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Post by berkley on Jul 12, 2016 23:03:52 GMT -5
Just saw Truffaut's Day for Night, for the first time, at the local theatre. It's a film about a film, or, more specifically, about the making of one. Truffaut himself plays the director, Jacqueline Bisset plays the leading lady, and Jean-Pierre Aumond the much older leading man of this film within the film. But it's really an ensemble piece as several other parts have pretty much equal screen time to the stars.
Bisset looks fantastic, which is no surprise to anyone my age, but is also very charming in a cool, reserved English way, and shows a depth of character I didn't expect. I knew her back in the 70s more as a celebrity than as an actress, and thought of her as a kind of vacant, pretty face. She speaks French very fluently, as far as I can tell.
Anyway, I really liked this a lot and would say it's a must-see movie especially for anyone who loves movies, because that's what it's really all about.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 12, 2016 23:18:16 GMT -5
I must watch The Conqueror again and re-evaluate it for I have a suspicion it might be very good. If Prince Hal can recall it's dialogue, that's all the reason I need Who's Prince Hal?
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 12, 2016 23:37:41 GMT -5
I must watch The Conqueror again and re-evaluate it for I have a suspicion it might be very good. If Prince Hal can recall it's dialogue, that's all the reason I need Who's Prince Hal? Ohh, maybe it's the forum member formerly known as Prince Hal and now goes by a symbol not located on my keyboard
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 13, 2016 7:23:22 GMT -5
Ohh, maybe it's the forum member formerly known as Prince Hal and now goes by a symbol not located on my keyboard No-o-o-ow I remember...
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 13, 2016 14:22:14 GMT -5
It's not a classic film - yet - because it came out in 2012, but I watched Blancanieves last night.
Has anybody seen it? It's filmed as a silent and it's in black and white. It's the story of Snow White but it's set in Spain in the 1920s.
It looks like a movie by Almodovar if he had been around in the silent era and decided in 1928 to make a movie about Snow White.
And the dwarves are bullfighers!
It's pretty awesome.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 13, 2016 16:14:08 GMT -5
I watched many many classic films during my sabbatical from this thread and it would be impossible to detail them. I did tackle a bunch of DVD box sets:
The Forbidden Hollywood Collection- There are about 9 volumes of these, each volume contains 5 or 6 films from the 1930-1933 time period, talkies before the Hollywood Production Code went into effect. Put out by Warner Bros, they contain that studios output as well as MGM. I watched all but 1 volume. Lots of good films with the likes of Barbara Stanwyck, William Powell, Norma Shearer, James Cagney, Joan Blondell and on and on . While watching a 1931 movie starring Norma Shearer the other day, A Free Soul, Clark Gable co-starred but was only 4th billed. Looking up his IMDB filmography, I noticed that it was the first year in which he was getting major, credited parts. And , good lord, he did 12 movies in 1931. Holy Crap!!!
Abbott and Costello-The Universal Collection. Noticed you guys were discussing this duo recently and I just got through watching all of their films from that studio- about 20 films in all. I enjoyed A & C with the exception of the last 3 or 4 movies. One of my favs and not mentioned on this thread was Who Done It (1942) where the boys are amateur detectives trying to solve a murder that took place during a live radio show. Great film noir shadowy cinematography and interesting peeks behind the scenes of radio shows as well as classic top-notch A&C routines. Supported by William Bendix, Mary Wicks and Patric Knowles. I wholeheartedly recommend it
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Post by berkley on Jul 13, 2016 16:46:41 GMT -5
It's not a classic film - yet - because it came out in 2012, but I watched Blancanieves last night. Has anybody seen it? It's filmed as a silent and it's in black and white. It's the story of Snow White but it's set in Spain in the 1920s. It looks like a movie by Almodovar if he had been around in the silent era and decided in 1928 to make a movie about Snow White. And the dwarves are bullfighers! It's pretty awesome. Yes, saw it at the local theatre a few years back. I liked it.
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Post by shaxper on Jul 14, 2016 21:13:50 GMT -5
A while ago, there was a discussion here about a film in which a stepmother indirectly causes her step child to drown in a lake. I want to watch the film but cannot recall the title or the actors. Can anyone help me out?
