Love Finds Andy Hardy

Nostalgic Trivia Or How Fast Can We Get It To The Box Office... "Love Finds Andy Hardy" was shot on a 19-day production schedule with an additional week allotted for Judy Garland's production numbers. This film was released a mere two months after production wrapped.

Andy's girlfriend Polly is planning to spend Christmas at her grandmother's, which puts a kink in his plans to take her to the country club Christmas party. He agrees (for a fee) to pretend to be the boyfriend of his buddy Beezy's girl Cynthia to discourage other suitors (Beezy is also leaving for the holidays), but Andy soon finds her too infatuated with him. Meanwhile, Andy's next door neighbor Betsy begins to fall in love with Andy even though she's younger than him. Everything comes to a head at the country club party.

Released in 1938. Starring Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Lewis Stone, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, Lana Turner, and Ann Rutherford.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

One night, during a typical midnight screening of Rocky Horror, at a New York theater, a patron was asked to leave before the film ended. This patron was accused of being an impostor. The patron was Tim Curry.

Annie Get Your Gun

Annie Oakley is an incredible shot who was raised 'Doin' What Comes Naturally'. Frank Butler, the star sharpshooter in 'Colonel Buffalo Bill''s show, however, knows full well that's not how 'The Girl That I Marry' must be. Anyway, not at least until he finds that 'My Defences are Down'. Though Annie defiantly says 'Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better', she realizes that 'You Can't Get a Man With a Gun'. The victor at the end is love; as you know, 'It's Wonderful'. After all, 'There's No Business Like Show Business'.

Released in 1950. Starring Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish, Edward Arnold, Keenan Winn, and Benay Venuta.

A Night In Casablanca

In post-war Casablanca, Ronald Kornblow (Groucho) is hired to run a hotel whose previous managers have all wound up being murdered. French soldier Pierre suspects the involvement of ex-Nazis, specifically Count Pfefferman, in reality the notorious Heinrich Stubel. But Pierre himself is accused of collaborating with the enemy, and attempts to clear his name with the help of his girlfriend Annette and cagey buddy Corbaccio (Chico). They enlist the aid of Pfefferman's beleaguered mute valet, Rusty (Harpo), and discover a hoard of war booty the Nazis have cached in the hotel.

Released in 1946, it starred The Marx Brothers yet again at their best.

The Flintstones

While some people think The Flintstones was made to be a kids show it really wasn't. This popular animated television cartoon featured two Stone Age families, the Flintstones and their neighbors, the Rubbles. Much of the humor was based on ...its comic portrayals of modern conveniences, reinterpreted using Stone Age 'technology.' Most notably were their cars, complete with absence of floorboards to allow them to be 'foot-powered.

Bewitched

A little Television trivia tonight... In the series Bewitched, whenever Samantha's cousin Serena appeared on the show, the credits for the episode listed the actress as "Pandora Spocks". This was Elizabeth Montgomery's idea as an inside joke since Elizabeth Montgomery played Serena.

The Series Premiered in 1964. Starring Elizabeth Montgomery, David White, Dick York, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead, Erin Murphy, Alice Ghostley, Maurice Evans, and Paul Lynde.

Blossom

How many of us remember sitting home and watching Blossom ? The series ran from 1990 - 1995. This teenage sitcom was named after its main character, likable but sissy schoolgirl Blossom Russo. It centers around her life at school and at hom...e, where she lives with her single father, charming musician Nick Russo, who tries hard to be an exemplary parent, and her two elder brothers, the cool Anthony, the eldest, and sweet but rather weak and naive Joey. Her best friend, Six LeMeure, who was educationally neglected at her home and thus was almost always around at the Russos as well as at school. Six was the voice of mischief and thus often her partner in crime.

 

Starring Mayim Bialik, Joseph Lawrence, Jenna von Oÿ, Ted Wass, and Michael Stoyanov.

