tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post364076688851801306..comments2024-03-21T22:19:26.920-05:00Comments on A Follow Spot: My Favorite Holiday Movies: "Christmas in Connecticut"JulieKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12521424567356348282noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-47900424184850626052010-12-17T18:29:00.025-06:002010-12-17T18:29:00.025-06:00I know! I shock myself sometimes. (You already kno...I know! I shock myself sometimes. (You already know that I saw "Double Indemnity" for the first time this year.)JAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942256334004773509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-9192491655321069792010-12-17T10:43:43.170-06:002010-12-17T10:43:43.170-06:00Frankly, I'm shocked, Jon. How can you have mi...Frankly, I'm shocked, Jon. How can you have missed "Holiday" all these years?JulieKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521424567356348282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-77541463380987967552010-12-17T08:36:20.188-06:002010-12-17T08:36:20.188-06:00You know, I think I've never seen "Holida...You know, I think I've never seen "Holiday." I guess it's time, huh? Except December 28 is my travel day back home. Oh well, it's hardly impossible to find in other ways; I'll make a point of it.JAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942256334004773509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-71131863785001374102010-12-16T22:32:23.661-06:002010-12-16T22:32:23.661-06:00I saw this once but so long ago I can hardly remem...I saw this once but so long ago I can hardly remember anything except liking it.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-28191321485949349652010-12-16T14:55:24.088-06:002010-12-16T14:55:24.088-06:00I think you know how I feel about "Ball of Fi...I think you know how I feel about "Ball of Fire," so no argument from me on that one. Love it, too. It doesn't get aired on TV enough, either. At least "Christmas in Connecticut" has that Christmas connection to keep it revived. I do think "Ball of Fire" is on Netflix, though.<br /><br />And you're right about Ms. Stanwyck. If today's movie fans know her, it's from the femme fatale or matriarch roles, when she was one of the best screwball comedy actresses around, right up there with Jean Arthur and Claudette Colbert, with Arthur's warmth and Colbert's intelligence and a whole snappy, sassy thing of her own.<br /><br />Next up, by the way, is "Holiday," the Cary and Kate one, which is only showing up on Turner Classic Movies once, on December 28. Which is a shame, since I don't get TCM. If I were programming AMC, I'd keep "Christmas in Connecticut" and "Holiday" on repeat. I do think "Holiday" is available as a "Watch Instantly" option on Netflix. It's also included in the "Cary Grant Box Set" for not-that-much money. I own that and I can watch "Holiday" any time I want. :-)JulieKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521424567356348282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-52812698875301555362010-12-16T14:06:50.586-06:002010-12-16T14:06:50.586-06:00I caught this once on TV (very likely on AMC years...I caught this once on TV (very likely on AMC years ago), and enjoyed it too. Barbara Stanwyck is one of those stars of yesteryear who, though remembered, is in danger of being remembered in too narrow a niche. Because of her late work for TV, particularly The Big Valley and The Colbys, plus her best-remembered movie role in Double Indemnity, people think of her as this tough no-nonsense dame (with a later overlay of matriarch). But she could do about anything, short of musicals (and she even impersonated a showgirl offstage wonderfully, in Ball of Fire). She had plenty of warmth as here, could be lively and funny and lovable, and always seemed natural and unaffected. This is a great movie to see her in.JAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942256334004773509noreply@blogger.com