Saturday Sinema: The Major And The Minor

Here's one from the great Director Billy Wilder starring Ginger Rogers!!!

From one of Hollywood's most acclaimed auteurs, Billy Wilder (Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard), comes the charming comedy classic The Major and the Minor. Legendary actress and dancer Ginger Rogers (Monkey Business) stars as Susan Applegate, a struggling young woman who pretends to be an 11-year old girl in order to buy a half-price train ticket. Fleeing the conductors, she hides in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby (Ray Milland, The Big Clock, The Pyjama Girl Case). The Major believes Susan is a child and takes her under his wing, but when they arrive at the military academy where Kirby teaches, his fiancée (Rita Johnson) grows suspicious of Susan's ruse... Co-written by Wilder and Charles Brackett (Hold Back the Dawn), The Major and the Minor assumes the guise of a light romance narrative in order to cleverly explore themes of identity and deception. Wilder's American debut is presented here for the first time in stunning High Definition, with a selection of illuminating extras.

Bonus Materials

• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation transferred from original film elements
• Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM audio soundtrack
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• New audio commentary by film scholar Adrian Martin
• Half Fare Please!, a newly filmed video appreciation by film critic Neil Sinyard
• Archival interview with Ray Milland
• Rare hour-long radio adaptation from 1943 starring Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland
• Image gallery
• Original trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork
• FIRST PRESSING ONLY: COLLECTOR’S BOOKLET WITH ESSAY BY RONALD BERGAN

Order Here: https://mvdb2b.com/b2b/s/AA051

Michael's Musings

The Morning After...
Michael Shinafelt
Photo:
David Pevsner 

"Saturday in the park, I think it was the Fourth of July" - Saturday In The Park, Chicago 

Was yesterday the 4th of July?! Well I wasn't in the park, or was I??? Perhaps I was picking posies or catching caterpillars. It really makes no difference how I whiled away the hours on July 4th, or perhaps it does.

Time to get this July 5th party started minions!

Just saw a byline that stated: Amber Heard Slammed - some girls have all the luck

It's time to rethink moisturizer, the more you know

I revisited the Billy Wilder classic Sunset Blvd. up on the roof July the 3rd at the Montalban Theater in the heart of Hollywood. I didn't remember it being as funny as it actually is from when I saw it in my youth. 

Age = Perspective 

A big yawn out to Nikki Bella & John Cena for the lamest PR stunt ever

I have a dream...of course you do darlin'

Heard on the street "I'm Leonard for no reason" - actually there is one, because it's the name your Mama gave you! 

David and Victoria Beckham celebrated 19 years of marriage yesterday - Spiceballs  

Katy Perry Shoots, She Scores!

"'Cause baby you're a firework, Come on show 'em what your worth" - Firework, Katy Perry

How much is that Pitbull in the window???

It's like a magic bus and can take many riders 

Smell what my cauldron is brewing 

Ever want to be Jackie Onassis?!

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight
Schlemiel! Schlimazel! Hasenpfeffer IncorporatedWe're gonna do it!" - Name that quote!!!

I don't know about you, but I'm feeling quite resplendent - it's a groovy word Google it!

Let's get social at:
https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/mshinafelt?lang=en  

Current Mood: Happy Birthday America!

Why Don't You Come Up & See Me Sometime...
Stephen Colbert

While I am really not sure what to say about America's 242nd Birthday I do know that the above image of one Stephen Colbert perfectly sums up my Current Mood.

I'm not going to spill on my true thoughts and feelings about the state of our union because my Mama always said "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." Yeah, I know that has never really stopped me, but I would like today to be positive and productive. 

How am I celebrating? Well last night I went to a Rooftop Screening of the Billy Wilder classic Sunset Blvd. @ The Montalban Theater in Hollywood. With my friends Brittney & Naama.

We had a total blast and "yes" we could see fireworks going on in the surrounding area from the roof with a view.

Thus I leave you with a photo of the three of us, oh and don't forget to boogie in the butt, it's the fourth of July after all!

Up On The Roof
l-r
Brittney Alexander, Michael Shinafelt & Naama Kates

Me on Instagram -

https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en  

Film Buff Friday: "The Apartment"

Jack Lemmon & Shirley MacLaine
The Apartment

The Academy Award Winner for Best Picture, Directed by the great Billy Wilder

The Apartment - Limited Edition (12/26) In 1960, following on from the success of their collaboration on Some Like it Hot, director Billy Wilder (Ace in the Hole, Sunset Boulevard) reteamed with actor Jack Lemmon (The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross) for what many consider the pinnacle of their respective careers: The Apartment. C.C. "Bud" Baxter (Lemmon) is a lowly Manhattan office drone with a lucrative sideline in renting out his apartment to adulterous company bosses and their mistresses. When Bud enters into a similar arrangement the firm's personnel director, J.D. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray, Double Indemnity), his career prospects begin to look up... and up. But when he discovers that Sheldrake's mistress is Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine, Irma la Douce), the girl of his dreams, he finds himself forced to choose between his career and the woman he loves... Winner of five Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, The Apartment features a wealth of Hollywood's finest talent - on both sides of the camera - at the top of their game. By turns cynical, heart-warming and hilarious, Wilder's masterpiece now shines like never before in this all-new, 4K-restored edition from Arrow Films. Trailer: https://youtu.be/GX9-5Zxy5us  LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS - Limited Deluxe Edition Blu-ray [3000 copies] - Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release - Original uncompressed PCM mono audio - Optional 5.1 remix in lossless DTS-HD Master Audio - Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing - Audio commentary with film producer and historian Bruce Block - New appreciation of the film and select scene commentary by film historian Philip Kemp - The Flawed Couple, a new video essay by filmmaker David Cairns on the collaborations between Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon - Billy Wilder ABC, an overview by David Cairns on the life and career of the filmmaker, covering his films, collaborators and more - New interview with actress Hope Holiday - Inside the Apartment, a half-hour "making-of" featurette from 2007 including interviews with Shirley MacLaine, executive producer Walter Mirisch, and others - Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon, an archive profile of the actor from 2007 - Original screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond (BD-ROM content) - Theatrical trailer - Special collector's packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Ignatius Fitzpatrick - Collector's 150-page hardcover book featuring new writing by Neil Sinyard, Kat Ellinger, Travis Crawford and Heather Hyche, generously illustrated with rare stills and behind-the-scenes imagery