tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post6270043118399244689..comments2024-03-25T06:29:08.480-04:00Comments on Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers: Nugget Reviews - 23The Metzinger Sistershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-16694177564022578012017-07-23T16:20:43.483-04:002017-07-23T16:20:43.483-04:00'The Toy Wife' looks to be an interesting ...'The Toy Wife' looks to be an interesting movie. (I adore Robert Young and find him to be a well-suited romantic lead, but perhaps I'm a minority.)<br />It is interesting to see him alongside Melvyn Douglas again. They starred together, cast as brothers, in the film "The Shining Hour" and I thought they worked well together. It is also in that film that there is a 3-way love triangle between themselves and Joan Crawford.Dancing Ladynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-31536643688499329202017-07-10T10:28:57.522-04:002017-07-10T10:28:57.522-04:00I had high hopes for the film, but it just fell fl...I had high hopes for the film, but it just fell flat. This is one of those rare cases when the remake was much better than the original. Ramon Navarro gave no hint that he was born with the "gift of laughter and the sense that the world was mad". The Metzinger Sistershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10728879307994086409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799060793812204452.post-9817813339741580092017-07-08T23:07:16.262-04:002017-07-08T23:07:16.262-04:00I found SCARAMOUCHE to be disappointing, too. It&#...I found SCARAMOUCHE to be disappointing, too. It's my favorite Sabatini novel (sorry, CAPTAIN BLOOD fans) and the Stewart Granger version is immensely entertaining.Rick29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.com