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Horror Island (1941) youtube
Despite the title, this is not a horror flick, but it is an entertaining quickie comedy-mystery from Universal. Dick Foran, along with sidekick Fuzzy Knight, get mixed up with peg-legged Leo Carrillo, who claims to have a treasure map from Henry Morgan (the pirate, not the television personality). When an “expert” (Hobart Cavanagh) tells them the map is phony, Foran, who owns a boat, demonstrates his entrepreneurial skills by charging passengers $50 for the chance to find the treasure anyway. Once the assorted suckers arrive at the island where the treasure is supposed to be hidden, somebody starts bumping them off. Who did/done it?Foran is likable as the lead, and Peggy Moran is cute as the romantic interest. The supporting cast is stocked with familiar faces, and the score is loaded with H.J. Salter’s familiar themes. My favorite character was Thurman Coldwater, played by Lewis Howard, looking like a cross between Robert Donat and Laurence Olivier.
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On 7/7/2018 at 7:24 AM, TikiSoo said:
Lonesome Polecat is also just extraordinary. It has a low base line of something like 3/4 but the lyrics are sung in some odd time signature like 5/9. (help me here music experts)
The music is played in 4/4 time, and the lyrics are sung the same way. If it helps, think "Winter Wonderland." The baseline is similar to a western motif, as you find in the theme for Red River.
You can see the sheet music here and listen to the tune:
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Here is what Ben said:
“Stories of troops stationed throughout the empire had long been popular and movies like The Lives of a Bengal Lancer routinely delivered, packing in audiences eager for a glimpse of an exotic foreign locale, and generally stories of white soldiers fighting dangerous natives to maintain an empire’s grip on its colonies.”
Personally, I'm more offended about the poor sentence structure than the content.
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1 hour ago, Gershwin fan said:
It's available for $16 here on the Barnes & Noble website.
Also saw this on the wiki page-
A 62 minute version of the film survives and has been broadcast on television and cable. Due to the public's backlash against musicals late in 1930, all of the musical numbers were cut from the film to make it more marketable. These cuts accounts for the short length of the film. The film was advertised as a gangster picture, a genre which had become very popular with the public. The complete musical film was released intact in countries outside the United States where a backlash against musicals never occurred. It is unknown whether a copy of this full version still exists.
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Huh, hopefully they can find the unedited, original version one day. The claim isn't sourced so I don't know where they get that it was originally meant as a musical and was sold that way outside the US.
I would not trust any claim that isn't sourced.
According to the November 15, 1930 edition of Harrison's Reports (a trade journal), the film was released at 65 minutes. The anonymous reviewer gave it a lukewarm rating, at best. There is no mention of any musical numbers.
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1 hour ago, ChristineHoard said:
Why? Why remake West Side Story?
Because the Sharks this time will be played by real sharks.
I can hear it now ... "You're gonna need a bigger dance hall."
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1 hour ago, LawrenceA said:
Deanna Lund (May 30, 1937 - June 22, 2018) - American actress best know for her role on the TV series Land of the Giants (1968-1970). She had minor roles in films such as Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965), Dimension 5 (1966), and Tony Rome (1967) before landing her co-starring role in Irwin Allen's science fiction series Land of the Giants. After the show she continued to act, appearing in other minor films and on TV in shows such as General Hospital. She was married to Land of the Giants co-star Don Matheson for a time, and was later briefly engaged to Larry King.
Didn't realize she was that old. How time flies. I remember also seeing her on at least one episode of "Stump the Stars." I remember because she was wearing a low-cut short dress. I recall her from "General Hospital," playing Don Matheson's secretary or some "similar" position. They were carrying on while Matheson's character was romancing Denise Alexander.
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And, of course, The Red Balloon is followed by ...
North By Northwest. Anyone ever see this one????
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Welcome to the boards. If you go to the "account settings" I believe you can change your display name there. Look for it under your username at the top right of the webpage.
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The Eyes of Annie Jones (1964) FXM Retro
OK but ultimately unsatisfying semi-thriller, starring Richard Conte, supported by a British cast.
Conte’s sister has disappeared; in fact, she is murdered and buried before we see the opening credits, so some of the suspense is quickly gone. Conte’s aunt just happens to know a 17-year-old named Annie Jones (Francesca Annis) who can “find things.” Halfway through the film the audience is let in on pretty much everything, so there goes the rest of the suspense.
