Gems of the Week

Noemiah.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

Dusen Dusen Home.

Fantasia recordings.

Eleanor Taylor.

Houseboat.

Tiny Dogs on Tables.

Gilda.

Lorna Simpson at Miss Moss.

ART + DESIGN + SUCH

a hotel shaped like a giant hunk of amethyst / redesigned Harry Potter covers by Natalie Andrewson / Split Second Stories / how to paint with Ben & Jerry's ice cream / this potato man / Eames house print by Chris Turnham

TV + MOVIES + ACTORS + SUCH

can you guess why Ross is mad at Rachel? / I only wish I could attend Tyra and Landry's imaginary wedding

ETC.

a house built around a train carriage

Daddy Long Legs

Daddy Long Legs (1955) - starring Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron.

wikipedia / imdb / netflix instant / dvd

I like so many Fred Astaire movies. I would actually go so far as to say that I love Funny Face... but I can't stand how he is almost always at LEAST 15 years older than the women playing his love interests - sometimes even older than that! 

During the filming of Daddy Long Legs, he was fifty-six and Leslie Caron was only twenty-four. GIVE ME A BREAK. No. Just no. His characters are never likable (or interesting) enough to earn that romantic desire. Dancing skills can only go so far. And, let's face it, when it comes to looks... he's no Gene Kelly. 

I wouldn't approve of a fifty-six year old Gene Kelly playing a role with a twenty-four year old love interest, but it would make more sense. It would be more realistic.

See all the previous movie posts here.