#merrily we live

[jerrykilbourne]

Constance Bennett as Jerry Kilbourne in in a publicity photo for Merrily We Live (1938).

[thebarroomortheboy]

BILLIE BURKE as MRS. EMILY KILBOURNE in MERRILY WE LIVE (1938) | dir. NORMAN Z. McLEOD

[maudeboggins]

Constance Bennett's grape dress in Merrily We Live

[thursdaymurderbub]

Silver Screen magazine, April 1938

[braineyboxd]

Letterboxd List: Classic Films on YouTube (pt. 1)

Watching classic films these days can be tricky. There’s TCM if you have cable and Criterion if you stream, but where do those of us without access to either of those channels go for old favorites and new-to-us classics? The same place we get the rest of our entertainment these days: YouTube.

There’s an abundance of classic films available on YouTube, so I am working to create a comprehensive list of them on my Letterboxd. Included are links to each film and warning keys to inform you of any visual, audio, or runtime errors before you get started watching.

Today, I’m sharing small selection of great classic films on YouTube that I recently added to the list.

Easy Living (1937) - Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Ray Milland, dir. Mitchell Leisen

Merrily We Live (1938) - Constance Bennett, Brian Aherne, dir. Norman Z. McLeod

Sun Valley Serenade (1941) - Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller and his Orchestra, dir. H. Bruce Humberstone

The Farmer's Daughter (1947) - Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, dir. H.C. Potter

For more classic films on YouTube, check out my list on Letterboxd.

[dianessunflower]

Christine Baranski singing Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends with Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett at the Lincoln Center's American Songbook Gala on February 1, 2017

[jgroffdaily]

@livekellyandmark #JonathanGroff @merrilyonbway

A longer clip from Live with Kelly and Mark.

[pronouncingitwang]

kinda obsessed w how "take a left" is supposed to be some progressive avant garde political satire masterpiece when the only two songs we've heard from it are 1. generic love song about living in nyc 2. generic sad friendship-ending song. and charley didn't even fix the popping their cork line

[thealogie]

me getting on the Jonathan Groff train JUST in time to probably get to experience his first Tony win is so funny of me. I’m like “I’m gonna kill everyone and myself if they don’t give him this Tony” and like yesterday I was saying “he kind of has a mean face?”. I was already well on my way to liking him since doctor who but he fully got me when he was crying during curtain call yesterday

[doyouknowthischaracter]

DO YOU KNOW THIS CHARACTER?

[transboypatrickmurray]

welcome stranger 👾

[danieljradcliffe]

My husband, Daniel Jacob Radcliffe, won a Tony Award today baby!!!!!!!!!!!!

[noys-boise]

Our time fucks me up because imagine if they did that. Imagine if they did buy the rooftop sometime between It's a hit and Franklin Shepard Inc. Imagine someone walking up to that rooftop years after the first scene takes place and seeing the plaque. "This is where we began being what we can." what does it mean? who put it there? i wonder if their dreams came true. i wonder what it cost. i don't have time to stop and think about this, I have to go watch the latest Franklin Shepard movie. I don't have high hopes though, I heard critics say it's just another meaningless crash grab. It seems like that's all he's written in the past few years.

[starlightafterastorm]

I went on a Broadway Birthday trip this past weekend and I saw some beautiful musicals and felt so gorgeous getting all dressed up I have to share.

AND AND AND

I got my Playbill signed by my fave actor, Aaron Tveit!

[loving-jack-kelly]

musicals that are fully and truly about normal people making normal mistakes living normal lives that for some reason resonate so hard that I can't stop thinking about them:

R&H Allegro (but specifically the reimagining that my college did that was so good I seriously considered taking a bootleg of it to watch over and over again)

Merrily We Roll Along