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Post by dagoldenage on Apr 22, 2020 19:52:29 GMT
Recently finished a period of watching films from 1954.
My Top 10 movies :
1. On the Waterfront
2. White Christmas
3. Caine Mutiny, The
4. Country Girl, The
5. Star is Born, A
6. Rear Window
7. Dial M for Murder
8. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
9. Woman’s World
10. Young at Heart
Best Actor: Marlon Brando (On the Waterfront)
Best Actress: Judy Garland (A Star is Born)
Supporting Actor: Karl Malden (On the Waterfront)
Supporting Actress: Eva Marie Saint (On the Waterfront)
Note: Did not include La Strada and The Bridges at Toko-Ri because they were Oscar-nominated in other years. Titles watched: 122 Television titles watched: shows 26; episodes 202; specials 2
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Post by OldAussie on Apr 22, 2020 20:02:35 GMT
1. On the Waterfront 2. Rear Window 3. Star is Born, A 4. Seven Samurai 5. Dial M for Murder 6. Caine Mutiny, The 7. Johnny Guitar 8. Vera Cruz 9. Executive Suite 10. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Can't disagree on your acting picks -
Best Actor: Marlon Brando (On the Waterfront) Best Actress: Judy Garland (A Star is Born) Supporting Actor: Karl Malden (On the Waterfront) / maybe Jose Ferrer (Caine Mutiny) Supporting Actress: Eva Marie Saint (On the Waterfront)
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Post by mikef6 on Apr 22, 2020 20:29:02 GMT
Alpha order
Dial “M” For Murder / Alfred Hitchcock Gojira / Ishirô Honda Hobson’s Choice / David Lean Human Desire / Fritz Lang An Inspector Calls / Guy Hamilton Johnny Guitar / Nicholas Ray On The Waterfront / Elia Kazan Rear Window / Alfred Hitchcock Shichinin No Samurai (The Seven Samurai) / Akira Kurosawa Suddenly! / Lewis Allen Them! / Gordon Douglas
BEST ACTOR
Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront
John Wayne in The High and the Mighty John Mills in Hobson's Choice Bing Crosby in The Country Girl Alaister Sim in An Inspector Calls
BEST ACTRESS
Brenda de Banzie in Hobson's Choice
Gloria Grahame in Human Desire Grace Kelly in The Country Girl and Rear Window and Dial M for Murder Joan Crawford in Johnny Guitar
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Toshirô Mifune in Shichinin no samurai (The Seven Samurai)
Karl Malden in On the Waterfront Burt Lancaster in Vera Cruz John Williams in Dial M for Murder
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mercedes McCambridge in Johnny Guitar
Jan Stirling in The High and the Mighty Marisa Pavan in Down Three Dark Streets Thelma Ritter in Rear Window
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Post by movielover on Apr 22, 2020 20:33:27 GMT
1. On the Waterfront 2. Seven Samurai 3. Suddenly 4. Rear Window 5. Executive Suite 6. A Star Is Born 7. Crime Wave 8. Johnny Guitar 9. The Country Girl 10. Sabrina
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Post by cynthiagreen on Apr 23, 2020 11:33:38 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Apr 23, 2020 14:04:15 GMT
Top Movies of 1954
20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Rear Window
Beau Brummell
Garden of Evil
Demetrius and the Gladiators
On the Waterfront
Sabrina
Hell and High Water
Dial M for Murder
Secret of the Incas
King Richard and the Crusaders
Black Widow
The Raid
Vera Cruz
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Apr 24, 2020 12:02:44 GMT
Rear Window 10/10 Riot in Cell Block 11 10/10 On the Waterfront 10/10 The Raid 9/10 An Inspector Calls 9/10 Silver Lode 9/10 The Caine Mutiny 9/10 Johnny Guitar 9/10 A Star Is Born 9/10 Hobson's Choice 9/10
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 24, 2020 12:31:25 GMT
The poster art makes Dan Duryea look like Desi Arnaz.
