Classic Cinema Survey: Millie-style!

Amanda over at A Noodle In A Haystack has created a really cool survey about classic movies!

Not wanting to be left behind, I of course jumped on the bandwagon (gosh, I really do love saying that...no idea why of course! It's kinda like my fascination with "had a dilly of a time").

This probably wasn't a good idea, as I am really awful at answering these things! I unfortunately freeze up and can't think or remember anything clearly! And millions of my absolute favorites are completely forgotten! So, really...don't take this as my final word on anything! ;-D

Anyway, here goes!



1. What is your all-time favorite Clark Gable movie?

It Happened One Night

Runner-up: Teacher's Pet

2. Do you like Joan Crawford best as a comedienne or a drama-queen?

Don't like her at all! Sorry!

^I do hope she won't be very angry!

3. In your opinion, should Ginger Rogers have made more musicals post-Fred Astaire?

Hmm, I really don't know! I love her SO MUCH with Fred! But, she's also so amazing, period. So, I really don't know!

4. I promise not to cause you bodily (or any other serious) harm if you don't agree with me on this one. So please be honest: do you like Elizabeth Taylor? Hm?

Eh...

I could really care less! I think she was an extremely talented and beautiful child/teenage actress. And, I do love her in Father of the Bride and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, but otherwise she's just so-so!

5. Who is your favorite offscreen Hollywood couple?

Darin & Dee


Runners-up: Carole & Clark, Audrey & Mel, Ava & Frank, Tyrone & Annabella, and Orson & Rita!

6. How about onscreen Hollywood couple?

Oh! Um, I think, either Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea (in The More the Merrier) or Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney in Laura.

Oh junk, I almost forgot to add Doris and Rock in Pillow Talk!


And of course, Bobby and Sandra in That Funny Feeling!

And really I have many more, but these are just the ones that I thought of at the moment!

7. Favorite Jean Arthur movie?

The More the Merrier!

Runners-up: The Talk of the Town and Mr. Deeds Comes To Town

8. What was the first Gregory Peck movie you saw?

Don't know! He's always been there! Maybe Roman Holiday.

9. What film made you fall in love with Alfred Hitchcock? (And for those of you that say, "I don't like Hitchcock" -- what is wrong with you?!)

The Lady Vanishes.......since that was the first I saw! Of course, my adoration for all things Hitchcock started long before that! He has always been a revered figure in my home!

^I love Redgrave's mustache!

By the way, anyone who doesn't love Hitchcock should really have their heads bashed in! Just saying...

10. What is your favorite book-to-movie adaption?

Pride & Prejudice (1940)!

^My very favorite adaptation of P&P!

11. Do you prefer Shirley Temple as a little girl or as a teenager?

Teenager, I think, but I also used to adore her as a toddler when I was very young!

12. Favorite character actor?

WHAT?!?! I LOVE character actors! I even have three that I count in my top twenty actors ever (Peter Lorre, Keenan Wynn, and James Gleason)! I Also love, Marcel Dalio, Dame May Whitty, Patricia Hitchcock, Barry Fitzgerald, Jessie Royce Landis, Michael Dunn, Mary Wickes, Elsa Lanchester, Thelma Ritter, S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall, Mildred Natwick, Basil Rathbone.

You can actually name any character actor and I'm almost certain to say I adore them!

13. Favorite Barbara Stanwyck role?

Hmm, either Meet John Doe or Ball of Fire. I think that Meet John Doe barely wins! But, really I love her in anything. Barbara is just one of my very, very, very favorites!

^She was my favorite non-musical (Read: non-Deanna Durbin) actress between the ages of six and eleven! I still absolutely adore her!

14. Who is your favorite of Cary Grant's leading ladies?

Ingy! And I ADORE Irene Dunne!

^The magnificent hat!

15. Bette Davis or Joan Crawford?

Bette without a doubt!

16. What actors and/or actresses do you think are underrated?

Dana Andrews, Ray Milland, James Gleason, Peter Lorre, Bobby Darin; Sandra Dee, Jean Arthur, Irene Dunne, Deanna Durbin, Cyd Charisse.....

17. What actors and/or actresses do you think are overrated?

Mwahahahaha! I was hoping you would ask!

Ahem...

Jimmy Stewart, Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift [Merriam just won't understand]....

^Did you ever see a more annoying face?

18. Do you watch movies made pre-1980 exclusively, or do you spice up your viewing-fare with newer films?

No, I do watch some post-1980 films (I mean I was born mid-90's)! I love Pixar, especially!

19. Is there an actor/actress who you have seen in a film and immediately loved? If so, who?

Grace Kelly----Rear Window, Sandra Dee----Gidget, Dana Andrews----Laura...

20. Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire?

FRED!


Also, this is popular opinion! He won in my poll a couple months ago!

21. Favorite Ginger Rogers drama?

Don't know. I don't really have a favorite. I prefer her in comedies/musicals! Unless, of course you count Once Upon A Honeymoon as a drama (and I guess it technically is!)



P.S. I actually have an original movie poster for this film, that my mom bought at a little antique store for $3!

