What I Watched in October

An overview of what I watched in October. Read my thoughts about Myrna Loy for TCM's Star of the Month here. 

Ruslan and Ludmila (Руслан и Людмила) (1972)

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A visual feast, a fairy tale, just stunning from start to finish!

Bride By Mistake (1944)

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I love finding these cute, overlooked romantic comedies, they're almost always hidden gems. This, in which Marsha Hunt plays a secretary who pretends to be her boss, Laraine Day, who is herself pretending to be the secretary and falls in love with a soldier who doesn't know her true identity, is quite fun!

Near Orouët (Du côté d'Orouët) (1971)

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Another visual feast! This felt nostalgic and like home, and was so utterly gorgeous.

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo) (1970)

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My first introduction to the giallo horror genre and it won't be my last!

Pufnstuf (1970)

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There was a dearth of children's programming back then, eh? This was... beyond anything I could have imagined, and I knew of H.R. Pufnstuf's existence because my mother used to watch it when she was young.

Dracula (1931)

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Had to work in one spooky film under the deadline for Halloween. I have a few more DVR'd but have yet to watch. This, I'll say, was great and I can see why it's a classic and why Bela Lugosi became a horror icon, but I'm now and forever a Frankenstein and Boris Karloff gal.

ALSO WATCHED: 

The Squall (1929)
The Naughty Flirt (1930)
New Morals for Old (1932)
The Animal Kingdom (1932)
Stamboul Quest (1934)
Night Flight (1933)
From the Terrace (1960)