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Post by spiderwort on Oct 9, 2019 16:04:43 GMT
All kinds of marriages - good, bad, or indifferent, but films that revolve around the marriage itself, whatever subplots may intervene. A few of my favorites, out of so many more: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) - Mike Nichols Penny Serenade (1941) - George Stevens Sunrise (1927) - F.W. Murnau The Family Way (1966) - Roy Boulting
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Post by bravomailer on Oct 9, 2019 16:20:46 GMT
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 9, 2019 16:25:23 GMT
Tracy-Hepburn in:
WOMAN OF THE YEAR THE SEA OF GRASS STATE OF THE UNION ADAM'S RIB GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER
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Post by biker1 on Oct 9, 2019 16:53:04 GMT
10 favorite..
caught (1949) dodsworth (1936) come back, little sheba (1952) days of wine and roses (1962) gaslight (1944) knife in the water (1962) leave her to heaven (1945) rebecca (1940) a woman under the influence (1974) written on the wind (1956)
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Post by politicidal on Oct 9, 2019 16:59:04 GMT
Father of the Bride (1950) - Vicente Minelli
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Post by spiderwort on Oct 9, 2019 17:02:41 GMT
10 favorite.. caught (1949) dodsworth (1936) come back, little sheba (1952) days of wine and roses (1962) gaslight (1944) knife in the water (1962) leave her to heaven (1945) rebecca (1940) a woman under the influence (1974) written on the wind (1956)
Some wonderful choices, biker. So glad to see your mention of Come Back, Little Sheba. Shirley Booth was heartbreaking in that. I also particularly love A Woman Under the Influence and The Days of Wine and Roses. Haven't yet seen Dodsworth and Knife in the Water. I need to remedy that.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Oct 9, 2019 17:26:36 GMT
Vacation From Marriage (AKA: Perfect Strangers) Alexander Korda directs Deborah Kerr and Robert Donat in this lovely and satisfying film depicting the changes that years of wartime separation bring about in a stodgy and rut-bound couple. Both players display their prodigious versatility, and Glynis Johns is irresistible as Kerr's knows-the-ropes service friend.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 9, 2019 18:04:51 GMT
A good marriage, A Bad Marriage. A marriage that will probably work out fine. A marriage we are left not knowing for sure if it actually will happen.
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Post by teleadm on Oct 9, 2019 18:04:57 GMT
Mrs Miniver 1941, and maybe all the pairings of Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Divorce Italian Style 1961 and... ... Marriage Italian Style 1964 Divorce American Style 1967
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 9, 2019 18:06:23 GMT
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Post by Ass_E9 on Oct 9, 2019 18:08:18 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 9, 2019 18:10:36 GMT
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Post by mattgarth on Oct 9, 2019 18:15:36 GMT
Myrna Loy as the perfect cinematic wife:
THE THIN MAN (William Powell) THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (Fredric March) MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE (Cary Grant) CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN (Clifton Webb)
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 9, 2019 18:16:54 GMT
Shrek learning to cope with marriage and fatherhood.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 9, 2019 18:20:39 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 9, 2019 18:22:37 GMT
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Post by spiderwort on Oct 9, 2019 19:14:49 GMT
Myrna Loy as the perfect cinematic wife: THE THIN MAN (William Powell) THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (Fredric March) MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE (Cary Grant) CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN (Clifton Webb)
The perfect cinematic wife, indeed. She held her own with every husband in every film. I love her in all of those you mentioned (especially THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, only because the film is so great as we've discussed before). But I take special delight in seeing her with William Powell in anything, and I absolutely adore her in MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE. That's one I've watched again and again and never grow weary of, because of her inimitable charm and grace and her great chemistry with Cary Grant.
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Post by spiderwort on Oct 9, 2019 19:21:02 GMT
Vacation From Marriage (AKA: Perfect Strangers) Alexander Korda directs Deborah Kerr and Robert Donat in this lovely and satisfying film depicting the changes that years of wartime separation bring about in a stodgy and rut-bound couple. Both players display their prodigious versatility, and Glynis Johns is irresistible as Kerr's knows-the-ropes service friend. I still haven't seen this one, doghouse, and Deborah Kerr is one of my all-time favorite actresses. I promise that the next time it shows up on TCM I'm going to watch it! No excuses.
EDIT: Btw, when doing some recent research I learned to my surprise that Alexander Korda began his career in Hungary in 1914 under his birth name, Korda Sándor. I always thought he was British!
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Post by spiderwort on Oct 9, 2019 21:26:07 GMT
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
Julie, I saw and loved this film. I think Fassbinder was a brilliant director, and I regret that I haven't seen every one of his films. I haven't seen Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974), sadly, but, oh, it sounds so interesting! It's one that I must see. I especially love his tv mini-series, Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980). I thought that was just brilliant. I wish we hadn't lost him so soon.
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Post by OldAussie on Oct 9, 2019 22:36:46 GMT
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