December 18, 2007
Irene recently mentioned her degree in film studies, but she neglected to tell you that she also has a masters in Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP!). But what really qualifies her to write about movies, which David and I nagged her to do for us for months, is the fact that she really, really loves movies.
When we were little, on weekend nights we would sneak upstairs into the TV room, after Mama and Papa had gone to bed, and watch old movies on AMC until the wee hours of the morning. Of course, this was back when AMC was still a good channel and actually showed classic movies, which apparently is doesn't do anymore. We watched most of the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies, as well as Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn (sometimes together!), and lots of other great stars. Sometimes we were disappointed and had to sit through a boring Western until another musical, comedy or drama would come on, but usually we were lucky.
After a few years, though, I started staying up late reading and leaving Irene to watch movies by herself. Which she did, with impressive regularity. And she still does, because, did I mention this, she really loves movies ? And TV. So if you have any questions about old, new, obscure or box-office movies that you'd like answered, feel free to ask her. We always do.
UPDATE: Irene has informed me that part of the reason AMC sucks now, is that Turner bought out RKO's archive, simultaneously making Turner Classic Movies way cooler to watch, and AMC not at all.
