February 1 movie: The Garden of Allah. Sometimes I'm glad I have the movie list. Because it gives me something to write about when I'm in no mood to write about my personal life. Like today! I could whine about not feeling well, or the weather, or a dozen other things. But instead I'll write up movies and we'll all be much happier.
The Garden of Allah is a romantic drama starring Marlene Deitrich and Charles Boyer, who meet in the North African desert and fall in love. It's a very silly movie, overwrought and melodramatic. I usually love Deitrich, even in bad movies. But she talks in this high-pitched almost whisper that's completely unlike her powerful, throaty, sexy voice. It makes her seem .. tentative, unconfident. Which doesn't suit her well. At least she has nice costumes.
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