TomJH Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 TCM has a film scheduled tomorrow morning - MADNESS OF THE HEART. I have never heard of this film, so I have no idea how good, bad or indifferent it may be. It would be a great title for some kind of Gothic thriller, don't you think? But it made me start thinking of other movie titles that fire the imagination or, at least, make me want to know a little something more about the film. Here are some other movie titles that I happen to love, no matter what the quality of the film associated with it may be: HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT DOWN TO THEIR LAST YACHT (now that's funny!) THEY CAME TO BLOW UP AMERICA THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON THE GENERAL DIED AT DAWN BUILD MY GALLOWS HIGH (the original film title until they changed it to the decidedly less intriguing Out of the Past) THE CREATURE THAT SWALLOWED MANHATTAN Okay, I made that tacky last one up, but you get the idea. Does anyone else have any movie titles that they particularly love? I suppose we could have a sub category, as well: Worst Film With A Great Title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedya Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Favorite Movie Titles blogathon Part 1 of my entry; not all of them are great selections but in some cases I didn't want to pick the same thing everybody else did. Click the link in the sidebar for N-Z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I agree that DOWN TO THEIR LAST YACHT is a great title and it has long been one of my favorites. These are ones that get my attention: THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND (made into a film in 2008, based on Tennessee Williams' play of the same name) YOU'LL LIKE MY MOTHER (a 70s horror film with Patty Duke and Richard Thomas...I think we can guess that mama is not going to be all that nice) THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN (poor lady!) BLACK CHRISTMAS (my favorite horror film, the title is a perfect oxymoron) BLACK MAGIC (I remember I reserved the title of this Orson Welles film at my local library years ago...they called when it was in, and I went down to pick it up and instead they gave me a documentary with the same title about some innercity girls who were jumprope contest winners-- either way, it's a good title) THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (isn't that a great title!) JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN (another superb title) ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD (one hundred percent cute) WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE? (glad it was 'what' and not 'who') FIVE CAME BACK (I love that title, like the title for the TV series 'Lost') BACHELOR MOTHER (speaks for itself) I DREAMED OF AFRICA (not a particularly great movie, but a cool title) and lastly PROOF OF LIFE (with Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe-- it sounds like St. Peter is going to validate your parking, I mean, your existence) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Oh, golly. . . . Charade--a movie as good as its name. Raw Deal--uneven movie, but the title beautifully expresses the bleak world view of film noir. Magnificent Obsession--magnificent title, awful movie--both times Anastasia--love that name Night and Fog--or Nuit et Bruillard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT IS MISSING (the 1942 Powell/Pressburger WWII film...and almost ANYTHING by those two is masterful) And another very well made WWII movie... THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY(the 1957 film starring Hardy Kruger as a German POW who the Allied Forces can't seem to hold on to for very long) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValentineXavier Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I Wake up Screaming sounds like something I'd have to check out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974) is one of my favorite titles and films. In French: Céline et Julie vont en bateau. 192 minutes of pure bliss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 NIGHT AND THE CITY THE GREEKS HAD A WORD FOR THEM (or is it IT?) IT FORSAKING ALL OTHERS GOOD GIRLS GO TO PARIS (changed from the original title which had the word TOO at the end). HEAVEN WITH A BARBED WIRE FENCE THE DAMNED DON'T CRY KISS THE BLOOD OFF MY HANDS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Kimble Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Rat Pfink a Boo Boo -- greatest title of all time Why the title is Rat Pfink a Boo Boo and not the more logical Rat Pfink and Boo Boo is the subject of speculation. According to legend, Rat Pfink and Boo Boo was indeed the intended title, but when the artist creating the titles made an error and rendered the "and" as "a", Steckler's budget would not stretch to the $50 needed to fix the mistake. The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-Up Zombies -- another masterpiece from Ray Dennis Steckler. For anyone else it would be the title of a lifetime, but for Cash Flagg, it's merely runner-up. I Dismember Mama Every Little Crook And Nanny The Dead Don't Dream -- sounds like a noir-horror from Cornell Woolrich, but it's actually a Hopalong Cassidy oater I Was Born, But... -- 1932 Ozu film Even Hitler Had