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Showing posts with label William Holden. Show all posts

Sabrina

Five Stars: ˜˜˜˜˜
Billy Wilder’s 1954 romantic comedy set an industry standard with an American fairy tale. Don’t watch the 1995 remake, go straight for the original! All the glamorous stars shine brightly in this perfect example of Hollywood’s golden age. Classism, romanticism and humor are all allowed to creatively develop when the daughter of a servant falls in love with the son of the castle—only to have his brother fall for her.
MEMORABLE QUOTES
“A woman happily in love, she burns the soufflĂ©. A woman unhappily in love, she forgets to turn on the oven.”
“Twentieth century? Why, I could pick a century out of a hat, blindfolded, and come up with a better one!”
“I've been trying to write her a poem, but I can't seem to finish it. What rhymes with ‘glass?’”

Stalag 17

Four Stars: ˜˜˜˜
America in 1953 was finally able to look back on WWII and laugh a little. This movie will definitely make you crack up, as POWs continue to fight from behind enemy lines using whatever they can. As these men use humor to fend off the crippling despair of failed escape attempts and executions, we catch a glimpse of the indefatigable spirit which defined their generation.  
MEMORABLE QUOTES
“Now you put 630 sergeants together and, oh mother, you've got yourself a situation!”
“The first week I was in this joint, somebody stole my Red Cross package, my blanket and my left shoe.”
“The barracks should be schpic, and also schpan!”