I caught this on Turner Classic Movies the other night, and it was terrific. "The Landlord," (1970) stars a young and adorable Beau Bridges as a snooty pants rich white kid who buys a tenement in the black neighborhood of Park Slope, Brooklyn (which was at that time considered the ghetto--fat chance buying a building there these days) with the intention of kicking out the tenants and renovating it as a chic bachelor pad for himself. Let's just say that his plan doesn't work out, and he finds himself (and love) in the process. I laughed and cried during this movie which highlights important themes still relevant today. Directed by Hal Ashby.
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I'm so excited to watch this!! I live in the Slope now ya know. Thanks for your awesome blog. xo, your fan Jenn
Is that poster some kind of sexual innuendo? Cuz it sure looks like a fun time!
i just noticed the double boobie doorbells myself!
I've been on a large silent movie kick lately. TCM plays a couple each week and always very entertaining.
Ain't on Netflix. Damn.
I also think the line "Watch the landlord get his" could be taken as sexual innuendo.
Maybe we're just a poor, decrepit generation of souls steeped so direly in potty humor that we're trained to look for it everywhere...
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