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Post by lune7000 on Aug 11, 2021 22:05:57 GMT
Some time back I got interested in classic film. I decided it would be fun to watch things in order: first the silent films, then the 30's, 40's, etc. I finished with the movies of the 60's yesterday, which is the end of the classic period. Along the way, I bothered you with a lot of questions and you were all so very gracious in helping me out. I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks for the time and energy you gave me- people here are really nice.
As I move into the films of the 70's, 80's etc. I would also like any recommendations you might have for websites and forums that I can access that cover those films. Actual links are most welcome.
Best wishes to you in whatever comes your way
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Post by Isapop on Aug 11, 2021 22:35:16 GMT
I see. Now that you've gotten what you want, you're moving on.
I feel just like Shelley Winters in A Place In The Sun.
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Post by Isapop on Aug 11, 2021 22:36:30 GMT
But, likewise, best wishes.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Aug 11, 2021 23:03:38 GMT
To quote Judy Garland in A Star Is Born (did you see that one working your way through the '50s?), "You make this sound like the end of something...you make it sound like goodbye."
Although it's the Classic Film Board, mileage varies on what constitutes a classic, and the films of the '70s and beyond have long been fair game for discussion on the CFB, so there's certainly no reason that sharing in your well-organized quest can't continue on this board. And far from being bothersome, people love questions (especially when they have answers) as well as sharing their own tastes and advice. I may very well think of some resources for you to consult but, for now, lune7000, I hope you'll proceed here just as you've been doing recently. |
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Post by london777 on Aug 12, 2021 1:33:07 GMT
How long have I been posting here? 4 years? 5 years?
Anyway, before I started posting I thought I would find out what this board considers a "classic film" so that I would not stray out of bounds. The first reply was rather curt from one of our (then) star posters. (I have seen nothing from him for some time. I hope he is OK). I only realized afterwards that I had irritatingly re-raised one of the most hackneyed topics here.
I now realise that every film made before the early 1970s is regarded as "classic" and every film made after the early 1970s which any random poster may like is also regarded as "classic". Thus 95% of all movies are discussable on this board.
I hope you will stick around, lune7000. You are different.
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Post by jervistetch on Aug 12, 2021 2:54:26 GMT
Don’t even think of leaving. None of us can. Oh, the 70’s? Start here:  |
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Post by timshelboy on Aug 12, 2021 7:40:09 GMT
I see. Now that you've gotten what you want, you're moving on. I feel just like Shelley Winters in A Place In The Sun.I noticed that resemblance a while back. It's the little things Isapop!     1970s  1980s  1990s  2000s  2010s 
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Post by teleadm on Aug 12, 2021 17:59:58 GMT
Good Luck and Welcome Back when you feel like it!
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Post by Rufus-T on Aug 12, 2021 18:52:56 GMT
We are lover of films to any era as much as people from the Film General board. Just that we extend our interest beyond 40 years ago. We are not limited to classic films. Many modern films will become classic films eventually, so no need to leave the board after you are done with "old" films.
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Post by lune7000 on Aug 12, 2021 22:55:42 GMT
OK - I get the message, don't leave. I won't. But this means that you will be subjected to endless idiotic questions FOREVER as this is my style.
So this is one that occurred to me today: has Kirk Douglas died in more films than Burt Lancaster, Gregory Peck, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson, Paul Newman, and Steve McQueen COMBINED? Kirk always seems to die somehow, he's like that kid on South Park that keeps getting killed.
This is how my mind thinks- and I can't turn it off.
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Post by OldAussie on Aug 12, 2021 23:05:55 GMT
Hadn't occurred to me, but yeah....Kirk's deaths run well into the double figures.
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Post by Isapop on Aug 12, 2021 23:17:20 GMT
OK - I get the message, don't leave. I won't. But this means that you will be subjected to endless idiotic questions FOREVER as this is my style. So this is one that occurred to me today: has Kirk Douglas died in more films than Burt Lancaster, Gregory Peck, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson, Paul Newman, and Steve McQueen COMBINED? Kirk always seems to die somehow, he's like that kid on South Park that keeps getting killed. This is how my mind thinks- and I can't turn it off. Now THERE'S a question that would really engage this board. I wouldn't bet against it. A few of theses guys (Stewart, Wayne, Hudson) would almost never die. I'd say that dash of instability in Douglas always made him more of a candidate to get killed in the end. Audiences wouldn't be as upset by his death as they would at the others'.