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Post by cynthiagreen on Apr 24, 2020 12:35:11 GMT
The poster art makes Dan Duryea look like Desi Arnaz. Dan and Lucy - together at last!!!! there's a thought! .... Well in the film he is a wonderfully toxic bundle of bitterness - needling Linda about being an old maid and not being deceived by devious wife Faith's attempt to hide the fact she has another man...
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 24, 2020 13:01:30 GMT
Dan and Lucy - together at last!!!! there's a thought! .... Well in the film he is a wonderfully toxic bundle of bitterness - needling Linda about being an old maid and not being deceived by devious wife Faith's attempt to hide the fact she has another man... Sounds like some nifty fun. Found a watchable enough copy on YouTube, so I'm setting aside some time for it today. Always enjoy Duryea, and Darnell may be one of the more underappreciated players of the '40s - '50s.
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Post by cynthiagreen on Apr 24, 2020 14:07:57 GMT
Dan and Lucy - together at last!!!! there's a thought! .... Well in the film he is a wonderfully toxic bundle of bitterness - needling Linda about being an old maid and not being deceived by devious wife Faith's attempt to hide the fact she has another man... Sounds like some nifty fun. Found a watchable enough copy on YouTube, so I'm setting aside some time for it today. Always enjoy Duryea, and Darnell may be one of the more underappreciated players of the '40s - '50s. I found it a real treat (although I like all 4 stars and give anything with flashbacks a pass). Hope you enjoy and let us know what you think. I have now seen all Darnell's movies and yes - she could be v effective - A LETTER TO THREE WIVES and FALLEN ANGEL probably the most feted but BLOOD AND SAND good (although inevitably she was a bit overshadowed by Rita Hayworth's vamp), and RISE AND SHINE, STARDUST, SUMMER STORM, IT HAPPENED TOMORROW, ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM, MY DARLING CLEMENTINE and NIGHT WITHOUT SLEEP all recommended. Another obscure one to look out for is ANGELS OF DARKNESS, an Italian movie made around the same time as this one. Not seen it with English subs but in any language she makes a very persuasive dispossessed whore!
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 25, 2020 13:20:00 GMT
Sounds like some nifty fun. Found a watchable enough copy on YouTube, so I'm setting aside some time for it today. Always enjoy Duryea, and Darnell may be one of the more underappreciated players of the '40s - '50s. I found it a real treat (although I like all 4 stars and give anything with flashbacks a pass). Hope you enjoy and let us know what you think. It was wonderfully lurid. No surprise to me that Duryea did the most layered work of the cast. For all his bellicosity and hostility, I got a sense of the bright and attractive guy his character must once have been, and whose sharp, intelligent mind and personality had turned toxic. I both dreaded and looked forward to each of his highly-charged appearances. It was fun seeing a still slim and dark-haired William Hopper playing, of all things, a DA three years before his debut as Paul Drake, gumshoe for defense attorney extraordinaire Perry Mason. I rather anticipated a different wrap-up, returning to the flashback device with Vida finishing her typewritten narrative as a confession, signing it and then offing herself. Thanks for the rec.
