I Confess...

Tonight, I went to Catholics on Campus at SVSU. One of the topics briefly touched on was the Catholic Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession). The thought occurred to me, "Hmmmm. What a great idea for my blog!!"

So tonight, I want to tell you about an amazing Alfred Hitchcock movie called "I confess." Montgomery Clift and Anne Baxter are two of the stars in the movie. Clift plays a Roman Catholic priest in Quebec City. Baxter plays a friend of his.

The story centers around a murder. The murder was committed by the handyman at the parish church. The handyman asks the priest to hear his confession. In the confessional, the murderer confesses his sin of murder.

When the police start investigating the murder, they suspect the handyman, and they ask the priest if he knows anything. This puts the priest in a pickle. He is bound by the seal of confession, to keep secret the sins of the people who confess to him. So even though he knows the handyman committed the murder, he can not tell the police anything. How hard would that be!? Eventually, the handyman accidentally turn himself in. And the rest of the events of the film center around the handyman's accidental confession to the police that he is the murderer.

It is an excellent movie!!! It shows pretty accurately, too, the whole Sacrament of Confession. I think it is a must see, but then again, all of the stuff I write about on here are must sees!!!! haha

God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!!

From the scene where Clift hears the man's confession

Jim Caviezel in a TV Show? Heck Yes, I Watch It...

For those of you who don't know, Jim Caviezel (the guy who played Jesus in "The Passion") and that creepy dude from "Lost" star in a TV show together. That TV show is called "Person of Interest." And HOLY COW! They are a superb duo and the show itself is very riveting. The minute I heard Caviezel was doing his own show, I knew I was gonna like it.

The two form a sort of their own detective agency/ police squad. They aren't really apart of the  Police force, but they help the police plenty. Caviezel is the "brawn" and that creepy guy (whose name is actually Michael Emerson haha) is the brains of the outfit.

Each episode features the two working on a different case, obviously, and about the difficulties each case presents to them. It really is an "edge of your seat" kind of show. I think you all would really enjoy it. Yes, its not an old movie, or show, but hey, some new stuff out there has "Classic" written all over it. Give this show a chance :)

God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!!

Casablanca..... and Bogie, of course ;).... and Ingred Bergman. lol

So tonight, I found an article about the making of the CLASSIC film starring HUMPHREY BOGART (yes, he is one of my favorite actors of like all time...) and Ingrid Bergman. I thought you guys would really like to see it as well. It's really awesome. I hope you enjoy it.

"Here's lookin' at you, kid."

But, first, I HAVE to tell a quick story relating to the movie. About ten years ago, two of my brothers took my soon to be sister-in-law to the old movie theater in downtown Bay City. Jamie had not yet seen Casablanca, and that was what the State Theater was showing that day. (Btw, neither of those brothers were the ones who were engaged to Jamie). Rich and Chris were really excited to show her the movie, especially because its so great. When they all came back that night, they told us that the movie was great, and Jamie really liked it, but apparently the candy they got (Milk Duds) were so stale, they thought they were probably as old as the theater. "I'm surprised I didn't bust my teeth on them" Rich said. Haha
Ok, enough of my ramblings. Here is the article!!!!

http://hollywoodlostandfound.net/features/casablanca/

God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!

When Grandma Got Me Hooked

In my very first post on here, I told ya'll about why I had started this blog, and I mentioned a person who is, and was very dear to me- my Grandma, Mary Christe

I remember the day it happened. It? What it? You are probably asking. The day I learned about HIM! Him? Yes, the greatest comedian of ALL time...Bob Hope.

So, I was just a little kid, sitting on Grandma's lap watching a series of old movies that all had the same actor. He was very funny, and I liked him a lot. So I asked Grandma, "Grandma, who is that man?"

"That, Mary Kate, is Bob Hope."

And that was what really started me wanting to learn more about the people in these movies.

And the singers Grandma got me listening to... Like Frank Sinatra.... I like, really really love to listen to Frank Sinatra. But unfortunately, through my research of F.S, I've learned that he didn't live a very good life. That makes me upset, but the actors and singers that I have found that actually lived good lives made up for it...like Danny Thomas, Ricardo Montalban, and Maureen O' Hara.

Grandma gave me a gift that I could never repay. She gave me my hobby. She gave me the instant feeling of wanting to dance the moment....no the second....that I hear a Glenn Miller song. By the way, I seriously love Glenn Miller. He is the best....

So that's my story and I'm stickin' to it!

God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!

Just a little Doris Day....

