Well, yesterday turned out to be as great as I thought. I was able to catch Barretts and most of Merry Widow, then had to leave for school and watched Mutiny and the Thalberg documentary when I got home. All in all a nice day.
I though the Thalberg documentary was good, but did not catch anything new on the initial screening. I felt that if you had read the biographies of him there was not really that much new added to the mix. Some new clips and, for me, the first time hearing him speak, but that was all.
As a Shearer fan, I was also a little disappointed in the way they presented her, especially in regards to her as a mother. I concede that she may not have wanted children nor was overly affectionate towards them, but the way it was presented was as if she were a cold, uncaring mother and I don't know if that extreme was the case.
As for today and tonight, my recommendations would be Jezebel (just ending), The Spiral Staircase (starting in a moment), Stella Dallas at 3:30, Imitation of Life (1959) at 8, and L.A. Confidential tonight at 2:30. Of these, Stella has to be my favorite - in fact I will be doing some writing about it later in the month so maybe I will share some of that.
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