The Viewing Files: 365 Movies in 365 Days - Week Thirteen

I know, I know.; this post is way late.  Still I think a bump on the head is a totally justified reason for being a bit behind.  Concussion, even a very mild form is no fun.  I can't wait for the throbbing to finally go away.  In the meantime I am resting up heaps and taking it easy.

I managed to see quite a few movies before the bump which at least is a good thing.  This time round I got pulled into an 'oldies' theme and have become seriously hooked on old classics.  Some of these I may have seen before but couldn't remember much about them so a second viewing was a must.

First up...

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Starring: Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell
Original release: 1953
Synopsis:  Showgirls Lorelei and Dorothy travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers.

Loved it.

Great songs, great costumes and a lot of fun.  One I would definitely watch again.

How To Marry A Millionaire

Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall and Betty Grable
Original release: 1953
Synopsis:  Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry...

Marilyn again.

Nowhere near as good as the previous film, though the clothes were still lovely and Marilyn was just as good.

Calamity Jane
Starring: Doris Day and Howard Keel
Original release: 1953
Synopsis:  Will rough and wild Calamity Jane ever find love?

I actually didn't think I would like this much as generally I'm not a big musical fan but instead I totally loved it.

So much fun and catchy songs as well.

Laura
Starring: Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews
Original release: 1944
Synopsis:  A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating. 

Weirdly the opposite happened with this one.  Went in thinking I would love it and came thinking it was all a bit meh.

Didn't help that I guessed the killer in the first 5 minutes or that the lead actress was as wooden as a wooden stake.  Like seriously.  Beautiful to look at but nothing behind the face.

Still the clothes were once again lovely.

Leave Her To Heaven
Starring: Gene Tierney and Cornel Wilde
Original release: 1945
Synopsis:  A writer falls in love with a young socialite and they are married soon after, but her love for him threatens to be the undoing of both them.

This time round the wooden actress was so much better.  Mostly because she played a psychotic, unfeeling monster.  

Glorious over the top stuff and the the part where she watches someone drown sends chills down your spine.

Lover Come Back 
Starring: Doris Day and Rock Hudson
Original release: 1961
Synopsis:  A series of misunderstandings leaves an advertising executive with a campaign for a product which doesn't exist, while he romances his rival while pretending to be someone else.

Doris being all frosty virginal and Rock being all manly sexiness.  Totally silly but still enjoyable.

Only annoying thing was the hazy look they kept doing every time they did a close up of her face.