Two views of the entertainment world of Christmas 1957: Pre-Christmas shopping and American comedy as seen thru the eyes of Jack Benny, and Ingmar Bergman's masterful 'Wild Strawberries' opens in Sweden the day after Christmas, and becomes a film classic from Day One.
MiscVideos78rpm YouTube Channel video:
The Jack Benny Program - Christmas Shopping
(Original air date: December 15, 1957). Features actor/cartoon voice Mel Blanc!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7cML2elJIY
And on December 26th, 1957, Ingmar Bergman's classic film and screenplay of remembrance, "Wild Strawberries" -Smultronställe- officially opened in Sweden, the same year that he had directed his first film, the classic, "The Seventh Seal."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7cML2elJIY
And on December 26th, 1957, Ingmar Bergman's classic film and screenplay of remembrance, "Wild Strawberries" -Smultronställe- officially opened in Sweden, the same year that he had directed his first film, the classic, "The Seventh Seal."
Both films in one year!
Both are among my all-time favorite films, and in the case of Wild Strawberries, I've probably seen it -conservatively- over 20 times, mostly on Turner Classic Movies/TCM.
Both are among my all-time favorite films, and in the case of Wild Strawberries, I've probably seen it -conservatively- over 20 times, mostly on Turner Classic Movies/TCM.
It's a film that I always gets something new out of, and as my family and most of my close friends know, is a film that I'm always trying to persuade them -and other people- to see for the first time, so they can finally "GET" Bergman.
Starring Victor Sjostrom, and a then-22-year old Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin and Gunnar Björnstrand.
Wild Strawberries, 1957, Directed by Ingmar Bergman (Opening scene)
Wild Strawberries, 1957, Directed by Ingmar Bergman (Opening scene)
with English subtitles
Rafael Lasevitz YouTube Channel, Uploaded April 6, 2015
https://youtu.be/NeJQXA6CCuA
A better version of this amazing scene, as well as other clips from important scenes from the film are at Turner Classic Movies website for the film, here:
https://www.tcm.com/video/1196578/wild-strawberries-1957-movie-clip-my-name-is-isak-borg
Rafael Lasevitz YouTube Channel, Uploaded April 6, 2015
https://youtu.be/NeJQXA6CCuA
A better version of this amazing scene, as well as other clips from important scenes from the film are at Turner Classic Movies website for the film, here:
https://www.tcm.com/video/1196578/wild-strawberries-1957-movie-clip-my-name-is-isak-borg
Merry Christmas everyone!
God Jul allihopa!
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