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Vivacious Lady (1938)
Charming Duo
Vivacious Lady is a total charmer. Rogers and Stewart fall in love right in the beginning, get married, and spend the rest of the film trying to be together in the face of his sick mother, "arranged" fiancé, and overbearing father, president of Old Sharon university at which Stewart is a professor or "chip off the old block". There are several truly funny moments - not just your typical corny 1938 fare, but still humorous today. A favorite scene is one where Rogers and Stewart's surprise fiancé duke it out at the school's prom including some true slaps in the face. See it on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-2r3zzZYgA The only thing is...they haven't released this on DVD yet, and a VHS copy is over $100 off Amazon. Not to worry though, there are some sites out there that specialize in rare films and can ship you a DVD for less than $40. This one is well worth it if you're a fan of old Hollywood - Vivacious Lady is what a Hollywood comedy is all about.
Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)
Ridiculously Charming
Tom, Dick, and Harry rests on thin plot - Ginger Rogers' character Janie, a telephone operator, has to choose between her steady (Murphy), a man she just met (Meredith), and a rich man she's been dreaming about (Marshall). The romances between the characters are complimented by outrageous dream sequences that are really just ridiculous, but I found them quite funny. Burgess Meredith and Ginger Rogers share a charming chemistry - especially in a scene where their kiss fantastically "rings bells"...possibly the cutest kiss scene ever, reminiscent of Mia's foot-popping in The Princess Diaries. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and laughed a lot, as should any Rogers fan, or Meredith fan for that matter, would. But, it is hard to find. I don't believe it's been released on DVD yet, but it is a rare find on VHS.