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Post by cynthiagreen on Apr 27, 2020 7:43:08 GMT
I found it a real treat (although I like all 4 stars and give anything with flashbacks a pass). Hope you enjoy and let us know what you think. It was wonderfully lurid. No surprise to me that Duryea did the most layered work of the cast. For all his bellicosity and hostility, I got a sense of the bright and attractive guy his character must once have been, and whose sharp, intelligent mind and personality had turned toxic. I both dreaded and looked forward to each of his highly-charged appearances. It was fun seeing a still slim and dark-haired William Hopper playing, of all things, a DA three years before his debut as Paul Drake, gumshoe for defense attorney extraordinaire Perry Mason. I rather anticipated a different wrap-up, returning to the flashback device with Vida finishing her typewritten narrative as a confession, signing it and then offing herself. Thanks for the rec. Apologies for belated response - but I decided to give it another whirl myself, Glad you enjoyed it. Yes it is wonderfully lurid - Don't think I have ever seen so much lime green onscreen in the same place in one film before - although obviously stood next to JOHNNY GUITAR it seems like early Rossellini . Dan the man is one of my favourite second - no lets be honest - third tier stars - I can honestly say he has never disappointed me, his presence in any cast list a guarantee I will derive some measure of pleasure from watching, no matter how awful the overall movie. I loved all the framed pictures of him in his dancing days on the walls of the home. One of my favourite classic fantasies is that a cleaner at RKO discovers the lost "flashback" scenes from THIS IS MY LOVE in a dustbin and we get a Criterion release containing them - Dan and Faith doing a lively mambo or foxy foxtrot together - young and carefree before his tragic accident. Clore from the old imdb was a huge Duryea fan. I'm sure you are aware of his CV, but I'd give a shout to a few obscurities where he has the lead; BLACK ANGEL 1946 - tasty noir with P Lorre and Brod Crawford adding ballast. WHITE TIE AND TAILS 1946 - an absolute must - Dan as you have never seen him before in a screwball Romcom!!!!! as a butler masquerading as his own boss. Ella Raines is the girl. Dan scrubs up nicely. Towards the end of his career he got leads in a couple of B thrillers in UK DO YOU KNOW THIS VOICE? 1963, a child kidnapping drama is the most feted but I thought WALK A TIGHTROPE from the same time was even better - He is enmeshed in a plot to kill Patricia Owens' ex husband... great plot twist and (for me) fascinating early 60s London location work. Both of these two had an R2 dvd release on Network label a few years back. Most observers thought Darnnell effective in her climactic rant at Duryea... but the sequence I liked best was her ill fated "date" with Rick and the heartbreaking "favour" he has to ask her. Loved that song as well - and Connie Russell singing it. "Gas station Casanova" Rick Jason was a total dreamboat and this is where I fell for him. I'd stop at his gas station any day! The only other film lead remotely notable he did was THE WAYWARD BUS as the driver. I don't think we got his hit TV series COMBAT here in UK. When I save up enough I'm going to buy his Memoir, currently on Amazon for about £85. Faith Domergue is remembered (if at all) as a notable Howard Hughes flop, but she did good a few times. Her femme fatale in the sweaty WHERE DANGER LIVES is one of the most batshit crazy of them all, and CULT OF THE COBRA is a splendid snake lady movie. Fans should probably check out her mafia princess in SPIN A DARK WEB as well. There were an astonishing number of scenes in THIS IS MY LOVE with Faith and Linda at the diner in their lingerie getting changed weren't they? (not a complaint!)
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 27, 2020 23:16:20 GMT
It was wonderfully lurid. No surprise to me that Duryea did the most layered work of the cast. For all his bellicosity and hostility, I got a sense of the bright and attractive guy his character must once have been, and whose sharp, intelligent mind and personality had turned toxic. I both dreaded and looked forward to each of his highly-charged appearances. It was fun seeing a still slim and dark-haired William Hopper playing, of all things, a DA three years before his debut as Paul Drake, gumshoe for defense attorney extraordinaire Perry Mason. I rather anticipated a different wrap-up, returning to the flashback device with Vida finishing her typewritten narrative as a confession, signing it and then offing herself. Thanks for the rec. Apologies for belated response - but I decided to give it another whirl myself, Glad you enjoyed it. Yes it is wonderfully lurid - Don't think I have ever seen so much lime green onscreen in the same place in one film before - although obviously stood next to JOHNNY GUITAR it seems like early Rossellini . Dan the man is one of my favourite second - no lets be honest - third tier stars - I can honestly say he has never disappointed me, his