Dish of the Day (A Long Good Friday Edition)
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, July 19, 2024
This weekend on TCM:
As mentioned in the first TCM recommendation this month, 1933’s Baby Face, this next film offers a sort of male version of the same goal: to climb the corporate ladder. Plus, it is sure to succeed as a fun and lively musical to watch. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) was previously reviewed here. Lessons will begin on TCM Saturday, July 20 at 9 am PDT.
Next up are 2 films showing back-to-back that both concern athletic competition.
First is the Academy Award Best Picture winning film Chariots of Fire (1981), which benefits greatly from its iconic score by Vangelis Papathanassiou, ever so briefly reviewed here as part of an article on films from the 80s, and showing Sunday, July 21 at 5 pm PDT.
Few biopics are as inspirational as Michael Curtiz’ Jim Thorpe - All American (1951), a previous TCM recommendation here, and one that can be appreciated again Sunday, July 21 at 7:15 pm PDT.
Burt Lancaster
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All responses are not only welcomed but encouraged in the comments section below.
Hope to see you Monday, July 22nd.
A.G.