MOVIES
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Columbia Pictures
Sir Alec Guinness stars in a scene from “The
Bridge on the River Kwai” (1957).
Tom Hanks stars in a scene from “The Money
Pit” (1986).
Universal Pictures
A scene from “Mr. Blandings Builds His
Dreamhouse” (1948).
RKO Radio Pictures
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seems perfectly normal is in fact one disas-
ter after another. Hopefully, no one has re-
ally experienced tubs crashing through the
roof, staircases collapsing and with it their
relationship, but if you have, laugh and cry
along with the antics of this romp. Stream it
on Starz or rent it on Amazon Prime,
Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu
or YouTube
”Mr. Blandings Builds
His Dreamhouse”
(1948) — When a
New York City ad
man (Cary Grant)
and his wife (Myrna
Loy) decide to leave
cramped city life be-
hind and build a home
in the country, they get
way more than they an-
ticipated. Anyone who has
ever had any work done on their
house in the last 80 years has probably expe-
rienced similar anxieties to what Mr. Bland-
ings does and may have even been the eager
homeowner who thinks they know it all.
The hilarious movie is full of slapstick and
Grant plays the somewhat oblivious big-city
guy so well while being so sincere too. Rent
it on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google
Play, Vudu or YouTube.
”Paint Your Wagon” (1969) — It’s not
a great musical or even a great movie, but
there is something about listening to two
big-time Western stars Clint Eastwood and
Lee Marvin try and wistfully sing about
stars and trees. Set in the mountains of
California (but filmed in the mountains of
Baker City) during the gold rush, a small
group of would-be prospectors discover
gold and form No Name City, populated
by only men. Two of them, Ben Rumson
and Pardner (Marvin and Eastwood)
strike up an unlikely partnership
in which they agree to share ev-
erything including any gold
they find, no matter the
means. When a Mormon
pioneer arrives in town with
two wives, he decides to sell
one to the highest bidder
(with her consent). Elizabeth
(Jean Seberg) then quickly
marries her buyer, Ben. When
Bend leaves town for a few days,
she romances Pardner and the three
decide that if Elizabeth’s ex-husband
could have two wives, why couldn’t she have
two husbands. By Act II the town is more
established and Elizabeth happily sees her
two men off to work on digging a tunnel
under the city to catch any gold dust that
falls through business’s floorboards. The
whole movie is worth it just to hear one of
the best songs that has really nothing to do
with the plot: “They Call the Wind Maria.”
Rent it on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Goo-
gle Play, Vudu or YouTube.
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