lococardinal Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Like the old 40's low-budget "Detour". Definetely an indie classic from that time period. I'm just asking the question because other than foreign movies it seems every movie shown is from or distributed by a major studio. I know these rare movies may be hard to get. How about an indie night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeanddaisy666 Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Or 'Impact'? Be still my heart. I adored "indies" from that era. How do you classify "indies", though loco? Thought these favorites of mine were just 'B' movies. You know, the movies with Lizabeth Scott? Loved 'em, just loved 'em. Watching 'Outward Bound' with Leslie Howard and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. right now on tape. They intro'ed it with three screens of text, which the audience of today wouldn't even be able to read. Wonderful fantasy movie, there's no other type of movie that better defines my soul than these movies. I still wish TCM could get 'Stairway to Heaven' with David Niven. Ah well, can't be everything to everybody, right TCM? Thankfully...I know, I know, you're not...if you went away right now, I have enough glorious b/w movies to keep me happy for a long, long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lococardinal Posted August 26, 2004 Author Share Posted August 26, 2004 For the most part Stoney the black and white of what is an indie and what isn't would be which movies were produced by the big Hollywood production companies, and which were done independently from them. The grey may be which companies are considered the biggies. Or if it was just distributed by a big company is it still independant. I think even Republic although small with alot of B-movies was still one of the big boys. The movie I mentioned Detour was done by some small company (PNR or PRN or something like that). It may of been someone running his business out of his garage. Ed Wood would be another example. These had no affiliation with Warner, RKO, MGM, etc. Nowadays an indie can be a big movie like The English Patient or whatever it was called. It won an Acadamy Award in some category. Back in the 40's and 50's I'm sure there was never an indie that won anything. So basically being a B-movie doesn't make it an indie because the big companies do produce some of them. The concept is much the same with the record industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brackenhe Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 It seems to me that the indie revolution started in the 50's as a result of the black list. I've seen a few from this time (my favorite--The Little Fugitive.) Then in the 60's people like Roger Corman, FF Coppola, Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper started their own production companies. Anyway, it seems to me TCM has shown a few independents from that era but it would be nice to see more. And I would think it would less expensive to get these than some of the other studios' films that they don't have rights to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeanddaisy666 Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Even Monogram was part of the studio system? I have to pay more attention to the company behind the films I am watching. Interesting, loco, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgedrv Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 The studio you mentioned was called PRC. They made mainly 'B' films in the forties. Another independent studio was Eagle-Lion which was later taken over by United Artists. One of their more interesting films was REPEAT PERFORMANCE which starred Joan Leslie, Zachery Scott and Richard Basehart. An intesting premise about an actress who gets her wish to repeat an entire year over again. This one has disappeared from TV completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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