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2 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
Have you seen these classics:
1511.
1512.
1513.
1514.
1515.
1516.
1517.
1518.
1519.
1520.
Only ones I recognize are 1515, 1518 and 1520.
1515 I watched recently and it's watchable, if not a classic.
I saw 1518 a long time ago and if I recall I liked it quite well.
1520 is infamous for the famous dancing in his underwear scene, but I've made no secret in the past that I am no die-hard fan of the film's star.
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DEAD END (1937)
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Anthony Bushell
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I'm for remakes of films there were never really classics to begin with.
For example, 1987's ISHTAR had an interesting pretense, with two superstars in the leads (Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman), but the execution fell flat. Maybe change the premise of the story a little, update it with a more serious tone (especially in today's post 9/11 era) and with two leads that could actually sell it.
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2 hours ago, TopBilled said:
Friday August 7, 2020
Sylvia Sidney's day on TCM
one third of a nation (1939)
an american tragedy (1931)
city streets (1931)
street scene (1931)
mary burns fugitive (1935)
you only live once (1936)
dead end (1937)
fury (1936)
you and me (1938)
thirty day princess (1934)
sabotage (1936)
les miserables (1952)
summer wishes winter dreams (1973)
the wagons roll at night (1941)FURY is a great one. Also have a special fondness for DEAD END.
Recently saw THIRTY DAY PRINCESS on DVD and she was terrific in that.
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1 hour ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
One worth watching- sort of- on SYLVIA SYDNEY'S SUTS DAY would be AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (1931)- directed by VON STERNBERG- with the caveat that it's not all that good, (in fact, I recall when i first aired on TCM recently, a few posters really disliked it.) it's still worth a looksie and i like it better than A PLACE IN THE SUN, but in all honesty, I do not like A PLACE IN THE SUN at all.
SYLVIA SYDNEY is in the "poor girl" role and she's great, PHILLIPS HOLMES is the male lead and he is SMOLDERINGLY SEXY,
the location shooting is good- a lot of nice, unspoiled California lake country and there are great moments along the way: ALTHOUGH THE PROSECUTOR SCENE AT THE TRIAL AT THE END IS ONE FOR THE "BAD ACTING HALL OF INFAMY"
there is an early experimental moment with the sound (as i recall) in the scene where a bunch of partygoers on a lake discover that a body has been found.
We'll have to agree to disagree on A PLACE IN THE SUN, I think it's a fine movie.
But I did give AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY a chance, and I really liked it a lot. I do think Sylvia Sidney is a lot more sympathetic as the poor girl than Shelley Winters, I'll grant that. And Phillips Holmes is excellent as well.
They should show TRAGEDY a lot more frequent.
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4 hours ago, Bogie56 said:
Friday, August 7
Sylvia Sidney
9:45 p.m. Thirty Day Princess (1934). With Cary Grant. I haven’t seen this one.
12:45 a.m. Les Miserables (1952). Sidney might be a bit old for Fantine but she makes up for it with good acting.
I've just recently seen THIRTY DAY PRINCESS on DVD in the Cary Grant collection I recently purchased and I thought she was terrific in there.
As you say, she was a bit too old for the part of Fantine in the 1952 version of LES MISERABLES but she still does a fine job in the part.
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55 minutes ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
from April of 2019 to April of 2020, I had a lot more fun than I thought I would writing (and completing!) a screenplay which I jokingly saved on my computer as SOME **** ABOUT VAMPIRES, that is not the actual title. in writing it, i felt as if a governor had been taken off me engine and I had an awful lot of fun paying various homages to CLASSIC HORROR FILMS- of which I have been a lifelong, passionate fan.
On finishing it, I have tried to return to a screenplay I was previously working on which is grounded in reality- no horror or fantasy elements- and I am having a DEVIL OF A TIME getting back into it...
So I have been kicking around the notion of writing SOME **** ABOUT WEREWOLVES, and as such I finally got around to watching WEREWOLF OF LONDON (1935)- which is my third favorite horror film of all time and which I just adore. I could go on about it forever, but I won't.
And then I rented THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF (1961) on amazon prime.
I am a big aficianado of HAMMER HORROR and- oddly I don't recall ever sitting through this film in its entirety. I recall finding it online and TCM and in both cases, for whatever reasons, I did not finish.
