The 1st Classic Movie Director That Comes To Mind

[Princess of Tap]

Ques:

Movie with vicious Birds

 

Ans:

Alfred Hitchcock, "The Birds"

 

( Since this is a top of the mind thread,

there is no one right answer.)

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A movie with a disobedient, obstreperous young heiress

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It Happened One Night - Frank Capra

an office situation

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Executive Suite

Robert Wise

 

Next: A psychiatric clinic or hospital

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The Cobweb - Vincente Minnelli

mostly takes place in Florida

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 Key Largo

John Huston

 

Next: A biopic musical

[LonesomePolecat]

YANKEE DOODLE DANDY, directed by the amazing Michael CUrtiz

 

next

your favorite Director

[Princess of Tap]

 A movie showing how to(ALMOST) get away with murdering your wife

Vertigo

Alfred Hitchcock

 

Next:  A movie about a political "hero"

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Capra's MR SMITH

 

next

a director not born in the USA

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A movie about a troubled childhood

"The 400 Blows"-- Francois Truffaut

 

Next:  A movie with a plethora of stars

[Det Jim McLeod]

The Poseidon Adventure by Ronald Neame

Next-great film version of great play

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A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof-- Richard Brooks

 

Next: A movie with a screenplay by Gore Vidal

[Arturo]

SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER.  Director: Joseph Mankiewicz.

Next: A movie depicting the London Fire.

[Princess of Tap]

Hangover Square-- John Brahm

 

Next: A  critically-acclaimed Western

[Arturo]

40 minutes ago, Princess of Tap said:

Hangover Square-- John Brahm

 

Next: A  critically-acclaimed Western

Question: the answer above depicts a fire in London, but i was going for the Great London Fire of the 1660s.  What happens now?

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1 hour ago, Arturo said:

Question: the answer above depicts a fire in London, but i was going for the Great London Fire of the 1660s.  What happens now?

This is a top of the Mind thread-- there doesn't have to be one correct answer. 

Next: A critically acclaimed Western

[Arturo]

PoT,

Thank you for the response.

MY DARLING CLEMENTINE directed by John Ford.

Next: A movie set in a small town in pre-Revolution era Russia.

[Princess of Tap]

Fiddler on the Roof, Norman Jewison

 

 Next: A suspense movie where people are not what they seem to be

 

 

[Arturo]

Alfred Hitchcock's FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT.

Next: Film where a stagecoach gets ambushed.

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Stagecoach, John Ford

 

Next: A comedy with a surprise ending

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Some Like It Hot - Billy Wilder ( Joe E. Brown's last line makes it a surprise ending)

movie about theater people

 

[shutoo]

All About Eve--Joseph L. Mankiewicz

next--memorable courtroom scene

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A Free Soul, Clarence Brown

 

Next: A musical with a sad ending

[shutoo]

West Side Story--directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise (who did not acknowledge each other when they accepted their Oscars...)

next--director is also the screenwriter

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Touch of Evil - Orson Welles

director also appears in the film he's directed