Featured Flicks for the Weekend: March 25-March 27

The few flicks that I plan to watch this weekend during my free time include:

Wife vs. Secretary (1936) starring Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and Myrna Loy. IMDB Synopsis: "The wife of a publishing executive mistakenly believes that her husband's relationship with his attractive secretary is more than professional."

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China Seas (1935) starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow. IMDB Snyopsis: "When earthy Dolly Portland is rejected by Captain Gaskell in favor of a socialite, she aids Jamesy McCardle, in league with Malay pirates, in his plot to seize his ship."

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Elizabeth (1998) starring Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush and Joseph Fiennes. Netflix Synopsis: "Shekhar Kapur's Oscar-winning treatise on absolute power and its human toll sees fledgling queen Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett) sacrificing happiness with her lover (Joseph Fiennes) for her own safety and placing her trust in her stealthy "spymaster," Sir Francis Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush). The so-called "Virgin Queen" took the throne of a Roman Catholic country, declared the nation Protestant and ruled for 45 years -- but at great personal cost."

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Have a great weekend!
Crystal

Friday Favorites: Pearl Necklaces, polka dots, miniature roses, Linkin Park & Tim Burton

My favorites that I find myself gravitating towards this week include:

A vintage pearl necklace that I purchased at a yard sale a few years ago from a sweet, little old lady, for approximately $0.75.


Anything with polka dots, and this week that includes this lightweight decorative scarf from Beehive that I purchased last year.


White and yellow miniature rose hair clips from Belle Blossoms.


Linkin Park's newest album, A Thousand Suns, which I've been enjoying for several months now.

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And last, but not least, the work of the incredible and talented Mr. Tim Burton, who amazes me each year with each new piece, installment, and film that he creates!

Tim Burton & Johnny Depp (as Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
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What favorites have you enjoyed this week? Please share!

XOXO, Crystal

Featured Flicks for the Weekend: March 18-March 20: Old Hollywood & BBC Historical Films

I adore classic Hollywood movies and love historically themed films! I like to relax a little on the weekend and unwind with a few old movies and one never-before-seen film from my Netflix que. I am a sucker for old black & white and technicolor comedies, dramas, vaudeville, crime, mystery and romance movies. In honor of this tradition, I thought that I would share with my readers the films that I plan to watch this weekend, a few of which you can watch too if you have Turner Classic Movies available on your cable or satellite stations.

Sunday's lineup includes two great films on TCM, including Lucky Me and Broadway Melody of 1940.

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Lucky Me, starring Doris Day and Robert Cummings, is a film from 1954. TCM Synopsis: "When the members of a musical troupe take cleaning jobs, their lead singer falls for a famous songwriter." It airs Sunday, March 20 at 10am on TCM.

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Broadway Melody of 1940, starring Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell, is a film from 1940. TCM Synopsis: "A vaudeville team breaks up when both men fall for the same gorgeous hoofer." It airs Sunday, March 20 at 10:45pm on TCM.

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Lastly, my Netflix pick for this week is the 1986 BBC film Lady Jane, starring Helena Bonham Carter as Lady Jane Grey and Cary Elwes as Guilford Dudley. TCM Synopsis: "After the death in 1553 of Edward VI, a faction pushes into power his second cousin Lady Jane Grey."

I am a big fan of BBC historical period films and old classic Hollywood films, so I am sure that these will exceed my expectations and offer me a wonderful and relaxing weekend!

Happy watching, Crystal