presence in any cast list a guarantee I will derive some measure of pleasure from watching, no matter how awful the overall movie. I loved all the framed pictures of him in his dancing days on the walls of the home. One of my favourite classic fantasies is that a cleaner at RKO discovers the lost "flashback" scenes from THIS IS MY LOVE in a dustbin and we get a Criterion release containing them - Dan and Faith doing a lively mambo or foxy foxtrot together - young and carefree before his tragic accident. Clore from the old imdb was a huge Duryea fan. I'm sure you are aware of his CV, but I'd give a shout to a few obscurities where he has the lead; BLACK ANGEL 1946 - tasty noir with P Lorre and Brod Crawford adding ballast. WHITE TIE AND TAILS 1946 - an absolute must - Dan as you have never seen him before in a screwball Romcom!!!!! as a butler masquerading as his own boss. Ella Raines is the girl. Dan scrubs up nicely. Towards the end of his career he got leads in a couple of B thrillers in UK DO YOU KNOW THIS VOICE? 1963, a child kidnapping drama is the most feted but I thought WALK A TIGHTROPE from the same time was even better - He is enmeshed in a plot to kill Patricia Owens' ex husband... great plot twist and (for me) fascinating early 60s London location work. Both of these two had an R2 dvd release on Network label a few years back. Most observers thought Darnnell effective in her climactic rant at Duryea... but the sequence I liked best was her ill fated "date" with Rick and the heartbreaking "favour" he has to ask her. Loved that song as well - and Connie Russell singing it. "Gas station Casanova" Rick Jason was a total dreamboat and this is where I fell for him. I'd stop at his gas station any day! The only other film lead remotely notable he did was THE WAYWARD BUS as the driver. I don't think we got his hit TV series COMBAT here in UK. When I save up enough I'm going to buy his Memoir, currently on Amazon for about £85. Faith Domergue is remembered (if at all) as a notable Howard Hughes flop, but she did good a few times. Her femme fatale in the sweaty WHERE DANGER LIVES is one of the most batshit crazy of them all, and CULT OF THE COBRA is a splendid snake lady movie. Fans should probably check out her mafia princess in SPIN A DARK WEB as well. There were an astonishing number of scenes in THIS IS MY LOVE with Faith and Linda at the diner in their lingerie getting changed weren't they? (not a complaint!) Not so belated, so you mustn't worry about that (I'm rather belated myself). Yours is just the sort of reply I most enjoy receiving: full of information, observations and recommendations. Those are especially appreciated, as there are a number with which I've never caught up, and they've been duly noted. You're so well-versed on Duryea that you probably know The Underworld Story, one of his change-of-pace roles that I love to see, and which uses to great advantage the screen persona he'd well established by 1950, opening it up by allowing his fast-talking man-on-the-make to rediscover his humanity. Great supporting cast too, with Herbert Marshall, Howard Da Silva, Frieda Inescort, Gale Storm, Harry Shannon and a number of other familiar, reliable players. There's another, a mid- '40s whodunit, that does something similar by pulling a switcheroo with his screen image, but I hesitate to name it, because he's employed as a red herring until the final revelation, and the picture is such fun that I'd hate to ruin it, so I'll put it here: Lady On A Train It was toward the end of his career that I first became aware of Dan, in his penultimate role as the downtrodden Eddie Jacks on TV's Peyton Place, which was right around the same time I had my only exposure to Rick Jason on the Combat series you mentioned. For most of This Is My Love, Jason seemed to be occupying territory inhabited by Zachary Scott in the '40s, so the final-reel twist was a nice device, and a credible basis for the devastation leading to Darnell's denouement. I've seen Where Danger Lives but, other than that, Faith Domergue was known to me only from This Island Earth and a couple Perry Mason appearances. She was quite capable, and especially memorable for those unique eyes. Those qualities alone might well have allowed her more and better opportunities than she had. Regardless, she always made an impression.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Apr 28, 2020 0:37:25 GMT
A few highly recommended not so well knowns... Meet Mr. Callaghan , UK Dir. Charles Saunders A great favourite of mine starring Derrick De Marney with a wonderfully tongue in cheek performance as private-eye Slim Callaghan Kaibyô ômagatsuji , The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing . Japan Dir. Bin Kato Very eerie Ghost cat horror... Ride Clear of Diablo , USA Dir. Jessie Hibbs starring Audie Murphy . A fav Audie western with Dan Duryea Abismos de passion , Wuthering Heights , Mexico Dir. Luis Buñuel Beautifully dark rendition Shetlandsgjengen , Suicide Mission , Norway/UK Dir. Michael Forlong Very exciting North Sea crossings based on true accounts from WW11 with many of original "Shetland Gang"...