22. If you wrote a screenplay, who would be in your dream cast and what roles would they play? (Mixing actors and actresses from different generations is allowed: any person from any point in their career.)

AHHH! These questions always stress me out, because I can never think of cool answers!

Um, um, um, um...okay, I got it! Rock, Doris, Sandra Dee, and Bobby Darin. It would be an extremely stupid 60's comedy that just makes you strangely happy. Doris and Sandra would be sisters! And Rock and Bobby would just be random guys! ...Well, at least I would enjoy it...;-D


^This group, minus Gina and plus Doris! But, I still love Gina! In fact, I'm imploring you to vote for her in my poll [sidebar]! She's getting killed by Sophia!

23. Favorite actress?

Ingy!


25. Favorite actor?

Dana Andrews, Fred Astaire, William Powell, Ray Milland, and Gregory Peck TIED for first!

[For photos see sidebar]

26. And now, the last question. What is your favorite movie from each of these genres:

Are you stinkin' kidding me? I can't even choose when given a multiple choice between two movies!

Drama: NO! NO! NO!

Romance: Please don't make me!

Musical: I ADORE musicals! It is one of my favorite genres ever!

Comedy: Can't. Well, TECHNICALLY His Girl Friday is my FAVORITE, but I so love so many!

Western: IMPOSSIBLE!

Hitchcock (he has a genre all to himself): Shadow of a Doubt is number one. But, I adore every Hitchcock ever created!



^Technically this has nothing to do with anything! But, hey, you never go wrong with a little James Dean!


Thanks for the fun survey, Amanda!

-Millie!

Photo of the Day!

Sandra Dee in Gidget!

Photo of the Day!

Gorgeous Deanna Durbin!

I am SO depressed right now! My personalized, signed photo from her has gone missing! It was sitting on my desk, because I didn't have the right frame size for it yet...and did a bit of cleaning my room...and now I can't find it anywhere! It's been about a month! :'(

Carole Lombard Birthday Tag!

That's right! The lady who originally inspired the phrase of Stupendously Amazingly Cool (a now classic of mine...;-D) is turning 101!

And to celebrate Harley over at Dreaming in Black and White started a questionnaire tag all about The Carole.

I am so excited to answer some questions about this very special lady!

1. Favorite Carole Film

Too hard! I really can't decide between To Be or Not To Be and Mr. and Mrs. Smith! Ugh! The pain! Um, okay, I think my favorite Carole ROLE is as Anne Smith...so Mr. and Mrs. Smith it is, but TBoNTO is EXTREMELY close! We're talking like tortoise racing turtle close (it doesn't make sense to me either)! And I ADORE My Man Godfrey (the Carole I was first acquainted with at the age of 3). Anyways, moving on!



2. Carole's career was cut tragically short in 1942. Though she worked with many amazing and talented actors, who would you have liked to see her with?

Hmm, I'm always really awful at these kind of answers... I would for sure I loved to see her work with Clark a little more! And, I think that she and Ray Milland in a crazy screwball would have been interesting!


3. Ok, so who was your favorite out of Carole's leading men?

Without a doubt Robert Montgomery!



4. Do you think Carole's relevant today? if so, why?

Absolutely! One thing that is particularly fascinating about Carole is how fresh and modern she seems even today (I can only imagine back in her day what is was like)!


^This photo looks like it was taken in modern times! It's of The Carole skeet-shooting!


5. Do you agree with contemporary views that someone like Cameron Diaz is the new Carole Lombard?

Are you stinkin' kidding? I don't have anything against Cameron (per se), but a comparison with The Carole is completely unwarranted and absolutely idiotic! I'm just saying...;-D


^Do think Cameron Diaz could pull off a hat like that? I think not!

6. On a scale of 1-10, how cool was Carole?

Excuse me Harley, but I say 21! ;-D



Happy (couple hours early) Birthday to the original Stupendously Amazingly Cool Carole Lombard! You have been missed dreadfully!

Photo of the Day!

Ingy getting her hair done!

Photo of the Day!

It's James Dean Sunday!



...From East of Eden.

You may have noticed that I changed my blog layout. I don't know if I like it or not. I am a creature of habit, and found it excruciatingly difficult even when I just changed my header a few weeks ago. Now, I have changed not only the background, but also the entire layout! I really prefer it when the sidebar is on the left side, but ah well! Let me know what you think of it!

Now just for nostalgia's sake:




Joseph Cotton toasting a farewell to the original layout!

Lovely Lady of the Week: Gina Lollobrigida

After, a bit of an absence (sorry!) my Lovely Lady series returns with La Lollo (aka Gina Lollobrigida)!



Gina is a multi-talented lady (actress, sculptress, painter, photographer/photojournalist) who just happens to be absolutely gorgeous! I just adore her. I think it's difficult not to. In her films and in real-life she's just too darn likable! My favorite of her films is Come September. It's simply too perfect for words...and a large part of that is due to Gina. And, by the way, she is WAY more amazing than Sophia Loren!

Enjoy!















^With her adorable son, Mirko.






^From Come September. One of the coolest movie wedding dresses ever!




^La Lollo...and a deer.




^Millie wants this dress!