ABCs at the Movies: The Doubles Round!

[MaineWriter]

[southendmd]

IMDb:  Somebody with very little Christmas spirit is killing anyone in a Santa suit one London holiday season, and Scotland Yard has to stop him before he makes his exploits an annual tradition.

[Fran]

From Wikipedia:

Easter Yeggs (1947) is a 1946 Looney Tunes animated short originally released theatrically on June 28, 1947. The title is a play on "Easter eggs" and on "yegg", a slang term for a burglar or safecracker.

Bugs Bunny finds the Easter Bunny sitting on a rock, crying. The Easter Bunny tells Bugs that his feet are sore, so he cannot deliver the Easter eggs. Bugs takes up the job, not knowing that, every year, the Easter Bunny gets some stupid rabbit to do his work for him.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7BBXCK8K00[/youtube]
Time:  7:16

[MaineWriter]

I know we played George Newbern (the fiance) in the cute guy round, but this movie actually hasn't been played!

[oilgun]

aka: A Special Day

IMDb Plot Synopsis: The film is set during the late 1930s: the occasion is the first meeting between Mussolini and Hitler. Left alone in her tenement home when her fascist husband runs off to attend the historic event, Sophia Loren strikes up a friendship with her homosexual neighbor Mastroianni. As the day segues into night, Loreon and Mastroianni develop a very special relationship that will radically alter both of their outlooks on life.

[southendmd]

From and IMDb user comment:

...But what really makes this one special are the performances of Grant and Hepburn. Grant is as charming as ever, but just a bit looser and slightly less debonair than he is in most of his later roles. And it becomes him; he endows Johnny with youthful exuberance, good looks and personality, as well as a carefree yet responsible attitude that makes him someone you can't help but like. And Hepburn fairly sparkles as Linda, a role she was born to play; this young woman filled with a zest for life and an indomitable spirit. She imbues Linda with that same, trademark Hepburn feistiness you'll find in so many of her characters in films like `The Philadelphia Story,' `Adam's Rib' and `The African Queen.' All of whom she plays with a variation that makes each of them unique. And it's that personal spark of life that she's able to transfer to her characters that makes Hepburn so special. Whether she's locking horns with Tracy, pouring Bogart's gin into the river or falling in live with Grant, nobody does it quite like Kate. And Cukor had an affinity for Hepburn that enabled him to bring out the best in her, always. Arguably, her best work was with Cukor.

The memorable supporting cast includes Lew Ayres (Ned), Edward Everett Horton (Nick), Binnie Barnes (Laura), Jean Dixon (Susan) and Mitchell Harris (Jennings). A thoroughly enjoyable film, `Holiday' makes a subtle statement about embracing the time you have and grabbing for the brass ring while you're still able; that in the end, life is what you make of it. But Cukor never lets it get too serious, and never lets you forget that the main thing here is to have some fun, beginning with this movie. And by the time it's over, the world seems just a little bit brighter somehow. And that's the magic of the movies. I rate this one 8/10.

[MaineWriter]

Re: Holiday...

I usually don't like men with alot of gel and goo in their hair, but I have to say, Cary Grant makes me throw that feeling totally out of the window. LOL

L

[Fran]

From Wikipedia:

Victoria Stafford (Ginger Rogers) is a wealthy young woman who has been engaged three times and who has changed her mind at the last second at all three weddings.  She is engaged again and is determined to wed her fourth fiance, Oliver H.P. Harrington (Ron Randell), when she has a dream in which a man dressed like an Indian (Cornel Wilde) breaks up her fourth wedding.  Upon awakening she is startled to find that the "Indian" from her dream is real.  Various complications ensue until and after she meets her childhood sweetheart, the real-life version of her dreamman.  All is straightened out in time for a happy ending.

[MaineWriter]

What the governor of California was doing before he started governing...buying Christmas presents!

[oilgun]

Wow, this is fascinating! Koinonia is the birthplace of Habitat for Humanity.  These people are giving Christianity a good name!  I'm an Atheist and I kinda want to join them 

IMDb Synopsis: The film is both a presentation of life at Koinonia and a statement about an experiment in alternative living. Using original music, the camera observes the changing of the seasons in a community close to nature, touching on celebration and a sense of transcendence.





From their Website: http://www.koinoniapartners.org/index.html :
Koinonia—from the ancient Greek, meaning loving fellowship or community.
The Koinonia mission: We are Christians called to live together in intentional community sharing a life of prayer, work, study, service and fellowship. We seek to embody peacemaking, sustainability, and radical sharing. While honoring people of all backgrounds and faiths, we strive to demonstrate the way of Jesus as an alternative to materialism, militarism and racism.
Our vision is:

Love - through service to others

Peace – through reconciliation

Joy – through generous hospitality..

Koinonia is the Christian community founded in 1942 by Clarence Jordan, “prophet in blue jeans,” author of the Cotton Patch Gospels.