Matinee Monday

Key Largo

Staring....

Humphrey Bogart...................... Frank McCloud

Lauren Bacall............................ Nora Temple

Edward G Robinson.................. Johnny Rocco

Lionel Barrymore....................... James Temple

Plot:

Frank McCloud travels to a run-down hotel on Key Largo to honor the memory of a friend who died bravely in his unit during WW II. His friend's widow, Nora Temple, and wheelchair bound father, James Temple manage the hotel and receive him warmly, but the three of them soon find themselves virtual prisoners when the hotel is taken over by a mob of gangsters led by Johnny Rocco who hole up there to await the passing of a hurricane. Mr. Temple strongly reviles Rocco but due to his infirmities can only confront him verbally. Having become disillusioned by the violence of war, Frank is reluctant to act, but Rocco's demeaning treatment of his alcoholic moll, Gaye Dawn, and his complicity in the deaths of some innocent Seminole Indians and a deputy sheriff start to motivate McCloud to overcome his Hamlet-like inaction

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Synopsis courtesy IMDB

Matinee Monday

My husband and I caught this movie about 3 years ago on TCM the day before Halloween.  I was flipping through the channels always checking TCM to see what gem I could find.  It had already started but we were hooked.  I haven't seen it from the beginning yet as TCM has replayed or I haven't caught it when they have.

If you are a Vincent Price fan check this one out.  I love the old hollywood style of mystery/horror they don't have to show all the gore to get the fright across.

The Mad Magician

CAST:

Vincent Price............Don Gallico/Gallico the great

Mary Murphy...........Karen Lee

Eva Gabor................Claire Ormond

John Emery..............The Great Rinaldi

Donald Randolph.....Ross Ormond

PLOT:

Don Gallico is a master at devising magicians' illusions and tries to establish his own stage show as Gallico the Great. His performance is interrupted mid-show by his employer Ross Ormond who has obtained a court injunction to stop him. Gallico had long ago signed an exclusive contract with Ormond to provide him with any illusions he might create. Gallico sets out to get his revenge against those who have wronged him, including Ormond, his ex-wife Claire, who happens to be Ormnond's wife and magician The Great Rinaldi who is Ormond's business partner and the main beneficiary or Gallico's new magic tricks. A clever young detective, Lt. Alan Bruce, uses a new identification technique, fingerprints, to identify the killer. 

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Matinee Monday

Another Monday! Another Movie. This is another of my favorites.  A place in the sun.....

Staring......

Montgomery Cliff.....................George Eastman

Elizabeth Taylor.......................Angela Vickers

Shelly Winters..........................Alice Tripp

The young and poor George Eastman (Montgomery Clift) leaves his religious mother and Chicago and arrives in California expecting to find a better job in the business of his wealthy uncle Charles Eastman. His cousin Earl Eastman advises him that there are many women in the factory and the basic rule is that he must not hang around with any of them. George meets the worker of the assembly line, Alice Tripp, in the movie theater and they date. Meanwhile, the outcast George is promoted and he meets the gorgeous Angela Vickers at a party thrown at his uncle's house. Angela introduces him to the local high society and they fall in love with each other. However, Alice is pregnant and she wants to get married with George. During a dinner party at Angela's lake house with parents, relatives, and friends, Alice calls George from the bus station and gives him thirty minutes to meet her; otherwise she will crash the party and tell what has happened. George is pressed by the situation which ends 

Enjoy!

XO,

K

Matinee Monday

I've missed a few Mondays!  I was getting ready for the Made in Monmouth shopping event this past Saturday.  I'm excited to show you my booth from Saturday and debut a few new dolls I painted.  I also have lots of in stock items to start your holiday shopping early!

Now back to the movies.........

Staring......

Farley Granger............. Guy Haines
Ruth Roman................. Ann Morton
Robert Walker.............. Bruno Anthony

Plot:

Bruno Anthony thinks he has the perfect plot to rid himself of his hated father and when he meets tennis player Guy Haines on a train, he thinks he's found the partner he needs to pull it off. His plan is relatively simple. Two strangers each agree to kill someone the other person wants disposed of. For example, Guy could kill his father and he could get rid of Guy's wife Miriam, freeing him to marry Anne Morton, the beautiful daughter of a U.S. Senator. Guy dismisses it all out of hand but but Bruno goes ahead with his half of the 'bargain' and disposes of Miriam. When Guy balks, Bruno makes it quite clear that he will plant evidence to implicate Guy in her murder if he doesn't get rid of his father. Guy had also made some unfortunate statements about Miriam after she had refused him a divorce. It all leads the police to believe Guy is responsible for the murder, forcing him to deal with Bruno's mad ravings