sixmartinis and the seventh art: December 2011

12/31/11

2011 countdown

Midnight Mary (1933)

I Am Waiting (1957)

Snow Creature (1954)

The Enforcer (1951)

At the Stroke of Twelve (1941)

Marked Woman (1937)

Snow Creature (1954)

Tea Making Tips (1941)

Midnight Mary (1933)

Snow Creature (1954)

Gold Diggers of 1933

Shockproof (1949)

El Rey Del Barrio (1950)

Hong Kong Holiday (1957)

Wife vs Secretary (1936)

Wife vs Secretary (1936)

By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)

Gold Diggers of 1933

Non Ti Scodar Di Me (1936)

Letter of Introduction (1938)

The Enforcer (1951)

Midnight Mary (1933)

Sangdil (1952)

Happy new year to everyone!

Here's to a bright, happy and engaging 2012!

12/30/11

most snowiest time of the year day 30

Aural Adjunct: Snow Time by Felix Arndt

King's Row (1942)

directed by Sam Wood

cinematography by James Wong Howe

production design by William Cameron Menzies

art direction by Carl Jules Weyl

12/29/11

most snowiest time of the year day 29

We Live Again (1934)

directed by Rouben Mamoulian

cinematography by Gregg Toland

12/28/11

most snowiest time of the year day 28

Most scenes play like a soap opera, where no one will just come out and say what is on their minds. It's awfully confusing plot-wise, but thankfully it takes place in a world of perpetual blizzards. Just look at all this snow....

Hakuchi (1951)

aka The Idiot

directed by Akira Kurosawa

cinematography by Toshio Ubukata

12/27/11

most snowiest time of the year day 27

The Roaring Twenties (1939)

directed by Raoul Walsh

cinematography by Ernest Haller

art direction by Max Parker

12/26/11

most snowiest time of the year day 26

Hope you are enjoying your Boxing Day holiday! Why not kick back, put up your feet and listen to Jack Benny as Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner, not to mention Rosalind Russell, Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, Dorothy Malone, Charles Boyer and Gene Kelly as well.

Barbara Stanwyck comes through again!

...showing an early affinity for acting on horseback, and during an absolutely velvety gorgeous snowstorm too:

It's worth seeing even just for a young and handsome George Brent.

The Purchase Price (1932)

directed by William A Wellman

cinematography by Sid Hickox

art direction by Jack Okey

12/25/11

come and spend xmas with me

Aural Adjuncts:

The Santa Claus Express by the BBC Dance Orchestra

White Christmas by Vera Lynn, who could make me cry even singing "Happy Birthday"

Come and Spend Christmas With Me by Byron G. Harlan

Holiday-themed Sweater Coup, for all you who participate in the Ugly Christmas Sweater parties. This'll send the vintage clothes aficionados into a tizzy. Thanks again to Barbara Stanwyck; here's another view: