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March 21st, 2013: Faster, Pussycat, Kill! Kill!

2 Comments Posted in Action, Adult, Black and White, Camp, Comedy, Crime, Hostage Situation, Independent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, So-Bad-It's-Good, Softcore Tagged car racing, dirty old man, double cross, Drive-In, go go dancers, grindhouse, Haji, low-budget, muscle man, Russ Meyers, treasure, Tura Santana

February 27th, 2013: The Wind (1928)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Silent, Tragedy, Women's Picture Tagged ex-pat director, Frances Marion, insanity, jealousy, Lillian Gish, location shooting, marriage of convenience, MGM, Montagu Love, National Film Registry, prarie, studio interference, Victor Sjostrom

Aelita aka Aelita: Queen of Mars

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8 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Aliens, Arthouse, Black and White, Drama, Event Film, Fantasy, Issue Film, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Propaganda, Sci-Fi, Silent, Space Travel Tagged aliens as monarchist allegory, aristocracy, Communism, engineers, king, Mars, Queen, revolution, Soviet, Soviet Union, Soviets, space exploration, workers

July 26th, 2012: The Blade (1995)

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Martial Arts, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, Revenge Tagged bandits, factory, gimmick weapon, Golden Harvest, homage, Hong Kong, one armed swordsman, Raymond Chow, Tsui Hark

May 26th, 2012: Stagecoach (1939)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Cavalry, Chase, Drama, Event Film, Independent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original, Western 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 12th, 2012: The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Horror, Adaptation, Thriller, The Original, Silent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Based on a Book, Stalker Tagged "Cast of Thousands", "Phantom of the", apprentice/mentor relationship, Carl Laemmle, color sequence, insanity, Lon Chaney Sr., masquerade, Norman Kerry, obsessed fan, opera, opera house, Paris, Paris sewers, secret identity, sewer lair, sewers, Universal Pictures

May 10th, 2012: The Unknown (1927)

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Leave a comment Posted in Revenge, Black and White, Thriller, Melodrama, Movie of the Day Tagged twist, insanity, MGM, on the lam, Joan Crawford, Tod Browning, love triangle, circus, jilted lover, body horror, surgery, amputation, strongman, knife thrower, Lon Chaney Sr., double amputee, Norman Kerry, double thumbs

April 9th, 2012: The Attic (1980)

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1 Comment Posted in Black Comedy, Drama, Horror, Independent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Old Dark House, So-Bad-It's-Good, Thriller, Tragedy, Women's Picture Tagged abusive father, Atlantic Releasing Corporation, attic, Carrie Snodgrass, chimpanzees, disappearance, double cross, fantasy sequence, father-daugther relationship, fiance, fire, Frances Bay, Gary Graver, George Edwards, home movies, it's not over, librarian, library, low-budget, movie theater, murder, overbearing father, paralysis, pyromaniac, Ray Milland, sailors, secret, twist, wheelchair

February 15th, 2012: Grand Hotel (1932)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Based on a Play, Black and White, Drama, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Romance, The Original, Women's Picture Tagged accountant, ballerina, Berlin, Best Picture, doctor, Germany, Greta Garbo, hotel, industrialist, Irving Thalberg, Jean Hersholt, Joan Crawford, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, MGM, National Film Registry, noble, secretary, terminal illness, thief, Wallace Beery

January 14th, 2012: The Petrified Forest (1936)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Black and White, Crime, Drama, Hostage Situation, Issue Film, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Romance, The Original, Thriller, Tragedy, Uninvited Guests Tagged Archie Mayo, bank robbers, Bette Davis, Charles Kenyon, Delmer Daves, desert, Dick Foran, diner, father-daugther relationship, football player, gas station, Hal B. Wallis, hostage, hostage situation, Humphrey Bogart, idealist, Leslie Howard, old men, old timer, paramilitary group, poet, Porter Hall, rest stop, Robert E. Sherwood, Warner Brothers

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