Old Movies Nostalgia

George Gershwin’s “But Not for Me” is Definitely for Me

Ginny — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:19:55 +0000

Yesterday I performed in a concert with my band (I play the saxophone in a community band), and by far my favorite of all the pieces we played was the jazz standard “But Not for Me,” which was composed in 1930 by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. I think it might be the [...]

Happy Mother’s Day: A Quote by a Favorite Movie Mom

Ginny — Sun, 12 May 2013 12:00:09 +0000

“If being reconciled to your son going away means you can’t cry, I can’t see any point in being a mother.” That’s a quote spoken by one of my favorite movie moms, Emily Hardy in the movie Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941). Mrs. Hardy said those words after she watched her son Andy leave [...]

Accepting My Liebster Award: And First of All I’d Like to Thank . . .

Ginny — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 00:31:01 +0000

“You are the same today you’ll be in five years except for two things: the people you meet and the books you read.” ~ Charlie “Tremendous” Jones I just recently discovered that quote, and I have to say that I can really identify with it. I love to read and there are so many books [...]

Saturday State Post: Classic Movie Actors from Minnesota

Ginny — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 19:57:44 +0000

For this week’s Saturday State Post, I decided to highlight some actors and actresses from my neighbor to the west, Minnesota since I recently watched a few movies with two of the actors on this list, Lew Ayres in Remember? (1939) and The Unfaithful (1947) and Warren William in The Case of the Howling Dog [...]

The Un-Book Review: Jimmy Stewart, A Biography

Ginny — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:09:26 +0000

I hate writing reviews! There I said it. Movie reviews, book reviews, it doesn’t matter. I just don’t like doing them. I know that may sound strange coming from someone who chose to write a blog about movies, but I just don’t think I’m particularly good at them and frankly, I consider doing them to [...]

Fabulous Films of the 1940s Blogathon: The Heiress (1949)

Ginny — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:08:26 +0000

A Fabulous Films of the 1940s Blogathon and the Academy Awards ceremony coming up in a just a few short days gave me the motivation to watch a movie I had been eager to watch for a few months now, The Heiress. As I mentioned in my post about my favorite movie podcasts, I love [...]