Top of the World: My 10 Favourite Actors

Ready for a new top 10? After my 10 favourite films and my 10 favourite actresses, it’s time for you to discover my 10 favourite actors!

1- James Stewart

2- Marlon Brando

3- Cary Grant

4- William Holden

5- Gregory Peck 

6- Burt Lancaster

7- Robert de Niro

8- Gary Cooper

9- Joseph Cotten

10- Peter O’Toole

And you, who are your 10 favourite actors? 😉

2015 Favourite Classic Movie Actress Tournament: THE Final Match!

It’s finally the BIG FINAL for the 2015 Favourite Classic Movie Actress Tournament! There is only 8 actresses left (2 for each decades)! Here, at The Wonderful World of Cinema, Myrna Loy and Jean Arthur are our two finalists for the 30’s era. They are both marvellous actress, but only one of them can win. Vote now for your favourite one! You have until Saturday afternoon (April 4th 2015) at 1h00 pm to vote.

Thanks for voting! Can wait to see who will be the big winner!

Don’t forget to vote for the other decades

40’s Era

50’s Era

60’s Era

Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon: The Caravan (The Donna Reed Show)

It’s finally here! A new blogathon! I missed them so much! This one is pretty original, because today I won’t talk to you about one of my favourite movies, but about one of my favourite TV show episodes for The Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon hosted by A Shroud of Thoughts. For the occasion, I chose an episode from one of my very favourite classic TV shows: The Donna Reed Show. If you have read my tribute to Donna Reed, Donna Reed: What a Star!, you know how much I love this actress and this TV show.

Rated 9,0/10 on IMDB, “The Caravan” is, in my opinion, one of the funniest episodes of The Donna Reed Show. If you haven’t seen it yet, you’re in for a treat and a good laugh! Summer vacations are coming and the Stones (Donna, Alex, Jeff and Mary) have to plan their vacation. The only problem is that Jeff, Alex and Mary want to do all different things. Donna is the only one who don’t really mind. So, to make it fair, they decide that Donna will be the one who will be in charge of the vacations and have the last word about it. Donna is not really enthusiast, but she’s ready to try her best to make them happy. The next day, Donna is back with a surprise: a big camping car to do a beautiful road trip across the USA. The children and the husband are not very convinced because, as Alex says, “It’s so big!” but after visiting the place, a real rolling house they realized this might be fun. So, here they go, as an happy family, with their sunglasses on their noses. Only, troubles won’t make long to come, especially for Donna for whom it’s not really a vacation because she has to cook and clean everything all the time.

The Caravan is one of the best Donna Reed Show’s episodes for many reasons. It’s, first, one of the episodes with the best gags. In this episode, each character (except maybe Mary) has his funny moment. My favourite one is when Alex (Carl Betz) can’t go out of his sleeping bag in the morning because the zipper is stuck. So Donna ask to a garagist to help him and the poor Alex is so desperate. Carl Betz really makes his best facial expressions here. The other great touch of fun in this episode is Donna’s narration, especially when she explains that life in a camping car is not that much easy: “Have you ever try cooking at 50 miles an hour? Well, take my word for it, it presents a few problems, especially when the floor is going one way and the spaghetti another.” You might imagine what happens with the spaghetti…

What I also like about this episode is its burlesque touch. Many lines in this film are funny, but there are also some hilarious physical gags: when Jeff falls off his chair, when Donna tries to close the closets or tries to cook, etc. Of course, the little happy music also helps for the burlesque touch. Another of my favourite moments is when Mary decides to organise a party… in the caravan. She only invites 2 persons (2 boys), but her parents and her brother are also here so they are a little tight in this camping car who seems to be big on the outside, but that is not that much big in the inside. One more time, during this scene, Donna has a bad experience with her cooking. But this time, instead of the spaghetti misadventure, it’s the cake misadventure…

I also love this episode because it shows us the importance of learning to live with each others even if it’s not always easy. And as always, Donna Stone is the perfect mother who cares so much for the happiness of her children and her husband. Donna Reed was really the perfect actress to play this part and same thing for the other actors (Carl Betz, Paul Petersen and Shelly Fabares). They are always so memorable.

So, now that you know the main reasons why you MUST see this episode,  you can now watch it! You’ll love it.

Don’t forget to read the other entries for the Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon!

New Blogathon Coming Soon: The Pre-Code Blogathon

On March 31st to April 3rd 2015, The Wonderful World of Cinema will be part of the 2015 Pre-Code Blogathon! Hosted by Danny of Pre-Code.com  (precodedotcom@gmail.com) and
Karen of Shadows and Satin (thedarkpages@yahoo.com), this year Pre-Code blogathon will celebrate the 85th anniversary of the adoption of the Production Code. Participant blogs will write about Pre-Code movies (1930 to 1934) or a star of Pre-Code films. For the occasion, I’ll be back with Hitchcock’s British film “Murder!” (1930) That will be a great occasion for me to re-watch this great film.

If you wish to participate to this blogathon on know more about it, please click on one of these links:

Pre-Code.com

Shadows and Satin

Well, you may have realized that for the next months (end of March, April, May and June), I’ll participate to a total of 6 blogathons! I’ll be busy, but that’s the perfect occasion to write about films that I love and this is the good opportunity to share my blog to other fantastic bloggers.

See you soon!

Sweet Sixteen Round Four Matches of The 2015 Favourite Classic Movie Actress Tournament

It’s almost done! Who will be the famous winners of this tourney? Which famous actress of the 30’s, the 40’s, the 50’s and the 60’s will win? Sixteen fabulous actresses are still in the competition (four for each era). As you know, here at The Wonderful World of Cinema, I cover the matches for the 30’s era. You have until Saturday afternoon (March 28th) at 1h00 PM to vote for your favourite actresses who are still in the competition. Only two more matches left, we can’t wait for next week for the big final!

Our favourite QUEEN OF THE SCREEN vs our favourite COMEDY LADY

Our favourite BRITISH LADY vs our favourite SWEET AND LOVELY DAME

To vote for the other era’s, please click here:

40’s Era

50’s Era

60’s Era

Thanks for voting! See you next week with our two finalist for the BIG FINAL!