Mickey Rooney drops a bunch of raw meat on the ground and then washes it off in the river and everyone is okay with this

Rob Patrick

“Sometimes, I see things as big as life and think they’re real.” If anyone out there is unfamiliar with what Golden Age Hollywood could do when it fired up all the cylinders, you must see National Velvet. Sure, it’s corny, sentimental, and unrealistic, crammed with MGM…

noir1946

can’t believe I enjoyed a horse movie

Morgan

If sincerity was a narcotic.

Sam Van Hallgren

horse girl propaganda

Clearance Chowder

It's Oscar season, so let's dig into Golden Age nominees, forgotten to generations but still alive on Letterboxd. This one is quintessential Louis B. Mayer-approved MGM family melodrama. Wholesome, romantic, idealized postcards from a pop-up book brought to life; dense…

Colin the dude

listen that seemed kinda dangerous

Tess

Well, this one took me by surprise, seeing as I have no interest in horses and I knew the plot by osmosis despite never having seen the film. I was totally charmed by the skill of its old-school filmmaking, constructing a world in the English county of MGMshire. You know…

Fint

When one stunt double was a grown man in a wig and headband pretending to be liz taylor I lost it. I genuinely thought he was just another character until liz showed up wearing the exact same outfit. ‼️ little liz saying “you mean you’re sniffling for a boy??” IN response…

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