Bethluvsfilms
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5 hours ago, Bogie56 said:
Friday, July 24/25
2:30 a.m. The Big Doll House (1971). With Pam Grier. If these women weren't behind bars they could probably all get jobs as models.
I noticed a lot of women-in-prison films, particularly in the 70's and 80's, had a tendency to have the same plot over and over again....wrongfully convicted (or not) women exploited behind bars by the sleazy powers-that-be in charge.
Give me 1950's CAGED any day.
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18 hours ago, TopBilled said:
Thursday July 23, 2020
Jury duty on TCM
PERFECT STRANGERS with Dennis Morgan, Thelma Ritter & Ginger Rogers
Good film. Not quite up there with 12 ANGRY MEN, but still quite enjoyable all the same.
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PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE
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1 hour ago, TopBilled said:
Have you seen these classic films:
1361.
1362.
1363.
1364.
1365.
1366.
1367.
1368.
1369.
1370.
1362, 1363,1364, 1368 and especially 1369 I like really, really well.
1367 is kind of cute but I have to be in the right mood for me to want to watch it.
1365 is watchable not something I would give any awards to.
Haven't seen 1361. The rest are merely okay.
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MAMA STEPS OUT
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25 minutes ago, Allhallowsday said:
Great film, great performances.
I despise HENRY VIII. Truly a kingly ****.
Yes, a man who had 2 of his 6 wives beheaded was certainly no husband of the year, that's for sure!
Burton was great in both BECKET and ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS, but I personally feel his best film was WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (as well as being his then wife at the time Elizabeth Taylor's).
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1 hour ago, TopBilled said:
The main problem I have with DOCTOR DOLITTLE (1967) is that it's simply too long. It did not need to be 152 minutes long. They could have told that story in about 90-100 minutes.
The book is fantastic and much better!
Yes, the length certainly didn't help the film either.
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YOUNG MR. LINCOLN
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Elizabeth Russell
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Just now, TopBilled said:
What do you dislike about it so much, if I may ask...?
It just seemed too overblown and silly for me. And I usually like Rex Harrison.
I do like silly films, and I do love animals but this movie just went overboard with it. Maybe that was the point, but it just wasn't my kind of 'silly'.
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Peter Lorre
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5 minutes ago, SadPanda said:
I think this might be Ashley Judd's best performance. I love the physicality of the role.
Yes, despite the absurdity of the plot, Ashley Judd did turn in a great performance as the wronged and wrongly convicted wife. She makes you root for her to win over that snake of a husband, regardless of the legal complications of the situation.
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8 hours ago, Bogie56 said:
Wednesday, July 22
7 a.m. Once You Kiss a Stranger (1969). Carol Lynley stars in a criss-cross murder plot ala Strangers on a Train which is on at 2:30 p.m..
Sounds interesting, will have to catch that one. Hope it's better than the lackluster THROW MOMMA ON A TRAIN.
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Tony Martin
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2 hours ago, TopBilled said:
Have you seen these classic films:
1341.
1342.
1343.
1344.
1345.
1346.
1347.
1348.
1349.
1350.
1344 I absolutely enjoy tremendously.
Didn't see 1349 or 1350. 1348 I found to be mediocre.
1345 has a somewhat bad reputation but I actually found entertaining.
1346 was just bad and I mean BAD (and not the 'good' bad either!). The rest of them I found to be okay.
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Woody Strode
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2 hours ago, TopBilled said:
Tuesday July 21, 2020
Classics currently on YouTube
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND with Lee Tracy
FAST WORKERS with John Gilbert
THE CLOUDED YELLOW with Jean Simmons (be sure to catch this one!)
SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL with James Cagney
SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL is one of the few Cagney films I haven't seen.
THE CLOUDED YELLOW also sounds interesting.
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1 hour ago, TopBilled said:
Special Theme: Directed by Robert Altman
Have you seen these classic films:
1331.
1332.
1333.
1334.
1335.
1336.
1337.
1338.
1339.
1340.
I may be off my game but 1336 and 1340 are the only ones that I recognize (and I like both films quite well).
The rest I may or may not have seen but as of yet I haven't a clue as the titles of the films.
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THE BRIDE CAME C.O.D.
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Al Pacino was going pretty strong in the 70's, then went through a dry spell in the 80's (REVOLUTION was a box-office dud, as was the remake of SCARFACE, even though it's consider a cult classic of sorts today), but rebounded by the end of the decade with SEA OF LOVE and came back strong in the 90's, finally winning his long overdue Oscar for 1992's SCENT OF A WOMAN.
Jack Nicholson, once he hit it big with 1969's EASY RIDER, for the most part stayed strong IMO up until his retirement, with a few missteps here and there.
Gene Hackman likewise remained consistant with strong work (with a few exceptions I already named in THEIR WORST FILM thread) from the 70's to the 90's. It's unfortunate though that his last film was one of his least impressive work: WELCOME TO MOOSEPORT.
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THE PETRIFIED FOREST
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BURNT OFFERINGS
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THEIR BEST FILM ...
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I don't know if I have a 'favorite' when it comes to playing the part of Henry VIII, both Charles Laughton and Richard Burton were simply superb in their portrayals.
I think I would have to call it a tie.