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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2015 20:44:05 GMT -5
Just finished watching Modern Times with Charlie Chaplin...definity my favorite Chaplin film though I think his best film is City Lights...if that makes sense. The ending of that film always gets me teary eyed. Probably in my Top 5 movie endings if I ever made a list. Any other Chaplin fans?
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Post by Hoosier X on Oct 14, 2015 8:31:22 GMT -5
Just finished watching Modern Times with Charlie Chaplin...definity my favorite Chaplin film though I think his best film is City Lights...if that makes sense. The ending of that film always gets me teary eyed. Probably in my Top 5 movie endings if I ever made a list. Any other Chaplin fans? I love City Lights and The Gold Rush so much! I highly recommend The Rink if you've never seen it. You can usually find it for free online somewhere. I watch about once a year. It's only twenty minutes.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2015 9:26:15 GMT -5
Just finished watching Modern Times with Charlie Chaplin...definity my favorite Chaplin film though I think his best film is City Lights...if that makes sense. The ending of that film always gets me teary eyed. Probably in my Top 5 movie endings if I ever made a list. Any other Chaplin fans? I love City Lights and The Gold Rush so much! I highly recommend The Rink if you've never seen it. You can usually find it for free online somewhere. I watch about once a year. It's only twenty minutes. Yes I have seen it and it's a good one...I have seen and own pretty much everything that Chaplin has been in that is available to watch and purchase from 1914 and on.
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Post by Hoosier X on Oct 14, 2015 9:32:59 GMT -5
I love City Lights and The Gold Rush so much! I highly recommend The Rink if you've never seen it. You can usually find it for free online somewhere. I watch about once a year. It's only twenty minutes. Yes I have seen it and it's a good one...I have seen and own pretty much everything that Chaplin has been in that is available to watch and purchase from 1914 and on. I've seen a lot of the short films and all of his feature films, including A Woman of Paris and The Countess from Hong Kong. I saw The Countess from Hong Kong on YouTube and it's not quite as bad as its reputation. Carol Cleveland (from Monty Python's Flying Circus!) is in it.
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 14, 2015 9:36:31 GMT -5
There's a whole batch of "English village" movies that I love for many reasons, but that I can also watch just for the ambiance, including Suspicion, Rebecca, The Uninvited, Mrs. Miniver, Random Harvest, and Went the Day Well? No idea if such places exist, but I want them to, just as I want places like Bedford Falls, Carvel, Blair General Hospital to exist. How about Royston Vesey? Never heard of it, but looked it up and will be on the hunt for it! Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2015 9:59:03 GMT -5
Yes I have seen it and it's a good one...I have seen and own pretty much everything that Chaplin has been in that is available to watch and purchase from 1914 and on. I've seen a lot of the short films and all of his feature films, including A Woman of Paris and The Countess from Hong Kong. I saw The Countess from Hong Kong on YouTube and it's not quite as bad as its reputation. Carol Cleveland (from Monty Python's Flying Circus!) is in it. Yes Countess from Hong Kong is not as bad as people say though I rarely watch it. Have you seen Chaplin starring Robert Downey Jr.? It's a pretty good movie even if only based on Downey's's performance alone.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Oct 14, 2015 17:10:28 GMT -5
She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945) Rosalind Russell, Lee Bowman
An Icon Of Screwball Comedy Selection
Rosalind is a psychologist who believes in self control. Lee is a comic strip artist who believes in indulging your impulses. She dislikes him, he's stalking her. In fact, Lee teams up with Rosalind's father to have a marriage performed without her knowledge. There should be a law against that. To top it off, one of Rosalind's patients is a saucy blond starlet who is only attracted to other women's men.
