movieman1957 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Let me give this a try. 1. The Awful Truth 2. My Favorite Wife 3. Holiday 4. Bringing Up Baby 5. The Philadelphia Story 6. Mr. Blandings 7. Talk Of The Town. 8. The Bishop's Wife 9. Bachelor and The Bobby Soxer 10. Operation Petticoat 11. Notorious 12. Destination Tokyo 13. Monkey Business 14. Gunga Din 15. The Grass Is Greener There, that sounds bland enough. Link to post Share on other sites
MissGoddess Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 > {quote:title=FrankGrimes wrote:}{quote} > I'm surprised to see you making a Cary Grant list. I never really think of you as being a Grant fan. I didn't know you liked The Awful Truth the most. > I like him, I just don't go kookoo for him. Of all his movies, I like *Charade* the most. *The Awful Truth* is just the funniest of his comedies right now. Link to post Share on other sites
FrankGrimes Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Good snowy afternoon, Movieman -- Nicely done with your Grant list. So you really do like the comedies the most. I'm the opposite of that. His Girl Friday (my favorite comedy of all) is the comedy of Grant's that I love the most, but the rest of my very favorites of his are non-comedies. Having said that, I do like Grant's comedies, for the most part. They are just less interesting to me. For the other side of Grant check out "The Howards of Virginia" and "The Pride and The Passion." Proof that not everything was a winner. Oh, throw "Night and Day" in there. Those films certainly don't call out for me, I'll say that. Hola, Manhattan Blizzard -- Yeah, I'm blaming you. I like him, I just don't go kookoo for him. You're the one who is kookoo, Cocoa Puff! Of all his movies, I like Charade the most. I have to watch that one again. I really liked it when I first saw it. The Awful Truth is just the funniest of his comedies right now. It's really good. Grant is at the top of his game. I also love some of the gags, especially the ones where Grant is hiding out. My favorite Grant comedies are: 1. His Girl Friday 2. Holiday 3. The Awful Truth (Funnier than Holiday, though. I just prefer the message of Holiday) 4. The Philadelphia Story 5. Bringing Up Baby Cary Grant Characters: 1. Geoff Carter (Only Angels Have Wings) (# 4) 2. T.R. Devlin (Notorious) (# 11) 3. Johnny Case (Holiday) (# 15) 4. Walter Burns (His Girl Friday) (# 18) 5. Joe Adams aka Joe Bascopolous (Mr. Lucky) (# 32) 6. John Robie (To Catch a Thief) (# 36) 7. Peter Joshua (Charade) (# 78) 8. Jerry Warriner (The Awful Truth) (# 82) 9. Roger O. Thornhill (North by Northwest) (# 95) 10. Johnnie Aysgarth (Suspicion) (# 104) 11. C.K. Dexter Haven (The Philadelphia Story) (# 140) 12. Nickie Ferrante (An Affair to Remember) 13. Dr. Noah Praetorius (People Will Talk) 14. Philip Shayne (That Touch of Mink) 15. Dr. Barnaby Fulton (Monkey Business) 16. Dr. David Huxley (Bringing Up Baby) Cary Grant Performances 1. Only Angels Have Wings 2. Notorious 3. His Girl Friday 4. Suspicion 5. The Awful Truth 6. North by Northwest 7. An Affair to Remember 8. Mr. Lucky 9. The Philadelphia Story 10. Holiday 11. Charade 12. To Catch a Thief 13. Bringing Up Baby 14. Monkey Business 15. People Will Talk 16. That Touch of Mink Link to post Share on other sites
FrankGrimes Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 The last 15 films that I have watched: All This, and Heaven Too Downhill Fate is the Hunter The Heiress Home from the Hill Little Caesar Madame Bovary The Man Who Came to Dinner Miss Sadie Thompson Night Train to Munich 99 River Street Picnic Seas Beneath The Smiling Lieutenant They Drive by Night So, Miss G, how do you think they ranked in terms of my liking? Link to post Share on other sites
