Saturday, 30 May 2009

Spotlight Film No. 1

Star of Midnight
Just uploaded it to youtube
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=846FE68FE21A9DC8&search_query=strofmdngt



This 1935 movie shows Ginger moving from a comic support to a leading lady, but maintains her ever present spunkiness! Co-starring William Powell as a sleuthing lawyer, Ginger is his wise-cracking protege and assistant, who is always one humorous step behind. The plot is clever, suspenseful moments keep it moving. What I particularly liked about the film was the relationship between Ginger and William Powell, which was funny and full of excellent moments dialogue wise! I thought eh Romance was underplayed, making the ending a bit brief, but on the whole is great fun. If you like The Thin Man, give this a go!

Ginger says - "I had always admired Bill Powell and was quite thrilled to be making a movie with him" (Ginger, My Story)

Rating (Ginger Scale)

Plot - 18/20
Importance of Ginger - 16/20
Characters - 14/20
The Ginger Factor - 18/20
"X" Factors - 13/20

X factors include stunning costume moments ( I love the white mink blouse paired with a black skirt!), funny dialogue ans good suspense!


Total 79/100
Grade B!!

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2 comments:

  1. Joel Bocko8 June 2009 at 03:31

    Hey, I am making the rounds to remind everyone about the "Reading the Movies" exercise I started. I'm going to compile everyone's lists into one master list in a week or two, so jump in! The original post can be found here:

    http://thedancingimage.blogspot.com/2009/05/reading-movies.html#links

    Thanks.

    (In your case, top 10 Ginger books?)

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  2. Anonymous11 June 2009 at 19:19

    You love Ginger, thats good enough for me!

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