This was written several months ago, but I decided to publish it anyway. Feeling much better now but still wanted to share some of my favorite movies. I truly do believe that a good movie can be most gratifying no matter your state of mind.
Since I was hospitalized the first time in September, 2014, I have been a home body, recluse, invalid, self-pitying imbecile, pathetic excuse for a person and other descriptive adjectives that make up a complex lump of lard disguising myself as a couch potato.
My new friends consist of The Kardashians, The Jenners, all the housewives of New Jersey, Beverly Hills, Orange County, Melbourne and New York City and let's not leave out The Royals and The Ladies of London or Arranged and last but not least, Below Deck when it comes to trashy programming. Sorry, but the other housewife shows are even too trashy for me and I can't stomach watching them.
Of course, all of my closest friends Lauren Bacall, Katharine Hepburn, Elvis, Cher, Gene Tierney, Maggie Smith, Robert Young, Bogie, Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Kate Capshaw, Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson, Walter Pidgeon, Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, Alfre Woodard, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sally Field, Greer Garson, Grace Kelly, Jimmy Stewart, Judi Dench, Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Liz Taylor, Richard Burton, Montgomery Clift, Jane Fonda, Spencer Tracey, Henry Fonda, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bette Davis, Olivia deHavilland, , Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Diane Lane, John Kusack, Anne Hathaway, Whoopi Goldberg, Lana Turner, Mary Steenburgen, Sandra Bullock, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Hattie McDaniel, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Jack Nicholson, Dennis Quaid, Steve Martin, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ashley Judd, Susan Sarandon, Jessica Lange, Michael Douglas, Maureen O'Hara, Robin Williams, Brad Pitt, Angelina, Jolie, Cate Blanchett, Gregory Peck, Anne Bancroft, Cary Grant, Robert Mitchum, John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Kathleen Turner, Lee Rimick, Ryan O'Neal, Candace Bergen, Doris Day, , Rock Hudson, Al Pacino, Audrey Hepburn, Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Ann-Margret, Myrna Loy, Joan Crawford, Claudette Colbert, Joseph Cotten, Ida Lupino, Jane Wyman, Barbara Stanwyck, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball, Mary Astor, Cicely Tyson, Sydney Poitier, Nicolas Cage, Janet Leigh, Angela Bassett, Richard Gere, Loretta Young, Robert Duvall, Omar Sharif, Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood, Shelly Winters, Faye Dunaway, James Mason, Sean Connery, Kathy Bates, Kevin Kline, Keanu Reeves, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Vincent Price, Stanley Tucci, Sam Elliott, Winona Ryder, Sissy Spacek, tend to keep me company at all times.
Really good, old friends are my movies. How I love movies, some refer to as films, but in my world they are simply movies and movie stars. Movie stars, those friends we have had for years. We began
our friendships with movie stars on Saturday mornings at the local movie theater. Watching these
glorious people glide across the screen in a gorgeous gown designed by Edith Head or Walter Plunkett transported us into worlds that seemed a million miles away. The beautiful set decorations of fabulous artwork, lavish lamps, plush furnishings, floor to ceiling windows, exotic woodwork, grandiose upholstery smokey bars, jeweled cigarette holders, and mood lighting cannot be duplicated today.
For a person dealing with depression, these movies are a relaxing, glorious way to bring solace and comfort into my life.
I began making a list as I watched movies. I didn't make a note of the movie if I hated it, so take your pick and enjoy.
JOHNEL'S MOVIE LIST:
No Way Out, Poitier and Widmark
Passion Fruit, Alfre Woodard
A Walk on the Moon, Diane Lane
It's Complicated, Meryl Streep
Marnie, Sean Connery, Hedren
Life as we Know It, Heigl
Unfaithful, Gere, Lane
Dolores Claiborne, Bates
The Prince of Tides, Barbra Streisand
Sweet November, Theron, Reeves
Friends with Money,Anniston
Mumford, Alfre Woodard
Gran Torino, Clint Eastwood
Crooklyn, Woodard
Two weeks Notice, Bullock, Grant
Everybody's Fine, Dinero
The Bishop's Wife, Grant, Young
Greenfingers, Owen, Mirren
The Breakfast Club, Ringwald
House of Versace, Loren
Cape Fear, Dinero, Lange, Mitchum
Moonstruck, Cher
Mask, Cher
The wishing Tree, Alfre Woodard
Baby Boom, Diane Keaton
Conrack, Jon Voight
Mildred Pierce, Joan Crawford
Raintree County, Clift, Taylor
Mona Lisa Smile, Julia Roberts
Julie and Julia, Streep
An Unfinished Life, Redford, Lopez
No Reservations, Catherine Zeta-Jones
My Girl, Akroid
Mystic Pizza, Roberts
The Horse Whisperer, Redford
Hush, Lange, Paltrow
Bedtime Story, Loretta Young
Unforgiven, Eastwood, Hackman
All Mine to Give, Glynis Johns, 1957, circa 1865 Wisconsin frontier
Don't Bother to Knock, Monroe, Widmark
Remember the Night, Stanwyk
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