tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post7791584762958382090..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Shop, Summertime and MailDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-14613459433004479492017-04-22T23:59:14.231+01:002017-04-22T23:59:14.231+01:00I love the young Jimmy Stewart, so adorable in The...I love the young Jimmy Stewart, so adorable in The Philadelphia Story and of course his finest performance is as filibustering scout champion in Capra's Mr Smith Goes to Washington, hope you've seen that one. Vertigo is probably my favourite Hitchcock, though I find Kim Nowak bland in the extreme. Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-10105433669845273852017-04-18T21:52:53.495+01:002017-04-18T21:52:53.495+01:00Well, Linkedin does not work as well as one would ...Well, Linkedin does not work as well as one would hope. I thought that I would be advised of your blog posts in a more timely fashion, as well getting to see your off-blog writing. I still want to respond to this one, however late. So pleased that you enjoyed the two additional interpretations of the original. It is an intriguing theme, and it works just as well in all time periods. I had felt more confident in suggesting In The Good Old Summertime, simply because it's viewed as more important, starring the revered Judy Garland. I feared that You've Got Mail might be too fluffy, and glad that you could find something to enjoy about both. No doubt, you have seen more Jimmy Stewart movies than I. I hope that, as a fan, you have, or will at some point, see both the films he made with Kim Novak - Vertigo and the completely different Bell, Book and Candle. They could make an interesting double feature, though probably not on the same night. -- ElizabethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-90160913636965253132017-02-10T08:52:13.289+00:002017-02-10T08:52:13.289+00:00I can see you being absolutely charmed by The Shop...I can see you being absolutely charmed by The Shop Around the Corner (it would be hard to love anyone who wasn't). As for the analysis, I recently read and reviewed a book by Ethan Morrden on the relationship between Broadway and Hollywood - lively, opinionated, knowledgeable. He's written quite a few books on the American musical. I guess he's the one to read. Sondheim in his two books including all his lyrics has penetrating insights on other American lyricists. Of course what's great in that genre I love to bits, but hit a reef with lesser works (like She Loves Me, for instance).Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-19443286823316556312017-02-10T08:41:40.129+00:002017-02-10T08:41:40.129+00:00David - I continue to be astonished at the breath ...David - I continue to be astonished at the breath of your cultural interests.....by comparison I feel that my interests are unduly narrow and that I am missing several aspects of the human predicament. Still, at the age of 80 too late to change now I fear. Is there a proper analysis of the pretty tremendous American achievement in films and musicals? David Damantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-29027080903752236452017-02-09T23:23:10.347+00:002017-02-09T23:23:10.347+00:00I gift the Suthren-Lanes my copy of A Funny Thing....I gift the Suthren-Lanes my copy of A Funny Thing... as I've only watched it twice and can't imagine doing so again in the near future, fun though it is (the National Theatre production was genius).<br /><br />I'm more or less immune to Tom Hanks's charm, though I don't deny he's a good actor. And I can think of some stinkers in which Jimmy Stewart appeared. Even Harvey isn't as good as it should be. I find him so lovely when young.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-48970296996875419572017-02-09T13:17:17.263+00:002017-02-09T13:17:17.263+00:00I like to think Buster Keaton couldn't be anyt...I like to think Buster Keaton couldn't be anything less than superb even when underused, as I expect he often was once the talkies took away much of his usp. Like his typically deadpan and put-upon cameo in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, which to paraphrase Pontius Pilate ranks extremely highly in our home, although we seem to have misplaced the damn DVD!<br /><br />So many great Jimmy Stewart films, I can't really think of one that doesn't top some sort of favourites list. Funnily I've often thought of Tom Hanks as a letter day Stewart, although his range is wider, but both have kept up a consistently high level of performances and mostly high quality films, as well as friendly or sympathetic characters. Although I can't see Jimmy Stewart carrying off more left field roles that Hanks was brilliant at, like Big or Forrest Gump.Howard Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03217071162180558304noreply@blogger.com