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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2015 16:26:03 GMT -5
You are right about Yankee Doodle Dandy and I have it on DVD and I do watch it one an annual basis. I was very surprised to see the wide range of talent that he has. He's quite an entertainer. I associated with him playing tough guys and he often do musicals and other genre and does it quite effortlessly. My favorite Cagney movie is Footlight Parade, one of the looniest movies ever made. Then probably Yankee Doodle Dandy. His best gangster movie is White Heat.
And don't forget A Midsummer's Night Dream, where he gets turned into a donkey! (And Mickey Rooney is Puck!)
I just dig White Heat and thinking about getting the DVD. A Midsummer's Night Dream from 1935 is so entertaining - I have to watch it twice to get everything taken in. Loved them both. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jul 4, 2015 19:16:33 GMT -5
I also love and recommend the 1939 Hunchback with Charles Laughton. A sprawling, exciting epic, not really a horror film, but certainly worthy of inclusion with the Universal Frankensteins because of the depth and pathos achieved by Quasimodo. Laughton is brilliant as Quasimodo, artfully capturing the kind of sensitivity associated with similar characters like the Monster and the Elephant Man. Some of the acting is over the top (notably Edmund O'Brien in what I think may have been his first role), but this is a after all an epic film, with the emphasis on heightened emotion. It's fun to see Thomas Mitchell play a scoundrel, too. And I'm a sucker for Maureen O'Hara, too. The set is legendary: the cathedral facade is nearly 200 feet high, quite an achievement. But this was an RKO film and they were the guys who created Skull Island, remember. The storming of the cathedral is brutally violent and exciting to watch because of the excellent camera work. More than worthy of comparison with the Chaney version.  I have the 39 version as well and intend to to watch that next |
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Post by coke & comics on Jul 5, 2015 16:24:09 GMT -5
I not too long ago brought a 4 pack of such films and watched Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein and Creature from the Black Lagoon. I have not yet watched Dracula from that pack and will do so.
Beyond that, I will scroll through my sci/fi movies to watch list and see if I have any to watch that match this thread's criterion. Perhaps I'll rewatch Frankenstein or Invisible Man.
I'll also take recommendations.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2015 16:27:46 GMT -5
I not too long ago brought a 4 pack of such films and watched Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein and Creature from the Black Lagoon. I have not yet watched Dracula from that pack and will do so. Beyond that, I will scroll through my sci/fi movies to watch list and see if I have any to watch that match this thread's criterion. Perhaps I'll rewatch Frankenstein or Invisible Man. I'll also take recommendations. You can catch the Invisible Man on SVENGOOLIE this upcoming Saturday Night! |
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Post by coke & comics on Jul 5, 2015 16:33:48 GMT -5
Not really certain what does and doesn't fit the theme. Looking at my sci/fi to-watch list, I see nothing from universal of the era, but some classic horrorish films:
Doctor X (First National, 1932)
Mystery of the Wax Museum (WB, 1933)
Cat People (RKO, 1942)
The Magnetic Monster (UA, 1953)
Attach of the 50-Foot Woman (WB, 1958)
Reptilicus (Sidney Pink, 1961)
Master of the World (MGM, 1961)
Any of those seem like they might fit the bill?
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Post by shaxper on Jul 5, 2015 18:18:00 GMT -5
Not really certain what does and doesn't fit the theme. Looking at my sci/fi to-watch list, I see nothing from universal of the era, but some classic horrorish films: Doctor X (First National, 1932) Mystery of the Wax Museum (WB, 1933) Cat People (RKO, 1942) The Magnetic Monster (UA, 1953) Attach of the 50-Foot Woman (WB, 1958) Reptilicus (Sidney Pink, 1961) Master of the World (MGM, 1961) Any of those seem like they might fit the bill? Use your own definition. I would definitely count the first three on your list as being in the tone/style of the Universal classics. |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jul 5, 2015 21:38:11 GMT -5
Not really certain what does and doesn't fit the theme. Looking at my sci/fi to-watch list, I see nothing from universal of the era, but some classic horrorish films: Doctor X (First National, 1932) Mystery of the Wax Museum (WB, 1933) Cat People (RKO, 1942) The Magnetic Monster (UA, 1953) Attach of the 50-Foot Woman (WB, 1958) Reptilicus (Sidney Pink, 1961) Master of the World (MGM, 1961) Any of those seem like they might fit the bill? I'm liking your sort of out of the box thinking and I plan to do a little of the same with Dracula's Daughter, Curse of the Undead and 1994's Nadja. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2015 21:55:58 GMT -5
coke & comics - they are all classics to some degree and the two of my favorites are Doctor X and Reptilicus.
