tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286673910044050811.post1510695733368201048..comments2024-03-26T18:28:58.729-04:00Comments on Just a Cineast: Thursday Movie Picks #388: New to the CityTed S. (Just a Cineast)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12394770582776749331noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286673910044050811.post-85535806105056564662021-12-18T22:48:23.823-05:002021-12-18T22:48:23.823-05:00Oh you went back and I love it even though I have ...Oh you went back and I love it even though I have not seen any of these films but, as you know, I would love to.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7286673910044050811.post-58819552739974518122021-12-16T22:57:15.314-05:002021-12-16T22:57:15.314-05:00Three good choices!
Street Girl was rather rough ...Three good choices!<br /><br />Street Girl was rather rough around the edges showing some of the difficulties of the transition from silent to sound but I did ultimately enjoy it. <br /><br />Eric Linden's character is such a sap in Big City Blues it was hard to sympathize with him at times but Joan Blondell saves the movie as she so often did from going off the rails. <br /><br />I really liked Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men because of Wynne Gibson. It's such a shame she's not better remembered now, she was a very effective performer. <br /><br />I reached back for my first but went a bit more current with my others. <br /><br />Baby Face (1933)-Lily Powers (Barbara Stanwyck) is being pimped out by her scumbag father (Robert Barrat) in his grimy small time Pennsylvania speakeasy. When he’s killed by a still explosion Lily, along with friend Chico (Theresa Harris), jumps on a freight train to New York City. Espying a woman emerging from a tall office building in furs Lily decides that’s where opportunity lies and gets a secretarial job by screwing the hiring manager. She proceeds to work her way up (illustrated by the camera panning up several floors of the building at intervals) using her horizontal skills until she’s the mistress of the head of the company. But there’s a price to pay! Originally there was no price, but the film was considered so salacious that along with several other (The Story of Temple Drake, Convention City (which was deemed so scandalous the studio destroyed ALL copies of the film) She Done Him Wrong, etc.) it caused a major clampdown of the Production Code and an alteration of this film’s finale. <br /><br /><br />Footloose (1984)-Moving from Chicago to the small town of Beaumont teen Ren McCormack (Kevin Bacon) comes up against a real culture shock when he discovers that dancing and rock music are illegal thanks to the town’s close-minded preacher Reverend Shaw Moore (John Lithgow). But with the help of his newfound friends Willard Hewitt (Christopher Penn), and the rev’s daughter Ariel (Lori Singer) Ren is determined to rock this town back to life!<br /><br />Coyote Ugly (2000)-Having just turned 21 Violet Sanford (Piper Perabo) moves to New York with hopes of becoming a songwriter. To get by she takes a job as a barmaid at the happening watering hole of the moment, Coyote Ugly. The "Coyotes" as the media refers to them perform outrageous antics while serving up drinks and Violet finds her dreams sidelined as she gets caught up in the whirl. Foolishly undemanding. joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com