HollywoodGolightly

Zetterling, Mai

Camille

> {quote:title=LonesomePolecat wrote:}{quote} > My favorite Sturges is REMEMBER THE NIGHT, but I also love most of his. What a pleasure to see Miracle of Morgan's Creek again. It's been a while. Of the movies that PS wrote but did not direct, my favorites would be Easy Living and Remember the Night. Great movies, great writing.

> {quote:title=Scottman wrote:}{quote} > I thought that IKIRU and HIGH AND LOW were pretty easy to get into as well. I'd like to revisit those, too, someday.

Just watched Jacques Tourneur's The Fearmakers, which some of you had mentioned earlier. It's probably not one of his best films, and he's less successful at concealing the fact that it's a low-budget movie than he was with some of his 40's films at RKO. But the movie has some interesting ideas going for it, such as the fact that lobbying could have been perceived as such a... menace !! in the late 50s, even though today it's something that is pretty much taken for granted. Dana gives it his best, but he's not photographed as favorably here as he could have been, or maybe he was supposed to look a little burned out, due to his time in Korea.

> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote} > That helps us to spot the villian in the movie. Yup. As does the fact that he's holding a gun to the train passengers.

Have you tried with Opera, Safari, or Chrome?

I think they all look lovely in color... :x

A lot of people consider the other browsers (Firefox, Opera, Chrome, etc.) a lot better than any version of IE. Of course, if you're posting from work and your employer won't let you use other browsers, you might be out of luck!

Doesn't the DVD have both versions? I mean, just in case someone wants to compare the two.

I get the IFC channel, but I haven't watched anything there in a long time. If this is one of those "so bad, it's good" movies, I might just check it out, though.

> {quote:title=GradeBMovies wrote:}{quote} > I wish this thread was still going. I just joined the community, and I am so into early 1930 black and white films. > > I don't have anything to post as far as pics, but would love to converse with others who love the movies from the 1930's. Hi GradeBMovies, welcome to the forum! I'm not too much into posting pictures, but hopefully someone will step to the plate in regards to the pre-codes. There are quite a few photos being posted, but lately most of them are in the Your Favorites section of the forum, which encompasses everything from the silent era to contemporary movies. Hope you'll find something for you.

> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote} > Isn't it nice of Hollywood to produce a movie to make post 9/11 New Yorkers feel better? How many will take a *cab* after watching it. > > For any fashion critics: > In this movie Denzel Washington wears a bright yellow shirt with a multicolored tie. This is the reverse of the outfit Walter Matthau wore in the original The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) which was a multicolored shirt with a bright yellow tie. > > Just in case no one notices. Well, I wouldn't have noticed that if someone hadn't mentioned it! One thing I did notice was that Travolta's little "fu man chu" mustache was a bit on the silly side, at least for my taste, but then again it fit right in with his performance!

Gene Saks was in The Prisoner of Second Avenue with Anne Bancroft

Wise, Robert - directed Somebody Up There Likes Me

Martin, David - Jeffrey Hunter in No Down Payment

Vincent, Virginia

Angels in the Outfield

> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote} > I am right with you on that. The funny thing is, in The Searchers, I just LOVE Jeffrey Hunter. And I have never again seen him act with that level of authority, humor or naturalness. After I saw him in The Searchers, I did a search on him, and was shocked to discover he was THAT actor that I didn't like. And he never did anything else that has even remotely caught my attention. It's possible that he never again got such a good role - although some would say he did fairly well in A Kiss Before Dying (1956). But in my mind, there's no question that Martin Pawley was one of his best parts. Having said that, you're right - he's no Ben Johnson. And great screencaps from Chisum, too!

Yes, they do. At least some of the time.

> {quote:title=ChipHeartsMovies wrote:}{quote} > In my final act as Lucky 13 Moderator, I declare this week to be a Week of Celebration. No hurt feelings, no insinuations, no recriminations, et. al. And thus no need for apologies. Just a general agreement that everyone did a great job, and a hearty congrat for the Maven! > I think that's the perfect note with which to end the Challenge, Chip. Congratulations again to everyone.

Well, I finally went and watched the remake. Although I still prefer the original, the remake has a good Denzel Washington performance going for it. But even for an action movie, it seems too far-fetched that anybody could actually pull something like this off in post-9/11 NYC. Not to mention that the ultimate motivation given to the lead villain in this one (the one played by John Travolta) makes him ultimately a more shallow character than he originally seems. And his demise isn't nearly as unforgettable as Robert Shaw's in the original was.

Well, at least the Ed Wood films were always wonderfully entertaining. Or at least I remember them that way.

I'm tempted to get The Graduate. And if I'd known they were going to have The King Kong Collection as their Lightning Deal today, I might have gotten that one, too.

> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote} > Actually, the setting for CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS is during the Czech resistance to the Nazis during WWII, a theme explored in noir director Fritz Lang's HANGMEN ALSO DIE!. Sounds like one I might enjoy. I'll have to check it out.