{"id":40922,"date":"2014-01-30T07:42:18","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T14:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/30\/movie-review-a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthurs-court-1949.html"},"modified":"2014-01-30T07:42:18","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T14:42:18","slug":"movie-review-a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthurs-court-1949","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/30\/movie-review-a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthurs-court-1949.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review: "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1949)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Movie Review: "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1949)<\/b><\/p>\n

Father\/Daughter Movie Week continues. I have a lot more fond memories of this movie than it deserves, as Bing and screenwriters both phone it in. There are a few good moments (and one musical number) that make a (re)viewing worthwhile, but that's about it.\ufeff<\/p><\/div>\n

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A \u2605\u2605\u00bd review of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1949)<\/a>
\n It’s been years since I watched this film, and I had many fond memories of it. In watching it now, I recognize those fond memories, and understand why I have them. I also realize why I forgot much of the rest. “Connecticut Yankee” is cinematic froth, noteworthy mostly for a couple of musical numbers. Bing Crosby saunters his way through the film as the usually-unflappable titular character, casually mocking or disregarding the social conventions …\n <\/p>\n

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Movie Review: "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1949) Father\/Daughter Movie Week continues. I have a lot more fond memories of this movie than it deserves, as Bing and screenwriters both phone it in. There are a few good moments (and one musical number) that make a (re)viewing worthwhile, but that's about it.\ufeff A … Continue reading “Movie Review: "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (1949)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17117,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/04\/14\/unblogged-bits-for-wed-14-apr-2010-200pm.html","url_meta":{"origin":40922,"position":0},"title":"Unblogged Bits for Wed, 14 Apr 2010, 2:00PM","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 14-Apr-10 12:00pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... \"What is a role-playing game?\" - DORK TOWER, Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Alas, Poor Jerry: Falwell Says The Mean Old Media Is Picking On Him \u00ab The Wall of Separation - Ah, playing the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Potpourri"","block_context":{"text":"Potpourri","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/potpourri"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17850,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/12\/unblogged-bits-mon-12-jul-10-2001.html","url_meta":{"origin":40922,"position":1},"title":"Unblogged Bits (Mon. 12-Jul-10 2001)","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 12-Jul-10 6:01pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... 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