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Since we've been chatting about this topic...I've been listening all this morning to a Tape (I recorded from a vinyl I bought in January 1984!!), with Korngold's most famous Themes. Since I hadn't listened to it for a loongg time....'cos you know, one mainly listens to cd's now, my wife told me, wow! how beautiful!!! We were having breakfast with Korngold's haunting melodies as background music.... Now I'm listening to a CD I bought a long time ago (1993) titled "Classic Film Scores" for Humphrey Bogart, with music by Steiner, Waxman, Rozsa....Which reminds me of 1984, when I bought that vinyl, I had to choose (since I couldn't afford them both, I was 16 then) between the Korngold One (The Sea Hawk and other Classic Film Scores) and one Titled "Classic Film Scores for Bette Davis"....A tough decision. Thanks for bringing back all those memories.

Great post tflight, I loved "The Heiress" too, well, William Wyler (the director) is one of my very favorites . And the cast: Monty Clift, Miriam Hopkins and Ralph Richardson...simply fantastic. You are right about Olivia de Havilland, yes she played "plain" women in "GWTW" and "The Heiress", and maybe in "The Snake Pit", three of her most famous films, but she looked ravishing (IMHO) in stuff like "Anthony Adverse", "A Midsummer's Night Dream", "Captain Blood", "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex", "The Great Garrick", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", etc.. Joan Fontaine was equally beautiful in "Frenchman's Creek", "A Damsel in Distress", etc. Besides, both are very talented. You made an excellent analysis of "The Heiress", congratulations! It is great to read posts with such intelligent insight.

You're right Louis Jourdan is a good actor...I liked him too in "The Paradine Case". Thanks for the great feedback concerning "My Cousin Rachel". Did you like "The Heiress"?

Yeah "Kings Row" Main Theme is grrreaatt..it is my favorite.... and the "Devotion" Theme too....Some of my other faves are "Deception", "The Constant Nymph", "The Sea Hawk", "Juarez", "Of Human Bondage" (1946 version), "Escape Me Never", "Captain Blood" and "Between Two Worlds"....Korngold's always been my top fave Hollywood composer.

Welcome tflight9! Maybe you're right, Errol Flynn, might have been more "suitable" for the role of the "dashing" Anthony...and besides he was always perfect, opposite Olivia de Havilland! What you say about March being mistaken for the lead, reminds me of what was also said of his role as Benvenuto Cellini in "The Affairs of Cellini", which has fame of being a good film, but somehow "flawed" beacuse of this "miscast". I'm a huge Fredric March fan, but maybe he wasn't right for these roles, in spite of his great acting ability. Matter of opinions. And Korngold, words cannot describe his talent, I love all of his scores.

Beauty and the Beast is awesome & bewitching Keith... it's "supernatural" at its best... "Brazil" has also been a fave of mine, I love it!!!... "Blade Runner" too, "Dune", "The Clockwork Orange"....I also love Almodovar's early films, Erich Rohmer, etc. Never had the opportunity to watch "The Rocky Horror Piccture Show", completely, only exerpts...they say it's a knock-out! What About "Young Frankenstein"?? Extremely Funny!! You are right that a film does not has to be necessarily bizarre to be considered a "cult" film....'cos for me, at least, "Portrait of Jennie" and "Letter from an Unknown Woman" might be considered "cult" films....in fact, one of the greatest madcap-screwball comedies of all-time "Bringing Up Baby", was a flop after its initial release....and gained a big "cult" following only since the 1970's?? onwards (whe it was sort of re-discovered by film buffs and critics) and now stands as one of the greatest "essential" classics!

Carole Lombard, a beauty and a "real" person. I just love her.

You are right Antar, real beauties...Susan Hayward too...How can anyone say there were no good looking ladies then....when it was in that Era, when we had FACES.

Trasher, when you say "cult classic films", you mean stuff like "Freaks", "The Old Dark House", "Island of Lost Souls", "The Most Dangerous Game", "The Bride of Frankenstein"...perhaps, "Peter Ibbetson" or "The Story of Temple Drake"? I love those movies. I consider them "Cult" movies from the 1930's. The "Cult" Label may apply to a variety of films from all the Eras, IMHO, especially horror films; many people consider "Night of the Living Dead"; "The Fall of the House of Usher" (in fact all the Poe's films of AIP directed by Roger Corman) or the Hammer Films, the Dar?o Argento films, or even Dreyer's or Ingmar Bergman's filsm, as cult films....also, many european films, are considered "Cult" films, like Jean Cocteau's "Beauty and the Beast". BTW, welcome to the Forums.