A Girlfriend (yes this was an actual film) The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd -- a stage musical by Newley and Bricusse, apparently never filmed. "I'm Dreaming Of A Wide Isthmus" -- episode of the short-lived sitcom The Wackiest Ship In The Army Adolf Hitler, My Role In His Downfall -- film version of Spike Milligan's war memoirs 20000 Leagues Under The Sea, Or David Copperfield -- Book by Robert Benchley Twice A Fortnight -- English TV show of the '60s A Woofer In Tweeter's Clothing -- Album by the '70s rock band Sparks The Appallingly Vile, Sickeningly Depraved, Nauseatingly Repulsive and Disgustingly Perverted Life Of A Friend Of A Mine, Oh All Right, Me -- An imaginary memoir, as listed in a "bibliography" in one of the Monty Python paperbacks. I still hope someone will film it someday. And some curios: The Case Of The Dangerous Robin -- This was not a film. It was actually a TV series, starring Rick Jason as an insurance investigator. The title has always intrigued me -- is it about one single case he works on for the entire series run? And precisely how dangerous is this bird anyway? I've never researched the matter deeply, afraid I will be disappointed by the mundanely prosaic answers. Ice Cold In Alex -- For decades, after reading the title in Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion as a young teen, I wondered what in the HELL this film could possibly be about... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikisoo Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 A Woofer In Tweeter's Clothing -- Album by the '70s rock band Sparks I lurved Sparks! I've always loved the movie title: MARS NEEDS WOMEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Some wonderful titles listed here, and then there are some others - YIKES!!! Makes me appreciate the fact that great titles are like great beauty - all in the eye of the beholder. Some others titles I like: TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE (almost makes me want to sigh with the sounds of a breeze rustling through those trees in the mountains) YODELIN' KID FROM PINE RIDGE (a B western I recorded just because it had that charmingly hokey title) NIGHTMARE ALLEY NIGHT OF THE HUNTER A NIGHT TO REMEMBER WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER ( I seem to have a thing about (k)nights) IN A LONELY PLACE THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN WHOM THE GODS DESTROY (Love to see TCM show this 1934 effort one day) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 There are several great titles on today's schedule: THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA; LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN; PANIC IN YEAR ZERO; and I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE (very funny). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY MOTHER, J U G S AND SPEED( Really, censor?) PREMATURE BURIAL BLACKULA EATING RAOUL LUST IN THE DUST THE GROOVE TUBE BETWEEN TWO WORLDS THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS CAN I DO IT TILL I NEED GLASSES? AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE OPERATION PETTICOAT THE WACKIEST SHIP IN THE ARMY "Every Crook and Nanny" was a book by Evan Hunter( "Blackboard Jungle", "Streets of Gold") and turned into a movie. Not too bad either. Love the part where Pat Morita is hammered in a bar, informing anyone who'd listen of all the letters Japanese people can't say while perfectly pronouncing them. @Richard Kimble: Thanks for mentioning SPARKS. Was trying to remember their name recently for some reason. Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 "I'm Dreaming Of A Wide Isthmus" -- episode of the short-lived sitcom The Wackiest Ship In The Army LOL This one reminds me of somethin' Jay Ward might have written for William Conrad to say as a teaser for the next episode on the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. (...and now I think you folks can see who one of the "great" influences in life was, can't ya!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 I believe that Troma Entertainment carries many expressive titles: The Killer Bra (2010) Mindslime (2007) Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006) Coons! Night of the Bandits of the Night (2005) Marijuana's Revenge (2004) Blondes Have More Guns (1996) A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell (1990) Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator (1989) Surf Nazis Must Die (1987) Beneath the Mermaids (1975) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY MOTHER, J U G S AND SPEED( Really, censor?) PREMATURE BURIAL BLACKULA EATING RAOUL LUST IN THE DUST THE GROOVE TUBE BETWEEN TWO WORLDS THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS CAN I DO IT TILL I NEED GLASSES? AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE OPERATION PETTICOAT THE WACKIEST SHIP IN THE ARMY "Every Crook and Nanny" was a book by Evan Hunter( "Blackboard Jungle", "Streets of Gold") and turned into a movie. Not too bad either. Love the part where Pat Morita is hammered in a bar, informing anyone who'd listen of all the letters Japanese people can't say while perfectly pronouncing them. @Richard Kimble: Thanks for mentioning SPARKS. Was trying to remember their name recently for some reason. Sepiatone "Lust in the Dust" was not a real film, was it? It was a nickname for DUEL IN THE SUN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 "Lust in the Dust" was not a real film, was it? It was a nickname for DUEL IN THE SUN. Yep, there actually is a 1985 western comedy with that title, finance. It starred Tab Hunter, Lainie Kazan and Devine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo2 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Yep, there actually is a 1985 western comedy with that title, finance. It starred Tab Hunter, Lainie Kazan and Devine.