Bethluvsfilms

THE STRATTON STORY

MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY has a great performance from Charles Laughton as the hated Captain Bligh. I would also recommend 2 other Laughton performances. The obsessed, law-obiding, Inspector Javert in the 1935 LES MISERABLES, unrelenting in his pursuit of Jean Valjean (Fredric March). It's easy to dislike Javert but at the same time you also can't help pitying him when (SPOILER ALERT) Valjean's act of sparing his life challenges his life long belief of "once a no-good criminal, always a no-good criminal." And the tragic Quasimodo in 1939'S THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, he just breaks your heart, his closing line "Why was I not made of stone?" is heart-wrenching as he sees his beloved Esmeralda (Maureen O'Hara) riding off with another man.

Actually I think THE SEARCHERS is the greatest western ever made. SHANE just put me to sleep.

My top 10 favorites (not necessarily in order): HONDO, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, KISS ME KATE, ROMAN HOLIDAY, GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, THE ROBE, MOGAMBO, HOUSE OF WAX, YOUNG BESS, JULIUS CAESAR. You couldn't pay me enough money to sit through SHANE again, sorry to say.

Tom Brown

Sidney Blackmer

Walter Huston

THE PRISONER OF ZENDA

LITTLE CAESAR

DOUBLE INDEMNITY

THE APARTMENT

Lily Tomlin

TIME BANDITS

Fred Astaire as Hannibal Lector and Lucille Ball as Clarice Sterling in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

THE OMEN

TELEFON

ANGEL AND THE BADMAN

KING KONG (1933)

MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM

All this talk, now I know I gotta see this movie...it sounds so good! And you can't go wrong with Bette and Errol.

CAPE FEAR (1962 version) with Frank McHugh as Max Cady and Groucho Marx as Sam Bowden.

DODGE CITY

While it is not up to the classic status of CASABLANCA and THE MALTESE FALCON, I quite enjoyed this film. I always enjoy the banter between Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet in ANY film. I too liked the sparring with Bogey and Mary Astor. I agree with your assessment that the title refers to the what was going on with Japan at the time

ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN

THE FLAME AND THE ARROW