The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai (1947) - a film noir directed by and starring Orson Welles (as well as Rita Hayworth and Everett Sloane).

The truth is, I want to like Orson Welles movies more than I actually like Orson Welles movies, but parts of this were pretty great.

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Best costume in the film.

There should be more movies with scenes in aquariums. Right now I can only think of Closer. 

Of course Romeo + Juliet has the amazing fish tank scene, but that's not actually an aquarium.

Literal hours of my teenage life were spent lying in bed at night, listening to "Kissing You" and imagining making out with whatever boy I had a crush on at the moment. 

Yeah... I just started playing the song and now I'm feeling almost painfully nostalgic and entertaining notions of going on facebook to look at the profiles of high school boyfriends/crushes. CEASE, MALLORY. 

MOVING ON.

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Cover Girl

Cover Girl (1944) - an enjoyable musical (with great costumes) directed by Charles Vidor and starring one of my movie post faves (Gene Kelly) along with Rita Hayworth (the cover girl), Lee Bowman, Phil Silvers, Eve Arden, and more.

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As much as I love Gene Kelly, the primary reaction to this movie is just - "Oh my god, Rita Hayworth is so beautiful." This picture doesn't do it justice, but you'll think the same thing if you watch it.

Eve Arden. A presence in my childhood / pre-teen years for playing Principal McGee in Grease.

A great movie friendship. "Make Way for Tomorrow."

"Poor John".

Possibly where they got the "Am I a man, or am I a Muppet?" blocking from.

I want to have this set in my backyard and just run up and down it all day.

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