Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Monday, December 25, 2023

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Today on TCM:

The next recommendation is another Hidden Gem (#40: Big Business 1929, U.S.A.), as well as my all time cherished Christmas Holiday cinematic treat. This is a Laurel and Hardy film in which all out hilarity ensues. Stan and Ollie are Christmas tree salesmen who pick the wrong customer (James Finlayson) to call on and the situation escalates from a simple misunderstanding to total Armageddon. Big Business is probably the duo's most brilliantly conceived and executed film of all and is only 19 minutes in length, airing Monday, December 25 at (early morning) 2:45 am PST.

(From left) Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Stan Laurel

Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) is loaded with multi-faceted insights and hidden rumination on human relationships providing viewers with much to ponder long after this tale of romantic obsession ends. This cinematic treasure was previously opened here and will unveil its visual and aural riches Monday, December 25 at 5 pm PST.

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I cannot think of any Alfred Hitchcock film as static in nature as 1948’s Rope, reviewed here and showing up on TCM Monday, December 25 at 11:30 pm PST.

(From left) Farley Granger, James Stewart, John Dall

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Hope to see you tomorrow.

A.G.