Not a great bunch of entertainment value here.

51/2362. The First Auto (1927)
This is a pretty simple story about a horse-lovin' man slowly coming to terms with the march of progress. The appeal is all the shots of early cars and how they did (and sometimes didn't) work.

52/2363. The Cheat (1915)
TCM played this as part of a tribute to Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa, but there's not really a lot to celebrate. Apparently, it was a bit of a sensation back in its day. Sure, Hayakawa's character is the sort of tall, dark and handsome slime that infatuated early movie audiences, but he's only taking advantage of the series of very poor choices that the white "lady" made herself in the first half of the film. Ick.

53/2364. Flirtation Walk (1934)
As much as I enjoy Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler in other, better musicals, this forgettable, fervently pro-Army melodrama is just too darn light on the music. I can say that it taught me that Flirtation Walk is the name of an actual landmark at West Point, so it certainly wasn't a total waste of time.

54/2365. Laugh and Get Rich (1931)
I recommend against this "comedy." Despite having the delightfully odd Edna May Oliver in a lead role, it's very much a couple of dull sitcom elements slow rolled into an 80-minute runtime. Snore.

55/2366. Sweet Charity (1969)
I don't understand most of the choices that director Bob Fosse makes with this movie adaptation of the stage show, but I disagree with most all of them, especially the obvious lip-synching. Everything that's worth watching here happens in the first hour.

More to come.

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