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Not Exactly Cinema But Not a Bad Sunday

Posted on April 17, 2023 by mohawkvalleygirl

I thought I might make a Sunday Cinema Post, but I am only on my first movie and getting tired. I did watch the rest of a Columbo episode I started last night. I suppose that counts.

She was divine!

The movie I am currently enjoying is Death on the Nile, a star-studded Agatha Christie romp (come on, autocorrect, Agatha is a well-known name!). This is the wonderful Angela Lansbury as Salome Otterbourne, alcoholic writer of sexy romance novels. I would SO love to play that character! I kind of did when I was Ruby VanRenssalaer in Rubbed Out at Ruby’s, a murder mystery of my own devise.

Two more delightful divas.

Here are two more stars who stud the movie, Bette Davis and Maggie Smith. So delightful to watch these two old pros playing off each other.

I have done a few useful things today. I ran, I did laundry, I went grocery shopping, I wrote a letter which I walked to the post office. From the post office, I walked to Herkimer Elks Lodge, where I secured space for Wednesday’s rehearsal of Shooting at the Grange, our upcoming murder mystery.

Back home, I watched Columbo before putting in the aforementioned Agatha Christie but also made a salad for the week’s lunches. I call this not a bad Sunday. Is it not a bad blog post? You decide.

Today there is not “one more thing.”

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Slacker Sunday? Or Cinema? Whatever!

Posted on July 22, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

Is Slacker Sunday a thing or does this have to be a Sunday Cinema post? I don’t know why I’m asking. This is my blog and I make the rules. Full disclosure: I have had a couple of drinks. Judge me if you are so inclined.

We began the relaxing portion of our Sunday out on our deck, enjoying a lovely breeze and watching some laundry flap. How I love my clothesline and am so grateful to my parents for giving it to me.

Eventually we went back into the house and pu in our DVD of Death on the Nile, one of our star-studded Agatha Christies (ooh, that autocorrect burns my buns! “What the” instead of “Agatha”? And “buns” instead of “burns”? What the Hell?).

After Death on the Nile, we enjoyed Rope, an Alfred Hitchcock, but not one of his more prominent films. Now we are watching The Giant Gila Monster, from our collection of 50 Horror Classics. I can’t say I am particularly enamored of the flick, but I’m the one who picked it.

I feel sorry I can’t share pictures of these movies, but it is not so easy on the Tablet as it is on the laptop. We all know I am not as technologically adept as one could wish. However, this is Wrist to Forehead Sunday. I swoon on my metaphorical chaise lounge and hope for a better post tomorrow.

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Agatha to Axes, it’s Slacker Saturday

Posted on January 27, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

I have not had a Slacker Saturday post in a while, and I have certainly had a slacker day today. My husband, Steven, and I just hung out and relaxed. We watched a few movies, though, so I will attempt a Saturday Cinema post before going back to relaxing.

Where, or where can I get a hat like that?

We started our viewing with Death on the Nile, a star-studded Agatha Christie which I love. The above picture is Angela Lansbury in the truly delicious role of Salome Ottorbourne, writer of lurid romance novels and murder suspect.

After Death on the Nile, I was in the Agatha Christie mood so suggested we watch Ten Little Indians (1965) ,which I had DVR’d from TCM recently. This is not to be confused with And Then There Were None (1945), which we own on DVD. Both are based on the same book, of course. However, in the 1945 version, the characters are on an island, as they are in the book. In the version we watched today, they ride a cable car up a mountain. I looked but could not find a picture of the movie we saw today. How’s that for slacking?

Now we are watching a favorite of ours: Strait-Jacket (1964). A William Castle thriller starring Joan Crawford as an ax murderess, how could I not love it?

Severed heads can be such bed hogs.

I suppose we should have saved it for a Severed Head Sunday. I haven’t had one of those in a while either. As for today, I feel my slacking off has extended to my blog post. But at least I have included a couple of pictures. I’ll close with another of Joan. Happy Saturday, everyone.

This is representative of the sort of editing some of my blog posts probably need.

Classic to Cheesy to Columbo

Posted on July 9, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

I pause in the midst of my usual Sunday of watching movies and knitting (sometimes I crochet), to make my Wrist to Forehead Sunday post. Never mind why my wrist is to my forehead (about to swoon, although I do not own a chaise lounge), because I would rather talk about movies than whine.

Two utterly beautiful people.

We began our movie watching with A Place in the Sun, one of our favorites. It is sort of related to a local historical murder, being based on a novel that was inspired (I can put it no closer) by the murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gilette. He stayed in the 1834 Jail while being tried in the Herkimer County Courthouse, both on Herkimer’s Historic Four Corners, one of my favorite places. I mostly wanted to see the movie for Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift (pictured) and Shelley Winters.

Two of our all-time favorites.

Next we went to Death on the Nile, a star studded Agatha Christie romp. I found a picture of our beloved Bette Davis and Maggie Smith, but the reason we put on the movie is that David Niven came up in a conversation. He is also in the movie, his usual debonair self.

This scene is near the dramatic conclusion.

After Death on the Nile, we went cheesy with The Atomic Brain. We have that on AMC Cult Classics, a two disc collection with four movies, some more classic than others.

Look how young Peter Falk is!

We are currently watching Columbo in Prescription: Murder. In fact, I am missing some important stuff to make this post. There’s a reason to swoon! I can’t put my wrist to my forehead while typing, so I shall sign off now. Happy Sunday, everyone.

Murder Book, Prison Movie, It’s Wrist to Forehead Sunday!

Posted on April 16, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

One of my favorites, and I like the movie just as much.

I pause in re-reading an Agatha Christie novel to make my Wrist to Forehead Sunday post. I like to read a fast paperback on a Sunday. Steven is watching a movie. I told him to pick what he would like, because I was reading. He chose Shawshank Redemption, which I got him for his birthday. I forgot how heavy this movie is. Steven pointed out to me how I reference it all the time, by “doing Shawshank Redemption” when it rains.

I do it with my shirt on.

Now that I’m reading Death on the Nile again, I want to see that movie. It is a star-studded Agatha Christie romp (which I believe I have written a blog post about). It is also an excellent adaptation. There are differences between the movie and book, but I can see why they made the changes they did. Let me see if I can find a good picture from the movie.

I REALLY wanted a hat like this for “Rubbed Out at Ruby’s.”

I couldn’t get the full cast picture to download (you know me and computers), but here is the best character in the flick, Angela Lansbury as Salome Otterbourne. This is one of the characters that is changed somewhat in the movie, into a definitely more theatrical version. I love it. Maybe we can watch that movie next. First I need to finish re-reading the book.

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