I really wonder why, BECAUSE ITS A FASCINATING FILM- made all the moreso by the bottom-line dictated "artistic" decision to set the whole tale in SPAIN (Hammer had redressed THE BRAY STUDIOS BACKLOT for a SPANISH INQUISITION FILM that never ended up getting made [ed note- bet they did not expect that!] and the decision works- although these are THE MOST BRITISH SPANISH PEOPLE EVER.
This film is shocking for 1961- and holds up well today- allegedly the box office was not good (although i always take box office receipts from ye olde days with a grain of salt) Still, for a while after this film, I think HAMMER did pull back on the blood and sex. there are some really well-done jump cuts and scares in this, the make-up is excellent, and there are moments (as there often are in the best of horror films) where it totters on the brink of being a BLACK COMEDY- especially the scenes from the titular werewolf's childhood (authors note- did you know that being r a ped by a hirstute maniac, getting pregnant and then having the baby on Christmas Day will make it a werewolf? neither did I.)
YOUNG SMOKING HOT OLIVER REED EVENTUALLY SHOWS UP OVER AN HOUR IN, his performance may seem a little intense and erratic, but it makes sense.
there is also THIS which, WOOF!!!!!:
There are some men who just had no choice but to become MOVIE STARS because, had they been an electrician or a dentist or a highway patrolman, 9 out of 10 women and 1 out of every ten men they encountered in the course of a day's work would literally THROW THEMSELVES AT THEM SHOUTING "TAKE ME HERE! TAKE ME NOW!"
OLIVER REED was one such man.
THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF is a fascinating werewolf movie that I always enjoyed. Oliver Reed does a dang fine acting job as the cursed man, and I can't argue that in his prime he was one fine young stud.
WEREWOLF OF LONDON is a lot of fun to watch too, with a rare but exceptional leading performance from Henry Hull as the title character.
1941'S THE WOLF MAN gets all the werewolf love from most viewers, but, in my view, THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF and WEREWOLF OF LONDON deserve their share of applause as well.
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49 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
Have you seen these classics:
1501.
1502.
1503.
1504.
1505.
1506.
1507.
1508.
1509.
1510.
Seen all except 1503.
1506 and 1507 are my personal favorites out of all of these. I like 1504 and 1505 really well.
Not an all out admirer of Barbra Streisand, but I thought she did do a fantastic acting job in 1509.
The rest are okay.
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3 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
Thursday August 6, 2020
Burt Lancaster's day on TCM
vengeance valley (1951)
jim thorpe all-american (1951)
the flame and the arrow (1950)
the crimson pirate (1952)
brute force (1947)
seven days in may (1964)
the train (1964)
elmer gantry (1960)
birdman of alcatraz (1962)
from here to eternity (1953)
atlantic city (1980)Really terrific selection of the best of Burt, and on my birthday too!
My favs are BRUTE FORCE, SEVEN DAYS IN MAY, ELMER GANTRY and FROM HERE TO ETERNITY.
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12 hours ago, Sukhov said:
I think many hated it because it was too violent. I remember a scene where a man is shot in the face right on screen. That must have been a lot for people who were used to the Hayes Code.
The Production/Hayes code was disintegrating, so yes I can see why those who grew up with the non-threatening moviemaking technique of the 30's and 40's wouldn't take to the new changes being ushed in by the new branch of filmmakers coming about in the late 50's and especially the 60's and 70's. Still BONNIE AND CLYDE was enough of a hit that many to this day consider it to be a classic.
I imagine Crowther and a lot of folks really hated THE WILD BUNCH as well, that movie also had a lot of violence going for it.
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Just now, LornaHansonForbes said:
CONTROVERSIAL OPINION: JEAN SIMMONS's is the best performance in the film.
Yes, she was great too. It's shocking that she didn't get an Oscar nomination as well.
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4 hours ago, Bogie56 said:
Thursday, August 6
Burt Lancaster
8 p.m. Elmer Gantry (1960). This is my number 3 Best Actor performance of all time.
Great movie and a great performance from Burt Lancaster. He truly deserved his Oscar for this one.
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1 hour ago, TopBilled said:
Have you seen these classic films:
1491.
1492.
1493.
1494.
1495.
1496.
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1497.
1498.
1499.
1500.
Seen all of these.
1499, I am sorry, but as much as I love Steve Martin, the remake IMO does not hold a candle to the 1950 Spencer Tracy original.
I love 1500, I always love movies about horses.
1494 is quite charming. Also like 1492 real well.
Not sure if I've seen 1491. The rest are fair enough.
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