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Post by kijii on Apr 10, 2018 0:38:38 GMT
The Chapman Report (1962) is a pretty bad film, directed by George Cukor and based on an Irving Wallace novel, which was based on Kinsey Report, which is what people were interested in the early 60s. The story is "conveniently" split up into four types of suburban women (based solely on their sexual mores at the time): the frigid woman (Jane Fonda), the explorer (Glynis Johns), the home wecker (Shelley Winters), and the incurable nymphomaniac (Claire Bloom).
It's pretty bad stuff.
Agreed?
I DVRd this movie from a TCM airing earlier this month.
Paul Radford (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.): What about your early teens?
Naomi Shields (Claire Bloom): Teens? I engaged in lovemaking during my early teens.
Paul Radford: And from then until you were married?
Naomi Shields: Many.
Paul Radford : During your marital years...
Naomi Shields : Often.
Paul Radford : Often, what?
Naomi Shields : Often. I cheated on my husband. I know I shouldn't have done. But, I did. He was kind. He was honest. He was loving. And I really wanted him; but, I wanted everyone else, too.
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Apr 10, 2018 2:20:59 GMT
Three Guys Named Mike (1951), with Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Howard Keel, Barry Sullivan.
Early-50s rom-com about a newly minted stewardess (Jane Wyman) and her experiences in the airline business, as well as dealing with 3 guys (named "Mike" of course) who express romantic interest in her. Poor woman is left to pick and choose... A bit far-fetched and corny by today's standards, but still a fun watch. Some of the aviation scenes (all of which pre-date jet powered commercial aircraft) are worth a look for any aviation buffs. And of the 3 guys to choose from, whom does she finally settle on? Why, Van Johnson, of course. Hmm.......
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Post by jeffersoncody on Apr 10, 2018 9:28:42 GMT
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Apr 10, 2018 17:44:05 GMT
A Man Escaped (1952), directed by Robert Bresson, with Francois Letterier, Roland Monod, Charles Le Clainche. DVR'd off of recent TCM telecast.
Minimalist, but quite harrowing drama about a French lieutenant (Letterier) and his experiences while being imprisoned by the Gestapo, and condemned to die. The clock is ticking, and he has only so much time to pull off a successful escape, or surely meet his fate before a firing squad - a fate that has already befallen several of his comrades in the prison. Based on a true story, of André Devigny, a member of the French Resistance held in Montluc prison by the occupying Germans during World War II.
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Post by mikef6 on Apr 10, 2018 18:01:20 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Apr 10, 2018 18:12:26 GMT
Tarzan's Secret Treasure 1941, directed by Richard Thorpe, based on characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, starring Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Reginald Owen, Barry Fitzgerald, Tom Conway, Philip Dorn and others. Matinee adventure about Tarzan's jungle home, and his family, Jane and Boy, that are threatened by men greedy for gold that started as a scientific expedition. Boy speaks very American-English even if he is brought up by a man who hardly speaks and a woman who speaks British-English. A first this time is that the nice guy (Fitzgerald) of the expedition isn't shot in his back and dies. This was the fifth of the MGM Tarzan movies. Cheetah the Chimp's escapades takes up a bit too much time, maybe those escapades was thought as funny once, I thought they were. A nice touch is that Boy strikes a friendship with a black boy named Tumbo who has just lost his mother, and is treated as an equal by Tarzan, Jane and the nice guys of the expedition.  
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Post by teleadm on Apr 11, 2018 17:39:39 GMT
The Virginian 1946, directed by Stuart Gilmore, based on Owen Wister's novel and play, starring Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, Sonny Tufts, Barbara Britton, Fay Bainter, Tom Tully, Henry O'Neill, William Frawley and others. In Medicine Bow, a newly arrived eastern schoolteacher (Britton) is courted by two cowpokes (McCrea and Tufts) but their courtship is interrupted by violent incidents involving local cattle rustlers led by Trampas (Donlevy). What have made Owen Wister's novel such a classic is difficult to decipher from this movie as it plays. With beautiful outdoor scenery from California, and yes it's in Technicolor. It's entertaining enough without being remarkable, and Donlevy makes a good villian all dressed in black. I wouldn't call it a matinee, since there is a very dark scene. In the lighter scenes McCrea makes good use of what he has learned in the comedies he's been in up untill this movie.  
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Apr 12, 2018 1:57:57 GMT
Just watched three short films from Australia. Enjoyed all three. These have been uploaded to YouTube by the National Film and Sound Archive. These were:
North to the Sun (1951), documentary and travelogue filmed in Queensland. This was given a theatrical release, for example in Sydney it was shown at the Embassy cinema, where it accompanied the Anna Neagle film "Odette" (1950), along with additional shorts "Royal Duck Shoot" (1948), "Bee at the Beach" (1950) and a newsreel. In 1958, the short was also shown on TV.
Our Firemen (1951) is a simple classroom film about firemen. Believe it or not, it also got shown at least one cinema. Interestingly, the film was directed by a woman, Joan Long (credited as Joan Boundy).
Double Trouble (1951) is a comedy with the message of being helpful towards foreigners. I don't know anything about the release of this film.
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Post by teleadm on Apr 12, 2018 18:10:18 GMT
Et Dieu... créa la femme ( ...and God Created Woman) 1956, directed by Roger Vadim, starring Brigitte Bardot, Curd Jürgens, Jean-Louis Trintignant and others. Drama "In sunny St. Tropez, a young sexpot loves one brother but marries the other". What was once sensational seems rather tame today, though it's well made and Bardot is nice to rest the eyes on. The restored copy I watched was beautiful in the Eastmancolors. The film was a big hit in France and one of the ten most popular films at the British box office in its year of release, and made 4M USD in A USA alone, compared to the 300.000 USD it cost to make.  