And after writing that up, it sounds better than what I watched. But maybe that's me. Not a big fan of Rosalind Russell and Lee Bowman, who I never heard of, has the same cheesy Melvyn Douglas mustache and his character here is another simp. The situations are OK, its the writing that's not funny. However you do get to see Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer from the Lil' Rascals for a total of 30 seconds as a delivery boy. He should have gotten another agent . Also, as a passenger on a train, is the immortal Arthur Q. Bryan-the voice of Elmer Fudd. He's vewwwwy funny. Plus a quicky cameo of Darren McGavin as a hospital patient and Charlie Chan's Mantan Moreland plus Willie Best as railway porters. The cameos made up for my time invested in the film
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Oct 14, 2015 17:26:10 GMT -5
Duel At Ichijoji Temple AKA Samurai II (1955) Toshiro Mifune
We left of with Takezo (Mifune) a brutish swordsmen, broken like a wild stallion by a Buddhist priest and beginning his journey to become a true samurai (whatever that means but it sounds good). He now goes by the name of Musashi Miyamoto. He's been told his prowess is strictly due to his great strength which will ultimately fail him and has much to learn to be a noble warrior. He meets and defeats a master of the whirling metal chain in battle. He takes on students of the Yashiyoka school of fighters and challenges the school master. The master agrees to meet him in battle. All Musashi has to do first is defeat 80 students at the same time in a rice paddy. Meanwhile 2 women pine for the love of Musashi and were introduced in the first film. Akemi, a beautfiul but "soiled" girl who lured Musashi's boyhood friend away from his fiancee. And then there's Otsu- the former fiancee herself who now loves Musashi and is willing to shave her head and become a nun if her love is not returned. But Musachi says" I love my sword more than women". I can interpret that in different ways
The world's first planned movie trilogy- is there someone out there with a different choice? Great stuff, in color but a much darker palette than the first film. A nice Western symphonic soundtrack as well. Its a Criterion, damn it, that sums it up. I'm loving it
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Oct 15, 2015 12:33:01 GMT -5
My Sister Eileen (1942) Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Janet Blair, George Tobias, Gordon Jones
An Icon Of Screwball Comedy Production
Fledgling writer Ruth (Russell), and her beautiful sister, the aspiring actress Eileen (Blair) move from Columbus, Ohio to New York City to land their dream jobs. Hardly any money to spare, they get a crappy basement apartment with subway demolition going on nearby. Wacky neighbors, landlords , drifters, con men and other assorted walk-ins abound
I saw the 1955 musical comedy version a month or so ago. Even though that had Jack Lemmon and Janet Leigh in it, all in color, I prefer this one instead. Truly funny and seems faithful to the hit stage play. Rosalind Russell shines here-the first time I can say that. Gordon Jones (Mike The Cop from the Abbott & Costello show), the fun George Tobias as the conniving landlord and Janet Blair as Eileen also excel but Brian Aherne is a bit of a stiff. Jack Lemmon was so much better in that role. The dialogue and situations are excellent, remindful of a Neil Simon production. If it wasn't from 1942 I would have been fooled that it wasn't
The movie ends with a super special surprise cameo appearance. Lets just say it was from a 3 man comedy team making Columbia short subjects at that time
The final screwball comedy of the 12-movie collection and a great time was had by yours truly, seeing all these 1930-1940s Columbia presentations for the first time
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Post by Hoosier X on Oct 16, 2015 11:18:23 GMT -5
My Sister Eileen (1942) Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Janet Blair, George Tobias, Gordon Jones An Icon Of Screwball Comedy Production Fledgling writer Ruth (Russell), and her beautiful sister, the aspiring actress Eileen (Blair) move from Columbus, Ohio to New York City to land their dream jobs. Hardly any money to spare, they get a crappy basement apartment with subway demolition going on nearby. Wacky neighbors, landlords , drifters, con men and other assorted walk-ins abound I saw the 1955 musical comedy version a month or so ago. Even though that had Jack Lemmon and Janet Leigh in it, all in color, I prefer this one instead. Truly funny and seems faithful to the hit stage play. Rosalind Russell shines here-the first time I can say that. Gordon Jones (Mike The Cop from the Abbott & Costello show), the fun George Tobias as the conniving landlord and Janet Blair as Eileen also excel but Brian Aherne is a bit of a stiff. Jack Lemmon was so much better in that role. The dialogue and situations are excellent, remindful of a Neil Simon production. If it wasn't from 1942 I would have been fooled that it wasn't The movie ends with a super special surprise cameo appearance. Lets just say it was from a 3 man comedy team making Columbia short subjects at that time The final screwball comedy of the 12-movie collection and a great time was had by yours truly, seeing all these 1930-1940s Columbia presentations for the first time Isn't Jeff Donnell in this? She's the actress with a boy's name who has small but usually memorable parts in a few great Hollywood movies like In a Lonely Place and Sweet Smell of Success. She's great. I like that sleepy look she always has, like she was just awakened from a nap in every scene. I expect her to yawn and then say something like "So Humphrey Bogart tried to kill you, huh? (Yawn noise.) That's very interesting."