[/quot Yes and those filmmakers based their title on that jokey nickname for Duel in the Sun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo2 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 A few that come to mind: This Island Earth Oil for the Lamps of China What's the Matter with Helen? Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Midnight Cowboy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang The Fiend Who Walked the West The Creature from the Black Lagoon The Postman Always Rings Twice Family Plot. (love the pun) Torn Curtain I like the appeal of some one word titles: Trapeze Psycho (noun or adjective?) Footloose Bamboozled Tennessee Williams titles are nearly all "poetic" Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Summer and Smoke The Rose Tattoo Suddenly Last Summer A Streetcar Named Desire I better stop! This is fun and the list could just keep going and going and going... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo2 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 I agree that DOWN TO THEIR LAST YACHT is a great title and it has long been one of my favorites. These are ones that get my attention: THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND (made into a film in 2008, based on Tennessee Williams' play of the same name) YOU'LL LIKE MY MOTHER (a 70s horror film with Patty Duke and Richard Thomas...I think we can guess that mama is not going to be all that nice) THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN (poor lady!) Great title and I didn't know for years after this came out that there had been a 1950's Patti Page song called "Throw Momma from the Train (A Kiss, A Kiss)". Which made the movie title funnier! BLACK CHRISTMAS (my favorite horror film, the title is a perfect oxymoron) BLACK MAGIC (I remember I reserved the title of this Orson Welles film at my local library years ago...they called when it was in, and I went down to pick it up and instead they gave me a documentary with the same title about some innercity girls who were jumprope contest winners-- either way, it's a good title) THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (isn't that a great title!) JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN (another superb title) ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD (one hundred percent cute) WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE? (glad it was 'what' and not 'who') FIVE CAME BACK (I love that title, like the title for the TV series 'Lost') BACHELOR MOTHER (speaks for itself) I DREAMED OF AFRICA (not a particularly great movie, but a cool title) and lastly PROOF OF LIFE (with Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe-- it sounds like St. Peter is going to validate your parking, I mean, your existence) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Duck, You Sucker I occasionally wonder when I hear or read this alternate English language title for Leone's "A Fistful of Dynamite", if it might have contributed to the poor showing at the box office and being far less remembered than most other Leone westerns, as I always thought in many regards it was as good as any he ever made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 FLAME AND THE FLESH FLESH AND THE DEVIL THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP THE DEVIL.AND MISS JONES. I've been trying to stay away from exploitation films of any kind here (which is why I won't include the Marilyn Chambers epic from the 70s which parodies the last title) as thats a world unto itself titlewise, but I couldn't resist one: FASTER PUSSYCAT KILL KILL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredbaetz Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 To me she will always be remembered as "Schultzy" on "The Bob Cummings Show" aka "Love That Bob"..It won her two Emmys...A talented lady.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Kimble Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 To me she will always be remembered as "Schultzy" on "The Bob Cummings Show" aka "Love That Bob"..It won her two Emmys...A talented lady.. But did she have a title? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 I won't include the Marilyn Chambers epic from the 70s which parodies the last title 'The Devil in Miss Jones' (1973) did not have Marilyn Chambers in it. Georgina Spelvin was the actress known best for that one. The movie that made Chambers a "star" and for which she's best remembered is 'Behind the Green Door' (1972), which is itself a pretty cool title - especially for a porno. Interestingly, Marilyn Chambers' very first movie was 'The Owl and the Pussycat' with George Segal and Barbra Streisand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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