Mr. Gorman
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Don't forget about the 1949 movie WHIRLPOOL with Gene Tierney, Jose Ferrer and Richard Conte. Directed by Otto Preminger. About kleptomania, hypnotism and, of course, MURDER! 😛
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MANDINGO! → May as well introduce the poor kiddo to the seething, sleazy underbelly of the moneyed class in The Old South.
You can instruct him as to what a 'bed wench' is! 😝
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I noted a reference to the 1973 Depression-Era action/drama EMPEROR OF THE NORTH and I recollect something about it you don't see often in movies: The lead actor has bad-lookin' teeth. Lee Marvin's teeth were made up to look gnarly.
In most movies the actors all have pearly white choppers because filmmakers -- probably rightly so in most cases -- don't think movie-goers want to see people with bad, ugly, yellowed, etc. teeth on-screen. 'Tis very unattractive! But EMPEROR OF THE NORTH is an exception. I can't think of another movie offhand where the main character has yellowed, 'worn' choppers. Fits the movie, tho!
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@Dargo: I'd never heard that joke before. Gave me a chuckle.
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It's a shame that LIFEBOAT (1944) wasn't remade with Elvis in the cast. So Elvis just happened to survive the sinking boat -- AND -- he managed to save his gee-tar as well so's he could sing "SPLISH, SPLASH" with the other survivors.
CARRIE NYE could've played the Tallulah Bankhead part.
ARTE JOHNSON could've played the Nazi. 😀 It coulda been a BIGGGG hit!
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#2507 isn't Brannigan (1975-UK), Citizen Ed.
It's McQ (1974).
#2508 looks like Waltz of the Toreadors (1962-UK) starring Peter Sellers and Margaret Leighton.
I wish I could figure out more of them! CITY HEAT is one I recognize, but that's already been sussed out by another poster.
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@MovieCollectorOH: Elvis made 33 movies, I believe, two of which were the documentary-type movies of Elvis on the road and in concert. I don't think any of them are rare. If you are endeavouring to collect all his movies it shouldn't cost an arm and a leg. There's also the homevideo releases of his 1968 special and '73 Hawaii show to round up as well even tho those two presentations aren't movies.
'Tis a pity that Elvis didn't stand up to Colonel after a while and say "This is what I'm going to do; the movie I'm going to make is such-and-such". The Colonel seemed to have a sharp eye for a while as to what kind of movies the public bought the most tickets to see Elvis appear in . . . but every 'Formula' eventually gets old and wears out. Elvis's last movie where he played a character other than himself was CHANGE OF HABIT which was a change of pace for him, but was not a good change of pace. And so it goes . . .
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I wonder if TCM has ever shown "I DISMEMBER MAMA"? (aka: "Poor Albert and Little Annie" -- this alternate title is The Pits!).
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Jeez. I've not been inside a Costco in years. When I lived in FL (until 2008) I went to Costco's on occasion, but since I moved to GA I've not even seen one much less been in one. There might be a Sam's Club around . . . somewhere.
The only problem we have locally is too damn many DOLLAR GENERAL stores. They are ubiquitous. Sheesh! We're not all po' white trash here in Meansville needing to buy the cheapest-of-the-cheap /and/ bottom-of-the-barrel products! → By golly when I buy my weekly bucket of Cheez-Whiz and Willie Joe Jim Jon's Pork Rinds along with a case of "Bob's Brand X" Anti-****-itch medicine well, shucks, I gots to have sumthin' fancy to go with all that . . . so I heads to da ^uptown^ marketplace to buy Bertha's Chocolates. Bertha is 576 pounds of sweaty, violent 'Love Machine' who's always ready, willing and able to play tonsil hockey with us dopey menfolk. 🤪 But she makes good Coconut Creams.
'nuff said. (I think I've had too much caffeine today . . . ). 😜
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Speaking of movies that aren't what they seem when you compare the title and/or poster to the film's actual content:
MAN WHO HAD POWER OVER WOMEN, The (1970-UK). TCM has aired this movie 1 time that I know of -- I watched it when it aired. I'd seen it before several times having owned the VHS release for years, but it was *nice* to see this movie on Turner Classic.
The movie is steadfastly not about Rod Taylor attempting to seduce members of the opposite sex for his personal gain and lust. He plays an advertising executive who gets saddled with an obnoxious sleazeball singer for a client while also having to deal with his wife who hates him and moves out and various other mid-life complications. ALSO: If ever you've wondered where you saw a scene about a man killed by toilets -- THIS IS THE MOVIE!
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The thing I remember most about JAILHOUSE ROCK (1957) is that Elvis plays a character who is mostly un-likeable and selfish and isn't easygoing and happy-go-lucky like he is in most of his other films. He's just not a very nice guy in this one; I think that's why Elvis didn't like to watch it (that and the fact his co-star Judy Tyler died in a car accident before it was released).
