Echoing the words at the end of this trailer for the Christopher Nolan – produced / Zack Snyder directed Man of Steel – what do YOU think?
Archives for December 2012
Tuesday’s Overlooked Film: Bachelor Mother
This week I selected another film that takes place in or around the holiday season. Bachelor Mother (1939) starts Ginger Rogers and David Niven is a nice lighthearted romantic comedy and marks one of the first film post-Astaire outing for Rogers.
SYNOPSIS
In a case of mistaken identity, Polly Parrish (Rogers) first sees a stranger leaving a baby on the steps of an orphanage. Fearing for the safety of the abandoned baby, Polly picks it up as the orphanage door opens. Of course she is assumed to be the mother, which gets her her job back as a result of management’s sympathy to her “plight” as an unwed mother.
David Niven is his usual urbane self (with playboy tendencies) and Charles Coburn (as J.B. Merlin) has many scene-stealing moments as his father and owner of the department store at the center of the story.
Let me know if you have seen this film in the comments section below. Also be sure to check out Todd Mason’s blog Sweet Freedom for more overlooked titles.
December 2012 Highlights
Wow! I cannot believe the year (not world) is coming to an end in the next couple of weeks! Time really has flown by. But before we say goodbye to 2012, there is still a bunch of movie-going to be had!
In theaters:
The Hobbit (of course)!
Les Mis ( see previous entry)
Zero Dark Thirty
(possibly) Django Unchained
On the small screen:
TCM – Six films starring Gene Tierney. My personal favorite of the lot is the London-based noir Night and the City (1950).
TCM – Christmastime is here! Cue snuggling up on the sofa with your hot cocoa (other beverages are available for consumption) and catch some absolute classics!
What are you all most looking forward to this month?