September 3 (Wednesday) The Dark Horse at 4:45 am as part of TCM’s Spotlight “American Politics in the Movies.” Also starring Guy Kibbee and Bette Davis. Directed by Alfred E. Green.
September 5 (Friday) Living on Velvet at 6:45 am. Also starring Kay Francis and George Brent. Directed by Frank Borzage.
September 24 (Wednesday) Lady for a Day at 4:15 pm. Starring May Robson. Directed by Frank Capra.
September 25 (Thursday) Doctor Monica at 9:45 pm. Also starring Kay Francis and Jean Muir. Directed by William Keighley.
An exciting month on TCM for Warren William fans featuring him in four films highlighted for most by the popular Lady for a Day, but with three others which aren’t shown that much–in fact I haven’t seen any of the other three and I have a pretty extensive collection going. My DVR is already set for the first two. Enjoy them!
Cliff
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Watched “The Dark Horse” on DVR last night. Well, I can see what it’s considered a two-star movie as Bette Davis wasn’t really anything special, and Guy Kibbee, who I like most of the time, was pretty annoying. That said, Warren William was stellar as always. It took about 10-15 minutes for him to show up, but once he did he took things over, both in the storyline and on the screen. In this type of role William can pretty much keep me giggling throughout the length of the story. I’d say, yes, 2 out of 4 stars for the picture, but a solid 3.5 for Warren William’s performance!
I don’t know, I thought The Dark Horse was a 3/4! The insight into politics still holds up, the guy who played Hicks was great, both the ladies were fantastic (yeah this wasn’t BD’s best performance, but when was she ever just s-so?) and William was awesome. From the first shot of him in prison, at a distance riling up the crowd, you knew he was going to be charasmatic, but he just draws you in wonderfully, charming, funny and a bit of a louse all at the same time. I loved it. This was my first WW movie, and I’m a fan. I’ve added your blog to my blog roll. I’ll be posting about WW, later today.
Hi, thanks for posting! See, I didn’t really care for Guy Kibbee this time around as Hicks, he was a little too goofy for me here, probably accounting for most of our difference on this one. Still, a 2/4 from me isn’t too bad, to me that’s a worthwhile view, just not one I’m likely to repeat!
Thanks again, heading over to read your WW post!
Cliff