Oldies but Goodies

Another month has come and gone and here we are for more Oldies. I hope you're excited because I have some goodies here for you to see. I hope you enjoy these movies as much as I did!

Pot of Gold (1941)

Starring: Jimmy Stewart, Paulette Goddard, and Horace Heidt

Jimmy Haskell’s music shop is not earning enough money for him to stay in business. His uncle, who hates music, happily helps him pack everything up and move him to his food factory that he owns and runs. The day Jimmy moves to his uncles he becomes friends with the McCorkle family who happen to be members of and house other members of a band. Will Jimmy make it to his uncle’s home? Will his uncle ever like music?

*Winner of the Month!*

The band all together playing in the house they live in

Dark Victory (1939)

Starring: Bette Davis, George Brent and Humphrey Bogart

Judith Traherne is a young socialite who gets painful headaches that lead to vision loss. But she is in complete denial that there is anything wrong. She calls these headaches “hangovers” which is believable due to the amount of parting she does. Her family doctor and a friend is able to convince her to see a specialist and he diagnoses a brain tumor. Surprisingly Judith agrees to undergo surgery and shortly after she wakes from it she falls in love with the specialist, Dr. Frederick Steele. At first Judith is told she will make a full recovery, then she finds out it was a lie. How long does she have to live? What does she do when she finds out the truth?

Judith attracting attention from all the men

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Starring: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, and Hugh Marlowe

An alien space craft has landed in a baseball field in Washington DC! Not sure how to react the government sends plenty of its military to try and stop whatever may come out. Klaatu is the alien who made the long journey with his robot Gort to send a message to all the nations of Earth. The government officials who meet with Klaatu tell him it is impossible to get all of the nation’s leaders together since most of them do not like each other. Not willing to give up delivering his message Klaatu decides to blend in with the people of DC to learn more about them and figure out a way to deliver his message. What does he learn? Will he get his message across?

 *Runner Up This Month!*

Klaatu and his robot Gort

Cabaret (1972)

Starring: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, and Helmut Griem

Sally Bowles is an American who sings in a cabaret club called the Kit Kat Klub in Berlin during the 1930s. She meets a man named Brian who is finishing his German studies. The two become friends and eventually lovers until Sally learns that Brian is actually bi-sexual. When Sally becomes pregnant Brian tells her he’d marry her. Will they get married? What sort of problems will they face?

On stage signing at the Cabaret

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