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Post by cynthiagreen on Apr 28, 2020 8:30:25 GMT
Apologies for belated response - but I decided to give it another whirl myself, Glad you enjoyed it. Yes it is wonderfully lurid - Don't think I have ever seen so much lime green onscreen in the same place in one film before - although obviously stood next to JOHNNY GUITAR it seems like early Rossellini . Dan the man is one of my favourite second - no lets be honest - third tier stars - I can honestly say he has never disappointed me, his presence in any cast list a guarantee I will derive some measure of pleasure from watching, no matter how awful the overall movie. I loved all the framed pictures of him in his dancing days on the walls of the home. One of my favourite classic fantasies is that a cleaner at RKO discovers the lost "flashback" scenes from THIS IS MY LOVE in a dustbin and we get a Criterion release containing them - Dan and Faith doing a lively mambo or foxy foxtrot together - young and carefree before his tragic accident. Clore from the old imdb was a huge Duryea fan. I'm sure you are aware of his CV, but I'd give a shout to a few obscurities where he has the lead; BLACK ANGEL 1946 - tasty noir with P Lorre and Brod Crawford adding ballast. WHITE TIE AND TAILS 1946 - an absolute must - Dan as you have never seen him before in a screwball Romcom!!!!! as a butler masquerading as his own boss. Ella Raines is the girl. Dan scrubs up nicely. Towards the end of his career he got leads in a couple of B thrillers in UK DO YOU KNOW THIS VOICE? 1963, a child kidnapping drama is the most feted but I thought WALK A TIGHTROPE from the same time was even better - He is enmeshed in a plot to kill Patricia Owens' ex husband... great plot twist and (for me) fascinating early 60s London location work. Both of these two had an R2 dvd release on Network label a few years back. Most observers thought Darnnell effective in her climactic rant at Duryea... but the sequence I liked best was her ill fated "date" with Rick and the heartbreaking "favour" he has to ask her. Loved that song as well - and Connie Russell singing it. "Gas station Casanova" Rick Jason was a total dreamboat and this is where I fell for him. I'd stop at his gas station any day! The only other film lead remotely notable he did was THE WAYWARD BUS as the driver. I don't think we got his hit TV series COMBAT here in UK. When I save up enough I'm going to buy his Memoir, currently on Amazon for about £85. Faith Domergue is remembered (if at all) as a notable Howard Hughes flop, but she did good a few times. Her femme fatale in the sweaty WHERE DANGER LIVES is one of the most batshit crazy of them all, and CULT OF THE COBRA is a splendid snake lady movie. Fans should probably check out her mafia princess in SPIN A DARK WEB as well. There were an astonishing number of scenes in THIS IS MY LOVE with Faith and Linda at the diner in their lingerie getting changed weren't they? (not a complaint!) Not so belated, so you mustn't worry about that (I'm rather belated myself). Yours is just the sort of reply I most enjoy receiving: full of information, observations and recommendations. Those are especially appreciated, as there are a number with which I've never caught up, and they've been duly noted. You're so well-versed on Duryea that you probably know The Underworld Story, one of his change-of-pace roles that I love to see, and which uses to great advantage the screen persona he'd well established by 1950, opening it up by allowing his fast-talking man-on-the-make to rediscover his humanity. Great supporting cast too, with Herbert Marshall, Howard Da Silva, Frieda Inescort, Gale Storm, Harry Shannon and a number of other familiar, reliable players. There's another, a mid- '40s whodunit, that does something similar by pulling a switcheroo with his screen image, but I hesitate to name it, because he's employed as a red herring until the final revelation, and the picture is such fun that I'd hate to ruin it, so I'll put it here: Lady On A Train It was toward the end of his career that I first became aware of Dan, in his penultimate role as the downtrodden Eddie Jacks on TV's Peyton Place, which was right around the same time I had my only exposure to Rick Jason on the Combat series you mentioned. For most of This Is My Love, Jason seemed to be occupying territory inhabited by Zachary Scott in the '40s, so the final-reel twist was a nice device, and a credible basis for the devastation leading to Darnell's denouement. I've seen Where Danger Lives but, other than