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Father Goose (1964)
One of the Funniest Cary Grant Movies!
I'm a great fan of Cary Grant. He's one of my favorite actors and I was fortunate to meet him in October 1986 in Dallas, Texas, at the Princess Grace Foundation Gala. He was as charming in person as he is on the silver screen.
I love Cary Grant's movies and "Father Goose" is by far one of his funniest and most underrated.
The first time I saw this movie was December 1965 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, NY, with my parents, brother and sister.
We waited 3 1/2 hours in line to get into the theater and my Dad kept running to get hot chocolate for all of us to help keep warm. But the wait was well worth it!
We saw a beautiful rendition of the Nativity Show on the stage with real animals - sheep, camels, etc. Then the Rockettes came out and did their Wooden Soldiers routine and a group of singers sang the song "More'. The stage show was awesome!
Then "Father Goose" was shown and I remember everyone just laughing and laughing through the whole movie! Especially my Dad - he laughed the most! It is one of my fondest Christmas memories.
I just watched this movie again last night and still laughed out loud! It's timeless - Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, the children and the whole cast are excellent!
If you want to see a good, fun family film, this is the one to see!
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
A Visual Feast for the Eyes
This movie is a visual feast for the eyes! Believe it or not, I saw it twice this week - Tuesday night and Thursday night.
The photography is just beautiful! Fields of sunflowers, poppies - after a dreary, cold rainy week here in Pennsylvania, it was such a joy to travel to beautiful Tuscany through this movie. Diane Lane is a very talented actress. And I loved Sandra Oh and Lindsay Duncan.
The first night I saw this movie I just took in all the visual beauty of the Tuscan landscape. The second time I saw it, I just laughed my head off at all the antics and stories. There are a lot of colorful characters who befriend Frances, Diane Lane's character. In losing one family, she gains a whole big loving and international one.
I loved the symbolism of the broken water faucet. Frances literally bumps into it when she first sees Bramasole, the villa she eventually buys. It is broken and dry - much like her life at the time.
As she remodels the villa and opens up to people and events, the faucet slowly comes back to life - just like Frances. And water is a symbol of life.
Please try to see this very charming movie while it's still out on the big screen - you won't regret it!
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Two Thumbs Up - Don't Miss This Movie!!!
I just saw "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" last night and loved it!
This is one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time! In fact, I'm taking my Mom to see it this weekend.
I had been a professional freelance wedding photographer for a studio in the suburbs of Philadelphia in the early 80s. Seeing this movie brought back a lot of memories from my wedding photography days. In fact, one of my assignments was a Russian Orthodox wedding and it was very beautiful and very similar to the ceremony in the film.
I'm not going to write about the storyline here because so many others have written about that. What I loved about this movie was the family togetherness, humor and love told throughout the movie.
I especially loved Andrea Martin as the Aunt, Michael Constantine as the father and Lainie Kazan as the mother. What perfect casting! This is a movie you can take your whole family to and have a good laugh and leave the theater feeling warm and happy. Don't miss it!