I like most of Elvis's films to a degree. I've seen the one about the World's Fair a couple of times and enjoyed it. I like LIVE A LITTLE, LOVE A LITTLE -- and I like Michelle Carey, too.
Trivia ♦Nugget♦: Is there another actress besides Michelle Carey who featured in movies with three of the biggest stars in history? With JOHN WAYNE (El Dorado), FRANK SINATRA (Dirty Dingus Magee) and ELVIS PRESLEY (Live a Little, Love a Little)?
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So if I have it right you are seeking recommendations for movies that are, let's say, •reasonably• historically accurate that take place AFTER the Civil War ends and Reconstruction begins?
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Speaking of reading a review or plot synopsis that gives away very important plot points in movies . . .
Years ago I bought the moody 1972 drama MY OLD MAN'S PLACE on 'PRISM Entertainment' and read the plot summary on the back of the video box before watching the movie and I'll be darned if the box description didn't give away the end of the movie. The dum (sic) sonsabinches who OK'ed that summary should've had their paychecks docked for a week or a month on account of 'STUPIDITY'. Sheesh!
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I'd recommend watching THE FIGHTING SULLIVANS (1944) before watching SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.
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The movie PENDULUM (1969) has a 'plot point' about taking a gun on an airplane.
If anyone reading this post remembers the 1966 Tv movie "The Doomsday Flight" the airport depicted in the beginning of the movie has very little security. 'Twas a different time, to be sure.
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MR. RICCO (1975) is a decent '70s-style 'noir-ish' kind of movie. It's not a great movie, but it's not a bad movie either. It has that downbeat 1970s vibe to it + an interesting mystery. (I thought it was an interesting mystery, anyway). Had a good cast, too. Think it's a 2.35:1 movie. I mention the ratio because I've only seen "Mr. Ricco" on an UK MGM VHS tape which was panned-and-scanned -- but it *looks* like a 2.35:1 film and so if TCM ever shows "Mr. Ricco" I would expect it to be in W-I-D-E-S-C-R-E-E-N.
I think MR. RICCO is worth at least 1 watch. I've seen it thrice, btw.
I've noted TCM airing "Night Moves" several times, but I honestly don't know if TCM has ever shown "Mr. Ricco".
HICKEY & BOGGS (1972) is also a complicated, downbeat mystery . . . I think it fits in quite well with the 'noir-ish' vibe.
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I kinda liked the 1992 made-for-television movie THE PRESENCE. It was better than I expected, anyways!
Some morbid trivia: Two stars of "The Presence" both died recently of un-natural causes:
JOE LARA died in plane crash on May 29, 2021. He was 58.
LISA BANES died June 14, 2021 -- 10 days after being hit by a motor scooter in New York City. She was 65.
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We have these little nuggets:
BABYSITTER, The (1969) This 75-minute B&W nugget is a seedy exploitation movie of sorts involving middle-aged lust of a regular sorta fella who willingly gets involved with his teenaged babysitter before the excrement hits the fan.
BABYSITTER, The (1982-Tvm) Features a good cast. Young babysitter begins taking over the household of the unhappy parents. Turns out the babysitter is a bit of a psycho (surprise!) . . .
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There's THE LAST COMMAND (1928) with Emil Jannings and then THE LAST COMMAND (1955) with a plot about the Alamo; safe to say the silent '28 movie starring Emil as a former Russian general who escapes to the U.S. and then works on a movie about the Russian Revolution doesn't go hand-in-hand plotwise with Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett at The Alamo.
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I haven't seen a movie in a theater since 2005. I've got a decent video collection of movies, however, so I'm not deprived of watching movies + I watch TCM often. I'm never far from movies!
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I don't understand your question? All a person has to do is look up the plotlines of THE SUNDOWNERS (1950) and THE SUNDOWNERS (1960) and see they are not similar movies.
One can go to the IMDb or Wikipedia or look up the review summaries in Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide and figure it out. I don't know what else to say?
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@alleybj: GAS (1981) is not the the same movie as Gas-s-s-s (1970)! Not by a long shot!
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There's THE SUNDOWNERS (1950) and THE SUNDOWNERS (1960).
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Some folks are classy and don't really want to go to the bottom of the barrel. I, however, am not one of those people.
These movies have similar titles . . . but are a bit different:
HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (1986) Directed by Woody Allen
HANNAH DOES HER SISTERS (1986-Video). Directed by (well, who really cares?)
Noir Alley
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I've seen that commercial before several times; think I saw it late at night on my local MeTV channel during a break from "The Twilight Zone" or some such. DOWN THERE!