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The Spirit Rings Twice

We compare a 1945 version
of Blithe Spirit with a 2020
version. 4 star rating.

Blithe Spirit, Not Rated, 96 minutes
A spiritualist medium holds a séance for
a writer suffering from writers block but
accidentally summons the spirit of his
deceased first wife which leads to an
increasingly complex love triangle with
his current wife of five years.

Here we are 75 years later to
see the same story, created as
a play by Noel Coward. 4 Stars
Blithe Spirit PG-13 139 miinutes
A spiritualist medium holds a séance for
a writer suffering from writers block but
accidentally summons the spirit of his
deceased first wife which leads to an
increasingly complex love triangle with
his current wife of five years.
A John Bates Recommendation.

The Girls in the Band.
Winning Limericks Not Rated, 128 minutes 4.5 stars

In the thirties and forties, hundreds of
Of all the limericks that were turned in, these women musicians toured the country in
glamorous All-Girl Bands, while others
were among the best. Thanks to those who played side by side with their male
submitted. counterparts. Yet by the mid-fifties fe-
male jazz musicians had literally disap-
First Place
peared from the workplace. Exploring
Peace come to those who do not worry the poignant, untold stories of female
Because the go through life avoiding hurry jazz and big band instrumentalists and
their fascinating, groundbreaking jour-
Not letting too much Tension build up in the brain neys from the late 30s to the present
Allowing the circumstances to become a pain day.
Letting their problems be carried away by a surrey The Bishop’s Wife
Not rated 109 minutes 1947 5 stars
~Gail Alexander
Dejected by his efforts to raise money

to build a cathedral, Bishop Henry
Second Place Brougham beseeches heaven for guid-
ance, and is visited immediately by
Flowers of all kinds are beautiful Dudley who claims to be an angel. Hen-
Make our surroundings more colorful ry is skeptical, then annoyed when Dud-
ley ingratiates himself into the house-
Especially with perfume smell and in bloom hold as his assistant -- and worse, wins
Helps Keep our days out of the gloom
the attentions of Henry's long-suffering
Caring for plants and flowers leads to life wonderful and kindly wife. When Dudley contin-
ues to intervene in Henry's struggles,
~Carl & Connie the bishop decides to challenge heaven.