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When an ex comes back into lily's life, she is less than overjoyed. And it brings up all kinds of questions for her son. And the coppers. And the courts. No-one's story matches. Even grandad (morgan) is involved in all this trouble. When there's a murder in town, and someone wakes up d-e-d dead, there are even more questions. And criminal charges. And the judge presiding over the murder case seems to have a prejudice against cobb (matthau) a local lawyer. It's okay. Pretty low budget production. Stephanie zimbalist is mom. The awesome but now departed walter matthau plays the defense attorney on the case. Zimbalist and morgan had already starred in their own television series by now, and matthau was a veteran of many, many huge films. And check out that wide tie in the courtroom! My dad used to wear wide ties like that back in the day. It felt like a bit of a "happily ever after " ending, but you can judge for yourself. Directed by delbert mann. He had won an oscar for marty...way back when.

The big stars here were montgomery and hayes. Hayes had just won her oscar, and montgomery will be nominated for a couple in a few years. In the story, a young couple has just eloped, and when they return, victor's family isn't very welcoming to stella, the new bride. Vic's mother doesn't approve of stella's independent ways, and constantly says so to stella's face. But the real problem is that vic won't stand up for his own wife, and even backs up his mother. To make things worse, the nephew jerry falls for stella, and can't get over her. It's just on the cusp of the film code, so they were able to push the boundaries more than most films at the time. Can vic and stella move past all this? It's quite well done, which is surprising with all those writers... or maybe because of all those writers. Keep an eye out for margaret hamilton, six years before oz, and henry travers, from wonderful life! This had started out as a play by rose franken, with several actors performing their roles from the stage. Directed by ed griffith. I had seen several of his films, and they aren't bad!

Another story by roald dahl, just released on netflix. Again, starring ralph fiennes and ben kingsley, with dev patel and cumberbatch. And a shortie, at seventeen minutes. This one opens with a "krait', lying on harry's stomache, while he is sleeping in bed. Murricans should know that a krait is a venomous snake, from the family elapidae. These can be quite deadly, typically found in asia. Can they safely remove the snake without getting harry bitten? Lots of visuals... the fan blades, slowly turning. The walls and ceiling in patterns. But later on, the fans are turning very fast. Fun story! Well written and produced. What an adventure! And check out the card at the very end of the story. Directed by wes anderson.