Wacky Wednesdays with Jenbiff

 Oldies but Goodies

Can you believe ANOTHER month has already gone by?? I know I say this every month when it's time for the Oldies but Goodies...but seriously! At this rate if I close my eyes for too long I'll be 56! Am I the only one who feels this way?

Anywhosers! I've got some really good ones for you today. I've got a little Audrey, Bette and Jimmy Stewart...some of my favs! So let's get started already, right?

Jefferies and Lisa looking out the rear window (Photo Credit: Google Images)

Rear Window (1954)

Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly

L.B. “Jeff” Jefferies is a professional photographer who has been confined to his apartment when he broke his leg trying to get an action shot at a car race. With not much to do, he spends his time watching his neighbors in their daily lives. One day Jefferies notices that a salesman’s wife has inexplicably disappeared and the salesman starts doing things that make Jefferies wonder if he killed his wife. No one believes Jefferies theory until one day his girlfriend and visiting nurse see something that make them believe too. Lisa, the girlfriend, and Stella, the nurse, want to see if they can find what is buried in the backyard and when they find nothing Lisa climbs up the fire escape to see if she can find the wife’s wedding ring—something a woman would never leave behind no matter where she was going. Lisa ends up getting caught and the salesman realizes she is not working alone. Did she find the ring? What is the salesman going to do to Jefferies?

John and Jane and the new baby (Photo Credit: Google Images)

Made for Each Other (1939)

Starring: Carole Lombard, James Stewart

John Mason, a young lawyer, is sent to Boston on a business trip and comes home with a wife, Jane. He brings her home to meet his mother, who does not approve of the marriage because they only knew each other for one day before getting married. John is not worried and thinks things will only get better when he climbs up that latter at the law firm and as his mother gets to know Jane. Things don’t go according to plan and John and Jane begin to struggle financially. John’s mother lives with the newlyweds and shortly after they have a baby. The baby ends up getting sick and is dying of pneumonia and can only be saved with a serum that has to be flown in from Salt Lake City to New York…which is a challenge because all flights have been grounded because of snow. Will the baby get the serum in time? Will they get enough money to not be struggling anymore?

Everyone (except Margo) hanging out on the stairs (Photo Credit: Google Images)

All About Eve (1950)

Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders and appearance by Marilyn Monroe

Aspiring actress Eve Harrington finds a way to become friends with Broadway actress Margo Channing and her friends: Karen and Lloyd Richards (Lloyd is a play-writer), Bill Simpson (Margo’s boyfriend and director), and Max Fabian (the producer). Everyone believes Eve is an innocent fan of Margo’s who hopes to one day be on the stage too. Once the group finds out Eve has been lying and manipulating them to get a role in a new play they have a falling out. One night while the group is out celebrating the engagement of Margo and Bill, they spot Eve and theater critic, Addison deWitt. Eve asks to speak with Karen and she tries to force Karen to get her the lead in Lloyd’s new play. Will Eve get the role in the new play? Will she become as big of a star as Margo? 

Princess Anne falling asleep on Joe's shoulder (Photo Credit: Google Images)

So I actually watched this months ago, but forgot to post it…so here it is!

Roman Holiday (1953)

Starring: Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn, and Eddie Albert

Princess Anne is in the middle of a very public tour of all the European capitols. Tired of her very strict schedule, she slowly beings to rebel while in Rome. One night she starts to complain to caretakers that she is unhappy; they think she is just tired and give her a sedative to help her sleep. After they all leave her to sleep she sneaks out of her room and leaves the palace on a delivery truck. The sedative soon beings to take affect and she ends up falling asleep on a park bench where Joe Bradley, an American newspaper reporter, finds her. He thinks she's drunk and tries to send her home, but she won't leave him and he ends up taking her to his apartment. The next morning he rushes off to a press event with Princess Anne not realizing that she was sleeping on his couch! Will he find out? How will Princess Anne get home?

What did you watch this month??

Quote of the Week: "You think you got the best of me
Think you've had the last laugh
Bet you think that everything good is gone
Think you left me broken down
Think that I'd come running back
Baby you don't know me, cause you're dead wrong
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller"

Last Weeks Answer: Fighter by Christina Aguilera