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Living on Velvet (1935)
Unbelievably BAD for a Kay Francis-George Brent movie!!!
Well, I have to start by saying that my hubby and I only watched maybe one-third of this movie before turning it off and switching to another TCM recording - and we are both bigtime George Brent and Kay Francis fans, especially when they are together! Kay looked lovely (in her lovely gowns), and George was charming (and I've always liked Warren William) but the plot was TOTALLY UNBELIEVABLE! This is one of those films where you really have to "suspend disbelief."
The Locket (1946)
You gotta pay attention during this one!
I don't know if this is available on DVD; fortunately we recorded it when we saw it listed on the TCM schedule. It's a movie you really need to pay close attention to. As others have suggested, fix your drinks and snacks beforehand, turn off the cell phones, and use the bathroom before starting to watch. Also, if you hate flashbacks, be warned that this has flashbacks within flashbacks within flashbacks - you almost need a scorecard! Laraine Day is terrific - just right for the role; I had only seen her in simple ingenue parts previously.
The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
Unbelievably bad!!!
My husband and I watched this while in a vacation rental with four other relatives - we did not have streaming available, and it was either this or some early Stooges shorts. Should have gone with the Stooges!!! We unanimously agreed that it was NOT FUNNY. The only reason I rated it as high as 4 is because of the cast. It IS mercifully short at 1 hr. and 6 min., but there are better ways to spend the time...
Maytime (1937)
This needs to be shown on a big theatrical screen!!!
I first saw this movie as a Blockbuster rental with my husband and his late mother - 25 years ago. TCM aired it recently, and we recorded it and watched it on a Saturday night (it IS rather long, at 2 hours and 12 minutes!). I'm not a person who likes to watch movies (or plays, or TV shows) over and over again; when I was a young teenager my girlfriends and I would usually sit through THREE consecutive showings of a film - that must have "cured" me. After 25 years I did remember the highlights (even though my MIL did chat quite a bit during the movie), but I was surprised that I hadn't realized what a great job John Barrymore did! I had always considered him a bombastic stage actor, playing to the back rows of the second balcony. He is so SUBTLE and SINISTER in this. For this viewing I saw Maytime on a pretty-good quality Samsung wall-hung TV, but I truly would love to see it on the big screen, in a theater. The May Day scenes especially deserve that. The lack of color doesn't bother me, though it does remind me of Irving Thalberg's too-early death.