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Bar Mitzvah Photographer and the Radio Host

Monday: Girlfriends (1978)
        Susan is a young photographer. She has a hard time getting work. Her photos aren't selling very well. Mostly she helps her rabbi by taking photos for weddings and bar mitzvahs. Susan lives with her best friend Anne. Anne meets a man and they get married. After Anne moves out Susan is sad and lonely. Her lack of work doesn't help her situation. She does her best to move on. Later she starts to get some work and to date a man. I thought this movie was ok. Not a lot happened. It wasn't that exciting. The most interesting part was just seeing New York City in the 70s.

Tuesday: The Unsuspected (1947)
         Victor is a radio star known for his dramatic readings of real crimes. His secretary dies of apparent suicide. But the cops are not convinced. Victor lives with his niece and her husband. One night they have a party. A strange man appears claiming to be the late husband of Victor's ward Matilda. He claims to have married her right before she got on her ship and disappeared. She was thought to be dead. Then Victor learns that she is alive in South America. Her husband picks her up at the airport. Matilda has no memory of him. Her reunion at home is tarnished by the niece's jealousy. And the fact that Matilda was in love with the niece's husband. Soon we learn that Victor may have  involvement in the crimes he reports on. His true motives come to light. I liked this movie.

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