10 Responses to Movie Still Du Jour

1. Paleo Retiree says:

   March 27, 2014 at 11:36 am

   Beautiful gals, fab shot. How’d you react to the movie? (One of my faves, FWIW.)

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   • Blowhard, Esq. says:

     March 27, 2014 at 12:09 pm

     I really loved it. The leads are all dreamy, I laughed throughout, and I really cared what happened to these people. As I was watching it I thought to myself, “Oh god. This is a perfect movie.” Not to mention it’s an art deco museum.

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2. Fabrizio del Wrongo says:

   March 28, 2014 at 10:50 pm

   One of the best movies ever, as far as I’m concerned.

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   • Blowhard, Esq. says:

     March 29, 2014 at 12:03 am

     No argument from me.

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3. PatrickH says:

   March 28, 2014 at 11:55 pm

   Roissy et al often post pics of pairs of guys and ask who’s the alpha? So, they’re chicks for sure. But which is the alpha chick?

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4. PatrickH says:

   March 28, 2014 at 11:57 pm

   I’m thinking the one on the left for obvious reasons. But for some reason, the smile on the face of the rightward one (from our perspective) tells me it isn’t just a question of who’s throwing her weight around.

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   • Blowhard, Esq. says:

     March 29, 2014 at 10:47 am

     The movie makes it seem like Francis (left) will end up with the man, at least that’s what I thought, but Hopkins does. On the commentary track Lubitsch’s biographer, Scott Eyman, says that Hopkins’s character won b/c that’s the kind of woman Lubitsch preferred personally.

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   • Fabrizio del Wrongo says:

     March 29, 2014 at 11:36 am

     Few chicks are more alpha than Kay Francis!

     The movie makes it clear that Hopkins and Marshall are spiritual twins, though. It would have been weird if they didn’t end up together. Their pickpocket flirtation at the movie’s outset is one of the great rom-com scenes of all time. I love when Marshall whips out her garter and gives it a little kiss.

     This used to be my favorite Lubitsch, but I think it’s been supplanted by “The Shop Around the Corner.”

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     • Blowhard, Esq. says:

       March 29, 2014 at 11:43 am

       NINOTCHKA is next on my list, but I’ll check out SHOP too. I’m 99% sure I’ve seen it before, but it was forever ago, so I need to take another look.

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