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 14, 2016 21:19:52 GMT -5
A while ago, there was a discussion here about a film in which a stepmother indirectly causes her step child to drown in a lake. I want to watch the film but cannot recall the title or the actors. Can anyone help me out? I saw that film and was part of the discussion. Alas, exposure to Red K has temporarily wiped the title from my memory and it will come back to me later this evening. If my film buds here don't respond, please be patient. it is a great film and a chilling scene
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 14, 2016 21:29:46 GMT -5
Wow, shook off the Red K quicker than expected
Leave her To Heaven (1946) with Gene Tierney, Cornell Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price
A classic, Technicolor film noir psycho-drama
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2016 0:56:43 GMT -5
Leave her To Heaven (1946) with Gene Tierney, Cornell Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price
This film greatly disturbed me when I watched for the first time and I did not watch it again and I consider it the worst Gene Tierney film of all time.
Sorry Members ... it's makes me sad thinking about it.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 15, 2016 1:28:14 GMT -5
Leave It To Heaven is for a mature audience
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 15, 2016 3:47:15 GMT -5
Wow, just watched a classic that floored me for many reasons. First the cast
The Women:Joan Blondell, Bette Davis, Anne Dvorak The Men:Humphrey Bogart, Warren William Lyle Talbot, Alan Jenkins, Edward Arnold
From a DVD Forbidden Hollywood boxset, it's Three On A Match (1932) and its my first viewing
It starts casually with the 3 women first meeting as children in school and as adults Ann Dvorak apparently is doing the best, married to a rich man and has a little boy. But she starts to fool around behind hubby Warren Williams back with sleezeball Lyle Talbot. Soon they are out of money, she's addicted to some type of drug and Humphrey Bogart is ready to break their legs for passing a bad check. What to do? Why, kidnap the little boy from the rich Warren William and get some ransom money
The film is only 63 minutes and the last half barrels along and a breath taking pace. The ending is a pure shocker. And thats saying alot from these jaded eyes. Must see whenever you can
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 15, 2016 10:33:40 GMT -5
Wow, just watched a classic that floored me for many reasons. First the cast The Women:Joan Blondell, Bette Davis, Anne Dvorak The Men:Humphrey Bogart, Warren William Lyle Talbot, Alan Jenkins, Edward Arnold From a DVD Forbidden Hollywood boxset, it's Three On A Match (1932) and its my first viewing It starts casually with the 3 women first meeting as children in school and as adults Ann Dvorak apparently is doing the best, married to a rich man and has a little boy. But she starts to fool around behind hubby Warren Williams back with sleezeball Lyle Talbot. Soon they are out of money, she's addicted to some type of drug and Humphrey Bogart is ready to break their legs for passing a bad check. What to do? Why, kidnap the little boy from the rich Warren William and get some ransom money The film is only 63 minutes and the last half barrels along and a breath taking pace. The ending is a pure shocker. And thats saying alot from these jaded eyes. Must see whenever you can Consider this another hearty recommendation for Three on a Match! I saw it a few years ago and like Ish, I was very impressed. I especially liked the way they showed the passage of time. When the narrative jumps ahead (sometimes ten years, sometimes just two or three years) we see newspaper headlines with major events (like the Akron disaster, when a US Navy dirigible exploded and crashed) and also little articles about things like how many beauty salons opened in the US between 1920 and 1930, and then it transitions to a beauty salon where the three young ladies have run into each other after years apart. And Bogart's first gangster role! (Supposedly.) He's only in it for a few minutes but he's great!
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jul 15, 2016 12:05:01 GMT -5
Things I Love regarding Early 1930s Movies
.And I've seen quite a few lately via these Forbidden Hollywood Boxsets I enjoy seeing, at the very beginning of the film, the individual actors and their character names introduced one by one. Nowadays, many movies hold off on credits till the end of the film and actor credits come after the producers and many other technicians. There's something about top-hats that make me chuckle I recall in the early 1970s so many older folks tut-tutting about the amount of marijuana and drugs on screen. And yet, during prohibition, the amount of alcohol consumed in the films was astounding. Some films warned about the evils of drink but so many portrayed it as part of having a fun time. I'd say comedies had more drinking going on than anything else
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