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Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Apr 13, 2018 5:48:37 GMT
The Reluctant Saint (1962), directed by Edward Dmytryk, with Maximillian Schell, Ricardo Montalban, Akim Tamiroff and Lea Padovani. DVR'd off of TCM a while back. First time viewing.
Pleasant comedy-drama, a somewhat fictionalized version of the story of Joseph of Cupertino, a 17th-century Italian Conventual Franciscan friar and mystic who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church. Sprinkled throughout with gentle humor, and filmed (in B&W) in Italy.
Interesting to see Schell in the role he played here, so soon after winning the Best Actor Academy Award for his role as the defense attorney in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2018 6:09:56 GMT
Siegfried, from 1924.
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Post by kijii on Apr 13, 2018 6:11:07 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2018 7:34:28 GMT
The last laugh, 1924 who has any opinions on this film?
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Post by teleadm on Apr 13, 2018 17:07:17 GMT
Rhythm on the Range 1936, directed by Norman Taurog, starring Bing Crosby, Frances Farmer, Bob Burns, Martha Raye and others. About a Heiress (Farmer) running away incognito and beeing romanced by a cowhand (Crosby), and true love breaks all barriers. Specially written for this move was "Empty Saddles" and "I'm an Old Cowhand from the Rio Grande" The plot is totally featherbrained but it's an entertaining ride all the same, without beeing a great movie. Also interesting to see the real Frances Farmer in a movie. A young Louis Prima (voice of King Louie 32 years later) pops up. 
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2018 21:38:47 GMT
This is one of the early Fritz Lang films I haven't yet seen. It's been on my watchlist forever. What did you think of it? I couldn't follow the story exactly, lol. Because it uses words that I am not familiar with like, vassage. That word definitely threw me off. I didn't mind suspending my disbelief to enjoy this one overall though.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Apr 14, 2018 0:07:28 GMT
I admit I haven't been watching much in the way of film content lately...lately I've been doing research on what vintage TV material is held by Australia's National Film and Sound Archive, for example I recently checked which 1990s newscasts they hold have been digitised. ...but today I watched a short made for Australia's National Film Board, a 10-minute documentary, about the introduction of electricity into a small rural town. Switch On Bigga (1953) is something I watched last year, and I decided to re-watch it. It was almost a lost film until a copy with washed-out, faded colour turned up. Although very few feature films were made in 1950s Australia, many documentary shorts were made and I enjoy watching them (I've seen many of them). The copyright holder has uploaded this particular short to YouTube: |
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Post by kijii on Apr 14, 2018 1:55:10 GMT
I admit I haven't been watching much in the way of film content lately...lately I've been doing research on what vintage TV material is held by Australia's National Film and Sound Archive, for example I recently checked which 1990s newscasts they hold have been digitised. ...but today I watched a short made for Australia's National Film Board, a 10-minute documentary, about the introduction of electricity into a small rural town. Switch On Bigga (1953) is something I watched last year, and I decided to re-watch it. It was almost a lost film until a copy with washed-out, faded colour turned up. Although very few feature films were made in 1950s Australia, many documentary shorts were made and I enjoy watching them (I've seen many of them). The copyright holder has uploaded this particular short to YouTube: Shorts can have a lot of impact in a short time... I would love to see Fred Zinnemann's shorts--That seemed to be his starting point to bigger things: 1942 The Lady or the Tiger? (Short) 1942 The Greenie (Short) 1941 Your Last Act (Short) 1941 Forbidden Passage (Short) 1940 The Great Meddler (Short) 1940 A Way in the Wilderness (Short) 1940 Stuffie (Short) 1940 The Old South (Documentary short) 1939 Forgotten Victory (Short) 1939 The Ash Can Fleet (Short) 1939 One Against the World (Short) 1939 Help Wanted (Short) 1939 While America Sleeps (Short) 1939 Weather Wizards (Short) 1938 They Live Again (Documentary short) 1938 Tracking the Sleeping Death (Short) 1938 The Story of Doctor Carver (Short) 1938 That Mothers Might Live (Short) 1937 Friend Indeed (Short) He even won an Oscar for a Short in 1951 - Benjy (Short) |
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Post by outrider127 on Apr 14, 2018 4:07:06 GMT
Tarzan's Secret Treasure 1941, directed by Richard Thorpe, based on characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, starring Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Reginald Owen, Barry Fitzgerald, Tom Conway, Philip Dorn and others. Matinee adventure about Tarzan's jungle home, and his family, Jane and Boy, that are threatened by men greedy for gold that started as a scientific expedition. Boy speaks very American-English even if he is brought up by a man who hardly speaks and a woman who speaks British-English. A first this time is that the nice guy (Fitzgerald) of the expedition isn't shot in his back and dies. This was the fifth of the MGM Tarzan movies. Cheetah the Chimp's escapades takes up a bit too much time, maybe those escapades was thought as funny once, I thought they were. A nice touch is that Boy strikes a friendship with a black boy named Tumbo who has just lost his mother, and is treated as an equal by Tarzan, Jane and the nice guys of the expedition. Yes we saw it too, enjoyed it |
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Post by outrider127 on Apr 14, 2018 4:08:58 GMT
Rosemary's Baby--forgot how pretty Mia Farrow was--until halfway thru the movie when she cuts her hair yechhh
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