that, Faith Domergue was known to me only from This Island Earth and a couple Perry Mason appearances. She was quite capable, and especially memorable for those unique eyes. Those qualities alone might well have allowed her more and better opportunities than she had. Regardless, she always made an impression. Yes I know UNDERWORLD STORY - and I am fond of LADY ON A TRAIN - maybe a little sunny for noirhounds but beautifully made and possibly Durbin's finest hour. I had no idea Dan was in PEYTON PLACE and you may just have persuaded me to watch whole thing. I started 8 years ago. I got two volumes on dvd up to episode 66 or so (Betty Anderson has just returned from New York, strongly suspected of being a "party girl" , It ook years for volumes 3-6 to arrive and they £25 a throw but the whole thing now seems to be on youtube. My only dilemma is do i start again from the beginning or skip straight to episode 67. Aside from Dan and the regulars (Bad girl Barbara is my fave) there is Lee Grant, Stella Stevens, George Macready, Barbara Rush, Leslie Nielsen, Pecry Rodrigues, Lola Albright, Ruby Dee, Wilfred Hyde White, Lana Wood, John Marley, Heather Angel, Richard Dreyfuss, Nichele LT UHURA Nichols, Gena Rowlands... and Mickey Dolenz for some gravitas!) If you have never seen CULT OF THE COBRA you probably should (You are big Lewton fan no? - imho this is as good as some of his - large statement I know). Speak soon !Cynthia
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Post by louise on Apr 28, 2020 11:34:35 GMT
Knock on Wood The Maggie Sabrina It Should Happen to You Doctor in the House Mad About Men Hobson's Choice The Belles of St Trinians The Million Pound Note Father Brown
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 28, 2020 15:41:21 GMT
Yes I know UNDERWORLD STORY - and I am fond of LADY ON A TRAIN - maybe a little sunny for noirhounds but beautifully made and possibly Durbin's finest hour. I had no idea Dan was in PEYTON PLACE and you may just have persuaded me to watch whole thing. I started 8 years ago. I got two volumes on dvd up to episode 66 or so (Betty Anderson has just returned from New York, strongly suspected of being a "party girl" , It ook years for volumes 3-6 to arrive and they £25 a throw but the whole thing now seems to be on youtube. My only dilemma is do i start again from the beginning or skip straight to episode 67. Aside from Dan and the regulars (Bad girl Barbara is my fave) there is Lee Grant, Stella Stevens, George Macready, Barbara Rush, Leslie Nielsen, Pecry Rodrigues, Lola Albright, Ruby Dee, Wilfred Hyde White, Lana Wood, John Marley, Heather Angel, Richard Dreyfuss, Nichele LT UHURA Nichols, Gena Rowlands... and Mickey Dolenz for some gravitas!) If you have never seen CULT OF THE COBRA you probably should (You are big Lewton fan no? - imho this is as good as some of his - large statement I know). Speak soon !Cynthia That's a dilemma about PP. Pitfalls either way. If you pick up where you left off, you're bound to have forgotten some of the story lines leading to that point, but if you go back to the beginning, you're equally bound to recall much of what you're seeing, and get that "rerun" feeling. When revisiting any TV series, hubby and I generally reckon that if it's been 3 - 5 years since we last saw it, any memories will be dim enough that most of it will seem reasonably fresh. I'd be safe with PP, since I haven't seen any of them since their first runs. Our parents controlled the TV back then, and we kids watched what they wanted to. And I got just as hooked on PP as they did. There was a time when it was so popular that two new episodes per week were aired. It was my first exposure to so many of the players you named, along with others like Ruth Warrick, John Kerr, Rose Hobart and, well, just about everyone on it (with the exception of Frank Ferguson, whom I already knew from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein). I'm indeed a Lewton fan, and in reading about Cult Of the Cobra, I've noticed the comparisons many have made, for instance, to Cat People (sounds like there was also a bit of borrowing from Universal's own Mummy sequels of the 1940s, with infidels who violated sacred traditions pursued to the U.S. by an avenging emissary). No decent copies of it online, so I'll see to tracking it down one way or another. I'm known by some on this board for my willingness eagerness to go off on tangents, so I should probably offer at this point my apologies to our thread originator, recent member dagoldenage, along with my hopes that he hasn't minded.
