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santosh-mohapatra
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The Strip (1951)
Simple yet not "simplistic"
I must say i am a big fan of TCM but this one was one of those movies which won't ever belong to the category of Roman Holiday or Affair to Remember and yet it has a charm and passion that leaves an indelible memory of sorts for people who love the 50s or to be more generic..... 1930s to 1960s movies. Personally, the semblance of the era in both Hollywood & bollywood movies in terms of the simple, low-cost, high impact movies is what is so nice about them.
"Give me a kiss to build a dream on" -: the refrain of the movie as catches the passion of the theme well and is the best thing of the movie. Even though most of the movie is supposed to be predictable, the passion yet makes it a gr8 watch. A recent Hindi movie(bollywood) lifted the tunes to give "Kaisi paheli hai kaisi paheli zindagani" which won the national awards for best song. That movie"Parineeta" too is a period based movie that makes a 1930s story into a 1960s movie made in 2005 and what better than this tune being woven into the movie.