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Tag Archives: James Stewart
Fashions on Film: The 1940s
Got a party to go to with a 1940s theme? Check out Couch Potato’s pictorial round-up of films that collectively define this decade by showcasing the fashions, styles, cinematic trends and general look of their time. There are three things … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Fashions on Film
Tagged 1940s, Adam's Rib, Alan Ladd, Ann Miller, Bathing Beauty, Betty Grable, Brief Encounter, Cary Grant, Casablanca, Celia Johnson, Esther Williams, film noir, Frank Sinatra, gilda, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, James Cagney, James Stewart, John Garfield, Judy Garland, Key Largo, Lana Turner, Lauren Bacall, Meet Me in St Louis, Notorious, On the Town, rita hayworth, Spencer Tracy, The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend, The Big Sleep, The Blue Dahlia, The Philadelphia Story, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, Trevor Howard, Veronica Lake, Yankee Doodle Dandy
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The Shop Around the Corner – Ernst Lubitsch’s festive ‘touch’
As you’ll have noticed, we’ve been pondering Christmas-themed movies a good deal on Movie Talk recently, but until now we’ve unaccountably overlooked Ernst Lubitsch’s classic 1940 romantic comedy The Shop Around the Corner. Set in the Budapest store of the … Continue reading
Posted in Seasonal, Trailers
Tagged Ernst Lubitsch, James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, The Shop Around the Corner, you've got mail
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Best Christmas Moments in the Movies
If you could take a handful of moments from the movies to create your ideal Christmas, what would they be? These are mine: Best Christmas Shopping trip: Serendipity Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack battle it out for a pair of … Continue reading
News Muse – Six Degrees of Hollywood: A trip down memory lane
I’ve always had a thing for Hollywood movie star biographies, but I mean old-school Hollywood, like 1930s, 40s and 50s. Some great reads so far have been Ava Gardner – Love is Nothing by Lee Server, Bette and Joan: The … Continue reading
Posted in News, News Muse
Tagged ava gardner, bette david, Citizen Kane, Claire Danes, ddavid o selznick, elwood p dowd, femme fatale, film noir, gilda, Harvey, Hollywood, Horror, Howard Hughes, ika i rutan, ika nord, James Stewart, japanese, joan crawford, Joan Fontaine, Katharine Hepburn, let me in, Let the Right One In, louis b mayer, New Mexico, olivia de havilland, orson welles, rita hayworth, Robert Downey Jr, Rock Hudson, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, Steven Spielberg, Swedish, the family stone
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Rear Window
Couch Potato Pickings On Sky Movies Classics tonight at 9pm How well do you know your neighbours? Perhaps you never see them at all. On the other hand, maybe you regularly keep an eye on what they’re doing. Some people … Continue reading
Bell, Book and Candle
Couch Potato Pickings In today’s fabulous comedy, Kim Novak plays an art store manager who is also a witch. When publisher Sheperd Henderson (James Stewart) walks into her shop on Christmas Eve, she mischievously puts a love spell on him … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Bell, James Stewart, Kim Novak, witchcraft
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