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Post by cynthiagreen on Apr 28, 2020 17:39:37 GMT
Yes I know UNDERWORLD STORY - and I am fond of LADY ON A TRAIN - maybe a little sunny for noirhounds but beautifully made and possibly Durbin's finest hour. I had no idea Dan was in PEYTON PLACE and you may just have persuaded me to watch whole thing. I started 8 years ago. I got two volumes on dvd up to episode 66 or so (Betty Anderson has just returned from New York, strongly suspected of being a "party girl" , It ook years for volumes 3-6 to arrive and they £25 a throw but the whole thing now seems to be on youtube. My only dilemma is do i start again from the beginning or skip straight to episode 67. Aside from Dan and the regulars (Bad girl Barbara is my fave) there is Lee Grant, Stella Stevens, George Macready, Barbara Rush, Leslie Nielsen, Pecry Rodrigues, Lola Albright, Ruby Dee, Wilfred Hyde White, Lana Wood, John Marley, Heather Angel, Richard Dreyfuss, Nichele LT UHURA Nichols, Gena Rowlands... and Mickey Dolenz for some gravitas!) If you have never seen CULT OF THE COBRA you probably should (You are big Lewton fan no? - imho this is as good as some of his - large statement I know). Speak soon !Cynthia That's a dilemma about PP. Pitfalls either way. If you pick up where you left off, you're bound to have forgotten some of the story lines leading to that point, but if you go back to the beginning, you're equally bound to recall much of what you're seeing, and get that "rerun" feeling. When revisiting any TV series, hubby and I generally reckon that if it's been 3 - 5 years since we last saw it, any memories will be dim enough that most of it will seem reasonably fresh. I'd be safe with PP, since I haven't seen any of them since their first runs. Our parents controlled the TV back then, and we kids watched what they wanted to. And I got just as hooked on PP as they did. There was a time when it was so popular that two new episodes per week were aired. It was my first exposure to so many of the players you named, along with others like Ruth Warrick, John Kerr, Rose Hobart and, well, just about everyone on it (with the exception of Frank Ferguson, whom I already knew from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein). I'm indeed a Lewton fan, and in reading about Cult Of the Cobra, I've noticed the comparisons many have made, for instance, to Cat People (sounds like there was also a bit of borrowing from Universal's own Mummy sequels of the 1940s, with infidels who violated sacred traditions pursued to the U.S. by an avenging emissary). No decent copies of it online, so I'll see to tracking it down one way or another. I'm known by some on this board for my willingness eagerness to go off on tangents, so I should probably offer at this point my apologies to our thread originator, recent member dagoldenage , along with my hopes that he hasn't minded. Well I hope you enjoy CULT OF THE COBRA if you get there. I have it on a VHS I paid too much money for. If I find it online will let you know. You are in Luck!!!! - it has Spanish (I think) subs but decent print CULT OF THE COBRAok.ru/video/1874163337870Returning us back to 1954 I'll add this little gem, starring my favourite actor and actress. As yet unmentioned I think: And here is Gloria's entrance in NAKED ALIBI , She's dubbed but the shimmy is all her
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Post by Doghouse6 on Apr 30, 2020 13:09:36 GMT
You are in Luck!!!! - it has Spanish (I think) subs but decent print CULT OF THE COBRA Thanks so much for the link (and the subtitles helped me to revisit my long-forgotten high school Spanish). The poignancy of Lisa Moya put it a notch above run-of-the-mill supernatural B thrillers of the era, and it's rather unusual for such a film to feature four principle players who all went on to starring or regular roles on multiple TV series (not to mention Ed Platt's brief feature film debut as the curse-caster).
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