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Post by Doghouse6 on Aug 12, 2021 23:25:34 GMT
OK - I get the message, don't leave. I won't. But this means that you will be subjected to endless idiotic questions FOREVER as this is my style. So this is one that occurred to me today: has Kirk Douglas died in more films than Burt Lancaster, Gregory Peck, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson, Paul Newman, and Steve McQueen COMBINED? Kirk always seems to die somehow, he's like that kid on South Park that keeps getting killed. This is how my mind thinks- and I can't turn it off. Neither Douglas nor any of the others you name could come close to Karloff or Lugosi among star-billed players. Or, for that matter, probably Bogart before, say, 1941 (who was only a semi-star until then). And that's how my mind works.
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Post by timshelboy on Aug 12, 2021 23:27:35 GMT
OK - I get the message, don't leave. I won't. But this means that you will be subjected to endless idiotic questions FOREVER as this is my style. So this is one that occurred to me today: has Kirk Douglas died in more films than Burt Lancaster, Gregory Peck, John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson, Paul Newman, and Steve McQueen COMBINED? Kirk always seems to die somehow, he's like that kid on South Park that keeps getting killed. This is how my mind thinks- and I can't turn it off. Elisha Cook Jr or Peter Lorre are contenders....but I think Shelley Winters probably trumps all in that sphere
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Post by timshelboy on Aug 12, 2021 23:33:04 GMT
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Post by Doghouse6 on Aug 12, 2021 23:45:21 GMT
I mentioned positions #4 & #8. Any points for that? Lovely parting gift, maybe?
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Post by Isapop on Aug 12, 2021 23:49:56 GMT
Aaaaah, stars from the classic age, like Douglas, aren't even counted.
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Post by OldAussie on Aug 12, 2021 23:50:59 GMT
Off the top of my head -
Rock Hudson - I've only got Winchester '73
Jimmy Stewart - dies off screen in How The West Was Won
Gregory Peck - The Gunfighter / The Omen / Boys From Brazil / Duel in the Sun
John Wayne - I know it's at least 6, The Alamo / The Cowboys / The Shootist
Burt Lancaster -
Tony Curtis -
Paul Newman - Butch and Sundance / Road to Perdition / Cool Hand Luke / Hombre / The Left Handed Gun
Steve McQueen - Sand Pebbles / Hell is For Heroes
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Post by timshelboy on Aug 13, 2021 0:22:43 GMT
The issue came up on the old board - I definitely recall a DEAD SHELLEY post I was very proud of  - I've put in the research - and just checked her CV - seen all cinema features bar a handful and she is on 18 definites and at least 3 possibles... potentially a dozen more...so she really could be in the frame to best Sean Bean....I know she got sent to the camps in ANNE FRANK but did she in I AM A CAMERA? And Its been so long since I have seen some of the later ones (AUNTIE ROO, etc) I can't remember and most were so lousy I wouldn't revisit to find out.  |
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Post by timshelboy on Aug 13, 2021 0:48:43 GMT
OK let's get to the bottom of this one - we have this important resource at our disposal Film NecrologiesWhich gave me this Shelley dish SPOILERS ABOUND Film Deaths: A Double Life (1947) [Pat Kroll]: Strangled by Ronald Colman in her bedroom. Her body is shown again later on when the police investigate. Larceny (1948) [Tory]: Shot to death by John Payne as she embraces him. (Thanks to Alan) The Great Gatsby (1949) [Myrtle Wilson]: Hit by a car driven by Betty Field. (I have not seen this version, but am familiar with the story.) A Place in the Sun (1951) [Alice Tripp]: Accidentally drowned when the boat capsizes while she is out on a lake with Montgomery Clift. (He had been planning to kill her, but had not decided whether on not to