My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Monday, September 26, 2016

Ruggles in Red Gap (1935)

This Leo McCarey western is a treasure of comedy.  Charles Laughton stars as an English butler who becomes traded to an American millionaire over a card game.  A fish-out-of-water plot, he has to adjust to the American west and in doing so discovers himself.   The most magical moment of the film is when Ruggles recites the Gettysburg Address, I literally had goose bumps.   What a terrific film!  Films like these need to be celebrated so they don’t disappear and become footnotes in cinema history text books.   I saw this on TCM and I hope they continue to show it for many years to come.  Grade: A
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