Movies I Watched in January

I think it’s safe to say Charles Boyer, TCM’s Star of the Month for January, will be one of my most watched stars of the year. I watched six movies and have one waiting on the dvr with 11 months in the year left to go.

While not really a Stewart Granger fan, I watched the three films he made with Deborah Kerr. Kerr is becoming a favorite and I look forward to watching more of her films throughout the year. I've also made a good start on more Robert Ryan films, my current obsession.

This is what I watched, almost all of them via WatchTCM:

1. Mata Hari (1932) - Greta Garbo & Ramon Navarro, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone
2. Secrets of the French Police (1932) - Gwili Andre, Frank Morgan (I was pretty horrified/nauseated with one scene - it's easy to spot)
3. Rockabye (1932) - Constance Bennett & Joel McCrea
4. Break of Hearts (1934) - Charles Boyer & Katharine Hepburn 
5. Parnell (1937) - Clark Gable & Myrna Loy
6. Algiers (1938) - Charles Boyer & Hedy Lamarr
7. Comrade X (1940) - Clark Gable & Hedy Lamarr 
8. *It’s a Date (1940) - Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon
9. Nine Lives are Not Enough (1941) - Ronald Reagan 
10. Army Surgeon (1942) - Jane Wyatt 
11. Rings On Her Fingers (1942) - Gene Tierney & Henry Fonda
12. The Human Comedy (1943) - Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, Van Johnson, James Craig, Marsha Hunt, Fay Bainter, Donna Reed
13. *Laura (1944) - Gene Tierney & Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson
14. Kismet (1944) - Ronald Colman & Marlene Dietrich 
15. Together Again (1944) - Irene Dunne & Charles Boyer, Charles Coburn
16. The Hidden Eye (1945) - Edward Arnold
17. Cluny Brown (1946) - Jennifer Jones & Charles Boyer
18. The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) - Robert Alda, Peter Lorre
19. The Woman on the Beach (1947) - Robert Ryan & Joan Bennett, Charles Bickford
20. The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947) - Van Johnson & Janet Leigh, Thomas Mitchell
21. The Adventures of Don Juan (1948) - Errol Flynn & Viveca, Alan Hale
22. The Boy with Green Hair (1948) - Robert Ryan, Pat O'Brien, Dean Stockwell
23. *Act of Violence (1949) - Van Heflin & Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan, Mary Astor, Phyllis Thaxter
24. *Father is a Bachelor (1950) - William Holden & Coleen Gray
25. King Solomon’s Mines (1950) - Stewart Granger & Deborah Kerr
26. In a Lonely Place (1950) - Humphrey Bogart & Gloria Grahame
27. Payment on Demand (1951) - Bette Davis (missed second half)
28. This Woman is Dangerous (1952) - Joan Crawford & Dennis Morgan
29. The Happy Time (1952) - Charles Boyer, Louis Jourdan, Marsha Hunt, Bobby Driscoll
30. The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) - Stewart Granger & Deborah Kerr, James Mason
31. Young Bess (1953) - Jean Simmons, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Charles Laughton
32. Inferno (1953) - Robert Ryan, Rhonda Fleming
33. The Earrings of Madame De... (1953) - Charles Boyer & Danielle Darrieux (French)
34. Back From Eternity (1956) - Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg (remake of Five Came Back)
35. Oceans 11 (1960) - Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, Angie Dickinson 
36. Follow the Boys (1963) - Connie Francis, Paula Prentiss, Janis Paige, Richard Long
37. I’ll Take Sweden (1965) - Bob Hope, Tuesday Weld, Dina Merrill, Frankie Avalon
38. Triple Cross (1966) - Christopher Plummer & Romy Schneider 
39. Christmas Encore (2017) - Maggie Lawson (from the TV show Psych)
40. Wonder Woman (2017) - Gal Gadot & Chris Pine, Robin Wright

Least Favorite Film: Mata Hari and Algiers didn't really capture my interest but I feel like they are somewhat essentials to the serious Classic Movie Fan. You may recall I had watched the first half of Kismet a month or two ago but didn't finish it. It came on TCM again so I did. If you're interested in seeing Marlene Dietrich with gold painted legs than that's the movie for you.

Rings on Her Fingers. This gif is what made me want to watch the movie.

Favorite Film: Rings on Her Fingers is a must-see gem, as is Cluny Brown which EVERYBODY seemed to be recommending. I absolutely loved the ending - "I'll write a sequel!" The Human Comedy made me cry at the end and it was nice to see Mickey Rooney in a serious role. Together Again was pretty cute and had a lovely house set, not to mention the always funny Charles Coburn. And of course I greatly enjoyed Robert Ryan's performance in Inferno. I also ended up watching Act of Violence again, even though I just watched it last month, because it's so darn good!! I took a ton of screenshots, as one does when watching a Noir. You can see them all on my blog facebook page - I share mostly screenshots on there that will hopefully make their way into future posts.

Cluny Brown