Screen Savers Movies » Stars in My Crown http://screensaversmovies.com 40 Remarkable Movies Awaiting Rediscovery Mon, 21 May 2012 18:55:58 +0000 en hourly 1 Stars in My Crown (1950) http://screensaversmovies.com/stars-in-my-crown-1950 http://screensaversmovies.com/stars-in-my-crown-1950#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:01:48 +0000 Jon Hansen, Publisher http://screensaversmovies.com/?p=98 Some exceptional movies are so gentle, and achieve their effects so delicately, that the mere act of recommending them almost feels like a disservice to their charms. Can such movies bear the weight of high expectations? I fear overpraising MGM’s Stars in My Crown because of its simplicity and modesty, two elements that make it a convincing and winning piece of period Americana. After all, it doesn’t have a big pay-off; it isn’t ambitious; it’s merely a series of lovely scenes strung together. Did I say merely? We must not overlook the effort, however invisible, that goes into the creation of beguiling films like Stars in My Crown—including My Brother Talks to Horses (1946), Margie (1946), and Come Next Spring (1956)—that gracefully bring the past to very specific and evocative life. It’s no small feat to render a long-ago era onto the screen and have it just be. Stars in My Crown is a film that makes you want to go fishing or bake a chocolate cake, even if you’ve never wanted to do these things before. It’s a heartwarmer without goo.

excerpted from John DiLeo’s
Screen Savers: 40 Remarkable Movies Awaiting Rediscovery
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]]> http://screensaversmovies.com/stars-in-my-crown-1950/feed 0 Stars in My Crown (1950): An Appreciation of Small-Town America http://screensaversmovies.com/stars-in-my-crown-1950-an-appreciation-of-small-town-america http://screensaversmovies.com/stars-in-my-crown-1950-an-appreciation-of-small-town-america#comments Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:39:43 +0000 John DiLeo http://screensaversmovies.com/stars-in-my-crown-1950-an-appreciation-of-small-town-america/ Some exceptional movies are so gentle, and achieve their effects so delicately, that the mere act of recommending them almost feels like a disservice to their charms. Can such movies bear the weight of high expectations? I fear overpraising MGM’s Stars in My Crown because of its simplicity and modesty, two elements that make it a convincing and winning piece of period Americana. After all, it doesn’t have a big pay-off; it isn’t ambitious; it’s merely a series of lovely scenes strung together. Did I say merely? We must not overlook the effort, however invisible, that goes into the creation of beguiling films like Stars in My Crown—including My Brother Talks to Horses (1946), Margie (1946), and Come Next Spring (1956)—that gracefully bring the past to very specific and evocative life. It’s no small feat to render a long-ago era onto the screen and have it just be. Stars in My Crown is a film that makes you want to go fishing or bake a chocolate cake, even if you’ve never wanted to do these things before. It’s a heartwarmer without goo.

excerpted from John DiLeo’s
Screen Savers: 40 Remarkable Movies Awaiting Rediscovery
© 2008 Hansen Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved.

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