film lover 293
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Saw four movies last week:
In The Land of The Headhunters (1914)--Is a remarkable, hand-tinted film, pre-Technicolor (as far as I know) documenting a tribe in British Columbia. Film was restored from two degraded reels and the rest is stills. As I counted, were 12 different shades of color to the film. A remarkable job of restoration & preservation. Tribe it documented is now down to 5000 members (I think).
I Am Cuba (1964)--Propaganda film nobody was happy with (Cubans or Soviets) that has Wonderful photography--Opening shots of film make Monday Night Football Blimp shots look like childs' play, kindergarten level. Something was done to make plants white--I Think Bogie56 mentioned Infra-red photography? Anyway, remarkable photography--propaganda is a bit of a snooze.
The Lodger (1926)--Saw on another site--Alfred Hitchcock, in his third film, directs like an assured veteran. Not a dull moment--this is a have-to-see-if-possible film.
Murder! (1930)--Again, saw on another site--One of Hitchcocks' lesser films, it has a good first 1/3, excellent last fifteen minutes, but the middle is SSLLLOOOW--Herbert Marshall is a fine hero--my not knowing 1930 British law is a handicap because motive might have been valid Then, but now Motive for all the murders is silly, IMO.
For historical reasons, all four films should be seen, IMHO.
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Audrey, & a Rossellini that has 3 different titles: All times E.S.T.:
3:30 p.m. "Green Mansions"--(1959)--I've seen every film she did from "Roman Holiday" on--this is the ONE I've never seen.
4:15 a.m. "Flowers of St. Francis"--(1950)--According to Maltin, film is also known as "The Flowers of St. Francis" & "Francis, Jester of God.
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Arturo-in your post of 2:38 p.m., when you speak of the gold lame dress seen from the back, you mean the one that, depending on sources, Marilyn had to be sewn into at the Photoplay Magazine Award Show, where she was to receive "Most Promising New Star" & Crawford then had a hissy about?
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Sepiatone--how about a hand-tinted, twelve shades of color in a 1914 "sort of documentary" film about a British Columbian tribe that's made of two degraded reels of film and stills making up what is missing that took two universities to restore it (UCLA & Rutgers). CaveGirl--agree with you about the music.
P.S.--if I got anything wrong, correct it.
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TopBilled--There are/is more than one category of "classic" movies. In this case, I think the category would be "modern classics", which are generally acknowledged as films being released after 1970 (per Wikipedia). That's an acceptable definition to me. As for a films age--"Jaws" (1975) needed restoration work on it before being re-released this year. "The Hospital" was released in 1971. "Foul Play" & "Coming Home" were 1978 releases. I'd like to see all three again in restored versions. I would take any of these before a showing of "Mame" (1974)--which is scheduled in January 2016, if I remember right.
More films:
SOB (1981)
Duel (1971)
Two Mules For Sister Sara (1970)
The Beguiled (1971)
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Sepiatone: A few more;
"Body Heat"--(1982)--Kathleen Turner & William Hurt sizzle in this 1980's take on "Double Indemnity" (1944).
"Foul Play"--(1978)--a spoof of Noirs that has a very funny performance by Goldie Hawn, & the plot hinges on a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta--Rachel Roberts is notable as an amalgamation of **** near All of Hitchcocks' 1940's villainesses.
"Prizzi's Honor"--(1985)--One of John Huston's last films, features Jack Nicholson & Kathleen Turner as two hit people who fall in love.
"Serial Mom"--(1994)--Kathleen Turner in the Ultimate Hitchcock spoof/salute.
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10. ) THE MUSICAL REMAKE CO-STARRED PETULA CLARK.
NEXT: THE EGG AND I
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8. ) SHE STARRED IN "MONSTER A GO-GO" IN 1965.
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ZANDER, JOHNNY
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ESPIONAGE AGENT
NEXT: TELITL DOL EWN RKOY
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ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST MEET ME IN LAS VEGAS WITH TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA
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Gone With the Wind
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Javert--Les Miserables (1935)
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Josef von Sternberg's "Underworld (1927)?
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Xander, Rachel Falk
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Yanks
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Aloma of the South Seas
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I Love the movies that are "so bad they're good"--"Valley of the Dolls" (1967), "The Brain That Wouldn't Die" (1963), aka "Jan in the Pan" (alternate name courtesy of another poster), "Untamed Youth" (1959), "Slaughter Trail" (1951)--TCM shows them. And I and others stay up watching them. And they are Sooo appreciated--especially the forgotten ones I find--most definitely the better known ones--even if I have to stay up til 5:00 a.m. I wouldn't want to see these films on a daily basis--but from time to time, they are Wonderful!
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Casablanca100views mentioned this generally, but I'd like to be Very specific--I love hearing the music composed for the Intermissions of Road Show Movies--Just to name two, "How The West Was Won" (1963), & "The Hallelujah Trail" (1965). I can Always listen to music by Alfred Newman & Johnny Mercer (for HTWWW), & Elmer Bernstein (THT). Thank you, TCM.
P.S.--And thanks to TikiSoo, for this thread.
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wouldbestar--yes, spam is in the useless posts that are in some Asian language--& I'd say slaytonf got the reason it's being sent.
Edit: About harming your computer--DON'T click on the links. Links usually have some kind of malware (things designed to harm your computer) designed to Hurt your computer. PLEASE Google "malware--technical websites explain things Much better than I.
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Double Harness
NEXT: EEYENCHN MUUNAT
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Second Tomorrows?
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5. ) She co-starred with Lucille Ball in "Go Chase Yourself" (1938).
Newer "classics"
in General Discussions
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This thread Could go forever; More films:
$/Dollars (1971)--A comedy/who done it?/chase film critics hated back in 1971, but has gained some respect/Goldie Hawn is a delight.
The next two are "camp" classics:
Hammersmith Is Out (1972)--With Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, & Beau Bridges--I can't improve on Dick Shepard's description of this one in his 1974 biography of E.T.--"A trailer trash retelling of the Faust legend"--TCM showed it once, in 2007--I don't know if it's been shown since.
Bluebeard (1972)--with Richard Burton, Joey Heatherton, Raquel Welch, & others. How to describe--Joey Heatherton & Richard Burton acting opposite each other (yes, in the same scenes) is--indescribable. This one was a Major box-office flop--don't even know if it exists anymore--maybe in a vault somewhere.