belonged to a classic film star - <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Not yet.</span></span><br />
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12. Picture of yourself with a classic film star - <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I wish.</span></span><br />
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13. Selfie from TCM Film Festival:<br />
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14. Selfie with Robert Osborne - <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Another I wish!</span></span><br />
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15. Classic film book collection:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Yep - I have two copies of Zoglin's biography, <i>Hope</i>. The first I won in a contest at <a href="http://aurorasginjoint.com/" target="_blank"><b><u>Once Upon a Screen</u></b></a>. The second copy was a gift.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I also have several classic movie books on my Kindle. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lucy's voice comes through so clearly. She gives a fair assessment of her life, acknowledging her faults as well as others'. Her sense of humor and strength is inspiring.</span></div>
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17. Miscellaneous - <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Music, magazines, my hair, and a pair of <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cat</span>s:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My most treasured 2015 Christmas gift</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Victory rolls inspired by my favorite classic movie actresses</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Meet Fred and Ginger (no longer with us)</span></div>
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Ciao til next time!Bonniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06728909810579677454noreply@blogger.com0