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Post by louise on Sept 17, 2019 13:55:47 GMT
Green For Danger (1946). Alistair Sim very good as a detective investigating a murder in a hospital.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Sept 17, 2019 16:12:05 GMT
Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
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Post by teleadm on Sept 18, 2019 17:14:59 GMT
Somebody Up There Likes Me 1956, directed by Robert Wise, starring Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Sal Mineo, Jarold J. Stone and others, with early unbilled performances from Steve McQueen, Robert Loggia and Dean Jones. Boxer Rocky Graziano biopic, based on his autobiography, from childhood to his World Middleweight Championship title win at age 28 in 1947. Surprisingly tough and uncompromising, but not without heart and with some softer and touching moments, but boxing hurts and can give scars and other damages for life. Good use of real New York locations. Oscar winner for black-and-white cinematography and black-and-white art decor and set decorations. The real Stillman's gym in Manhattan where the real Rocky Graziano trained.
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Post by louise on Sept 20, 2019 13:56:57 GMT
Doctor at Sea (1955). my favourite of the Doctor series. Dirk Bogarde runs away to sea to escape a predatory woman, and gets involved with Brigitte Bardot.
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Post by louise on Sept 20, 2019 16:54:25 GMT
Ladies Who Do (1963). A group of charladies get rich by investing on the stock exchange using information from waste paper baskets they empty. Quite an amusing comedy.
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Post by Prime etc. on Sept 20, 2019 18:48:10 GMT
THE UNDEFEATED 1969 - yet another John Wayne film--I still can only tolerate him--the movie was not particularly tense in the dramatics but was ok for 2 hours. I am surprised how it skipped through the politics of slavery with a brief scene of Rock Hudson saying goodbye to his ex-slaves. Especially for a Vietnam era film I expected more hand-wringing over war, but then I haven't seen many John Wayne movies-maybe it just wasn't his style. Not only is Bruce Cabot back after appearing with Wayne in a firefighting movie the previous year, but Ben Johnson is present too so we have both the male leads of giant ape movies in the same film (I suspect they appeared together before given how many westerns there were to populate).
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Post by kijii on Sept 21, 2019 4:47:52 GMT
My Foolish Heart (1949) / Mark Robson Recorded from TCM
Based on J.D. Salinger's story, "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" from The New Yorker, this melodrama is entertaining but by no means unique. This is one of Susan Hayward's five Oscar-nominated performances and the only one which was not based on a true story of a woman struggling to overcome a life crisis. The movie did, however, launch the title song by Victor Young (music) and Ned Washington (lyrics) was also nominated and became a hit song.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Sept 21, 2019 5:10:23 GMT
IN THE ELECTRIC MIST - director's cut. Rating: 8 out of 10. RECOMMENDED.
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Post by louise on Sept 21, 2019 12:43:12 GMT
Pride and Prejudice (1940). Charming, delightful, if not wholly accurate adaptation of Jane Austen's novel. Greer Garson not quite my idea of Elizabeth Bennet, but Laurence Olivier is the perfect Mr Darcy, and Melville Cooper is a joy as Mr Collins. Everyone seems to be enjoying themselves.
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Post by kijii on Sept 21, 2019 14:24:00 GMT
Downton Abbey (The movie) / 2019) /Michael Engler Went the movies yesterdayIf you loved the TV series, you won't be disappointed with the movie that continues the story in an entertaining fashion. Most of the actors re-create their old roles in this special movie. The movie starts in 1927....
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Post by louise on Sept 22, 2019 11:06:27 GMT
Storm in a Teacup (1937). Whimsical comedy drama with Rex Harrison as a journalist taking up the cause of an old lady whose dog has been impounded because she can't pay the license fee. Cecil Parker as the provost who is Harrison's target. Vivien Leigh as the provost's daughter whom Harrison (of course) falls for.
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Post by Prime etc. on Sept 23, 2019 0:28:00 GMT
Maneater 1973 - Richard Basehart has two tigers he wants to re-introduce into the wilds by eating tourists. Ben Gazzara, Sheree North (another for the eccentric performance list I started), Laurette Spang and Kip Niven are the four chosen to be eaten. Written and directed by Vince Edwards-I assumed Gazzara was Edwards when he first appears.
