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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jun 26, 2017 2:16:40 GMT
Today I watched a film called The Gay Dog (1954), whose title has a very different meaning these days.
Can anyone name any other films for which the name of the film is dated?
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Post by taranofprydain on Jun 26, 2017 6:25:35 GMT
99 44/100 % Dead
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Post by MiketheMechanic on Jun 26, 2017 14:19:04 GMT
Period of Adjustment (1962) is a film title straight out the early 1930's!
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jun 26, 2017 14:59:19 GMT
Matthew the SwordsmanCan anyone name any other films for which the name of the film is dated?
2001 1984 10,000 BC YES! Just bein' silly 
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 26, 2017 15:06:43 GMT
The Fuller Brush Man (1948) & The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jun 26, 2017 15:13:26 GMT
The Fuller Brush Man (1948) & The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) The Fuller Brush man used to stop regularly at my house. Mom ALWAYS seemed to need a new vegetable brush or a hair brush. Combs were given free as a thank you. We got a small, rather soft, brush that my dad used to scrub the dirt off of my little paws. We called it "the tickle brush" because it did ! I still have it and it still tickles ! ahhhh ... memories that a simple film title can bring flooding back.  |
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jun 26, 2017 15:15:25 GMT
Matthew the Swordsman Can anyone name any other films for which the name of the film is dated?
2001 1984 10,000 BC YES! Just bein' silly Silly is good! We need more silliness! |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 26, 2017 15:26:59 GMT
The Fuller Brush Man (1948) & The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) The Fuller Brush man used to stop regularly at my house. Mom ALWAYS seemed to need a new vegetable brush or a hair brush. Combs were given free as a thank you. We got a small, rather soft, brush that my dad used to scrub the dirt off of my little paws. We called it "the tickle brush" because it did ! I still have it and it still tickles ! ahhhh ... memories that a simple film title can bring flooding back. Yep, our house too. Remember the fancy leather case that opened and folded out like six different ways into an elaborate display? I still have one of their hair brushes that's probably 60 years old; the bristles look like new and have outlasted my hair by a decade. Also a cunning little brush designed specifically for cleaning those combs. My mother was an Avon Lady for about ten years, but to the best of my knowledge, no one ever made a movie about them. |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 26, 2017 15:39:12 GMT
I've never seen it as far as I can recall, but there was a 1950 film called The Milkman that teamed Jimmy Durante and Donald O'Connor. Point of trivia: shortly after moving to MGM with the advent of talkies, Buster Keaton was teamed with Durante in several films. Seven years after working with Durante The Milkman, O'Connor starred in The Buster Keaton Story.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jun 26, 2017 15:41:44 GMT
Doghouse6Dunno about The Avon Story but I know there as a documentary on PBS about the Tupperware lady and her trials and tribulations. The mom in Edward Scissorhands sold something door to door didn't she ? Was it Avon ? I very vaguely remember the Fuller Brush case. It was soooo long ago. I remember the salesman being really nice and that he made a point of remembering my name and talking to me more than just the standard of the time "What do you wnt to be when you grow up ?" <ugh, I hated that !> The comb cleaning brush was like a tiny toothbrush ? (Poor Dacron had no idea what he was starting here, eh ?)  Matthew the Swordsman
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 26, 2017 15:57:07 GMT
Doghouse6 Dunno about The Avon Story but I know there as a documentary on PBS about the Tupperware lady and her trials and tribulations. The mom in Edward Scissorhands sold something door to door didn't she ? Was it Avon ? The comb cleaning brush was like a tiny toothbrush ? I saw that PBS docu. It made the internal culture of that company look a tad creepy. I actually attended a Tupperware party in the late '70s (thrown by some friends who like "themed" parties and thought it would provide some "retro" fun; it did, and I bought some stuff too). Don't really remember Edward Scissorhands well enough. The bristles of the comb cleaning brush are arranged cylindrically, about an inch in diameter and length, looking rather like a stubby pipe cleaner on steroids at the end of a handle. |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 26, 2017 16:10:02 GMT
Howzabout Ten Cents A Dance (1931)? Or ten cents for anything, for that matter.
Or Dial M For Murder? I still say "dial" even though I've been pushing buttons for over 40 years, because that's the terminology I grew up with. But I honestly don't know: do those raised entirely in the touch tone or mobile age say "dial?"
And how 'bout The Anderson Tapes (1971)? (Andersons are obsolete, aren't they?)
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jun 26, 2017 16:19:19 GMT
And speaking of telephoning...
Call Northside 777 (1948)
BUtterfield 8 (1960) (employing the proper capitalization of a lettered prefix)
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 26, 2017 16:24:47 GMT
Destination Moon (1950)
I was looking for an old title with "typewriter" in it but found numerous recent titles with the word. Same with "co-ed".
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jun 26, 2017 17:30:01 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2017 18:36:47 GMT
The Gay Amigo
The Gay Caballero
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 26, 2017 18:39:44 GMT
The Fuller Brush Man (1948) & The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) Our colleague on the old board, Dusty, was a Fuller Brush Man in his younger days. |
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Post by teleadm on Jun 26, 2017 18:49:28 GMT
Two Gay Boys 1912
The Gay Lord Quex 1919
The Gay Old Bird 1927
The Gay Defender 1927
Let Us Be Gay 1930
The Gay Divorcee 1934
The Gay Bride 1934
Gay Love 1934
Gay Old Dog 1935
The Gay Desperado 1936
The Gay Adventure 1936
The Gay Vagabond 1941
The Gay Falcon 1941
The Gay Sisters 1942
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay 1944
Medal for the General 1944 in UK, but named The Gay Intruders 1946 in USA
The Gay Senorita 1945
The Gay Cavalier 1946
Gay Blades 1946
The Gay Ranchero 1948
The Gay Amigo 1949
Trottie True
1949 in UK but named The Gay Lady in USA
Golden Arrow 1949 in UK, but named The Gay Adventure 1953 in USA.
Gay Purr-ee 1962
Might need to change names so they won't be misunderstood today, some might also be disappointed offcourse.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jun 26, 2017 18:50:54 GMT
The Fuller Brush man used to stop regularly at my house. Mom ALWAYS seemed to need a new vegetable brush or a hair brush. Combs were given free as a thank you. We got a small, rather soft, brush that my dad used to scrub the dirt off of my little paws. We called it "the tickle brush" because it did ! I still have it and it still tickles ! ahhhh ... memories that a simple film title can bring flooding back. Yep, our house too. Remember the fancy leather case that opened and folded out like six different ways into an elaborate display? I still have one of their hair brushes that's probably 60 years old; the bristles look like new and have outlasted my hair by a decade. Also a cunning little brush designed specifically for cleaning those combs. My mother was an Avon Lady for about ten years, but to the best of my knowledge, no one ever made a movie about them. Dianne Wiest in Edward Scissorhands (1990) played an Avon Lady, she calls on Vincent Price's character and discovers Edward Scissorhands. |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Jun 26, 2017 19:09:18 GMT
I could name a few blaxploitation titles here, but I can't risk banishment. What were they thinking back then?
You've Got Mail, the 90's remake of The Shop Around the Corner, just screams AOL to me, which ain't what it used to be.
The Bride Came C.O.D.
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