I watched two amazing movies in the past week. Do you love screwball Disney comedies? Cause I know I do!
North Avenue Irregulars (1979) is one of the best movies pretty much of all time. To keep it short and sweet, a new minister in town enlists 6 churchwomen and one reluctant male churchgoer to help fight their town's gambling problem. Yeah, it's as crazy as it sounds! This movie is about as campy as it gets, including a 60's-ish band called Strawberry Shortcake and hi-jinks that lead to an off road derby type car crashing spectacular. It's the best thing ever. Ever. EVER.
It's so the best movie ever, because it has Edward Herrmann (pastor Michael Hill) in it. And he's so young! Cloris Leachman (Claire) is also in it, and she's pretty much as hilarious as ever. Look out for Carmel, the pastor's daughter - it's Melora Harden!! She's got to be, like, 9!
Clearly I have some free time.
I also watched "Picture of Dorian Gray" with Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, and ANGELA LANSBURY. It's so beautiful, Hurd Hatfield plays Dorian Gray so well that you'd never know he wasn't like that in real life. The role really type-cast him forever, which is unfortunate, but the other surprising thing is he's not British. He's from NYC. Never would have guessed that. I guess that's awesome acting for you. The other fabulous thing about this movie is that it has a commentary by a film historian, who gives you great tidbits about the movie, filming, and the actors, but also, ANGELA LANSBURY is on the commentary. I loves it.
