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March Movie of the Month: Strange Interlude (1932)
“In order for us to fully understand his characters, Eugene O’Neill allows them to express their thoughts aloud. As in life, these thoughts are quite different from the words that pass their lips.” Such is the–I’ll call it a warning–at the beginning of Strange Interlude, a pre-code film that is indeed…strange. As a classic film lover, particularly of the 1930’s, I cringe when people refer to some classic films as “creaky.” But unfortunately that is the word I feel I must use to describe Strange Interlude–a film that has not aged well, a film that I would definitely not recommend to those new to classic film and wary of its…
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Gossip Friday: Turkey Trouble
Since yesterday was Thanksgiving, here’s one from September 1940: Clark Gable and Robert Young both have their troubles with fowl-fancying ventures. Gable had turkey trouble, Young encountered chicken grief… Clark and wife Carole Lombard had been raising two dozen turkeys, for Thanksgiving–both their own Thanksgiving feast and as gifts to friends. BUT the other day, they decided to give something else when November rolls around. Reason: They had sprayed weeds on their ranch with weed-killing poison, and then the turkeys came along and gobbled the weeds. That was when Gable found that weed-killer is turkey-killer, too. As for Robert Young–well, he doesn’t like chicken pie anymore. This is the…