HollywoodGolightly
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"The Body Snatcher" is on tonight - 10pm ET!
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index/?o_cid=mediaroomlink&cid=189710
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TCM is showing this lovely and charming Disney movie on Sunday (3:30pm ET).
The movie has great performances by Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman and Karl Malden; here is a clip from the Media Room:
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index/?o_cid=mediaroomlink&cid=216384
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Robert DeNiro was in The Godfather, Part II with Robert Duvall
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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.
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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!)
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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.
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Mitchum, Robert
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New York Confidential
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Fair enough. But I suppose in many people's minds, the difference might not register.
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Lassie Come Home
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Don't forget Wild Times is on today, starring Ben Johnson and Harry Carey, Jr.!
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}
> Most of the Astaire-Rogers films also had poor and repetitive plots, relying largely on coincidence. But they were still great!
Hey, speaking of Astaire-Rogers, is anyone watching Carefree this Sunday? Here is a clip from the TCM Media Room:
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index/?o_cid=mediaroomlink&cid=239447
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Well, I found a movie clip from The Mark of Zorro:
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/index/?o_cid=mediaroomlink&cid=239447
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Johnson, Ben
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In the Heat of the Night
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I've finally decided to go ahead and order Westbound from the WAC. The print looks pretty good, and it is probably a lot better than what has been shown on other channels (Encore Westerns, I believe).
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Well, I was just reading the other day about Amazon's new trade-in program for used DVDs and blu-rays. There are many stores where you can trade in old videos, but this is the first time that I know that an online retailer is doing it.
(I posted a thread about this in Hot Topics, because I didn't think it would fit in with any of the existing categories here, and besides more people might see it in HT than here).
Some of the rates that Amazon offers seem pretty low, but for some folks it might still make more sense to sell them to Amazon than to give them away, I guess
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Cookie's Fortune - Sunny rigor mortis
next: The Delinquents
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There were parts that looked too dark, but I think it could be due to a poor film-to-video transfer. In any event, I wasn't that concerned with the look of the movie, because I found the story to be very gripping. And I really don't think it looks bad at all for a low-budget, independent effort.
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> {quote:title=fxreyman wrote:}{quote}
> Almost thirty years after his death, he is still one of the most popular actors. And why is that? I think it is because his movies and the characters he has portrayed are genuinely most American.
I would not disagree with that, Rey, but I do wonder how much of Wayne's success had to do with plain old luck and the fact he happened to make friends with Ford, and how much of it was due to choosing the roles he did. (That's not to say he had no talent - obviously he had lots of it).
I'd also love to hear you explain how you think his personal politics influenced his choice of movie roles, but if you don't wish to talk about that, it's OK.
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According to digitalbits.com, Disney is releasing a new Pete's Dragon: High-Flying Edition on DVD on 8/18 with several new bonus features, though no Blu-ray is currently planne
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The Black Cat
Usually, a meal from one of the world's top chefs would not be expected to contain.....
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> {quote:title=Kid_Dabb wrote:}{quote}
> > {quote:title=classicmoviewriter wrote:}{quote}
> > It's too early to tell as I just signed up today. I think it has a Facebook type air to it, but we will see.
> Let's hope it's not as vulnerable as Facebook has been.
Knock on wood....
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> {quote:title=RainingViolets101 wrote:}{quote}
> What the critics didn't like were the foolish color lenses
> which only served to distract from the story....
Even director Logan eventually said he wished he hadn't used those, from what I remember.
I certainly do remember the movie being fairly popular in its time, even without looking up the old box-office records.
Hangin' Around the DVD Water Cooler
in Classic Film DVD Reviews
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> {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).