tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post4043598688987772847..comments2024-03-28T22:45:55.043-04:00Comments on my new plaid pants: Everything You Ever Need To Know About Life...Jason Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18254334131909339157noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-63984125185151133962018-10-30T21:08:22.900-04:002018-10-30T21:08:22.900-04:00I LOVE The Marrying Kind and bemoan it's relat...I LOVE The Marrying Kind and bemoan it's relative obscurity. Yes Aldo does look good in those boxer shorts but I think that aside this is the best performance of his I've ever seen. It really uses both his brutishness and underlying sensitivity very well.<br /><br />But it's Judy Holliday's picture and she is brilliant times two. She was always exceptional in her all too few films (yes even in the negligible and stupidly named Phffft) but this one utilizes all her talents to make Florence into a fully recognizable person. How she wasn't nominated baffles me, she would be my winner for that year. It's my absolute favorite of her work followed closely in order by The Solid Gold Cadillac, It Should Happen to You and Bells Are Ringing. It was her personal favorite of her films as well<br /><br />The Kanins wrote the script specially for her. It seems incredible but she apparently was feeling unsure of her abilities and was considering retiring from performing so they tailored the film to her and it restored her confidence. Sadly for all of us she only made five films afterwards. <br /><br />I do want to mention the wonderful performance by Madge Kennedy as the judge. She had been a silent star who had retired 25 years before but the Kanins and the producers coaxed her into coming back and she adds so much to the picture.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com