MissGoddess Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I figure you hated them all except 99 River Street. Link to post Share on other sites
FrankGrimes Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 What?! Not even close! I gave one 9/10, two 8/10, two 7/10, six 6/10, two 5/10, two 4/10. Link to post Share on other sites
MissGoddess Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 It's too easy. 10. All This, and Heaven Too 7. Downhill 4. Fate is the Hunter 6. The Heiress 13. Home from the Hill 9. Little Caesar 11. Madame Bovary 8. The Man Who Came to Dinner 14. Miss Sadie Thompson 5. Night Train to Munich 1. 99 River Street 2. Picnic 15. Seas Beneath 3. The Smiling Lieutenant 12. They Drive by Night Link to post Share on other sites
FrankGrimes Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 It's too easy. Such confidence! You did very good, though. You were badly off (five or more) with just one of them. 1. (3.) The Smiling Lieutenant 2. (4.) Fate is the Hunter 3. (1.) 99 River Street 4. (8.) The Man Who Came to Dinner 5. (2.) Picnic 6. (5.) Night Train to Munich 7. (6.) The Heiress 8. (12.) They Drive by Night 9. (10.) All This, and Heaven Too 10. (11.) Madame Bovary 11. (9.) Little Caesar 12. (15.) Seas Beneath 13. (7.) Downhill 14. (14.) Miss Sadie Thompson 15. (13.) Home from the Hill Link to post Share on other sites
MissGoddess Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 you liked a maurice chevalier musical that much? they'll vote you out of the noirista club. Link to post Share on other sites
FrankGrimes Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 you liked a maurice chevalier musical that much? I did! It's wonderfully naughty! So now I really like two musicals, with The Smiling Lieutenant being my favorite. they'll vote you out of the noirista club. Not if they watch it! It's very sexual. Link to post Share on other sites
MissGoddess Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 > > I did! It's wonderfully naughty! So now I really like two musicals, with The Smiling Lieutenant being my favorite. > butterscotch will be pleased. you should write in her musicals thread. > they'll vote you out of the noirista club. > > Not if they watch it! It's very sexual. maybe not in the way they like. Link to post Share on other sites
FrankGrimes Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 butterscotch will be pleased. you should write in her musicals thread. The Invisible Woman isn't around! maybe not in the way they like. Excellent point. Link to post Share on other sites
MissGoddess Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 here's one you'd like. how many movies can you list that you find sensual? i mean the film's vibe or it's whole set up from the characters to the story to whatever. can you name any? Link to post Share on other sites
cagney69 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 hey fxreyman, while perusing your list I didn't see any Marx Bros. Are you not a fan or do you just not have any in your library. I also only saw three Cagney movies. Have you seen any of these favorites. 1 G Men 2 Yankee Doodle Dandy (your list) 3 Public Enemy 4 Strawberry Blonde 5 Angels with Dirty Faces (your list) 6 Bride Came C.O.D 7White Heat (your list) 8 Torrid Zone 9 Roaring Twenties 10 Captains of the Clouds 11 St. Louis Kid 12 Picture Snatcher 13 Ceiling Zero 14 Blonde Crazy 15 Mr. Roberts 15 11 C 6 Bride Came C.O.D 7 W Link to post Share on other sites
