HollywoodGolightly
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Brennan, Walter
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Powell, Michael - co-directed 49th Parallel (coming up after Rebecca on TCM)
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Nichols, Mike - directed The Graduate
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Zucco, George
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Lean, David - directed Brief Encounter
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Robert Cummings was in Princess O'Rourke with Jack Carson
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Gentleman Jim
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Well, I hope anyone who was planning on watching or recording Westward Passage did so with no problems. This is really an amazing day on TCM, with all the Olivier movies they're showing due to his birthday, then a whole evening's worth of Sean Connery's non-Bonds. And then, on the Underground, Blast of Silence, a noir that Arkadin recommended in Hot Topics.
Meanwhile, Dewey's B-noir fest is entering its second week this Friday, with a screening of The Hoodlum starring Lawrence Tierney, and noir fans seem to be extremely happy with all of the obscure titles he has programmed.
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William, Warren
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Johnston, Joe - directed The Rocketeer
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East of Eden
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It's been a pretty long while since I watched it. I think the ending can be a bit shocking, but it makes sense in the context of what came before. However I really think I should watch it again before getting into a long discussion, heh, because I might be confusing parts of it with Monte Hellman's other Western featuring Jack Nicholson, Ride in the Whirlwind. Have you seen that one, too?
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Thank you for your lovely write-up, Arkadin. As it happens, it was the only movie I was planning on recording today, even before I read your post.
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I love that poster! I can only assume the likenesses were made by the local artist, for some reason it doesn't quite look like anything I've seen before in the American stills and posters.
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You may also want to check on yet another DVD boxset of noir films from Columbia, which apparently will include Pushover, Nightfall, The Brothers Rico, City of Fear and a re-issue of In a Lonely Place. No release date has been set yet.
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New details about the 2nd volume of noir films from Sony - apparently the set will include Pushover, Nightfall, The Brothers Rico, City of Fear and a re-issue of In a Lonely Place.
Also, Paramount has announced it is *FINALLY* releasing *The African Queen* on DVD!!!
No line on price or bonus features, but Paramount has scheduled an October 13th release date for The African Queen as part of their Paramount Centennial Collection series. Stay tuned for more details...
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Dewey, I think the audiences at the Roxie are certainly awesome, and while at least part of it might be due to the more intimate size of the theater, I think you too deserve a lot of the credit. You've introduced most of the movies shown and your incredible enthusiasm for the genre always shines through; you also bring a lot of vitality and good humor to the introductions (although to be fair, Peter is also quite funny when substituting for you).
It was also good to hear about the 35mm print of The Hoodlum, I'm sure it's going to look _amazing_ on the Roxie screen.
The Thursday bill was quite lively, Marie Windsor in No Man's Woman is so greedy, vulgar and conniving, she comes close to giving femmes fatale a bad name. Private Hell 36 benefits from a terrific cast (in addition to Don Siegel's sure-footed direction) that includes Howard Duff (whom I've always felt was practically born to star in noir films) and Dean Jagger. Ida Lupino is great, as usual, while Dorothy Malone makes the most of her brief screen time.
Burnett Guffey may not be as familiar a name as John Alton when it comes to DPs who shot noirs, but it's interesting to note that he shot Private Hell 36 shortly after winning the Oscar for From Here to Eternity, and shooting the Fritz Lang noir Human Desire. (His later credits would include Tight Spot, The Harder They Fall and Bonnie and Clyde, for which he won another Oscar).
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> > Hey sorry if this has been mentioned before but I just noticed there is an early Ann Harding movie scheduled for tomorrow morning. *Westward Passage* from 1932. She's opposite Olivier. This would be the earliest film I've seem him in. Interesting. I'll record it.
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> Thanks for the tip! I've got my recorder set!
The movie that precedes Westward Passage is Friends and Lovers, which is an even earlier appearance by Sir Laurence - and he's joined by Adolphe Menjou and Erich von Stroheim, too.
(From what I remember, it's a bit creaky, but definitely worth watching, if only for that amazing cast).
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Don't forget Gary Cooper will be with us twice over the Memorial Day Weekend!
_May 23_
*Task Force* (1949) 12:45pm ET
A naval officer devotes his life to the development of the aircraft carrier.
Cast: Gary Cooper, Jane Wyatt, Wayne Morris, Walter Brennan Dir: Delmer Daves C-117 mins, TV-PG
_May 25_
*Sergeant York* (1941) 8pm ET
True story of the farm boy who made the transition from religious pacifist to World War I hero.
Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias Dir: Howard Hawks BW-134 mins, TV-G
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Lola Montes (right)
Martine Carol, Lola Montes
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Greenaway, Peter - directed The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
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Oh, they're gonna _love_ that!
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> Hell, I'm glad I now have an excuse to watch this movie for the 32nd time. Hmm, watching from Sondergaard's viewpoint--never occurred to me to do that. From the lawyer's POV, certainly, but not the wife's. Thanks all!
That might be a more interesting way to watch the movie.
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Sanders, George
Which war movie do you most look forward to this Memorial Day Weekend?
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Question's pretty simple. Out of 3 days of war-themed movies on TCM, starting Saturday, which ones do you look forward to the most?
For me, it would have to be King Vidor's The Big Parade, because it's been so long since TCM showed it (and it still isn't on DVD), and Anthony Asquith's We Dive at Dawn, a TCM premiere, which is apparently a public-domain film (hopefully TCM was able to get a nice print!)