Totally agree with you Keith, Barbara Stanwyck looked really ravishing in some of her films, i.e.: in "The Lady Eve"...she looked so elegant & sexy...Also in "Ball of Fire"....let's not forget "Baby Face" too,...perfect combination, beauty & brains. Norma Shearer, looked radiant especially in such Pre-Codes as "Strangers May Kiss", "Let Us Be Gay", "Riptide"....and also in later films such as "Escape". And the exotic & alluring Merle looked great in "Wuthering Heights", "That Uncertain Feeling", "These Three", "Till We Meet Again"..... These three ladies you mention, in particular, also share a trait no very popular nowadays, they had class.

Just to guess......The Lady Eve?

Hedy Lamarr, Kate Hepburn, Frances Dee, Gene Tierney, Jeanne Crain, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo, Helen Twelvetrees, Constance Cummings, Ingrid Bergman, Miriam Hopkins, Lana Turner, Ava Gardner, Jennifer Jones, Thelma Todd, Dolores del R?o, Leila Hyams, Kay Francis, Loretta Young, Rita Hayworth, Mary Astor, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Sothern, Ann Harding, Myrna Loy...these are only a "few" of the great-looking ladies from the 1930's and 1940's.

These boards-sadly-have become so "messy" and full of "bashing"...but, seriously Mr. Rogan, can you explain to me why you call "idiot" gwtwbooklover, when he's not even posted in this thread? It escapes my understanding... its beyond it, really. And please let us be respectful to each other, we don't need/want "bashing" here or "name calling"

Take me out to the ball game?

Sorry Moviegeek, I misunderstood.

Nothing Sacred or Living It Up?

Could it be Roman Polanski's "The Dance of the Vampires" aka "The Fearless Vampire Killers"...starring him and the doomed Sharon Tate??

Of course I'm a fan of the '40s too, read carefully what I'm stating: the thirties are my weakness (one cannnot "explain" its own tastes)..., I'm not at all "dismissing the '40s", in fact it is my second fave decade.... many of my fave movies were made during the '40s..."Letter from and Unknown Woman", "Portrait of Jennie", "The Lady Eve", "The More the Merrier", "High Sierra", etc, etc. Maybe, as said, it's because always movies from the '30s were more difficult to obtain/watch (at least in my country). Love Pre-Codes.

Bells are Ringing?

Elena, I've read that you can rent at Netflix 1930's Paramounts, released on dvd like "Love Me Tonight", "Trouble In Paradise", "Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde", "Scarlet Empress", etc. You can also purchase them at Amazon.com and Amazon marketaplece sellers/Z Shops; at Movies Unlimited too. There are also many Paramounts on VHS (Supernatural, Island of Lost Souls, Death Takes a Holiday, Midnight, many Marlene Dietrich vehicles, etc..)...And many of them are being scheduled by TCM, like "The Smiling Lieutenant", "Love Me Tonight". For fabulous stills of Paramount's early films, there's the Dover edition of "The Astoria Studios and its Fabulous Films" by Richard Koszarski. There is also a book called "The Paramount Story" by John Douglas Ames, which covers all of the classic Paramounts & more, with stills and info; and "Mountain fo Dreams- The Golden Years of Paramount Pictures" by Leslie Halliwell, is full of B&W posters, of all kinds an sizes. Ahhh "The Paramount Pretties" by James Robert Parish, has many small pictures of films of many of Paramount's most famous female stars: Claudette Colbert, Gloria Swanson, Clara Bow, etc. Another good source is "Sin in Soft Focus/Pre-Code Hollywood" by Mark A. Vieira, great photographs. Hope this helps you.

I love the 30's too..I've got a weakness for 1930's in general....especially Pre-Codes....But still, I also love silents , 1940's films & 1950's, even early 1960's. Dramas, Comedies and musicals, mostly. This does not mean that there are many good movies from the 1960's until the present day....but the '30s got sth.....they do "sth. to me"...as the Cole Porter song says. I also havw a weakness for Paramount's pre-codes and 30's movies in general, maybe beacuse they're so difficult to obtain??...

Way to go Lolite!!!! You got it!! your turn!!!

Way to go Moira!!!! You got it!! your turn!!!

I love this movie, but couldn't log in 'cos I had too much work today!!...My fave episode is the first one starring Moira Shearer & James Mason....somewhat reminiscent of "The Red Shoes"???....and Leslie Caron's episode was also very magic...Ethel Barrymore was great too...Well...I'll go for another one: Clue # 1: Lots of Letters

Lili?