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Post by shaxper on Jul 5, 2015 22:06:06 GMT -5
Not really certain what does and doesn't fit the theme. Looking at my sci/fi to-watch list, I see nothing from universal of the era, but some classic horrorish films: Doctor X (First National, 1932) Mystery of the Wax Museum (WB, 1933) Cat People (RKO, 1942) The Magnetic Monster (UA, 1953) Attach of the 50-Foot Woman (WB, 1958) Reptilicus (Sidney Pink, 1961) Master of the World (MGM, 1961) Any of those seem like they might fit the bill? I'm liking your sort of out of the box thinking and I plan to do a little of the same with Dracula's Daughter, Curse of the Undead and 1994's Nadja. Skip Dracula's Daughter and watch Mark of the Vampire instead. It's a better sequel to Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi and directed again by Tod Browning. The only problem with the film is the terrible terrible ending. In fact, Dracula's Daughter was a shameless rip-off of the basic premise of Mark of the Vampire. |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 5, 2015 23:07:55 GMT -5
Dracula's Daughter is not one of my favorites, but it has its moments. Definitely worth seeing at least once for anybody who likes 1930s horror films!
Mark of the Vampire is good too.
Watch Devil Doll!
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Post by shaxper on Jul 5, 2015 23:12:56 GMT -5
Dracula's Daughter is not one of my favorites, but it has its moments. Definitely worth seeing at least once for anybody who likes 1930s horror films! Meh. Saw it once. Wouldn't have been a shame if I hadn't. Very forgettable in my book. I like Son of Dracula much better. It's a visual masterpiece; just light on actual story. The original Mrs. Doubtfire! |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 5, 2015 23:32:11 GMT -5
Dracula's Daughter is not one of my favorites, but it has its moments. Definitely worth seeing at least once for anybody who likes 1930s horror films! Meh. Saw it once. Wouldn't have been a shame if I hadn't. Very forgettable in my book. I like Son of Dracula much better. It's probably the first movie to treat vampirism as a psychological malady. (And yeah, it's kind of terrible as a sequel to Dracula.) It has some interesting ideas but it's too short to develop them.
There are quite a few of the Universal horror films that I've seen ten to twenty times in my life. (And a couple I've seen even more than that!) I own Dracula's Daughter because it's on a Dracula collection, but I don't watch it very often. It's a bit dull if you see it too much. (Like She-Wolf of London.) But I watch Dracula's Daughter every so often. I've seen it four or five times since 1990. It has its moments.
Also, the scene with Nan Grey. Very chilling. It's worth seeing once for Nan Grey's scene. If you think it's not worth seeing then you must not remember Nan Grey's scene.
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Post by shaxper on Jul 6, 2015 0:37:45 GMT -5
It's probably the first movie to treat vampirism as a psychological malady. (And yeah, it's kind of terrible as a sequel to Dracula.) It has some interesting ideas but it's too short to develop them. True, but you're also correct that the concept doesn't really get explored. I really like She-Wolf of London and have watched it two or three times. I think it does a far better job with psychological exploration than Dracula's Daughter. I think I know which scene you're talking about. It was powerful, but it didn't redeem the film as a whole for me. |
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Post by shaxper on Jul 6, 2015 8:47:19 GMT -5
Just found these stills from the lost 1911 film version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Looks pretty impressive:  |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jul 6, 2015 10:38:52 GMT -5
I'm liking your sort of out of the box thinking and I plan to do a little of the same with Dracula's Daughter, Curse of the Undead and 1994's Nadja. Skip Dracula's Daughter and watch Mark of the Vampire instead. It's a better sequel to Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi and directed again by Tod Browning. The only problem with the film is the terrible terrible ending. In fact, Dracula's Daughter was a shameless rip-off of the basic premise of Mark of the Vampire. I've seen Mark of the Vampire and the sort of reconstructed London After Midnight but from what I've read about Dracula's Daughter the plot doesn't sound very similar and I've heard Gloria Holden's performance rivals Lugosi's so I'm pretty interested in it. |
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