Elizabeth Taylor’s “violet eyes” in “Doonesbury” in 1980 and in Taylor Swift’s song “Elizabeth Taylor” in 2025

When Taylor Swift's album "The Life of a Showgirl" was announced and I read the song title "Elizabeth Taylor", I did not first think of movies, such as "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958), "Suddenly Last Summer" (1959), or "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1966). Nor did I think

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"There ain't nothin' more powerful than the odor of mendacity!" -- Big Daddy

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This past week's viewing

-1971s #HaroldAndMaude This was sweet and I did gasp for a minute at the end

-1984s #TheTerminator I am very conscious of looking at 80s and other decades special effects with a 2024 eye. One can totally see how a sequel was set up for and it was not a bad movie. Just not my cup of tea.

-1967s #CoolHandLuke I enjoyed this movie. Simple as that.

-1958s #CatOnAHotTinRoof I really enjoyed this and preferred #PaulNewman in this role of Brick over Cool Hand Luke.

Over the next week I hope to watch

-1975s #OneFlewOVerTheCuckoosNest
-1941s #TheMalteseFalcon
-1953s #MonsieurHulot'sHoliday

and if I have time

-1994s #HoopDreams

Sometimes, lines from certain movies are quoted and then the reference becomes as popular as the movie. Case in point IK that the line "what we have here is a failure to communicate" derives from CHL. But not having seen it until last week, I could not have told you who said it and when in the movie. Nice to "get it"

"Remembering the incredible Elizabeth Taylor on her birth anniversary today. Her unforgettable performances in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' and 'Suddenly, Last Summer' still remain some of the most iconic in Hollywood history. #ElizabethTaylor #CatOnAHotTinRoof #SuddenlyLastSummer"

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#CatOnAHotTinRoof (1958)
Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminal father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

#ElizabethTaylor #PaulNewman in some downtime.
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Fortune: The U.S. can’t handle the ‘silver tsunami’ of millions of baby boomers needing housing in their retirement years, report warns

https://fortune.com/2023/12/02/housing-baby-boomers-aging-homelessness-elderly/
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#CatOnAHotTinRoof

The U.S. can’t handle the ‘silver tsunami’ of millions of baby boomers needing housing in their retirement years, report warns

“The downtown shelter is not a good place for an aging adult with chronic conditions,” said one shelter operator.

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This is the kind of exchange that only Tennessee Williams could deliver (… or John Waters)
#TCMParty #CatOnAHotTinRoof #SaveTCM

#TCMParty #CatOnAHotTinRoof #ElizabethTaylor #PaulNewman

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