[The Supernatural and the Spiritual]

I like BLACK NARCISSUS, but I have always thought it would be much better if the makers went ahead and just embraced the fact that it is a SUSPENSE THRILLER at heart, and not just given us that one hitchcockian scene near the end, but made the whole entire third Act of the film eerier, more taut, and downright scary.

 

This is kind of a weird complaint for me, because generally I don't like it when films sort of throw up their hands and go the SINGLE WHITE FEMALE route, but I feel like a real Thriller could have been pulled out of a film that settles too easily on being a drama and social and religious commentary.

This is the problem I have with some films the first time I see them and I am expecting them to be a separate genre than they actually are.

 

Once I get beyond this I am able to enjoy a lot of movies I could no before.

[Who would you rather meet?]

Keenan Wynn

 

Next:

 

Corey Haim or Corey Feldman

[Name 10 Facts About This Actor]

7) Tone is listed above the credits in Phantom Lady, but does not appear in the film until about 45 minutes after it has started.

[Name 10 Facts about this Movie]

2) The star of the movie is Ray Milland.

[Canadiana-Trivia About Canadians in Movies]

What  Canadian singer sang a song that would not be stopped playing  on the radio from Titanic?

[Name 10 Facts about this Movie]

10)  We never do find out Shane's full name.

 

 

NEXT:

 

THE LOST WEEKEND

[Who would you rather meet?]

Dame Mae Whitty

 

Next:

 

Dave Winfield or Joe Carter

[Name 10 Facts About This Actor]

5) Ex-wife Joan Crawford found Tone in a hospital dying and took him home so that he would die/live out his life at her home.

[The first actor/actress that comes to mind..]

William Powell

 

 

next:

 

pawning a typewriter

Ray Milland

 

Next:

 

Hats - owns lots of them

[A to Z List of Plays and Musicals]

Hamlet

[The First Film That Comes to Mind...]

Some Like It Hot

 

Next:

 

 

Fan dancer

[Create a Boxed Set Kit]

The HERE ENTERS A CAT OR DOG AND WE IGNORE THE PLOT COLLCETION: at least until cat or dog leaves the screen

 

The Third Man

Support Your Local Gunfighter (dogs always run across the street)

Shane

[*A to Z of Movies*]

Red Skies of Montana

[*A to Z of actresses and actors*:)]

Thompson, Emma

[A to Z of Characters]

Miss Peg (when treating her like a lady) -Lulu in To Sir With Love

[A Fresh Look at Jane Wyman]

You must have missed the post right under yours that mentions Stage Fright.

 

I actually like that movie better than many of Hitchcoco movies. I'm not a huge fan of his work though.

Yes, I did.  I might have written it while someone was posting it?  I don't know, but I find that this happens to me all the time in the games and trivia forum.  I type too slow.

[PHOTO CAPTIONING FUN]

505:

 

"No, you haven't entered a universal horror film.  This is what is actually powering our building.  If there is a storm, make sure you have a panic attack because I will."

[The Birthday Thread]

Happy Belated Birthday to my favourite Scandinavian actor of all time: Max Von Sydow!

[HITS & MISSES: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow on TCM]

Love One Man's Journey.  Truly an underrated film of Barrymore's.

Lionel Barrymore is my favourite among the siblings and I have to say that I am loving the spotlight.  Either I am watching movies new to me or seeing new to-me films.

[Golden age: Roll call]

My favourite James Gleeson movie is also my favourite Robert Montgomery movie:

 

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

[Funniest (Intentionally or not) Movie Line of the Week.]

Great topic.

 

For films I've seen this past week:

 

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S: intentional

 

'I don't think you're any fou-er than anyone else.'

 

 

?unintentional?

 

What is *not* said after George Peppard reads the telegram of Fred's death to Holly's Brazilian man:

 

Peppard reads out the telegram word for word including "Your husband and children."

 

The Brazilian never says "She's married and has children?"

[April Schedule Up! Judy Garland SOTM]

That is not Roddy McDowall.  It's Jacques Perrin in Costa-Gavras' film Z, which is airing as part of Gloria Steinem's guest programming stint.  You can see the same clip around 2:38 in this video of Oscar-winning foreign films:

 

Thanks for clearing that up.  I have not seen Z, and Roddy was the closest to my mind.  The two actors look alike.

[A Fresh Look at Jane Wyman]

Count me in among Jane Wyman fans.

 

A movie not yet mentioned here are Stage Freight (not as well known as other Hitchcock titles among non-Hitchcock fans)

[I Just Watched...]

NEVER FEAR  - recorded as part of the Ida Lupino day.  I watched it last night for the first time.

 

This was directed by Ida and starred Rita Lupino.

 

I will not go into the plot much.  It is about a dancer who gets polio and wants to give up and meets people in a hospital who do not want to give up.

 

These are the types of movies I love to watch.  As a disabled woman who was born with cerebral palsy and who has days where I feel 500% disabled and days where I feel 0% disabled, watching movies about people who overcome obstacles with the vital willpower gives me strength to carry on whenever I have a setback.

 

 

[Memorial Day and NO Vietnam movies]

Just as another perspective here - Americans may not be aware of this, but Canada has only one day of the year to honour everyone: November 11th, which up here is called Remembrance Day.  We have no separate days for one war over another