Minute A Day About Movies
A personal look at movies, old and new, with featured posts on a weekly theme.
20 Jan 2011 @ 6:00 AM
Thursday Minute
Entr’acte | January 20, 2011
White Nights
More ballet (dancing with—who else—Death).
White Nights (1985)
Taylor Hackford, director
David Watkin, cinematograhper
“Le Jeune Homme et la Mort”
Roland Petit, choreographer
Johann Sebastian Bach, music (“Passacaglia in C Minor”)
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Florence Faure
…58…59…60.
Tags: Entr'acte, Florence Faure, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Taylor Hackford, White Nights
Categories: Actors, Dance Films, Dramas, Film Music, Films, People
Categories: Actors, Dance Films, Dramas, Film Music, Films, People
18 Jan 2011 @ 6:00 AM
Tuesday Minute
Entr’acte | January 18, 2011
Limelight
More ballet (someone, it seems, is always dying).
Limelight (1952)
Charlie Chaplin, writer-director-composer-choreographer
Karl Struss, director of photography
Charlie Chaplin (Calvero), Claire Bloom (Terry), Norman Lloyd (Bodalink)
Melissa Hayden (Columbine), Andre Eglevsky (Harlequin), dancers, choreographers
Harlequinade Ballet
…58…59…60.
Tags: Charlie Chaplin, Entr'acte, Limelight
Categories: Actors, Comedies, Composers, Dance Films, Directors, Dramas, Film Music, Films, People
Categories: Actors, Comedies, Composers, Dance Films, Directors, Dramas, Film Music, Films, People
06 Jan 2011 @ 6:00 AM
Thursday Minute
Entr’acte | January 6, 2011
A Day at the Races
Tip for a sucker.
A Day at the Races (1937)
Sam Wood, director
Robert Pirosh, George Seaton, George Oppenheimer, writers
The Marx Brothers — Groucho & Chico
Tutsi-Frutsi Ice Cream
…58…59…60.
04 Jan 2011 @ 6:00 AM
Tuesday Minute
Entr’acte | January 4, 2011
Animal Crackers
We interrupt this program for a few laughs. (More features coming next week. The new schedule is here.)
Animal Crackers (1930)
Victor Heerman, director
George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby (play); Morrie Ryskind (screenplay); writers
Groucho Marx, Louis Sorin
Captain Spaulding: “You go Uruguay, and I’ll go mine.”
…58…59…60.
03 Sep 2010 @ 6:00 AM
Friday Minute
Entr’acte | September 3, 2010
“Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)”
from Beetlejuice
One more week of musical selections before we return to regular features. This time around, a variety of songs that make for some memorable movie moments.
Beetlejuice (1988)
Tim Burton, director
“Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)”
Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts), songwriter
Harry Belafonte, singer
…58…59…60.
Tags: "Jump in the Line (Shake Senora)", Beetlejuice, Entr'acte, Harry Belafonte
Categories: Comedies, Film Music, Films
Categories: Comedies, Film Music, Films
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