Last night we watched The Get-Away, a 1941 movie starring Robert Sterling, Donna Reed and Dan Dailey. It was directed by Edward Buzzell who also directed Go West and At the Circus with the Marx Brothers. It was a prison break movie with FBI agent Robert Sterling posing as a con, breaking out Dan Dailey, meeting Dailey’s good-girl sister (Donna Reed) and romance ensues. This was Donna Reed’s first movie and she was delightful.
Paul Peterson
She was so incredibly beautiful and though part of a great looking family on The Donna Reed Show, I was too busy being goo goo over Paul Peterson to really notice what his mom looked like back then. Those were the days of wholesome families and the handsome son was a singer like Ricky Nelson. So why didn’t I marry Paul Peterson like I planned, you’re probably wondering…Well, mainly because he wouldn’t return my phone calls, the snob!
J. Edgar Hoover
Back to the movie, Dailey was pretty scary and it was a good enough movie, but it smelled of J. Edgar Hoover’s hand too much to please me. (Put on your best dress, some peek-a-boo pumps and get over John Dillinger already!)
SO, YES, TOMORROW IS OCTOBER
At our house, October means these things: eating at the Asylum in Jerome, Arizona, to celebrate our anniversary on October 4; decorating our front yard with tombstones, bones, and bats in order to lure little children on Halloween; buying candy so when they come to our house on the 31st, we can help rot their little teeth; and MonsterFest. This is where we watch a lot of scary movies. (or those purporting to be scary, like The Bat starring Agnes Moorehead and Vincent Price – I can’t wait!!!)
