https://oatymcloafy.com/ The Life and Times of Miss Mittens Mon, 29 Apr 2024 01:52:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6 https://oatymcloafy.com/2023/02/28/3-top-hat-1935/#comment-71 Mon, 29 Apr 2024 01:46:35 +0000 https://oatymcloafy.com/?p=836#comment-71 […] Astaire-esque sort of crooning I think he was trying to do.  The dance itself is very Fred-and-Ginger as it starts with opposing and combative moves and ends with them in sync, but Mia first complains […]

]]> https://oatymcloafy.com/2024/01/16/22-42nd-street-1933/#comment-70 Mon, 29 Apr 2024 01:46:04 +0000 https://oatymcloafy.com/?p=963#comment-70 […] love with films I never would have sought out if not for the list.  For example, The Court Jester, 42nd Street, and Yankee Doodle Dandy were movies I had no interest in at face value, but each one of them […]

]]> https://oatymcloafy.com/2023/03/02/8-swing-time-1936/#comment-66 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:25:01 +0000 https://oatymcloafy.com/?p=845#comment-66 […] of that Astaire-esque sort of crooning I think he was trying to do.  The dance itself is very Fred-and-Ginger as it starts with opposing and combative moves and ends with them in sync, but Mia first […]

]]> https://oatymcloafy.com/2022/09/02/68-fame-1980/#comment-65 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:24:40 +0000 https://oatymcloafy.com/?p=753#comment-65 […] by high school kids holding up NYC traffic.  I hope they at least gave their performers hazard pay to dance on top of those […]

]]> https://oatymcloafy.com/2023/10/31/25-the-court-jester-1956/#comment-64 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:24:24 +0000 https://oatymcloafy.com/?p=274#comment-64 […] been falling in love with films I never would have sought out if not for the list.  For example, The Court Jester, 42nd Street, and Yankee Doodle Dandy were movies I had no interest in at face value, but each one […]

]]> https://oatymcloafy.com/2022/10/10/31-on-the-town-1949/#comment-59 Sun, 31 Mar 2024 16:13:42 +0000 https://oatymcloafy.com/?p=790#comment-59 […] is like the greatest hits of Gene Kelly, with references to An American in Paris and On The Town.  Just look at those sailor suits – they come out of nowhere when every other soldier is […]

]]> https://oatymcloafy.com/2021/06/07/78-8-women-8-femmes-2002/#comment-58 Sun, 31 Mar 2024 16:13:26 +0000 https://oatymcloafy.com/?p=574#comment-58 […] never know based on what showed on film in Rochefort, but you see echoes of this insecurity in 8 Femmes […]

]]> https://oatymcloafy.com/2023/07/04/32-yankee-doodle-dandy-1942/#comment-51 Tue, 23 Jan 2024 20:11:55 +0000 https://oatymcloafy.com/?p=868#comment-51 […] famous co-stars, James Cagney, later went on to star as Ruby’s first boss George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy.  She worked on one of Cohan’s shows, The Rise of Rosie O’Reilly, when she was only 13. 42nd […]

]]> https://oatymcloafy.com/2020/12/22/79-white-christmas-1954/#comment-49 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 19:57:42 +0000 https://oatymcloafy.com/?p=448#comment-49 […] love to watch that nightmare unfold, I’m just going to assume it’s just as creepy as watching Rosemary Clooney and Bing Crosby kiss and leave it alone.  They were married for about 12 years before she finally divorced him, […]

]]> https://oatymcloafy.com/2020/09/08/90-the-jazz-singer-1927/#comment-48 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 19:42:05 +0000 https://oatymcloafy.com/?p=158#comment-48 […] at the time she made this film – they met in Los Angeles when she was asked to help promote The Jazz Singer.  She was 19 at the time and he was 42 (although this article in The Reading Eagle said he was 45, […]

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