http://screensaversmovies.com/a-letter-for-evie-1945 40 Remarkable Movies Awaiting Rediscovery Sat, 19 May 2012 22:45:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://screensaversmovies.com/a-letter-for-evie-1945/comment-page-1#comment-225 John DiLeo Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:28:01 +0000 http://screensaversmovies.com/?p=693#comment-225 I do remember TWO SMART PEOPLE. It didn't stay with me as EVIE did, but, yes, anything with the great Lucy (well, almost anything) is worth a look. I do remember TWO SMART PEOPLE. It didn’t stay with me as EVIE did, but, yes, anything with the great Lucy (well, almost anything) is worth a look.

]]> http://screensaversmovies.com/a-letter-for-evie-1945/comment-page-1#comment-224 Mark Kirby Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:47:22 +0000 http://screensaversmovies.com/?p=693#comment-224 Another flawed-but-quite-watchable pre-film noir Jules Dassin-directed film [reading that sentence one might call me Jules DASHIN']: TWO SMART PEOPLE (MGM, 1946) starring Lucille Ball (gorgeously photographed by Karl Freund--no wonder she wanted him for I LOVE LUCY!), John Hodiak, and Lloyd Nolan. Ball and Hodiak play competing con-artists and the filn climaxes at the Mardi Gras. Nolan is the detective after them. Not a bad little film, and being directed by directed by Dassin gives it an extra little cachet. And of course Lucy is my all-time favorite, so that gives it a BIG cachet. Another flawed-but-quite-watchable pre-film noir Jules Dassin-directed film [reading that sentence one might call me Jules DASHIN']:
TWO SMART PEOPLE (MGM, 1946) starring Lucille Ball (gorgeously photographed by Karl Freund–no wonder she wanted him for I LOVE LUCY!), John Hodiak, and Lloyd Nolan. Ball and Hodiak play competing con-artists and the filn climaxes at the Mardi Gras. Nolan is the detective after them. Not a bad little film, and being directed by directed by Dassin gives it an extra little cachet. And of course Lucy is my all-time favorite, so that gives it a BIG cachet.

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