HollywoodGolightly

Edwards, Ethan - John Wayne in The Searchers

David Niven was in The Pink Panther with Peter Sellers

Very impressive collection, Calvin! I can't even imagine how much shelf space that must take up. I wonder if I should start using DVD Aficionado to keep track of my collection.

O'Brien, Edmond

Royal Hunt of the Sun (The)

Ullman Jr., William - wrote I Take This Oath

Little Shop of Horrors nw: scavenger

Porgy and Bess

Bess - Dorothy Dandridge in Porgy and Bess

The Lion King Clancy never thought the last thing he would see before he died would be...

West Side Story next word: nascent

Brock Peters was in Porgy and Bess with Dorothy Dandridge

Stone, Oliver - directed The Hand

Hi Action, welcome to the forums! I think your comparison is straight on, that dance sequence is surely one of Miss Charisse's finest hours. Holly

> {quote:title=FrankGrimes wrote:}{quote} > One question that always interests me is how many movies others own on DVD. I'm talking actual films, not DVDs. I'm currently at 699 movies. I know you (FilmLover), Edgecliff, and CalvinNMe are probably three of the biggest collectors on this board. So how many movies do y'all have on DVD? I have literally lost count of how many DVDs I have. I suppose it may have been close to 300 or so at one point, but I've been trying to get it down to a bit less than that. I might be taking advantage of the trade-in thing being done through Amazon to trim the collection a bit more; ideally I'd like to keep it down to less than 150, mostly by getting rid of stuff I don't watch much (unless I think it might go out-of-print).

"The Body Snatcher" is on tonight - 10pm ET! http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index/?o_cid=mediaroomlink&cid=189710

Robert DeNiro was in The Godfather, Part II with Robert Duvall

I hope more people might get a chance to watch this great Fritz Lang movie now that it has (finally) been released on DVD. I love the cast of the movie, I think Pidgeon and Sanders give some of their best performances and Bennett is absolutely lovely (I also thought her Cockney accent was totally convincing). John Carradine was appropriately sinister and Roddy McDowall gave it a nice touch of innocence that was a nice contrast. The influence of German expressionism can be seen very clearly in some of the scenes in the movie, especially when Pidgeon's character is being chased by the Nazi agents around the streets of London - lots of fog, lots of shadows! This is a great movie, not just for Fritz Lang fans, and if the DVD release was timed to coincide with the recent Valkyrie, then Man Hunt is easily the best of the two.

I haven't noticed all the other actors that have been mentioned, but I hope to do so next time I watch this. And, yes, I guess one is kind of kept in suspense in a way because you keep waiting for someone to make a comment about the scar being on the other side all of a sudden. To me that was suspenseful, because I wasn't sure if they really didn't notice, or if they only acted like they didn't notice so as not to tip him off. (I do agree that the scene with the cleaning woman is one of the best in the film!)

The last day of the regularly scheduled noirs was indeed quite a delight for everyone there, I think. Some of us might have already watched Shack Out on 101 on TCM, but it was so much more fun to watch it in a packed theater - the audience reaction was really priceless. The scene with the dumbbells seemed particularly hilarious this time. City of Fear was another great delight, especially in that gorgeous-looking 35mm print showed at the Roxie. The movie is truly a product of its time, and I say that in the best possible sense. I believe Sony has already announced plans to release this one on DVD, and I hope a lot more people will be able to watch it when/if Sony goes ahead with the planned release. All in all, this has been quite possibly the best noir fest in a long time for many of those who attended (many of whom will also say it was the best $100 they ever spent!). The six additional days of screenings are the icing on the cake. Thanks to Dewey and all the folks at the Roxie theater for making this event possible - you've made many noir fans extremely happy for the last couple of weeks.

Mitchum, Robert

New York Confidential

Fair enough. But I suppose in many people's minds, the difference might not register.

Lassie Come Home

Don't forget Wild Times is on today, starring Ben Johnson and Harry Carey, Jr.!