Love is a rippling brook

Don't ask me why, but I've decided to do a sort of theme this month for my photo posts - stars taking baths! Yeah... I don't know. It started with me looking up the photo of Myrna Loy in a bath full of flowers (I think they're flowers. It's hard to tell) and then I thought of several other good photos and... well, you'll see. I just think is adorable in this, don't you?


This photo is from Doctor Macro.
P.S. You would not believe how hard it is to think of four movie quotes dealing with baths. So, since I couldn't find photos of Lena Horne in her famous bubble bath scene in Cabin in the Sky, I'm going to use lyrics from the song she sang "Ain't It De Truth" as my titles.

"We're hats, you see, and we wondered if we could have a lady or two to Malloy with for the afternoon..."

Last week's quote: "How could ignorance be compared to bliss?" was from The Music Man. The song, "The Sadder But Wiser Girl" is written by Meredith Wilson and performed, in the '62 film, by Robert Preston.

This week's quote is: "We're hats, you see, and we wondered if we could have a lady or two to Malloy with for the afternoon..."

If you've seen one, you've seen them all.

Okay. So, I want to take a little moment out of my usual routine to get really excited about a movie coming out this year. My only possible reservation in being totally thrilled is that I'm not sure if it ends happily. Looking at the trailer, I can see it go either way. I hope it's a happy ending, because if it is, this may just be perfect for me. If it doesn't, well, then I guess it will be almost-perfect. Anyway, the movie is The Artist. It is, I believe, a French movie and deals with the transition from silent films to sound. If I'm not mistaken, the movie is done entirely in black and white and is a silent! How exciting!! Here's the thing too: even if it isn't a silent, it gets major props in my book for having a silent trailer. Check this out:



Doesn't that look completely and totally amazing?! I'm so excited! I can barely contain it! And I have to wait until November to see it. Ugh. Can't wait. What do you think?

Look at her now: she's a go-gal, who only goes for me

I love this movie! And the dancing in this movie is incredible! And this scene - perfection. Okay, so some of the steps are really weird, but that's part of the fun. Although I'm not that great of a dancer, one of my dream roles would be to play Zaneeta Shinn ("ye gods!").

From this point on, I'll use every means in my power to fight you.

This scene is amazing! And I enjoy this picture. And I enjoy him.

"How could ignorance be compared to bliss?"

Last week's quote was: "When I find out what that means, I'll come back with a crushing reply," which is from White Christmas. The quote before it (one of my favorites in the film) is: "My dear partner, when what's left of you gets around to what's left to be gotten, what's left to be gotten won't be worth getting whatever it is you've got left." Brilliant!

This week's quote: "How could ignorance be compared to bliss?"

Who's Clark Gable?

I watched a delightful movie a little while back and I've been dying to review it so I think I'll include it in my much neglected 100 movies list:

#38 It’s Love I’m After (1937)

The movie stars Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Patric Knowles. The plot is a little confusing, but here goes: Basil Underwood (Leslie Howard) and Joyce Arden (Bette Davis) have procrastinated their marriage often but when Henry Grant (Patric Knowles) arrives and asks Basil to pretend to be a cad to his fiancée, Marcia West (Olivia de Havilland), so as to end her infatuation with him. Basil, in a moment of self-conscious heroism, agrees to help. Naturally, however, Joyce does not agree with him on how heroic his help is.

The performances were fantastic! I’ve always loved Leslie Howard, but have difficulty watching him because he is in so many dramas and I prefer comedy. I find him completely fascinating. He's such an amazing actor and he has this incredible intensity that I just love to watch. If anyone has any other good Leslie Howard films that are my style (you know, light and fun) other than Pygmalion and The Scarlet Pimpernel, please let me know! Anyway, I stumbled upon this movie and only five minutes in, I was smitten. Leslie Howard is side-splitting as a pompous and self-infatuated actor. Bette Davis is adorable. Olivia de Havilland has a flair for playing a madcap heiress and she’s at her comedic best in this one. I adored Eric Blore. He and Leslie Howard were brilliant together. I think Patric Knowles is a grossly underrated actor and he’s great again in this one. I was dying!!

It’s definitely on my wishlist now. Can’t wait to own it.

I tried to look up some trivia but didn't find much, other than the fact that Bette Davis resented being billed second to Leslie Howard (not surprising).

Here is one of my favorite scenes in the movie. It starts at five minutes. Feel free to skip ahead to the scene or treat yourself to the entire movie if you have the time. I intend to buy it because I'd like to reward Warner Bros for selling their archive collection by investing it. Also, the watermark is a big pain.

All of the photos in this post are from Doctor Macro.