We have coughy colds and the weather has been soggy and dreary. The Frankenstein Drive Moles have built a city in the backyard, and just under the surface they must be riding around in gondolas rather than burrowing.
Today watched too many oaters on TCM: Duel at Diablo with Jim Garner and Sid Poitier (really like the Neal Hefti score!); Bend of the River with Jimmy Stewart, directed by Anthony Mann; Sons of Katie Elder with the Duke and Dino Crocetti (? hint: he sings "That's Amore"), score by Elmer Bernstein;* and Will Penny with Charlton Heston in one of the best performances I've ever seen him in, the lovely Joan Hackett, and Donald Pleasence as a convincing villain. This evening saw Another Woman, by Woody Allen and starring Gena Rowlands. Finally, we saw My Big Fat Greek Wedding, a wonderful escape and a really sweet movie. Not one ugly moment in the whole thing. Everybody in this is a hero and likable. Highly recommend. I liked it better than Moonstruck, which it resembles.
*Oh yes, Martha Hyer, of Some Came Running, was in the Katie Elder flick, and she was the most ravishing I've ever seen her.
Finally, the best news story of the day for me, an op-ed in the NY Times by Chevy Chase about Jerry Ford:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/06/opinion/06chase.html
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Any chance you still have the VHS copy of "Some Came Running?" I'd like to transfer it to DVD since I can't buy a copy. If you still have it would you consider loaning it?
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