visualfeast Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Maybe...but it's not Chicken Run 3. This is a very atmospheric film...cold...damp, with an accent on the occult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonesomePolecat Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 by some angles that could still be Chicken Run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualfeast Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Nope. The female of the pretty-much two star film was nominated for an Oscar, but lost out to (oh my god) Mary Poppins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 You must mean *Seance on a Wet Afternoon* with Kim Stanley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualfeast Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 i DO...Could never understand why she didn't win an Oscar...Your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Thanks visualfeast. You've been picking some very interesting movies lately. Agree on Kim Stanley. Of course, the list of those who deserved Oscars but never got them is long ... - will be back with a movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 An RKO comedy/drama. The film?s director was a Best Picture-nominated studio director. The plot of the film centers on the pragmatic plans of the protagonist whose sights are set on making a lucrative match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 This is the only film the two co-stars made together but their chemistry is powerful. The male lead was already a star and about to become an even bigger star. The female lead was a beautiful, aristocratic and accomplished actress who would become very popular but eventually typecast. Set in the 1930?s, it?s the story of a discerning woman who manages to marry a wealthy scion. Though theirs starts as something of a convenient marriage, love and respect develop between the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 This one doesn't seem to be going anywhere yet - I'll try putting it together another way: A discerning woman sets her sites on and manages to marry a wealthy scion. Though the marriage is initially an obligatory undertaking, the two come to love and respect each other. But there?s an underlying problem. The wife trapped her husband into the marriage.When he finds out he was set up he?s outraged and takes up with an old flame. Next stop - divorce. It's an RKO picture, B&W, 1930's, with two well-respected actors. The male lead went on to make a string of very big hits; the female lead became a star, too, but was consistently cast in "women's films" in the same type of role and her career waned. The director was a successful studio director, Oscar nominated; his son is a currently active Oscar nominated actor. TCM restored this film (the uncensored version) and it was shown recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metz44 Posted April 26, 2009 Author Share Posted April 26, 2009 sounds very much like "dodsworth" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanclassic Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Ooooooooh! Rats! I can't remember the title! Was it that one with William Powell and Ann Harding? (I think I'm having a Senior Moment here...) I cheated! Checked idmb. "Double Harness"! Message was edited by: jim2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Jim2, it is *Double Harness* - a film that aired on TCM April 18 (first time I'd seen it) with William Powell and Ann Harding - directed by John Cromwell (whose adopted son is James Cromwell) who also directed *Since You Went Away* which was nominated for Best Picture, 1944. By the way, Jim, I don't have such a fabulous memory that I have all the info I do on *Double Harness* tucked safely away in my head. My main reference (aside from having recently seen the film on TCM) for *Double Harness* was the TCM database. Good work! The thread is yours! (Metz44, good to hear from you again - good guess w/ *Dodsworth* ) Message was edited by: theladyeve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanclassic Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 How about that! I got one! (just as an aside--is anyone having trouble login on? It took me a dozen tries!) In this movie, a young boy, with an obvious physical differnce,sitting in a police station, refuses to tell his name or where he is from, until an officer gets him to tell his story. Seems he is an orphan, whose parents were killed in the Blitz in London. Now, he lives with his an older man he calls "Gramps". He wakes one morning, expecting a present from "Gramps", you see, it's his birthday. He gets quite an unexpected present! The movie revolves around his, and other peoples, reactions to his present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 *The Boy With Green Hair* ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanclassic Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Got it in one, cmv! One of my favorite Dean Stockwell pictures. I always thought he was so good, and very realistic in all of his roles. You turn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Thanks, jim2. Trying one from the 1970s. A school-age boy is bothered by his widowed mother's morose loneliness. The death of his father, who had been a merchant ship's officer, has left the both of them lacking. (7,360) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 The setting is a coastal village in England that serves a small harbor. The boy hangs with a small group of schoolmates in aclique that is ruled somewhat by one of their number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmvgor Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Sixes; Correct. This one doesn't get aired often. I guess the subject matter of the neo-Nazi boys' club is considered distasteful. I haven't seen it since the VHS was released. I remember that the off- screen romance between Sarah Miles and Kris Kristofferson caused some commentary in the press at the time of filming. Your thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 *The Invisible Boy* (1957)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 Mr.6's - you always post interesting ones. I remembered having seen something like you described with that little boy (Richard Eyer) from *The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad* - around the same time - and that was it. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 deleted (duplicate) Message was edited by: theladyeve to delete duplicate message Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 A rich girl out on the town finds her way to a nightclub/gaming establishment. The place is a haunt for an international crowd and she?s very taken with the atmosphere ? and with a very good-looking, raffish fellow who catches her eye. She makes her move and he offers no resistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metz44 Posted April 30, 2009 Author Share Posted April 30, 2009 sounds like mr. lucky (1943)...??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 It does sound like *Mr. Lucky*, but it's not - this film had to go through more than 2 dozen revisions before it was cleared by the censors... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lady Eve Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 The wealthy young woman continues to pursue the man and, over several weeks, degenerates into an alcohol-soaked gambler, losing much money and property along the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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