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There were several silent films superior to WINGS (**1/2) that may have qualified that year, especially THE CROWD, or THE GENERAL
But L.B. Mayer detested THE CROWD, even being from MGM
BROADWAY MELODY must be the worst yet???
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On 2/15/2020 at 3:47 AM, jakeem said:
Yeah, but the first Oscar ceremony pretty much had two Best Pictures: "Wings" (named Outstanding Picture) and "Sunrise" (named Best Unique and Artistic Picture). The latter category was quickly discontinued.
Most so called Oscar followers have no idea there were 2 BP winners, only citing WINGS all the time
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have about 4 others and trivia books included, but his is 1
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now your talkin' but above all is osborne's book
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personally think r. Osborne started it and tcm may want to leave it that way
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NYFCC for '39 split with Oscar a bit Film: Wuthering Heights Actor: Stewart in Mr smith & actress: Vivien Leigh New York didn't have a supporting honor yet
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On 3/29/2020 at 4:26 PM, TopBilled said:
It sort of annoys me when people go on and on about 1939. Typically these same people fail to acknowledge the bombs of 1939 and they never once mention the decent 'B' films from 1939. It basically becomes an excuse to talk once again about Oz and Tara.
I actually think with increasing political correctness GONE WITH THE WIND will go the way of BIRTH OF A NATION and SONG OF THE SOUTH which will put a blemish on 1939.
Personally I feel there were equally good films in 1940 and 1941, including those famous efforts from Hitchcock, Welles and Ford.
Oh, and another thing that makes me smile is how the people who rave about 1939 always fail to see that almost all the films released in the first three months of '39 were technically made in '38. And this means that films made in the last three months of 1939 have a 1940 date on them. So this obsession with 1939 is a little too narrow and uninformed for my tastes, to be honest.
As far as decades go, I think the 1990s are great years because of all the independent films that were garnering recognition. It was a creative period for the industry, an industry still dependent on formulaic blockbusters but also willing to venture off the beaten path.
As I wrote we have a huge split on '39 & Hollywoods Golden age/Studio-system was at it's pinnacle then & the '40's
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guess the gp's when mostly out with Mr. 0sborne
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Winona Ryder, well the day of Nov. 8th, she's 7yrs younger
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On 3/16/2020 at 11:12 PM, JakeHolman said:
Chaney, Jr was superb & underrated as an actor score was nominated
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21 minutes ago, JakeHolman said:
And missing two fingers, Lloyd He saved his money are had a huge mansion
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Sure TopBilled knows the scoop on it & it's possible progress?
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25 minutes ago, slaytonf said:
I don't find my life incomplete.
ever see the first two?
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imdb voted it 1st & Shawshank 2nd in it's poll, Kane 3rd this time
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yeah, but without it it's like having a milestone piece of motion picture history missing
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6 minutes ago, spence said:
His own fav role was HEAVEN KNOWS Mr. ALLYSON (l957) (***1/2) Most don't know he was a very well read individual ^ went blind once due to hating his first jobs-(not in HOLLYWOOD)
His mom once asked him what he planned to di with his life & Mitchum flatly told her I think i'm gonna be a bum unquote ^ road the rails until getting arrested the first time, ending up on a chain gang
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Ever hear of that tv movie? It was same time as the WW2 epic mini series WIJDS OF WAR Warner Bros museum when I was there had an entire room dedicated to David l. Wolper Now, it's all BATMAN
some very elderly security guard that even knew Edward G. Robinson argued early WB's-(Now where KTLA News is, then moved to Burbank, where most of the studios are) argued they used scribbes in the early gangster flix, but told him Cagney wrote & in a docu they used real bullets, matter of fact he almost got shot during the gunfight as Rocky Sullivan, but had enough
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1 minute ago, spence said:
Saw a true story from l983 a tv movie with him, he was meaner then Max Cady A Killer in the Family (***)
His own fav role was HEAVEN KNOWS Mr. ALLYSON (l957) (***1/2) Most don't know he was a very well read individual ^ went blind once due to hating his first jobs-(not in HOLLYWOOD)
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10 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
That's very nice. Thank you.
WELCOME! But it's accurate, there's another post you have that's a runner up, can't recall it's name right now
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On 3/23/2020 at 9:27 AM, TopBilled said:
Monday March 23, 2020
Robert Mitchum as Phillip Marlowe on Amazon Prime
FAREWELL MY LOVELY with Charlotte Rampling
THE BIG SLEEP with Sarah Miles
Saw a true story from l983 a tv movie with him, he was meaner then Max Cady A Killer in the Family (***)
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smashed his teeth in a car crash who do you like more McLaglen or Ward Bond?
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Don't agree with that choice? Ever see Fields Man on the Flying trapeze? Brennan was one of the drunk burglers singing in the basement, Hilarious role He also played old man clementine & played another villian in How the west was Won, though briefly There's a rumor started online he was once a klan member?
where they dig up these things???
Stanley & Livingstone & Northwest passage were other roles my fav role of his was The Westerner-(his 3rd Oscar)
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Obviously tcm still doesn't own the rights to what are arguably the greatest motion pictures ever made, but will they ever?
Just saw a lg interview with Coppola, Duvall, De Niro, Pacino,Shire, Caan,etc
It can be found on youtube
P,s obviously somebody was missing here?
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'55, 62 & l967 are other one's
Best Endings & Beginnings in film history?
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Hackman hanging from that wheel made such an impression on me since being a kid