Kay Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 I'm looking forward to seeing Clouds Over Europe (1939) tomorrow. I now won't have to resort to the shoddy print of this on YT-- though I would have. I love Ralph Richardson. The remake of M (1951) is also on again, which I missed a great deal of last time it was on. I'm glad I'll finally get to catch up. It seemed really good, which is really saying something since the original Fritz Lang film set a very high bar. It seemed the director, Joseph Losey, and actor taking over the Peter Lorre role, David Wayne, both do justice to Lang's film. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoryPeckfan Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Kay: so the remake of M is a fun film for crime film fans? Then I'll have to check it out. I love the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Kay: so the remake of M is a fun film for crime film fans? Then I'll have to check it out. I love the original. Suffice to say, it was far better than I was expecting from a low-budget Hollywood remake of a great foreign film, sans Peter Lorre. According to commentary, the director didn't even want to make the film, being an admirer of the original, but finally agreed when he realized he couldn't afford to refuse. It's respectful of the original, but different enough so that it's not just an inferior version of the same thing, (as remakes so often are.) But maybe I'll take this all back when I finally see the whole thing- hah. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 I'll also be taping Clouds Over Europe, as well as Fog Over Frisco Untamed Youth because I wanna. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 Thursday, March 10 3 a.m. Breathless (1960). I will go with this Godard film as my pick of the day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoryPeckfan Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 My PVR system tried several times to record The Sun Comes Up and Fog Over Frisco several times overnight, but there is a powerful windstorm in Southern BC. So ten minutes here, ten minutes there, I deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 Friday, March 11 8 p.m. The Lodger (1944). Laird Cregar is the whole show here and deservedly so. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 I have quite a few recording tomorrow. I'm going to need all the eyeball surface area I can muster to see it all. The Cowboy and the Lady The Divorce of Lady X The Lion Has Wings The Scarlet Pimpernel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Friday, March 11 8 p.m. The Lodger (1944). Laird Cregar is the whole show here and deservedly so. ...i dunno. Cregar is superb, but not the only good thing about THE LODGER... it's got a good, if slightly underused, supporting cast and some excellent production values. I saw an HD version online that was lovely to look at. Nice sharp direction by John Brahm too. And a great ending. An all-around Improvement on the good, but slightly disappointing, source novel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoryPeckfan Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 I have been recording several today. I am recording the Condemned films overnight that I have not seen already. Re: Laird Craiger: Similar to Raymond Burr, he was typecast as heavies. Unlike Burr, he didn't give up on unhealthy dieting to become slim and instead died. There was no Weight Watchers back then. He did it all himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 The Divorce of Lady X The Scarlet Pimpernel I feel that those are both excellent movies. I love the former because it is serious and magnificent actors in a romp. I find the latter to be much more than the sum of its parts. The underlying romance is very intense. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Re: Laird Craiger: Similar to Raymond Burr, he was typecast as heavies. Unlike Burr, he didn't give up on unhealthy dieting to become slim and instead died. There was no Weight Watchers back then. He did it all himself. I've never entirely bought the story that Craigar died as the result of a crash diet. I think maybe there was something else, like amphetamines, going on. Either way it's a damn shame, he was a wonderful actor and not only do I recommend THE LODGER, I LOVE HANGOVER SQUARE (1945)- it is probably one of my ten favorite films of the 1940s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 Saturday, March 12 2 p.m. The Longest Day (1962). Brilliant and huge undertaking by Daryl Zanuck. And with no computers! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 I'll be taping Lord of the Flies, as I haven't seen it, and Toys in the Attic for Gene Tierney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingrat Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 TOYS IN THE ATTIC has some of the least probable siblings: Geraldine Page, Dean Martin, and Wendy Hiller. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoryPeckfan Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 I'll be taping Lord of the Flies, as I haven't seen it, and Toys in the Attic for Gene Tierney. I would say what I thought of Lord of the Flies the book in high school which gave me nightmares, but I'm not allowed to -see Vicious Rumours thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 I would say what I thought of Lord of the Flies the book in high school which gave me nightmares, but I'm not allowed to -see Vicious Rumours thread. Try to relax, kiddo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoryPeckfan Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Tonight's lineup of Merle Oberon movies will be what I'll be watching, although I think I will skip The Lodger since I've seen it several times and only recently saw the Hitchcock version for the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoryPeckfan Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Hmmmm. Looks like a certain film starring My Darling Greg is airing on Saturday which I have seen dozens of times and is my favourite movie of all time.............. THE GUNS OF NAVARONE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 Sunday, March 13 10 a.m. Love Letters (1945). I thought this Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten film wasn’t too bad. 3:45 a.m. The Devil’s Eye (1960). I haven’t seen this Ingmar Bergman film as yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 I'll be taping The Devil's Eye as well. Also Sawdust and Tinsel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 3/13 Hits Victor/Victoria. This is a really fun film starring Julie Andrews and James Garner. Andrews is fabulous as is Robert Preston who portrays Andrews' fellow cabaret partner. So-So The Prince and the Pauper. This film features Errol Flynn, Claude Rains and Alan Hale. It also features the Mauch Twins as "The Prince and Pauper." They're okay, but they giggle too much for my tastes. However, it doesn't take away from the overall film. My complaint is that there is too much Prince and Pauper and not enough Flynn. Too bad, the Prince and Pauper weren't older (or Flynn could pass as someone much younger, which he most definitely cannot. He definitely looks like an adult man), and Flynn could have played a dual role. That is something missing from Flynn's career, a movie in which he played twins. But I digress, Rains is excellent as usual and this film I believe is the only film in which Hale plays Flynn's rival and adversary and they actually have a sword fight against one another. I'm recording: Viva Las Vegas. Normally I am not big on the Elvis films, but I really like Ann-Margret, so I'd like to see this film. It's been on before, but I keep forgetting to record it. Plus, I do like Elvis' "Viva Las Vegas" song. I would record The Smiling Lieutenant, but I still have it recorded from the last time it was on. I recorded it mainly because it was a Claudette Colbert pre-code. I haven't seen any of her pre-code films unless It Happened One Night counts as one. I'm not sure if it does. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
film lover 293 Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 speedracer5--Yes, "It Happened One Night" (1934) is a PreCode; The Code went into effect in July 1934; IHON was released in February 1934, according to TCM's page on IHON. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer5 Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 speedracer5--Yes, "It Happened One Night" (1934) is a PreCode; The Code went into effect in July 1934; IHON was released in February 1934, according to TCM's page on IHON. Thanks! I never know with the 1934 films. I believe The Thin Man is a pre-code as well, which I didn't realize until I was reading an article about pre-codes. I figured that it was one of those laws that was passed in 1933 but would go into effect in 1934. I guess that's not the case. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted March 13, 2016 Author Share Posted March 13, 2016 Monday, March 14 midnight. Rembrandt (1936). A rare opportunity to see Gertrude Lawrence on film. Roger Livesey is quite good too as the Beggar Saul. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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