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Oct 16, 2015 11:52:36 GMT -5
My Sister Eileen (1942) Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Janet Blair, George Tobias, Gordon Jones Isn't Jeff Donnell in this? She's the actress with a boy's name who has small but usually memorable parts in a few great Hollywood movies like In a Lonely Place and Sweet Smell of Success. She's great. I like that sleepy look she always has, like she was just awakened from a nap in every scene. I expect her to yawn and then say something like "So Humphrey Bogart tried to kill you, huh? (Yawn noise.) That's very interesting." Yes, she has a small part as the wife of Gordon Jones. Not much of a chance to do a lot. First time I've heard of a woman named Jeff. She's billed in this movie as Miss Jeff Donnell to avoid confusion
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Oct 16, 2015 13:27:07 GMT -5
Rocky Mountain (1950) Errol Flynn, Slim Pickens, Sheb Wooley, Chubby Johnson
During the waning days of the Civil War, Errol Flynn leads a band of confederate soldiers to California's mountains to recruit Confederacy sympathizers and open a new front in the war. His men capture and hold hostage some union soldiers and a sweet young lass. A tribe of Indians however aim to wipe out Flynn and his men. Who will reach them first? The attacking Indians, the union army or the rebel sympathizers?
Good and quick (at 82 minutes) westerner actioner. Although Flynn is a Johnny Reb, he's noble and brave and you can't help but root for him. Good mountain location scenes. And how many films would you get a chance to see Slim Pickens and Chubby Johnson together? John Denver sings the theme song
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Oct 16, 2015 13:37:32 GMT -5
Duel At Ganryu Island AKA Samurai III (1956) Toshiro Mifune
Final installment of the classic trilogy. A swordsman named Kojiro Sasaki has been observing Musashi (Mifune) since the 2nd film. Sasaki believes he's the best swordsman in the land and is itching for a chance to slice up this pretender. They agree to meet one year hence when Musashi completes his training. In the meantime Musashi becomes a farmer and builds his own hut. The two women of his life both track him down and express their love for him. Very reminiscent of the Superman/Lois Lane/ Lana Lang triangle because Musashi loves his sword. A catfight erupts and only one will walk away alive. A band of brigands attack Mushi's hut and nearby village. And then off to Ganryu Island sails Musashi for his final battle with Sasaki.
The John Wayne of Japanese cinema, Toshiro Mifune is da man. A must see for fans of Samurai swordplay and epic Japanese adventures.
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 16, 2015 14:29:15 GMT -5
Rocky Mountain (1950) Errol Flynn, Slim Pickens, Sheb Wooley, Chubby Johnson
During the waning days of the Civil War, Errol Flynn leads a band of confederate soldiers to California's mountains to recruit Confederacy sympathizers and open a new front in the war. His men capture and hold hostage some union soldiers and a sweet young lass. A tribe of Indians however aim to wipe out Flynn and his men. Who will reach them first? The attacking Indians, the union army or the rebel sympathizers?
Good and quick (at 82 minutes) westerner actioner. Although Flynn is a Johnny Reb, he's noble and brave and you can't help but root for him. Good mountain location scenes. And how many films would you get a chance to see Slim Pickens and Chubby Johnson together? John Denver sings the theme song
This is a good one. Have you seen any of the other Flynn Westerns, Ish? I'm partial to Dodge City, except for Flynn's hat. IIRC, it's a 20-gallon job that doesn't quite suit him. Dodge City includes the granddaddy of all saloon brawls, too. Yeah, that's the one:
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Oct 16, 2015 18:41:14 GMT -5
Rocky Mountain (1950) Errol Flynn, Slim Pickens, Sheb Wooley, Chubby Johnson
This is a good one. Have you seen any of the other Flynn Westerns, Ish? I'm partial to Dodge City, except for Flynn's hat. IIRC, it's a 20-gallon job that doesn't quite suit him. Dodge City includes the granddaddy of all saloon brawls, too. Yeah, that's the one: Yes P.H. I've watched a flock of Flynn this past year. Westerns,war,swashbucklers, with/without DeHavilland . Warner Bros have done a great job getting most of his films on DVD. Plus so many are packed with those great Warner Night At The Movies extras-cartoons,newsreels,short subjects,coming attractions etc. Flynn hardly ever lets me down. Great popcorn entertainment
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