So the other day, I was kinda just chilling at work (I'm a bagger at a grocery store- its pretty fascinating- in case your wondering that was definitely sarcasm lol), when I see some magazine on the rack. And guess what?!??!?!?!?! Doris Day is still alive! Can you believe that? I was floored. I thought she had died a couple years ago. So I look at one of my coworkers whose probably in her late thirties and I say, "Amy! Doris Day is STILL alive!"

She gives me this weird look and says, "Who the heck is Doris Day?"

I stared at her in disbelief. she had NEVER heard of Doris Day. I was flabbergasted. I glanced over at my other coworker, an older lady who mainly just works the "U-scans." "Nan, Amy has never heard of Doris Day!"

 Nan's jaw dropped. "How can you not know of Doris Day?" she asked. Then she launched into "Secret Love" and "Que Sera Sera," both well known songs of Day. An older gentleman was checking out at the "U-scans" and was listening intently to our conversation. Nan and I were spouting off names of the movies that Doris had made and who the male lead was in each, and that she had done a couple pictures with Alfred Hitchcock (who in my personal opinion was a mastermind of a director....but who doesn't just love Hitch?)

Finally the old man piped in. "Wait a second, young lady." he said as I was in mid-sentence of saying how great Doris was in "The Young at Heart" with Frank Sinatra. "How do you know all these actors, actresses, movies, and directors?! You can't be more than twenty-six years old!"

I blushed deep red. " I am nineteen."

"Exactly! You are a young 'un!"

"Well, sir, old movies and old music are my passion. I love all of them, and I learn as much as I can about them."

"I see. Well you keep that up. Most young people your age don't have a clue about what they are missing out on!"

I smiled and "Don't worry, sir, I will."

It was so great to make that old gentleman's night and to show him that not all young people are punks who are on drugs, and have some style and taste in movies and music. Haha

God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!

Just one more thing!!! Haha

So, i know i hadn't written in a very long time before today. Well, last night, I was reading a blog by a young man I had met about a week ago at a local college. I met him with a group of other college students that are known as "Catholics on Campus." They are a great group of people!!!

Anyhow, so I was reading this young man's blog, and he had written a post about blogging. I commented on the post. I asked the young man, whose name is Kevin, how he was able to keep up with his blog. I told him that I wasn't able to keep up my blog because I just didn't have the time and because I was discouraged by the lack of hits I was getting.

Kevin told me not to give up. That if I really love what I'm doing, I'll be able to keep up with it, no matter how busy I am, and not to get discouraged, but to keep on plugging, and writing on the blog about what I love...

I gave what Kevin said to me some serious thought. He was right. I shouldn't get discouraged. I should just keep writing about what I love, even if wasn't getting many comments on my posts. So I got back on, and just today I've written three posts because I've just got to talk to you guys! And guess what!? Today alone, over twenty people have viewed the blog!!!! Isn't that incredible?!

I can only thank one person for getting me back to the blogosphere, and a tremendous amount of viewers. So, Kevin, if you ever read this post. I just want to thank you so much for helping me out. I really appreciate it. I can't wait to see you and the rest of the gang from SVSU at Catholics on Campus.

God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!!

OK, so I'm impatient..... how about I tell you about BOBBY DARIN?!?!?!?!?!

      Yes, I simply can't wait until tomorrow to tell you about the famous singer from the fifties through the early 70s...

Bobby Darin was born May 14, 1936 as Walden Robert Cassotto. When he was just a little boy, he had recurring bouts of rheumatic fever, which left his heart frail. He was told he wouldn't live past the age of 15 or 16 so Bobby was determined to make it big before he died. He was going to be even better than Frank Sinatra!

At first it was very hard, but then he sang a song that splashed its way into the hearts of all teenagers. The rock n' roll song was called Splish Splash. He also had other hits, such as Beyond the Sea, and Mack the Knife.

In 1960, Bobby married actress Sandra Dee, who had acted with him in the movie, Come September. Rock Hudson was also in the movie with the two. Their son, Dodd Mitchell Darin was born in 1961.
Unfortunately, the two divorced in 1969.

At the age of 37, in 1973, Bobby Darin died, after surgery trying to repair his heart.

God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!!

Yes, yes, it's been a LONG time

Sorry about that!!! I've been CRAZY busy! With two jobs and school, I dont have a lot of time, but I promise to make more time for you guys! So here is the deal. I decided to add singers to the site to. Not just actors and movies, and after all, some singers do a bit of acting too. So, make sure you look for my next post tomorrow about a singer.... I wonder who it will be? ;)

God Bless 'til I get back from Beeton-ton!!!!