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May 30th 2012: Notorious (1946)

May30 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Drama, Espionage, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged alcoholic, Alfred Hitchcock, Ben Hecht, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Brazil, Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Clifford Odets, double cross, Ingrid Bergman, Miami, National Film Registry, Nazis, Rio De Janerio, RKO, uranium

May 29th, 2012: Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century (1977)

May29 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Event Film, Family, Giant Apes, Independent, Kaiju, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged "Skippy the Wonder Dog", Canada, cash-in, dogs, double cross, Drive-In, frozen in ice, Gianfranco Parolini, industrial espionage, industrialist, Italy, Newfoundland, rip-off, scientists, suspended animation, teens, Toronto, Yeti

May 28th, 2012: Twelve O’Clock High (1949)

May28 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Air Operations, Based on a Book, Black and White, Campaign History, Drama, Movie of the Day, War Movies Tagged 20th Century Fox, B-17, Best Actor Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Recording, Best Supporting Actor, bombers, Darryl F. Zanuck, Dean Jagger, Gary Merrill, Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, stock footage, U.S. Army Air Force, World War II Veterans, World War Two

May 27th, 2012: Q: The Winged Serpent

May27 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Crime, Heist, Cops, Horror, Black Comedy, Kaiju, Cults, Monster, Movie of the Day, Independent, Stop Motion Animation, Addicition, Satire Tagged musical interlude, low-budget, it's not over, New York City, drug addict, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Larry Cohen, David Carradine, Richard Rountree, Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, Arkoff International, Larco Productions, Chrysler Building, nest, SWAT, ex-con, diamonds, Aztecs, gods, museum

May 26th, 2012: Stagecoach (1939)

May26 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Period Film, Drama, Western, Cavalry, Black and White, Event Film, The Original, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Chase, Independent Tagged "Native American Face", alcoholic, Andy Devine, before they were famous, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, Claire Trevor, Confederate War Veteran, doctor, Donald Meek, fallen woman, falsely accused, John Carradine, John Ford, John Wayne, on the lam, prisoner, showdown, Southern gentleman, stagecoach, The Border, Thomas Mitchell, Tim Holt, Tom Tyler, U.S. Cavalry, United Artists, Walter Wanger Productions, Yakima Canutt

May 25th, 2012: The Hidden Fortress (1958)

May25 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Action, Adventure, Arthouse, Black and White, Chanbara, Event Film, Jidaigeki, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original Tagged Akira Kurosawa, comedic working class, Japan, peasants, Samurai, samurai swords, Takashi Shimura, Toho, Toshiro Mifune

May 24th, 2012: Brigadoon (1954)

May24 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Romance, Fantasy, The Original, Movie of the Day, Musical Tagged MGM, alcoholic, New York City, warnings from townsfolk, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Scotland, cursed town, curse, Best Sound Recording Nominee, Gene Kelly, Arthur Freed, miracle, village, love at first sight, "love breaks the spell", Vincente Minnelli, Cyd Charisse, Van Johnson, Elaine Stewart, deus ex machina

May 22nd, 2012: Z (1969)

May22 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Political Thriller, Thriller Tagged assassination, assassination attempt, Best Actor (Cannes), Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing, Best Foreign Language Picture, Best Picture Nominee, car accident, car attack, coma, conspiracy, Costa-Gravas, coup, doctor, France, Greece, hospital, informer, Irene Pappas, it's not over, Jacques Perrin, Jean-Louis Trintignant, journalist, Jury Prize (Cannes), Palme D'Or Nominee, paramilitary group, political group, politician, reluctant witness, surgery, Yves Montand

May 20th, 2012: Rear Window (1954)

May20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged "no one believes me", Alfred Hitchcock, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, broken leg, Edith Head, Franz Waxman, Gene Kelly, Gig Young, James Stewart, murder, Paramount Pictures, photographer, Raymond Burr, Thelma Ritter, voyeur, wheelchair

May 18th, 2012: House on Haunted Hill (1959)

May18 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Ghost, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Old Dark House Tagged "And I would have gotten away with it...", acid, Allied Artists, bickering married couple, Carol Ohmart, dinner party, doctor, double cross, Drive-In, Elisha Cook Jr., Emergo, gimmick, gossip columnist, matinee, party, pilot, secretary, skeleton, Vincent Price, William Castle, William Castle Productions

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