tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post903263126278622635..comments2024-02-20T11:29:02.535-05:00Comments on The Dark Time: Cary Grant & Audrey Hepburn in “Charade” Elgin Bleeckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post-23537077038263824362017-06-02T11:03:18.931-04:002017-06-02T11:03:18.931-04:00Flatfooted is exactly right. Remember “Designing W...Flatfooted is exactly right. Remember “Designing Woman,” neither Peck not Lauren Bacall handled the comedy well. Even the great “Roman Holiday” has a couple of clunky scenes – Peck trying to shut up Eddie Arnold at the café. Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post-20946200879119428502017-06-02T03:34:03.031-04:002017-06-02T03:34:03.031-04:00Peck is not really at ease with that kind of comed...Peck is not really at ease with that kind of comedy (literally and figuratively a bit flatfooted).Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)https://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post-24249652702723646332017-06-01T10:42:32.095-04:002017-06-01T10:42:32.095-04:00ARABESQUE is a lot of fun, too. But Gregory Peck a...ARABESQUE is a lot of fun, too. But Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren, as good as they always are, just don’t have quite the magic of Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post-50741560580937448682017-06-01T03:20:20.896-04:002017-06-01T03:20:20.896-04:00It is a terrific comedy thriller and is a bit bree...It is a terrific comedy thriller and is a bit breezier and faster than the slightly more epic NORTH BY NORTH-WEST if truth the told. I also like the follow-up, ARABESQUE, though not nearly as good. Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)https://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post-47959444006563900452017-04-27T10:18:38.546-04:002017-04-27T10:18:38.546-04:00He sure was. A few years later he worked again wit...He sure was. A few years later he worked again with Audrey Hepburn on TWO FOR THE ROAD, which is a terrific film. Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post-63260903005406707102017-04-27T04:16:08.278-04:002017-04-27T04:16:08.278-04:00Donen was having a good run in those years...Donen was having a good run in those years...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post-32037086780590169922017-04-26T09:41:15.618-04:002017-04-26T09:41:15.618-04:00According to Stone, the other writer, Behm was gre...According to Stone, the other writer, Behm was great at cooking up plots. Elgin Bleeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417587392887691664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265307513666706251.post-69748991737390736592017-04-25T23:45:27.305-04:002017-04-25T23:45:27.305-04:00I haven't seen this one, but I'll bear it ...I haven't seen this one, but I'll bear it in mind if it shows up over here. Behm wrote a few novels as well - I have The Eye of the Beholder from him.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.com