Coming Soon to REEL LIFE...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDbIJYubHGXO9lipgoQ5l4jReN_OaEcr8NDBS8IXB_K_dfjsm9Qv0f66G1CDM0-Q41bHFy6h8AF7EIE4KiouZeUSgAZcYKn75erYSRg8vRXeizUArIXjpLT8DjHEGY8npccfs3ZgyiEZok/s1600/Some+Came+Running.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDbIJYubHGXO9lipgoQ5l4jReN_OaEcr8NDBS8IXB_K_dfjsm9Qv0f66G1CDM0-Q41bHFy6h8AF7EIE4KiouZeUSgAZcYKn75erYSRg8vRXeizUArIXjpLT8DjHEGY8npccfs3ZgyiEZok/s320/Some+Came+Running.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><i style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Some Came Running</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A sampling of a few posts and one event (my first!) on the near horizon for <i>The Lady Eve's Reel Life</i>:</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-size: small;">The Families of Vincent Minnelli</span></u></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A look at some of the director's most memorable family-themed films, including <i>Meet Me in St. Louis </i>(1944), <i>Father of the Bride</i> (1950), <i>Some Came Running </i>(1958) and <i>Home From the Hill</i> (1960). Plus a look at the award-winning artist's own life.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LxofMT1YMiX0ESLFXCg4sKaJehVj7Cuxqm7nibs7Pli7RDtPCvWlzbuiSGULviNoo5BcBnxN0o7HX1jhuFUHBUcN3AaDkzRFnX0zqhqHpZChxeBf4iFvPpUHnYbgaAmhbQNr-_khoMrc/s1600/These+Amazing+Shadows.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9LxofMT1YMiX0ESLFXCg4sKaJehVj7Cuxqm7nibs7Pli7RDtPCvWlzbuiSGULviNoo5BcBnxN0o7HX1jhuFUHBUcN3AaDkzRFnX0zqhqHpZChxeBf4iFvPpUHnYbgaAmhbQNr-_khoMrc/s320/These+Amazing+Shadows.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><i>These Amazing Shadows</i></u></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Late in December the PBS series "Independent Lens" will spotlight  "culturally, historically... aesthetically significant" American films included in the National Film Registry with the one-hour documentary, <i>These Amazing Shadows</i>. The registry's beginnings with National Film Preservation Act of 1988 is also covered. I'll be previewing the documentary ahead of its air date.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRO1PX2cADvf1Hm7aRrum8oSbV9CYYb-xzvWrkjs8UaFtEvkb_LmI4A6_tS0ILHNfjs3mSPkiZWe8tuSU8BCvmQaFbiMA2EPzZkinHUNTNJok0xJtGk7xKmv78dfkrdurBbcfkhya2CtkI/s1600/shop+around+the+corner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRO1PX2cADvf1Hm7aRrum8oSbV9CYYb-xzvWrkjs8UaFtEvkb_LmI4A6_tS0ILHNfjs3mSPkiZWe8tuSU8BCvmQaFbiMA2EPzZkinHUNTNJok0xJtGk7xKmv78dfkrdurBbcfkhya2CtkI/s1600/shop+around+the+corner.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-size: small;"><i>The Shop Around the Corner</i></span></u></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just in time for the holidays...a reflection on Ernst Lubitsch's 1940 classic. The director's own favorite among his films, it is set at Christmastime in Budapest, features a sparkling ensemble cast led by James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan and Frank Morgan...and 'tis perfection.<i> </i></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-size: small;">A Month of <i>Vertigo</i></span></u></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A great group of guest contributors - and me - will blog on myriad facets of Alfred Hitchcock's masterwork. I'm hoping <i>A Month of Vertigo</i> makes for a very interesting beginning to 2012...</span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOdGtLOI-ui_uWgq6WQJflIQtMXT96tJ0H5xFyuIlZ9wMfpuyBG4wMKy8fZ0uTROz_7iv6WE3X1wb1aG3yB649yM8DVYYAxHv88H0y84ektWA4OCAk42P5ANp4kMCeHmdNu-vNxqgeJJD1/s1600/scottie+and+madeleine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOdGtLOI-ui_uWgq6WQJflIQtMXT96tJ0H5xFyuIlZ9wMfpuyBG4wMKy8fZ0uTROz_7iv6WE3X1wb1aG3yB649yM8DVYYAxHv88H0y84ektWA4OCAk42P5ANp4kMCeHmdNu-vNxqgeJJD1/s400/scottie+and+madeleine.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

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Some Came RunningA sampling of a few posts and one event (my first!) on the near horizon for The Lady Eve's Reel Life:The Families of Vincent MinnelliA look at some of the director's most memorable family-themed films, including Meet Me in St. Louis …

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