go through with it when fate took the decision out of his hands.) Shelley was pregnant at the time of her death, consequently, her unborn child also died. Phone Call from a Stranger (1952) [Binky Gay a.k.a. Bianca Carr]: Killed in a plane accident, along with Michael Rennie and Keenan Wynn. (Thanks to Bill) Mambo (1954) [Toni Salerno]: Hit by a car while running through a parking garage. (Thanks to Alan) The Big Knife (1955) [Dixie Evans]: Hit by a bus off-screen; we learn of her death afterwards when Wendell Corey informs Ida Lupino. (Thanks to Alan) The Night of the Hunter (1955) [Willa Harper]: Throat slit off-screen by Robert Mitchum. Her body is shown sitting in the car at the bottom of the river afterwards. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) [Mrs. Petronella Van Daan]: Dies off-screen in a concentration camp; her death is confirmed in an epilogue scene of Joseph Schildkraut discussing the deaths of all his friends. (Thanks to Alan) Lolita (1962) [Charlotte Haze]: Hit by a car off-screen. Her body is shown lying in the street (covered with a sheet) afterwards. The Mad Room (1969) [Mrs. Armstrong]: Hacked to death off-screen with a saber by Stella Stevens; her body is shown afterwards when Stella 'discovers' her. (Thanks to Bill) Bloody Mama (1970) [Kate 'Ma' Barker]: Shot to death in a shoot-out with the FBI. Shown as a series of black & white still frames. Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (Who Slew Auntie Roo?) (1971) [Rosie 'Aunt Roo' Forrest]: Burned to death after Mark Lester starts a fire in the kitchen while she is trapped in the pantry. The Poseidon Adventure (1972) [Belle Rosen]: Dies of a heart attack after rescuing Gene Hackman from being trapped underwater. Shattered (Something to Hide) (1972) [Gabriella Field]: Throat accidentally slashed (off-screen) when she falls onto a broken bottle during a fight with Peter Finch. Her body is never shown; we only hear about her death afterwards when Peter confesses to Linda Hayden. (Thanks to Bill) Cleopatra Jones (1973) [Mommy]: Knocked off a walkway during a fight with Tamara Dobson. An Average Little Man (Un Borghese piccolo piccolo; A Very Little Man) (1977) [Amalia Vivaldi]: Dies of a heart attack. (Thanks to Giulia) City on Fire (1979) [Nurse Andrea Harper]: Hit by falling rubble while the burning hospital is being evacuated. (Thanks to Johan) Looping (Looping: Der lange Traum von kurzen Gluck) (1981) [Carmen]: Shot in the head (though I do not know by whom). (Thanks to Alan) Heavy (1995) [Dolly Medina]: Dies off-screen of natural causes; we only learn about her death afterwards when Liv Tyler finds Pruitt Taylor Vince standing at her grave. Raging Angels (1995) [Grandma Ruth]: Falls down a flight of stairs while running away from a demon. (Thanks to Alan) If we just include big screen deaths we are on 20 I thought she died in WITCHFIRE and ELLIE but could not guarantee it Television Deaths: Adventures of Nick Carter (1972; TV movie) [Bess Tucker]: Killed off-screen by Neville Brand. Her body is shown afterwards when Robert Conrad discovers her sitting in a parked car. (Thanks to Alan and Tom) The Initiation of Sarah (1978; TV movie) [Mrs. Erica Hunter]: Burned to death after Kay Lenz uses her telekinetic powers to set the sorority house terrace on fire. (Thanks to Eugene) Elvis (1979; TV movie) [Gladys Presley]: Dies of a heart attack. (I have not seen this, but I know that her death occurred during the timeframe covered by the movie.) (Thanks to Alan) Roseanne (2018) If we include TV she on 24  |
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- I've put in the research - and just checked her CV - seen all cinema features bar a handful and she is on 18 definites and at least 3 possibles... potentially a dozen more...so she really could be in the frame to best Sean Bean....I know she got sent to the camps in ANNE FRANK but did she in I AM A CAMERA? And Its been so long since I have seen some of the later ones (AUNTIE ROO, etc) I can't remember and most were so lousy I wouldn't revisit to find out.