Author: kelleepratt

Classic Film Obsessive and Educator, blogathon host and blogger at Outspoken & Freckled ( www.kelleepratt.com)/ #TCM fanatic #TCMParty alum/ KU Jayhawk/ sassy shamrock/ gardener/ LOVE my family and fur babies
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Announcement~4th annual WHAT A CHARACTER! Blogathon

WE’RE BACK for number 4! WHAT A CHARACTER! a phrase borrowed from Turner Classic Movies (TCM) so that we could dedicate a blogathon to those whose names few remember – the players who rarely got leading parts, exhibiting instead a versatility and depth many leading actors wished they had.  Aurora, Paula and I never tire of seeing them or paying tribute and as the previous three installments of … Continue reading Announcement~4th annual WHAT A CHARACTER! Blogathon

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Blogathon, classic film review

My TCM Discovery, Colleen Moore in WHY BE GOOD?

Turner Classic Movies channel has acquired a cult-like following of devoted fans who enjoy sharing their retro film nerdiness together via social media and activities like the TCM Film Festival. The network is elevating this social-meets-movie-watching experience for their fandom with the #LetsMovie campaign, as part of their overall strategy to include a broader audience. To reflect a slew of social sharing activities this month, … Continue reading My TCM Discovery, Colleen Moore in WHY BE GOOD?

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Film Festivals

CLASSIC FILM FALL REPORT: Fly in to ‘Fly Over States’

Fields of sunflowers with their friendly faces reaching up to the sky, as rumbles of enormous dark storm clouds approach rapidly. This scene was played out just a couple of days ago in my town and is pretty typical here in the heartland, as we transition from the long, hot days of late summer into cool Autumn. But what may be less known about this … Continue reading CLASSIC FILM FALL REPORT: Fly in to ‘Fly Over States’

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Blogathon, classic film review

Murder On the Orient Express (1974)

In a startling intro, we hear eery, jagged chords as shocking headlines of a baby kidnapping starkly flash onto the screen. Headlines of names (baby Daisy Armstrong and her famous parents) that are unmistakably a mirroring of a real event, the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. Cut to five years later to the introduction of the eccentric and colorful cast of characters on board the Orient Express, … Continue reading Murder On the Orient Express (1974)

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Alan Arkin in CATCH-22 (1970)

Do you ever feel like you must be going insane because it seems like you’re the only sane one in a messed up world of lunatics? I know modern-day politics drives me to this point many times over. Mike Nichol’s CATCH-22 (1970) takes on this premise in the darkest of comedies. At the core of this film, Alan Arkin as Captain John Yossarian is perfection … Continue reading Alan Arkin in CATCH-22 (1970)

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The Original Sweet Badass Momma of the Silents, Mary Pickford in SPARROWS (1926)

Get your hankies ready to be soaked. Oh, and postpone that manicure because you’ll nibble off those nails anyway. Whether you’ve never seen it, or it’s one you’ve screened countless times, William Beaudine’s SPARROWS (1926) is a both a tear-jerker and nail-biting thriller to be savored. [Warning: SPOILERS will pop up ahead upon reading.] Deeply hidden in the muddy, quick-sand and alligator-infested swamps of the … Continue reading The Original Sweet Badass Momma of the Silents, Mary Pickford in SPARROWS (1926)

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Blogathon, classic film review

GRAND HOTEL (1932)

Edmund Goulding’s Best Picture Academy Award winning GRAND HOTEL (1932) set the standard for the ensemble cast concept of films to come. It takes an intimate view of a diverse array of characters whose lives intersect at the Grand Hotel of Berlin. We’re introduced to each main character one by one in brief snippets as we see their purposes at the hotel and their initial … Continue reading GRAND HOTEL (1932)

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Blogathon, Modern Film

THE LINCOLN LAWYER (2011)

Before Matthew McConaughey was giving stand-out and Oscar-worthy performances in films such as DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (2013) and THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (2013) or in the popular HBO TV series “True Detective” yet after he was better known as that rom-com actor who seemingly took on a new career as a beach dude obsessed with constantly showing off his tauntly toned torso, there was … Continue reading THE LINCOLN LAWYER (2011)

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Blogathon

A ROOM WITH A VIEW (1985)

Based on EM Forster’s novel, the famed production/directing duo Ismail Merchant/James Ivory’s A ROOM WITH A VIEW (1985) takes an unconventional view of a romantic tale in a very conventional time. Set in Edwardian British society, a young miss Lucy Honeychurch, portrayed delightfully by Helena Bonham Carter in her first big screen debut, and her overbearing cousin chaperone (talented Maggie Smith) vacation at the Pensione … Continue reading A ROOM WITH A VIEW (1985)

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