2.23.2005

TCM for Wednesday 2/23

Keeping up with Best Picture. Continuing with a spate of films I have not seen.

Recommended:
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958) - More for the play itself than for the performances or the film.
Ben-Hur (1959) - See it, but watch The Celluloid Closet first and it will be so much better.
On The Waterfront (1954) - Despite the politics of the film I really love this melodrama. Brando at, I think, his out and out best. Another of those films that I have to watch when it is on.
An American in Paris (1951) - I prefer Singin in the Rain to this film as far as Kelly films go, but a must see none the less.

Highly Recommended:
I have to go with Brando. Amazing performance and amazing film.

Haven't Seen, But Want To:
Gigi (1958) - Another I shouldn't admit I haven't seen, but . . .

Really Not Interested:
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954) - I have tried to watch this several times and just can't get into it.

The Rest:
King Solomon's Mines (1950)
Ivanhoe (1952)
Julius Caesar (1953)
The Rose Tattoo (1955)
Separate Tables (1958)

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