Runaway! 1973 Ben Johnson and a runaway locomotive with hundreds of passengers. Cheap but effective disaster tv-movie. Once again Kip Niven and Laurette Spang are in trouble on vacation.
TIMBER TRAMPS - 1975 Claude Akins, Tab Hunter, Caesar Romero, Joseph Cotton --oddball movie about loggers yet not bad--giving Akins a leading role and lots of nice Alaska scenery and a cute baby deer rescued by an old lumberjack.
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Post by louise on Sept 23, 2019 16:50:39 GMT
Alive and Kicking (1958). Whimsical,comedy about three elderly ladies (Sybil Thorndike, Kathleen Harrison, and Estelle Winwood) who run away from their retirement home and find a new life on a small Irish island. Richard Harris in his first film role as one of the islanders.
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Post by Prime etc. on Sept 25, 2019 6:41:28 GMT
HARLOW (the 1965 one with Carroll Baker not the 1965 one with Carol Lynley---confused? I sure am) Quite a performance although I also liked Red Buttons as her long suffering agent and Angela Lansbury and Raf Vallone as the supposed deadbeat stepfather who turns out to be more sympathetic by the end (just like he was in EL CID). I understand it is mostly fiction but it had a lot going for it--such as the opening scene showing the studio production assembly line.
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Post by louise on Sept 26, 2019 12:20:53 GMT
On The Double (1961). Comedy set in England in WW2. A timid American private (Danny Kaye) bears a remarkable resemblance to a British general, and is persuaded to impersonate him to put would be Nazi assassins off the scent. Typical Kaye comedy, with lots of chases, confusion, and Kaye dressing up as various different characters etc. Good fun.
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Post by OldAussie on Sept 26, 2019 12:54:25 GMT
Just did a neo-noir double. Set in 1960, it's authentic looking in its period setting. Builds nicely to...the worst ending in movie history. It felt like the second-last reel was missing. Thinking that maybe I missed something, I checked the IMDB reviews. They confirmed my thoughts. 7/10 for the first 75 minutes. Minus 10/10 for the last 15. Ticks all the noir boxes, just not very well. 6/10
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Post by louise on Sept 26, 2019 13:04:16 GMT
My Favorite Blonde (1942). Amusing wartime comedy with Bob Hope as a vaudeville performer (with a penguin) who gets involved with a beautiful spy (Madeline Carrol) who is carrying important secret information and of course wants Hope to help her. Naturally he doesn't want to help, but gets dragged into it anyway.
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Post by louise on Sept 26, 2019 13:04:16 GMT
My Favorite Blonde (1942). Amusing wartime comedy with Bob Hope as a vaudeville performer (with a penguin) who gets involved with a beautiful spy (Madeline Carrol) who is carrying important secret information and of course wants Hope to help her. Naturally he doesn't want to help, but gets dragged into it anyway.
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Post by teleadm on Sept 26, 2019 17:31:55 GMT
The Nanny 1965, directed by Seth Holt, based on a novel by Marryam Modell, starring Bette Davis, Wendy Carig, Jill Bennett, James Villiers, William Dix, Pamela Franklin and others. Bette Davis is an English nanny whose charge is a rude 10-year-old Joey, just discharged from a disturbed children's home where he'd spent two years undergoing treatment for drowning his little sister in the bath. He returns to an unloving father, fragile mother, and doting nanny -- whom he hates. Suspicion arises again when his mother is poisoned, and Joey continues to insist Nanny is responsible. Joey contends the nanny was responsible for his little sister's death. Psychological horror or chiller from Hammer Films. Bette do indeed play a manipulative bitch of a sweet thoughtful and loving nanny who has maintained her position in the household even if the kid has been away for two years, her service wouldn't be needed anymore, yet she has manipulated the parents to be dependent on her. But who was actually responisble for the kid's sisters death? The is a great showcase for Bette Davis, surrounded by a good cast of British actors and actresses, extra plus too that the two main young actors are believable in their roles, Dix and Franklin.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Sept 26, 2019 21:49:13 GMT
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