Category Archives: Movies You Hate to Love
THE GARDEN OF ALLAH: Lovely to Look at, Delightful to (Be)Hold
The Garden of Allah. Oh my God this movie could not be more ridiculous. I’ve seen it four times. The first time, I was home with the flu. And while I’m not suggesting you goose your temperature a few degrees before you watch, it couldn’t hurt. The whole thing feels like a long, languid, luscious fever-dream: Charles …
TORCH SONG: Joan Crawford in Blackface—And That’s Not All!
Early on in Torch Song, the 1953 MGM “musical” starring Joan Crawford as an uber-diva, she’s kvetching to her producer (James Todd): Crawford: “The script needs jokes, the music needs cutting and the staging—aaugh, it stinks!” Todd: “You don’t think it’s going to be a flop?” Crawford: “No show Jenny Stewart’s in is going to …
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