tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post2513765674474458663..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Overlooked Movies: Mr. and Mrs. Smithmybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-89355305219655840012016-10-12T10:35:57.712-05:002016-10-12T10:35:57.712-05:00THE AWFUL TRUTH is a film with Irene Dunne, and th...THE AWFUL TRUTH is a film with Irene Dunne, and the banter and story is about a couple who want to try and separate and then go through with a divorce [spoiler!<br /><br />spoiler! They don't break up]. It was made several years before this and somehow they are based on similer "ideas" of story.S.B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-60445453547876284202016-10-12T10:30:51.012-05:002016-10-12T10:30:51.012-05:00Probably Mr And Mrs Smith is not a classic, but I ...Probably Mr And Mrs Smith is not a classic, but I saw it twice a while back and it was passable. The only OTHER comedy Hitchcock ever made was probably The Trouble With Harry, or so I read, but MRS SMITH is slightly better (and much earlier made). <br /><br /><br />Carol Lombard was lost to fandom very early, and the Hitchcocks were good friend and it was said they were crushed when it happened many years back.Stephen B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-76278759924160286192016-10-11T10:09:23.511-05:002016-10-11T10:09:23.511-05:00I watched this on a DVD I had (and didn't know...I watched this on a DVD I had (and didn't know I had) a couple of months ago, and then it turned up on TCM the other day. Interesting movie, but it didn't work well for me.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-89373113897872261152016-10-11T08:47:42.967-05:002016-10-11T08:47:42.967-05:00One of the few Hitchcock movies I haven't seen...One of the few Hitchcock movies I haven't seen. I like Lombard, as a rule.Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-84597866173277383272016-10-11T06:06:45.082-05:002016-10-11T06:06:45.082-05:00Also a plot on "Gilligan's Island" w...Also a plot on "Gilligan's Island" where the Howells discover their marriage is also invalid.<br /><br />/SPOILER: The Skipper, using his maritime authority, (re)marries them.Debnoreply@blogger.com