Movies with Dad: Shop Around the Corner

I’m not a classic film scholar, but I do know a timeless movie. And while I’ve seen shop Around the Corner before, I delighted in it once again last night. Ernst Lubitsch, three time Oscar nominee, directed this fine affair where an exception comes in to play where three screenwriters (Raphaelson, Laszlo, and Hecht) pulled… Continue reading Movies with Dad: Shop Around the Corner

Back to Back Classics in SRQ: Two Johns and a Jimmy

What a gift to live in Sarasota! Thursday I saw Grease (Kleiser, 1978) on the big screen at the charming Burns Court Theater (Sarasota Film Society) where joy was expressed in the gyrating seat dances and applause after each song. Truly a blessing to listen to audience members share their love for Olivia Newton-JOHN and… Continue reading Back to Back Classics in SRQ: Two Johns and a Jimmy