Everyone does their job competently, but it’s interesting to see Conte constantly making sarcastic remarks. He also spends most of the film in a state of sexual arousal.
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6 hours ago, GNO said:
Which browser are you using for fastwarding/ rewinding? I’m using Firefox, and It doesn’t have the green bar at the bottom for me to scroll.
I use Firefox. If I place my cursor anywhere on the screen, the green bar shows up, telling me how far into the movie I am and how much time is left. Otherwise, the green bar will not appear.
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1 hour ago, GNO said:
With the new website, does anyone know how to fast forward/ rewind movies? I just watched an on demand movie, and an hour in, i missed a scene, went to rewind, and it wouldn’t let me! It just restarted the whole movie.
Place your cursor on the bottom of the screen so you can the horizontal line showing the time (see image below):
Then drag the green button left (to rewind a bit) or right (to forward a bit).
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26 minutes ago, TomJH said:
Wednesday 6pm Adventures of Don Juan
An often tongue-in-cheek swashbuckler, with breathtaking costumes and sets filmed in beautiful Technicolor. It also has one of the great musical scores by Max Steiner.
Errol Flynn gives a wryly humourous, nuanced performance as the world famous seducer getting a bit tired of the chase. The strong supporting cast includes Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas and old Flynn buddy Alan Hale in his final film with the swashbuckler. The final duel on a giant staircase is one of the best sequences of its kind.
Tom, I'm starting to get the feeling you really like this film.
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1 minute ago, sewhite2000 said:
I'm unsure if you're saying something specifically I said or my choice or wordage is worthy of lampooning, in which case, though I may respond angrily, I would like to hear what you have to say. I will try to be adult enough to withstand it, since you've apparently already implied it's worthy of mockery, I guess I would at least like to know specifics. If you're just saying the news itself is worth lampooning, then never mind.
Not mocking you or your post, just the news.
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On 6/17/2018 at 7:30 PM, Princess of Tap said:
*And Honorable Mention goes to another great supporting actor in another James Dean movie-- Jim Backus in "Rebel Without a Cause".
Hmm ... I always thought Backus played the mother in that film.
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Between the topic of the thread and the phrases in the post, there is way too much here to lampoon. I will resist from doing so.
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3 hours ago, cigarjoe said:
The Satan Bug (1965)
First saw this in Lowes Triboro in 1965, and never since till just now. A crazy pharmaceutical millionare Ainsley (Richard Basehart) devises a sceme that involves the three year impersonation of a biological warfare biologist Hoffman to steal some biological weapons and a deadly virus and hold the U.S. and world hostage. They let loose a sample vial in Florida to show they aren't kidding. Los Angeles is next.
George Maharis as Barrett a private investigator and former intelligence agent who was the former head of security for the facility, Anne Francis as Ann his gal pal. Dana Andrews as General Williams, Ed Asner as Veretti, Simon Oakland as Tasserly, John Anderson as Reagan and James Hong as Yang.
Filmed mostly in the Mojave Desert. Entertaining enough but the bad guys do some stupid things. 6.5/10
I've seen this several times. The first time, it was pretty suspenseful, especially watching the vial roll around during the struggle in the helicopter ... less suspenseful now, but that's to be expected. Maharis is kind of flat as the lead, but Basehart makes a good villain. Did you notice James ("Scotty") Doohan as one of the federal agents?
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3 hours ago, LawrenceA said:
The Miracle of the Bells (1948) - Hollywood melodrama from RKO and director Irving Pichel. Press agent Bill Dunnigan (Fred MacMurray) journeys to a small Pennsylvania coal mining town to bury former resident Olga (Alida Valli). She had gone to Hollywood to be a star, but died of an illness after finishing her first film, the story of Joan of Arc.
Someone should either write a book or make a film about Olga Treskoff, upon whose life this film is loosely based. She took the name Treskoff as a stage name, possibly from the silent short Olga Treskoff (which starred Helen Gardner). She tried to pass herself off as a Russian countess and daughter of a Russian general, before being married to a lawyer named Austin Gibbons. Gibbons then discovered she was actually the daughter of a Pennsylvania coal miner. In 1920, he filed for anulment, claiming fraud, and also noted that she was a "favorite with other men prior to their wedding." Treskoff countered by claiming that Austin had made "violent love" to her, dislocating her shoulder blade in the process. Fun stuff.
