The Lady Eve Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 You are correct, *Bargar*, the glossy & glorious *The Bad and the Beautiful*...good work - this thread is yours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bargar Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Thanks! There are two sisters who are very opposite from each other. A man comes into their lives through an invitation to visit mutual friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Is it HOLIDAY with Cary Grant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 *Picnic* ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bargar Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 No, not "Holiday" or "Picnic" The man that comes into their lives is an author. He begins to fall in love with the stronger of the two sisters. She is very beautiful, strong-willed, and possessive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 *Leave Her To Heaven* ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bargar Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 lavender.....You got it! You're next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Thanks Bargar. Great film,great cast, great clues. This a B&W film from the 50's.A very weathy, successful female playright fires the lead actor because she thinks he doesn't have enough sex appeal and isn't the romantic leading type .He yells at her from the stage that she should go to a musuem in San Francisco where a portrait of Casanova hangs. He says that Casanova had a crooked,broken nose and a wart on his chin.The actor then storms off the stage.They meet again on a train where she falls in love with him during the trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 *Sudden Fear* with Joan Crawford? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Terriffic, ladyeve. Since TCM doesn't show this one often or at all, I was afraid that this question was going to linger. I like this noir very much and Joan,Jack Palance and Gloria Grahame were wonderful in it.I just rewatched this one in the last few days and if you like a good 50's thriller, I recommend this one. Great job, and now you can take over,ladyeve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainingViolets101 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 By the way, Sudden Fear is on you.tube in it's entirety... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Thanks, lavendarblue. I had an inkling of *Sudden Fear* as a Crawford film which is how I came to it. Will check out YouTube (thanks, rainingviolets). I don't think I've seen it on TCM. Here goes: A family dominates a small town. None in the family are poor, some have married for money ? or more money, and plans are underway to that could pay off very profitabily. But there?s a hitch and the maneuvering begins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Here's a wild shot- just to get things rolling - *This Earth Is Mine* ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualfeast Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Though it's not *This Earth is Mine* or *Another Part of the Forest* - those are both excellent guesses as there are definite similarities in the story lines: a proposed arranged marriage, the threat of blackmail over a criminal act, and death. A top critic of the time called it an "almost faustian tale" filled with deceit and cruelty: "The whole suspense of the picture lies in the question of who's going to sink the last knife." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 *The Young Philadelphians* ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Good guess, but not *The Young Philadelphians* - this takes place in a small town though there are connections to a big city. The hitch is that the family members making the deal for the new business enterprise are short of the total cash needed. One option that goes nowhere is marrying off a ne?er-do-well son. The best bet is to get a banker relative to invest with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 sounds a little like The Magnificent Ambersons.... but then I've not seen it in a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 You named it, it's *The Little Foxes* ! And visualfeast, you couldn't have gotten any closer than *Another Part of the Forest* - same family, different part of its history. The thread is yours Mr. 6s - good job. (Polecat - I was writing above post as you were submitting *Ambersons* - so I missed it rather than ignored it) Message was edited by: theladyeve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I'll try one. Small town family with quirks. Two visitors obsessed with murder. Black and White movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 *Shadow of a Doubt?* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavenderblue19 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 *Murder, HeSays* ? (The Fleagle family) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellyoulloyd Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I agree with theladyeve; sounds like *Shadow of a Doubt*. If we're wrong, another hint, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 yes, Lady Eve, you're right--Shadow of a Doubt. Either you're too good at this or I'm not good at this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellyoulloyd Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 how about another one... medical student loves a waitress who rejects him; she leaves, gets pregnant, then returns; he takes her in; she runs off again, then returns; he takes her in again. she dies. the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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