Covid-19 is real. Â Soon most people will know someone who has been hurt by the disease. Â My sister-in-law Terri, who is also one of my best friends, has been in the hospital with pneumonia for 9 days. Â Her son Bo, my nephew, was hospitalized yesterday. Â I hope and pray both will be fine with few or no lingering consequences. Â Needless to say, if you knew my family, it has been a non-stop drama fest. Â Yesterday Terri checked out of hospital against medical advice with no prescriptions, no supplemental oxygen, no aftercare instructions.
I’m just fine. Â They are in Las Vegas. Â I am in Southern California. Â My husband and I have really never left Lockdown.
For comfort viewing yesterday, I rewatched Leo McCarey’s The Awful Truth (1937) for the umpteenth time.  I have reviewed the film previously here.The stars, dialogue, directing, and production continue to sparkle.  It remains supremely enjoyable. For some reason, I focused on Ralph Bellamy this time. He is pretty wonderful.
I too love “The Awful Truth.” Grant and Dunne are wonderful. Ralph Bellamy was also excellent three years latter in the sublime Howard Hawks film “His Girl Friday.” Both films are timeless classics.
Hoping for a complete recovery for your sister-in-law and her son. You stay safe, someday this may all end. Myself, I’m diabetic and have to be especially careful but doing fine. Watching many great films in the last few months. Getting ready to watch Ken Russell’s “Women in Love” tonight.
We’ll both stay home and let the movies be our company. “Women in Love” is on my 1970 film roster. Perhaps I’ll watch it today and we can compare! Nephew is getting steroids and convalescent plasma. Hope he will stay until the doctor says it is safe to go home but I’m not holding my breath, sad to say.
Members, vid is geoblocked, changing location to USA worked for me.
Thanks Bea, amazing how few changes had to be made by Mr Diamond to have this work.
Keep well (and isolated) despite the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune (and rellies), I want my MTV* – Movies To View – to continue.
* Anything Neil can do, I can do too heh heh
That was soooo good! I loved it. Mark Knopfler was such an incredible genius.
In return, I send my personal favorite of the current parodies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlZg-dObruo
Movie so much better than throwing shoes at the TV at all the selfish people in the streets and the demented leadership in the White House.
That parody was absolutely top class, I laughed and laughed.
I also bumped into Mr Wider earlier today (truly I did…it’s not a great interview but it’s OK enough)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3MqONAYz8E
But this one, also seen today, takes the cake
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBevKOiYDFc
(not as good as the 2 sent earlier, they were gems, but you have Ali & Crystal to blame – or thank – for these heh heh)
Another much needed laugh! Thanks.
While Cary and Irene can’t cure our Covid-19 woes, they can carry us away to another, delightful time and place.
I agree about Ralph Bellamy. Long ago, I stood behind him in the grocery store and soaked up some wonderful Classic Hollywood.
Wow, the ONLY star I have ever met is when I literally bumped into Gene Wilder on Rodeo Drive. I don’t think I’ve been to Beverly Hills more than once or twice but there he was! Ralph Bellamy is always good. Remember him in Rosemary’s Baby?
Kept forgetting this
Something to do during Lockdown ad it’s movie related as a bonus.
“Name That Movie: 100 Illustrated Movie Puzzles”
https://www.amazon.com/Name-That-Movie-Illustrated-Puzzles/dp/1452104972
Stumbled across this last week and have yet to see a bad word against it. Reviews best summarised as – puzzles are hard to work out but so well done that you kick yourself when you see the solution as it was so obvious in hindsight. seems intelligently composed as the solutions are in puzzle order AND alphabetical Ie using the latter means you can’t accidentally see the solution to the next puzzle. I have NOT read the book.
Done! I got a couple of other books as well. Better than throwing shoes at the TV for sure.
Especially if they’re clogs (including both the Dutch and the 70’s high (LOL) fashion items)
and I also forgot this warning comment about the book… DUMMY AM I
“I like the idea of this book, but bought it for a kindle and the pictures are far too small, black and white and indistinct. The quiz may be good, but get it in paperback not on a Kindle. “
Believe it or not, I never saw Rosemary’s Baby.
Well, I recommend you fix that! It really is a great movie. Ruth Gordon and her chocolate “mouse” are worth the price of admission alone. Practically perfect in every way!
So sorry about what is happening to your family. It is really getting close. I hope they are feeling better.
For a piece of good news: Your updated are now caught by my blogroll, finally. I can actually see when you upload a post.
My sister-in-law appears to be slowly mending. Nephew got a transfusion of convalescent plasma yesterday. I hope it gives him a needed boost.
I am over the moon about the blogroll bit! The WP software updated yesterday so that might have done it.