FrankGrimes Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 here's one you'd like. how many movies can you list that you find sensual? Yeah, that's one I like. i mean the film's vibe or it's whole set up from the characters to the story to whatever. can you name any? You know, this proved to be more difficult that I thought. There are films with scenes that I find sensual, but the entire vibe? That's challenging. Great question. My Favorite Sensual Films (pre-70s) You're gonna notice a trend. 10. Bell, Book and Candle 9. The Lady from Shanghai 8. Pandora and the Flying Dutchman 7. Picnic 6. The Woman on the Beach 5. Strangers When We Meet 4. Ossessione 3. Vertigo 2. Morocco 1. Mogambo I can't believe it's Ford at the top! Is there no wonder why I rate this film so highly compared to others? My Favorite "Other" Films 10. Forty Guns 9. Human Desire 8. Gun Crazy 7. God's Little Acre 6. The Night of the Iguana 5. The Seven Year Itch 4. Pushover 3. The Smiling Lieutenant 2. Fallen Angel 1. Baby Doll What are yours? I'm sure I know some of them. Link to post Share on other sites
fxreyman Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 Well, it took me several weeks, but I have finally come up with a list that shows how many appearances actors have made in the more than 600 films I own on DVD / VHS. I have well over 2,000 actors appearing in my collection. So I have decided to create a list that shows the actors with at least five (5) appearances. As Frank will see, YES Virginia I guess John Wayne tops my list with 45 films. Many of which are his "B" movies from the 1930's. Another point to make: You will notice that the actors that appeared in the original cast of the 60's tv series Star Trek that appeared in the films have at least 6 appearances. I know that they are mostly tv actors, but nonetheless, they are actors. John Wayne 45 James Stewart 24 Ward Bond 20 Cary Grant 18 Henry Fonda 17 Spencer Tracy 15 Humphrey Bogart 14 Ben Johnson 13 Gene Hackman 13 Emma Thompson 12 Harrison Ford 12 Katharine Hepburn 12 Robert De Niro 12 Robert Ryan 12 Errol Flynn 11 Robert Redford 11 Steve McQueen 11 Anthony Hopkins 10 Barbara Stanwyck 10 Burt Lancaster 10 Claude Rains 10 Joel McCrea 10 Kirk Douglas 10 Martin Balsam 10 Randolph Scott 10 Robert Duvall 10 Robert Mitchum 10 Sean Connery 10 Tom Hanks 10 Walter Brennan 10 William Shatner 10 Clint Eastwood 9 Gabby Hayes 9 Gregory Peck 9 Jack Warden 9 Alan Hale 8 Arthur Kennedy 8 Henry Daniell 8 Jack Nicholson 8 Kevin Costner 8 Robert Preston 8 William Demarest 8 William Holden 8 Audrey Hepburn 7 Bette Davis 7 Charlton Heston 7 Dana Andrews 7 Dennis Hopper 7 Dustin Hoffman 7 E.G. Marshall 7 Ernest Borgnine 7 Harry Carey Jr. 7 Henry Travers 7 Hugh Grant 7 James Coburn 7 James Doohan 7 Jason Robards 7 Lee Marvin 7 Leonard Nimoy 7 Paul Newman 7 Robert Shaw 7 Thomas Mitchell 7 Tobey Maguire 7 Walter Koenig 7 Al Pacino 6 Alec Guiness 6 Anthony Quinn 6 Bruce Cabot 6 Charles Bronson 6 David Strathairn 6 Denzel Washington 6 Faye Dunaway 6 Ginger Rogers 6 H.B. Warner 6 James Earl Jones 6 James mason 6 Jane Fonda 6 John Carradine 6 Jospeh Cotten 6 Lionel Barrymore 6 Maureen O'Hara 6 Melvyn Douglas 6 Meryl Streep 6 Michael Caine 6 Murray Hamilton 6 Myrna Loy 6 Nichelle Nichols 6 Olivia de havilland 6 Patricia Neal 6 Raymond Massey 6 Richard Widmark 6 Rod Steiger 6 Sidney Poitier 6 Slim Pickens 6 Una O'Connor 6 Vera Miles 6 William H. Macy 6 Andy Devine 5 Barry Fitzgerald 5 Brian Donlevy 5 Bruce Dern 5 Christopher Plummer 5 Dean Jagger 5 Deborah Kerr 5 Denholm Elliot 5 Donald Crisp 5 Donald Sutherland 5 Ed harris 5 Edward