From the 'Forbidden Hollywood' 3 volume collections, I watched 'Baby Face', 'Three On A Match', 'Night Nurse' and an interesting documentary about pre-code Hollywood films made in the early 1930s, before a Mr. Breen actually got busy enforcing the 'Hays Code' which censored movies until the mid 1960s- any illicit behavior had to be 'punished' by the end of the film, once Breen was in charge. Also watched 'Life With Judy Garland- Me and My Shadows' starring Judy Davis, and two episodes from the Pioneer box sets of Garland's 1963 series. We also watched 'Paper Moon', and a bootleg dvd I bought online of the still unreleased 'Beyond The Forest'- the 1949 'so bad it's terrible'- but fun- movie that ended Bette Davis' long reign at Warner Brothers. Watched these all with the 'houseguest from Hell'- now mercifully, gone, and never to visit again. Ever. "As God As My Witness"-- even though we didn't get to 'Gone With The Wind'.
The movie watching was about the only good part of her visit. Oh, and New Year's Eve at the Mohegan Sun didn't suck- I walked out with almost $400 profit, playing penny slots! They pay the best, it seems, of the slots, the machines that give bonus spins can give you surprisingly large payoffs by playing all 30 lines, even just 1 cent per line- one bonus gave me $200 on a 30 cent bet. Played well into the new year, and left with like $393 more in my pocket than I arrived at the casino with. Gave my guest $175 once we were in the car driving home, because she had lost. We both wisely left our credit cards at home. Couldn't get near any of the food, the lines and crowds were enormous.
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