Old Movie (1945) "Thrill of a Romance"
Watched an old movie (1945), "Thrill of a Romance", with Esther Williams, Van Johnson, Lauritz Melchoir, and Tommy Dorsey and his band on TMC-TV this evening. I mostly wanted to listen to the Tommy Dorsey music. I am so tired of hearing the "rock" and "rap-crap" noise that is played today for music. Mozart would turn over in his grave. He said, "Music is not meant to offend the ear". The plot was weak and "hokey", but then that is what we watched in 1945. It was fun to watch Esther swim and dive. For you youngesters she was a beauty of 1936 Olympic fame.
Rained last night. Had less than 1/10th of an inch in the rain gauge this morning. Not enough to do any good. The cows don't even go out into the pastures looking for something to eat. They just hang around near the barn waiting for me to put out some hay.
Rained last night. Had less than 1/10th of an inch in the rain gauge this morning. Not enough to do any good. The cows don't even go out into the pastures looking for something to eat. They just hang around near the barn waiting for me to put out some hay.
posted by Donald G Davidson at 12:13 AM
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One of my favorite old movies is "Hold Back the Dawn" with Olivia DeHaviland and Charles Boyer. I think it was shot around 1939, definitely prior to World War II.
The basic premise is one of redemption and reconciliation, themes that modern movies fail to show today.
DeHaviland was an innocent school teacher from Azusa, California who took her class to Juarez, Mexico for a cultural field trip (can you imagine that happening in our modern schools today - a teacher taking elementary-aged schools across the border for a cultural exchange)?
Anyway, she meets Boyer who is playing a manipulative, foreign dancer who is trying to gain lawful entry into the United States. He found out that if you married a US national, then you would be moved up the priority list. His goal was to marry DeHaviland and then, unknown to DeHaviland, divorce her once he had his papers.
I won't ruin the ending, hoping that someday you will be able to see it. But it is a rather surprising ending.
"Hold Back the Dawn" is a unique study in immigration and is especially hot given the current turmoil along the border, although if presents a somewhat different view of foreigners. Interesting study also in 1930s America.
Anyway, if you ever have a change to watch it - do it. It occassionally pops up on TCM or one of the other classic movie channels.
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