What We're Watching: Miss Polly (1941)

We are sweltering through some mighty hot weather down here in Texas, boys - Tuesday it was 104 degrees, and the heat index was a whopping 119!  The temperature inside the house was 85, even with the a/c system and all fans going full blast.  We had a serviceman come out yesterday who cleaned and recharged the a/c, which helped; and also, the outdoor temp cooled off to a mere 98 degrees.

When we hear of silly-ass people in France or wherever agonizing over whether it is "ethical" to use air conditioning in extreme heat, we just laugh.  The question here in the Lone Star State is:  You want to live or die?  It's that simple.

I hope all my truckbuddies are staying cool and comfortable.  If you need something to take your mind off the weather, here's an amusing B movie from 1941 made by the Hal Roach studios - they also made the Our Gang comedies in the 1930s.  

We like to watch old movies or TV shows during dinner at the kitchen bar; and it seems I have made a convert of M.P., who wasn't quite sure who Zasu Pitts was until I started playing some of her movies.  Now he thinks she's swell.  See what you think.

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Tired Old Queen at the Movies: My Favorite Wife (1940)

 

 Steve Hayes reviews the delightful screwball comedy, starring Irene Dunne and Carry Grant.  M.P. and I recommend it highly.  It was remade by Doris Day and Jim Garner in 1963 as Move Over, Darling, which is also a treat.

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Tired Old Queen at the Movies: The Palm Beach Story

Steve Hayes reviews the classic screwball comedy, which your Head Trucker highly recommends:

Claudette Colbert and Joel McCrea have a field day in the zany Preston Sturges comedy PALM BEACH STORY (1942). With able support from such Sturges comic regulars as William Demarest, Jimmy Conlin, and Roscoe Ates, and with brilliant comedic turns by Rudee Vallee and Mary Astor, it’s a happy, slapstick free-for-all, loaded with sophisticated dialogue, unexpected reversals, and sexy innuendos. The perfect way to start the New Year off with a bang!

Catch more fabulous movie reviews at Steve's' YouTube channel.

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My Sister Eileen

I read the book once, many years ago, and now I've seen the movie - a lighthearted reflection of a simpler time.  Starring many names and faces you will recognize:  Betty Garrett, Janet Leigh, Jack Lemmon, Bob Fosse, Dick York, Kurt Kasznar, and in a bit part, Richard Deacon.  (Two of these were gay - do you know which ones?)