Showing posts with label 5 Stars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 5 Stars. Show all posts

April 24, 2010

Week 9. Captains Courageous (1937)

5 STARS - A FAMILY FAVE!!!


“I loved it, though I cried myself to sleep.”--Syd

The Film:  A spoiled rich kid, Harvey Cheyne (Freddie Bartholomew) gets kicked out of school and must accompany his father (Melvyn Douglas), a distant, preoccupied tycoon, on a steamer to Europe.  He falls overboard off the coast of New England only to be rescued by Manuel (Spencer Tracy), a likeable fisherman who becomes his mentor and protector.





March 27, 2010

Week 5. Little Women (1933)

4 ¾ STARS - TOTALLY AWESOME!!!

“I loved it!!  It’s a classic story.  It makes me feel warm inside.  It’s like this romantic sad story.”--Syd

The Film:  The classic Louisa May Alcott story of young women as they move into adulthood while their father--he affectionately calls them his “little women”--is off fighting in the Civil War.  Despite wartime deprivations and anxieties, the girls find joy, sorrow, love and fun.  The drama centers around Jo (Katherine Hepburn) who must decide between marrying her best friend or striking out for a career as a writer.  Hepburn is still a young and inexperienced actress, but her range and charisma leap off the screen.