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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Love affair (1939) - Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer in a classic romance

Rating 7.3/10
Runtime: 87 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Leo McCarey
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031593/

Cast

Irene Dunne ... Terry McKay
Charles Boyer ... Michel Marnet
Maria Ouspenskaya ... Grandmother Janou
Lee Bowman ... Kenneth Bradley
Astrid Allwyn ... Lois Clarke

Description: While in a cruise from Europe to New York to get married with his fiancée and heir of a great fortune in USA, the bachelor sportsman Michel Marnet (Charles Boyer) meets the gorgeous former night-club singer Terry McKay (Irene Dunne), who is returning to her supportive boy-friend, and they have a love affair and fall in love for each other. They schedule to reunite on the 102nd floor of the Empire State Building six months later, on July 1st, to decide whether they should marry each other or not.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Show boat (1936) - Irene Dunne in a classic musical

Rating: 7.8/10
Runtime: 113 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: James Whale
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028249/

Cast

Irene Dunne ... Magnolia Hawks
Allan Jones ... Gaylord Ravenal
Charles Winninger ... Cap'n Andy Hawks
Paul Robeson ... Joe
Helen Morgan ... Julie LaVerne
Helen Westley ... Parthenia "Parthy" Hawks

Description: Magnolia Hawks lives on her father Captain Andy's floating show boat, the Cotton Blossom. She meets gambler Gaylord Ravenal in a river town and falls for him. That afternoon,during the rehearsal for the evening's show, star actress Julie and her husband and co-star Steve are forced to leave the company and Gaylord is hired to take Steve's place, while Magnolia takes over Julie's. They fall in love and marry. Leaving the showboat, 'Nola and Gay and their little daughter, Kim, move to Chicago, where their fortunes wax and wane depending on Gay's luck. He finally leaves his wife and child and she is forced to return to the stage, where she becomes a star.

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Sunday, May 10, 2009

I remember Mama (1948) - Irene Dunne

Rating 8.2/10
Runtime: 134 min
Language: English/Norwegian/Latin/French
Country: USA
Directed by: George Stevens
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040458/

Cast

Irene Dunne ... Martha 'Mama' Hanson
Barbara Bel Geddes ... Katrin Hanson
Oskar Homolka ... Uncle Chris Halverson
Philip Dorn ... Lars Hanson
Cedric Hardwicke ... Jonathan Hyde

Description: In the format of a story, aspiring writer Katrin Hanson recollects her life growing up in the early twentieth century San Francisco with her Norwegian immigrant family: her siblings Nels, Christine and Dagmar; and her Papa and Mama named Lars and Martha. Mama is the practical one in the family. One of the family's rituals is doing the household financial accounts every Saturday night. Using the money brought home by Papa and what is kept in their petty cash tin, Mama would allocate it to the weekly bills. "It's good - we do not have to go to the bank" is what Mama would say if they had enough money. Luckily, they never had to go to the bank as dipping into their bank account was the worst thing they could have done. Beyond her practicality, Mama is truthful and compassionate and will do anything for those she loves. This not only includes her husband and children, but also her "scary" Uncle Chris, her trio of sisters - all four of whom can be difficult to love much of the time - and their poor boarder, Mr. Hyde, who provides more to the family in his readings than any financial compensation ever could. But Katrin and her siblings learn of a lie told by Mama, all in the name of protecting them.

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