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1 hour ago, Sepiatone said:
Still waiting(and hoping) somebody picks up the banner concerning the BILL QUINN and WALTER comparison.
Sepiatone
Somebody out there had the same idea:
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On 6/15/2018 at 10:27 PM, Dargo said:
Just a guess here, but the one on the left could be from 1921's That's All that Cheap **** Left Us in His Will?!, and the one on the right I'm PRETTY sure is from that 1919 Ben Turpin classic How to See the Country on Only Two Dollars a Day.
But don't quote me on these. I COULD be wrong here.
(...I'll bet Rich will know, though...this is his forte, ya know)
Yes, I know alright. I know you're wrong on both films. Wisenheimer.
By the way, Cary O'Dell, who posts these unknowns, seems like a fun guy. We corresponded a few times while identifying some old stills.
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The old guy between Thomson and Dove in #7 is Scott Seaton. The old guy greeting Dove in #10 is Frank Sheridan.
The little girl in #4 is Mitzi Green. I think the young guy in #3 is Stanley Smith.
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I believe the guy in #5 is Harry Green.
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The guy opposite Neil Hamilton in #2 is O.P. Heggie. Just picture him with a beard and blind and playing the violin (Bride of Frankenstein).
The guy with wavy hair in #7 and 8 is definitely Grant Withers, and the guy in #9 is definitely Kenneth Thomson.
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1 hour ago, LawrenceA said:
The Dark Past (1948) - Muddled, dreary psychological crime drama from Columbia Pictures and director Rudolph Mate. Escaped con Al Walker (William Holden) on the run with his moll (Nina Foch) and his gang, decide to hide out in the cabin of psychology professor Dr. Andrew Collins (Lee J. Cobb). Collins is unfortunately visiting the cabin, along with his wife, young son, and family friends at the time, so they all become hostages. Over the next several tense hours, as Walker and his crew await a getaway boat into Canada, Dr. Collins slowly begins using his skills to analyse what makes Walker tick, and use it to help the man come to terms with what drives his violent rage. Also featuring Adele Jurgens, Stephen Dunne, Lois Maxwell, Berry Kroeger, Steven Geray, Wilton Graff, Robert Osterloh, and Ellen Corby.
With the cast and the crime drama genre, I was looking forward to this. However, it turned out to be a tedious slog of psycho-babble and hostage-situation cliches, with Holden turning in an at-times embarrassing performance. If only it took a couple of hours to solve someone's deep-seated emotional troubles, as it does in this movie. (5/10)
Source: getTV
Several years ago TCM showed this, along with Blind Alley, the earlier film version of the play. I preferred that film, with Ralph Bellamy as the psychiatrist, and Chester Morris as the gangleader. Morris seemed a better fit for the part, even though Holden is the much better actor.
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11 minutes ago, LawrenceA said:
Adventures of Don Juan (1948) - Technicolor swashbuckling adventure and romance from Warner Brothers and director Vincent Sherman. Notorious ladies' man Don Juan de Marana (Errol Flynn) has grown weary of all the duels and womanizing, and he turns himself over to the mercy of the Spanish King Phillip III (Romney Brent). Don Juan takes a job as a fencing instructor, but he gets drawn into court intrigue, and a romance with the Queen (Viveca Lindfors). Also featuring Alan Hale, Robert Douglas, Robert Warwick, Ann Rutherford, Jerry Austin, Douglas Kennedy, Jean Shepherd, Fortunio Bonanova, Una O'Connor, Aubrey Mather, and Raymond Burr.
Flynn is looking a bit older, and his health (and his drinking) was reportedly in such a state that he had to use stunt doubles, and frequently delayed filming. He isn't bad here, but this is a long way from Robin Hood, despite the presence of old pal Alan Hale. The production design is very good, and the score is rousing, but the story meanders a bit and goes on a tad too long. I still enjoyed it, though. The movie won the Oscar for Best Color Costumes (Travilla, Leah Rhodes, and Marjorie Best), and it was nominated for Best Color Art Direction. (7/10)
Source: TCM.
Max Steiner’s opening theme is fantastic, and demonstrated that he could write fanfares with the best of them [Korngold, Newman, for instance). Decades later, the theme was used again in “Zorro The Gay Blade.”
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HITS & MISSES: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow on TCM
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No doubt somebody will start a thread about that now.