Bethluvsfilms

Indeed, Alan Arkin was deliciously nasty, so evil in 1967's WAIT UNTIL DARK, tormenting poor blind Audrey Hepburn like that. Roat will go down in history as one of the screen's all time best villains. He should have been nominated that year along with Hepburn IMO.

May he R.I.P. I didn't care for MIDNIGHT EXPRESS or EVITA, but I do like MISSISSIPPI BURNING, SHOOT THE MOON, ANGELA'S ASHES and BIRDY. And ANGEL HEART gave me the creeps.

Awesome selection. Especially looking forward to DOUBLE INDEMNITY.

John Dennis

I would love to see anything with Robert Mitchum, he's always been one of my favorites. Don't think I've seen PURSUED or BEYOND THE LAST FRONTIER, but would very much like to one day.

Awesome! Even with the short career she had, Garbo always made an impression onscreen.

Gene Hackman may have won an Oscar for THE FRENCH CONNECTION, but I personally think his best work during the 70's was 1974's THE CONVERSATION. Of course a story like that wouldn't play in today's generation, what with YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and other social media around. Still a great film. As much as I liked Albert Finney in MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, Hackman should have been nominated in his place instead.

Seen all except for 1447. 1443, 1444, 1445, 1448 and 1449 are the winners of the bunch for me. Particularly 1445 is poignant since it was the last film for both Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe, and 1449 a much more watchable film for me of the teaming of Tom Hanks and Sally Field than the later Oscar-winning FORREST GUMP. 1450 had potential but it fell flat for me. Plus Bette Midler I'm not too crazy about anyway.

TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH

Good film, and an interesting pairing between Stanwyck and Hayden.

WARNING SHOT

Robert Mitchum

I love this film, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff and Jack, what a combo!

WITHOUT LOVE

SPORTING BLOOD

LADY LUCK

Well, to each their own. I don't feel that broadness is necessarily a bad thing. While it may not have been THE definite role of his career (that would go to Cody Jarrett in WHITE HEAT), I still think he turned in a terrific performance as the ship's Captain in MISTER ROBERTS.

Looking forward to all of these! THE BIRDS still freaks me out and THE RAVEN, while not faithful to the original source material, is still a lot of fun to watch thanks to the inspired combo of Vincent Price, Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre (heck, they even threw a young Jack Nicholson in here!).

Audrey Totter

I'm surprised you didn't like Cagney's part in the film. IMO, he managed to be both believably contemptable (love his confrontations with Fonda's Doug Roberts) and hilariously uproarious (his throwing a hissy fit when he confronts Roberts about Roberts being the one who threw his precious palm tree overboard just kills me!). I admit I never saw the original play so I don't know how the role of the Captain played out in there, but I do know I did appreciate Cagney's acting skill in this one. But all four of the leading men did such a bang-up acting job.

Seen all except 1438. 1433 and 1434 are the ones I like to watch the most. 1439, I am sorry but I definitely do NOT consider it to be one of Robin Williams' best.

TIME LIMIT

KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE

From a studio point of view, I suppose HOLD BACK THE DAWN did put Olivia on the map as an actress on her own rather than lend support to her more famous co-stars, but when it comes to audiences/viewers when they hear Olivia's name, I think a good majority of them have Melanie from GONE WITH THE WIND and/or the number of films she made with Errol Flynn pop into their minds.

Or worst yet, how about Bette being bumped in favor of Joan Crawford? Now that would REALLY have Bette rolling in her grave.