Carol Cling

Writer and movie critic

[Carol Cling @CarolSCling]

@meinnyc130 For a newspaper article on 100 years of filmmaking in Nevada, Eli Wallach was the first person I interviewed. After hearing his recollections of making “The Misfits,” I thought, “that’s not only my first interview, that’s the best.” And I was right.

[Carol Cling @CarolSCling]

Talk about casting a spell … the essence of romance.

[Wisecracking Blonde 💁🏼‍♀️ @Kris10WithAnE]

On Friday we dance! 💃🏼🪩🕺

Let’s see those moves!

One of my favorite musical numbers of all time: “Dancing in the Dark” with Fred Astaire & Cyd Charisse from THE BAND WAGON (1953) 🤍

[Carol Cling @CarolSCling]

@CelluloidEchoes Years ago I read an interview with Van where he said he felt lousy for a week or two after filming this number.

[Carol Cling @CarolSCling]

@BeschlossDC As an eighth-grader, watched this moment live on TV — and the shocking, tragic aftermath — with my dad on our old black-and-white TV.

[Carol Cling @CarolSCling]

@classic_film Had the honor of interviewing Burt Bacharach, then reviewing his concert at Las Vegas’ then-new performing arts center. In my review, I lamented that he didn’t have time to play all his hits …

[Carol Cling @CarolSCling]

@Stevejo300 @Noirchick1 To quote the title of the song, too marvelous for words!

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@AHiddenAccount @Noirchick1 Watching “El Dorado” right now! My question: Would you wear Mississippi’s hat or do you just want to own it?

[Carol Cling @CarolSCling]

@RodneyMarshall1 Had the honor — and pleasure — of interviewing John Schlesinger in connection with a film festival
tribute. A great filmmaker and a great interview. Could have talked with him all day.

[Carol Cling @CarolSCling]

@ChloeChloeChl19 @classic_film I still have my dad’s high school yearbook, complete with Steve Allen’s message and signature on the title page.

[Carol Cling @CarolSCling]

@ChloeChloeChl19 @classic_film Thanks for nominating Steve Allen. He and my dad were hall guards together at Chicago’s Hyde Park High School.

[Carol Cling @CarolSCling]

@BeschlossDC To paraphrase that great 19th century philosopher Mr. Dooley (alias both great Chicago columnist Finley Peter Dunne), the job of the newspaper is to afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted.

[Carol Cling @CarolSCling]

Don’t know if it’s the best; just rewatched “Winchester ‘73” and that’s definitely a contender. But “Bend of the River” is definitely my favorite, perhaps because of the two-sides-of-the-coin relationship between Stewart’s man-with-a-past character and Arthur Kennedy’s.

[Classic Film TV Cafe @classic_film]

Bend of the River is certainly of James Stewart's best Westerns. I just rewatched the five Mann films again and thought The Far Country was the best (the only flaw being the rushing ending).

[Carol Cling @CarolSCling]

@DannyDeraney I haven’t seen this “SNL” episode in 50 years, but I still remember many of the instant-classic skits, including Madeline Kahn writing as Pat Nixon during “The Final Days” of the Nixon administration.

[Carol Cling @CarolSCling]

To cite the name of the song they’re dancing to: “Too Marvelous for Words.”

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

The ingenuity, creativity, craft & imagination of ‘Old Hollywood’ really is something to behold & treasure.

READY, WILLING AND ABLE (1937)

No CGI or AI slop shortcuts, just incredible out of the box thinking allied to extraordinary execution. Glorious.

[Carol Cling @CarolSCling]

@classic_film Please put me on the list! 🙏

[Carol Cling @CarolSCling]

@ATRightMovies When “Batman” first hit the airwaves, we neighborhood kids were so excited we gathered at my house for a theme song sing-along — while I banged out the melody on the family piano.

[Carol Cling @CarolSCling]

Fond memories of my mom — who bought Gleem toothpaste — a brand our family never used — just so my sister and I would have the requisite proof-of-purchase so we could send away for a genuine, authentic autographed picture of Batman and Robin.

[Classic Film TV Cafe @classic_film]

Batman won our #LiveActionSuperheroTVseries Tournament Championship in convincing fashion over The Adventures of Superman.

But there are no losers in this tournament, which provided an opportunity to discuss these iconic TV heroes that help us make sense of the world.

[Carol Cling @CarolSCling]

@pkhinkle @classic_film We kids were so into “Batman” that everybody gathered at our house to listen to me play the theme song on our piano (sort of) while we all sang along. (I also kept a list of Robin’s various “Holy —Batman,” in my school notebook.)

[Carol Cling @CarolSCling]

Yep, “Batman” TV composer Neal Hefti also did “Duel at Diablo.”

[Classic Film TV Cafe @classic_film]

Duel at Diablo has an unconventional score, but it works very well. I think it was composed by the man that did the Batman theme.

[Carol Cling @CarolSCling]

#5DayWesternMovieChallenge, Day 4:
Trying to ride a different trail with a few of these picks. (But not the first one!)
“The Big Country”
“Duel at Diablo”
“El Dorado” (as the theme song says, “Ride, boldly ride …”)
“Once Upon a Time in the West”
“Vera Cruz”

[Classic Film TV Cafe @classic_film]

#5DayWesternMovieChallenge, Day 4: Name up to five of your favorite Western film scores and/or title songs!

My picks:
The Magnificent Seven
Once Upon Time in the West
The Hanging Tree (song)
3:10 to Yuma (song)
Gunfight at the OK Corral (song)