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The 7th Golden Boy Blogathon, A William Holden Celebration: The Moon is Blue (1953)
Director Otto Preminger’s The Moon is Blue (1953) is memorable for being featured in a 1982 episode of M*A*S*H, “The Moon is Not Blue.” M*A*S*H took place during the Korean War (1950-1953) and during this particular episode, Hawkeye and BJ try to obtain a copy of the newly released film, The Moon is Blue, having heard about its scandalous content. Upon finally viewing the film, the two men are dismayed about how innocent and non-salacious it was. One of the other characters states that a character did say “virgin,” and Hawkeye replies with “that’s because everyone was!” The Moon is…
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The 12th Annual Buster Keaton Blogathon–“The General” at the Hollywood Theatre, PDX 2.28.26
For this event, I decided to be a little unorthodox and write specifically about my experience seeing a screening of The General at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, OR. Like The General, the Hollywood Theatre is also turning 100 years old this year. I am also a member of the Hollywood Theatre, and am able to attend many screenings for free or at a discount (it’s not entirely “free” I do pay monthly dues). I have already written about The General and its filming in Cottage Grove, OR. Read my article here. The General has had multiple screenings at the…
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Favorite TV Show Episode Blogathon–“Dances with Dogs” King of the Hill
King of the Hill is a newer topic than what typically write about on this blog, but I love this show so much and this episode so much, that I have to write about it. “Dances with Dogs,” which originally aired on December 1, 2002 is hysterical. It has such a ridiculous plot: Bobby Hill wants to enter the “Musical Canine Freestyle,” a dog-dancing contest which is a sensation in Canada. At the start of the episode, Bobby watches as his parents, Hank and Peggy Hill, leave to get ice cream. He’s been waiting for his parents to leave, so…
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Rain in the Movies
As a native of the Pacific Northwest, Oregon specifically, I have seen my share of rain. In fact, NW Oregon (where I’ve lived my entire life) is in the middle of yet another “atmospheric river” event. Basically, we’re getting rain and a lot of it–at least 3″ between yesterday through tomorrow. Personally, I like the rain. It’s relaxing and makes the outside smell nice. Plus, it makes for excellent movie watching weather. As long as the rain stays out of my basement, I am good. During the last major rain event, just a couple weeks ago, I watched a bunch…
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The 8th “So Bad, It’s Good” Blogathon–Batman & Robin (1997)
What makes a good bad movie? For me, it’s simple. An objectively bad movie has to be entertaining. A lot of my favorite good bad movies are extremely campy. Campy films often contain a lot of theatrics and over the top aesthetics. One of my favorite campy films is Valley of the Dolls (1967). Everything in that film is over the top: the sets, the production, the melodrama, and the performances. Patty Duke snarling “Sparkle, Neely, Sparkle” is everything to me. Another of my favorite over the top camp classics is Barbarella (1968) where Jane Fonda travels through space in…
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We Love Fairy Tales Blogathon–Looney Tunes Does Fairy Tales
This month, Bugs Bunny is TCM’s Star of the Month. No, TCM hasn’t lost their minds. Looney Tunes is joining TCM’s library and this was their way of welcoming Bugs and the gang into the fold. I personally am excited. I love Looney Tunes and Bugs Bunny. In fact, I hadn’t watched Looney Tunes for a long time, despite my owning 7 volumes of Looney Tunes shorts and a collection of Bugs Bunny cartoons. TCM’s salute to Bugs, combined with this fairy tales blogathon, allowed me to binge a lot of Looney Tunes shorts and documentaries. Looney Tunes released over…
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New Post Coming Soon!
I do plan to start getting back to my blog. I don’t want to lose my membership with CLAMBA. I just need to come up with some ideas. BRB!
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110 Years of Ingrid Bergman Blogathon–“Gaslight” (1944)
It’s been such a long time since I’ve posted last. I apologize to everyone whose Blogathon I missed. I’ve been so busy, pretty much the entire summer that it’s been difficult to find the time, and frankly, the ambition, to write a blog entry. I have a ton of posts I need to write, including the much belated entry about my visit to this year’s TCM Film Festival in April. In July, I attended Noir City: Portland, which was a great event. While I may not have been writing about classic film, I have still been watching it. When I…
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The Eleventh Annual Buster Keaton Blogathon—“The Navigator” (1924)
I had to travel to California again for work and am trying to write this entry from my hotel room using my iPad and a $14 Bluetooth keyboard with a $6 mouse. I am hoping to get the actual iPad keyboard some day—it’s my birthday next month, maybe I’ll get lucky. Anyway, you definitely get what you pay for with the $14 Bluetooth keyboard. It doesn’t seem to respond to the Ctrl functions very well and sometimes the space bar acts like a “Tab” button. But I digress. I watched The Navigator (1924) again last night in preparation for this…
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Cry Me a River: Tearjerkers Blogathon–“The Way We Were” (1973)
Full disclosure, I don’t cry at movies. While there are definitely movies that I find sad like Make Way for Tomorrow (1938) or the end of Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993), I have yet to actually cry at a film. The Way We Were (1973) always seems to make the list of classic tearjerkers, which is why I picked it; but I would like to argue that I didn’t find the ending sad. In fact, I found the ending of The Way We Were (1973) to be very satisfying. The Way We Were spans a 20-year period, starting in…
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My name is Kayla. I am a native Oregonian who has been a fan of classic film and television ever since I discovered I Love Lucy on Nick at Nite in 1994 when I was 10. From then on, I was obsessed with I Love Lucy and everything I Love Lucy-adjacent, but especially Lucille Ball.
A regular visitor of my city library, I read every single book about Lucille Ball that I could get my hands on. From these books, I learned that Lucy had had a film career before she was on television. Luckily for me, my library had a large number of her films on VHS available for rental. I borrowed and watched every single one. From her films, I discovered new favorite classic film actors and actresses.
I decided to make my blog, Whimsically Classic, because I wanted a place to write about my love of classic film and television. Whimsically Classic’s predecessor was my I Love Lucy Geocities fan page (TelevisionCity/3028), which I maintained from 1996-2000. I selected the name “Whimsically Classic” because I wanted something a little nonsensical so I didn’t pigeonhole myself into writing about a specific topic. I like the word “whimsical” because it’s a fun word and leaves me with a lot of room to write about whatever topic. “Classic” is an ode to my love of classic film and television.
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- SOURCE: Personal Collection, Criterion DVDThis movie is a lot of fun. Stanwyck is always good–even if accents aren't her forte.
- SOURCE: Personal Collection, Warner Archive Blu RayThe whole mutton exchange at the beginning always makes me laugh.
- SOURCE: Personal Collection, Bogie & Bacall Blu Ray SetI love this movie. It's my fave Bogie and Bacall film.
- SOURCE: Personal CollectionI watched this for my blogathon event that I participated in. This was quite the controversial film when it came out in 1953. "The Moon is Blue" was released by United Artists without approval by the Production Code Administration (PCA). This was the first nail in the coffin of the production code. "The […]
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