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Love's Long Journey (2005)
Good movie, contains bloopers
This was a wonderful movie. Great for the whole family to watch. There are some bloopers to note though. Jeff, receives a letter from his older brother Sonny. He is all excited and tells Missy about it. She asks what it says and he says he doesn't know. So she reads it to him because he can't read. But then in the very next scene Willie has invited him to Christmas dinner and Missy asks Jeff to pass out the gifts. Jeff reads each name out loud in an educated voice and passes out the gifts. For someone who can't read, he does a good job of it. He doesn't stumble over the names or anything. Another blooper is when the tree is being decorated. One can tell the tree is absolutely fake. Notice the top of the tree. When the tree is being brought in, it is a real tree, but when it is being decorated it is fake. Another blooper is when Missy is having her baby and Miriam is attending her. Miriam comes to the door to tell Will he has a son. Will walks in and Miriam is bending over Missy, where she was just standing beside him at the door.
Blondie of the Follies (1932)
Poor girl becomes rich
Wonderful portrayal of young girls in the 1930's looking to better themselves. The apartment where Blondie lives with her family is a great example of working class life. The style of clothing and makeup is a true rendition of life in the 1920's. I believe this movie allows us a look back on what life was like back then. A classic movie.
I loved Blondie's mannerisms in the first part of the movie. She played an innocent, naive girl and was very good at it. However, after she makes it "big" she changes into somewhat of a snob, but only when talking to "Mr." For the most part,she is still the lovable main character of the movie. Although I do get the impression that she is trying to be something she is not. Maybe that was intentional. As the actress who plays Blondie is also the producer this might have been something she was trying to get across. It was unusual for women to be producers in movies in the 1930's but this actress was "friends" with William Randolph Hearst and was given free reign.
One has to realize when viewing the movie what life was like back then and not compare it to life today. As vaudeville was not far gone when this movie was made, it seems more like a vaudeville show than a movie as the actors wait for each to say their lines until the next starts.