Binns 5 Edward Everett Horton 5 Frnaces McDormand 5 Fred Astaire 5 Gary Cooper 5 Gene Lockhart 5 George macready 5 Gloria Grahame 5 Jack Hawkins 5 Jack Lemmon 5 James Whitmore 5 Jay C. Flippen 5 Jean Arthur 5 Jeff Daniels 5 John Cazale 5 John Ireland 5 John Travolta 5 Julie Andrews 5 Karl Malden 5 Kevin Kline 5 Melville Cooper 5 Mildred Natwick 5 Millard Mitchell 5 Morgan Freeman 5 Natalie Wood 5 Patrick Wayne 5 Paul Stewart 5 Peter O'Toole 5 R.G. Armstrong 5 Ralph Bellamy 5 Ray Collins 5 Richard Burton 5 Richard Dreyfuss 5 Richard Jaeckel 5 Ronald Coleman 5 Russell Crowe 5 Sam Jaffe 5 Scott Glenn 5 Shelley Winters 5 Shirley Jones 5 Sig Ruman 5 Simon Oakland 5 Sterling Hayden 5 Strother Martin 5 Thelma Ritter 5 Victor McLaglen 5 Walter Abel 5 Walter Matthau 5 Walter Pidgeon 5 Whit Bissell 5 Wilford Brimley 5 William Powell 5 Woody Strode 5 George Takei 5 Noah Beery Jr. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
DownGoesFrazier Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Eggs, milk, juice, butter, potatoes. graham crackers, soup, decaf coffee, non-dairy creamer, frozen peas, rye bread. Link to post Share on other sites
FrankGrimes Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Nicely done, Rey! I know how laborious a process all of that can be. I'm impressed by your having 12 Robert Ryan films and 10 Robert Mitchum flicks. Two of my faves. Ironically, our top three are the very same. This is DVD only: Actors 64 John Wayne 38 James Stewart 36 Ward Bond 34 Gary Cooper 32 Jack Pennick 27 Francis Ford 24 John Carradine 24 Boris Karloff 24 Hank Worden 23 Tyrone Power 22 Cary Grant 21 Henry Fonda 20 Robert Mitchum 19 Humphrey Bogart 19 Walter Brennan 19 Russell Simpson 19 Will Wright 18 Harry Carey, Jr. 17 Yakima Canutt 17 Samuel S. Hinds 17 Marc Lawrence 17 George Sanders 16 Lon Chaney, Jr. 16 John Qualen 16 Robert Ryan 16 Frank Sinatra 15 Don Beddoe 15 J. Farrell MacDonald 15 Dennis O'Keefe 14 Bruce Cabot 14 William Demarest 14 Dan Duryea 14 Jack Elam 14 Wallace Ford 14 Porter Hall 14 Gabby Hayes 14 Harry Morgan 13 Dana Andrews 13 Elisha Cook, Jr. 13 Ben Johnson 13 Charles McGraw 13 Thomas Mitchell 13 Alan Napier 13 Franklin Pangborn 13 Edward G. Robinson Actresses 23 Mae Marsh 22 Bette Davis 19 Marilyn Monroe 18 Ann Doran 18 Gene Tierney 17 Ellen Corby 16 Barbara Stanwyck 15 Linda Darnell 14 Gloria Grahame 14 Maureen O'Hara 13 Rita Hayworth 13 Anna Lee 12 Jane Darwell 12 Marlene Dietrich 12 Ava Gardner 12 Esther Howard 12 Deborah Kerr 11 Carole Lombard 11 Myrna Loy 10 Beulah Bondi 10 Kim Novak 10 Lucile Watson 10 Loretta Young 9 Sara Allgood 9 Ingrid Bergman 9 Susan Hayward 9 Grace Kelly 9 Marie Windsor 8 Heather Angel 8 Spring Byington 8 Joan Crawford 8 Gale Sondergaard 8 Shelley Winters Link to post Share on other sites
MissGoddess Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Mae Marsh and Francis Ford! Yay! Link to post Share on other sites
fxreyman Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 Thank you sir! Yes, it was laborious, but at the same time quite fun. I am amazed that you have 64 of John Wayne in your collection. You must have quite a few of his 1930's "B" westerns, huh? Yours is a list that encompases so much more than mine. I tried to include as many of the character actors as I could, but after a while it became too much. So I ended up just including those performances that an actor would appear in five or more films, otherwise my list would have been miles long. I am now starting to look at directors. That list should be on here sooner rather than later. Link to post Share on other sites
