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Bucket List Update
Academy Award Nominated Movies
1936 Romeo
and Juliet
starring: Leslie Howard, Norma
Shearer, John Barrymore, Basil Rathbone, Edna May Oliver
plot – Shakespeare’s
romance of Romeo and Juliet. Their families are enemies, but their love is tragic.
For 1936, the acting was amazing, and the actors did an excellent
job.
1938 Alexander’s
Ragtime Band
starring: Tyrone Power, Alice
Faye, Don Ameche, Jack Haley, Ethel Merman
plot – Set in San
Francisco, a wealthy man heads up a new band
and introduces “swing.” His career is successful
, but his love life is up and down.
I liked this movie because the music was great to listen to.
1940 The
Grapes of Wrath
starring: Henry Fonda, Jane
Darwell, John Carradine, Charlie Grapewin.
plot – A desperate family during the
Oklahoma Dust Bowl heads
west to California to find a new home and work.
They are not welcomed, yet continued to strive
to make a living.
I knew a lot about the Dust Bowl from teaching American History,
but I loved the personal touch of how people tackled the problems those arose
from the crisis.
1941 One
Foot in Heaven
starring: Fredric March,
Martha Scott, Beulah Bondi, Gene Lockhurt
plot – March plays a
minister who moves his family from church
to church making a positive difference wherever
he settles.
I really liked this movie. Fredric March and Martha Scott were
excellent!
1950 Sunset
Blvd.
starring: William Holden,
Gloria Swanson, Erich Van Stroheim
plot – A movie of violence,
madness, and eventual death. Gloria Swanson plays a washed up star that refuses
to accept that her career has ended. She
hires a screenwriter, but he can’t help her. Swanson
play a very scary Norma Desmond!!!
This is a sad movie about a fallen star. I can’t imagine wanting
my career to continue, but having it end nevertheless. Gloria Swanson gave me
the creeps at the end.
1957 Peyton
Place
starring: Lana Turner, Lee
Philips, Lloyd Nolan, Arthur Kennedy,
Russ Tamblyn
plot – The story of a New Hampshire
town that looks perfect. The
story shows protective parents, confused teenagers,
a suicide, and the murder of a drunken rapist.
This town’s members all have to re-evaluate what
is important to them, and how their actions led to
their problems.
I remember the TV show called Peyton Place from my childhood. The
movie was well done, and I found myself talking to the characters when they
made choices that I totally disagreed with as the movie played.
1968 Romeo
and Juliet
starring: Leonard Whiting,
Olivia Hussey, Michael York
plot – Two teenagers fall
in love, but they are from rival families. Their love does not even have a chance
of surviving.
This movie was extremely well done. It was good to watch the 1936
movie right before I saw this version. Of course, the cinematography made a
huge difference.
1974 The
Godfather, Part II
starring: Al Pacino, Robert
Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert DeNiro,
Talia Shire, Morgana King, John Cazale, Mariana
Hill, Lee Strasberg
plot – The continuing story of the
Corleone family. Michael is now
the head of the family. The film flashes back and
forth from Don Corleone’s childhood and rise to the
head of the family, to Michael’s problems.
This was a long movie, and I enjoyed it. The format was
interesting and I loved the backstory of the Don.
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