The Brady Bunch

Heres the story about a man named Brady... Released in 1969 and lasting until 1974 this series has lasted the ravages of time and can still be seen in syndication all over the world today. I cant think of anyone that has never seen at least one episode of The Brady Bunch.

Starring Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis, Maureen McCormick, Eve Plumb, Susan Olsen, Barry Williams, Christopher Knight, Mike Lookinland, and Allen Melvin.

Topper Returns

Now you can watch movies at www.reelstarnostalgia.com This months movie Topper Returns was released in 1941. Starring Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis, Billie Burke, Dennis O'Keef, H.B. Warner, and Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson. Topper is once again... tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Joan Blondell, who was accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealthy friend, Ann Carrington (Landis), the intended victim. With Topper's help, Joan sets out to find her killer with the expected zany results.

Way Out West

In the movie Way Out West Stan and Ollie head for the western town of Brushwood Gulch. Their mission is to find a woman named Mary Roberts in order to deliver her a deed to a valuable gold mine left to her by her father. Unfortunately, thei...r problems start as soon as they arrive in town when they realize they upset the wife of the town's Sheriff while on the coach they hitch a ride on, and they must catch the next coach out of town...or else. Their problems continue when Mickey Finn, Mary's guardian, learns why they're here, and has his wife, Lola Marcel, play Mary in order to hijack the deed from them. However, before leaving town, they encounter the real Mary Roberts and are forced to get the deed back. What ensues from there is more hilarity then you could ever image.

It was released in 1937. Starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sharon Lynn, James Finlayson, and Rosina Lawrence.

Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace was released in 1944. Cary Grant plays a drama critic that learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden's aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family. Directed by Frank Capra and Starring Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson, Peter Lorre, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, and Edward Everett Horton. It's a comic free for all.

Alice

A greasy-spoon diner in Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this long-running series. The title character, Alice is an aspiring singer who arrives in Phoenix with her teenaged son Tommy, after the death of her truck-driver husband. Alice is hired at a diner owned by Mel who was a gravel-voiced, male-chauvinist fry cook. She works at Mel's Diner as a waitress while awaiting her big break at fame. Alice's fellow waitresses are the raucous, red-headed Flo and the naive, temperamental, less attractive Vera. Flo is later replaced by Belle, a Southern blonde, who is herself soon replaced by the spunky, curly-haired Jolene. Alice and her friends experience several interesting years together at Mel's Diner, which is frequented by quirky truck drivers, repairmen, and other blue collar types and by several Hollywood celebrities, who appear as themselves.

Released in 1976 this series starred Linda Lavin, Beth Howland, Vic Tayback, Phillip McKeon,  Polly Holliday, Celia Weston, and Marvin Kaplan.

Hello Dolly

Released in 1969 Hello Dolly tells the story of  a matchmaker named Dolly Levi who takes a trip to Yonkers, New York to see the "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire," Horace Vandergelder. While there, she convinces him, his two stock clerks and his niece and her beau to go to New York City. In New York, she fixes Vandergelder's clerks up with the woman that Vandergelder had been courting, and her shop assistant. All this while Dolly herself has designs of her own on Mr. Vandergelder.                   Directed by Gene Kelly and Starring Barbara Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, and Louis Armstrong.

The Andy Griffith Show

Was life ever this simple ? The Andy Griffith Show seemed to make it that way. Debuting in 1960 Andy and his son Opie live with Andy's Aunt Bee in Mayberry NC. With virtually no crimes to solve, most of Andy's time is spent philosophizing and calming down his cousin Deputy Barney.

The Awful Truth

Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance. This was The Awful Truth. Released in 1937. Starring Irene Dunne, and Cary Grant.  Directed by Leo McCarey.

Gentlemen Perfer Blondes

The story of two singers. Best friends Lorelei Lee (Marilyn Monroe) and Dorothy Shaw (Jane Russell) travel to Paris pursued by a private detective hired by Lorelei's fiancé's disapproving father to keep an eye on her, a rich, enamoured old man and many other doting admirers. Everyone finally comes to the conclusion that Gentlemen Perfer Blondes !