FrankGrimes Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Yes, it was laborious, but at the same time quite fun. I'm glad you had some fun with it. It was a little rough going for me. I am amazed that you have 64 of John Wayne in your collection. You must have quite a few of his 1930's "B" westerns, huh? I have about 20 of them. I have this public domain collection of Wayne's: http://www.amazon.com/John-Wayne/dp/B000A2XC6W/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1296248167&sr=1-1 The rest of the films I have of his are legit. I have six box sets. I still need to get four Wayne boxes, but one is OOP. Yours is a list that encompases so much more than mine. I tried to include as many of the character actors as I could, but after a while it became too much. When I first started out, I only included the biggest of stars and some supporting performers. But once I had them cataloged, I started to expand my list with future purchases. So every DVD that I add to my catalog, I will look to add a few new names to my performer list. I am now starting to look at directors. That list should be on here sooner rather than later. Yeah, that's an easy one to piece together. The only other items I catalog are years and I denote if a film is a film noir or western. I may eventually add cinematographer. Link to post Share on other sites
FrankGrimes Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Mae Marsh and Francis Ford! Yay! You're evil and you know it! Link to post Share on other sites
movieman1957 Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 More Hank Worden than Walter Brennan. That is the John Wayne total kicking in. Link to post Share on other sites
FrankGrimes Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 More Hank Worden than Walter Brennan. That is the John Wayne total kicking in. You make it sound like a disease. I think you're right! Link to post Share on other sites
fxreyman Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 So here then is my list of directors from my collection. Again, I chose not to show every director. In this list, different from the actors I have decided to show directors with 3 or more films each. If they are under 3 then I am not showing them. Too bad for them. I know who they are and that is more important. As you can see Pappy leads the way. John Ford 17 Howard Hawks 12 Alfred Hitchkock 11 Robert N. Bradbury 11 George Cukor 10 Michael Curtiz 10 Billy Wilder 9 John Huston 8 Preston Sturges 8 Raoul Walsh 7 Sidney Lumet 7 Alan J. Pakula 6 Clint Eastwood 6 Frank Capra 6 Fred Zinnemann 6 George Stevens 6 John Frankenheimer 6 John Sturges 6 Robert Wise 6 Sam Peckinpah 6 Steven Spielberg 6 Sydney Pollack 6 Anthony Mann 5 Budd Boetticher 5 James Cameron 5 Mervyn LeRoy 5 Richard Brooks 5 Stanley Kubrick 5 William Wyler 5 Andrew V. McLaglen 4 Blake Edwards 4 Charles Chaplin 4 Don Siegel 4 Edward Dmytryk 4 Francis Ford Coppola 4 Henry Hathaway 4 Mark Sandrich 4 Martin Ritt 4 Michael Mann 4 Norman Jewison 4 Victor Fleming 4 Vincente Minnelli 4 Cecil B. DeMille 3 David Lean 3 Edward Zwick 3 Ernst Lubitsch 3 James Whale 3 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 3 Lewis Milestone 3 Martin Scorsese 3 Michael Powell 3 Mike Nichols 3 Otto Preminger 3 Penny Marshall 3 Peter Hyams 3 Richard Lester 3 Robert Aldrich 3 Robert Redford 3 Robert Zemeckis 3 Sam Wood 3 Stanley Donen 3 Stanley Kramer 3 William Wellman 3 Edited by: fxreyman on Jan 28, 2011 6:02 PM Edited by: fxreyman on Jan 28, 2011 6:06 PM Edited by: fxreyman on Jan 28, 2011 6:08 PM Link to post Share on other sites
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