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February 27th, 2013: The Wind (1928)

Feb27 by professormortis

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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

July 16th, 2012: Baby Face (1933)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Women's Picture Tagged abusive father, attempted suicide, bar maid, Barbara Stanwyck, bartender, Darryl F. Zanuck, double cross, George Brent, John Wayne, maid, murder, National Film Registry, Pre-Code, studio interference, suicide, tacked on ending, Warner Brothers

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)

Feb15 by professormortis

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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

July 7th, 2011: Gaslight (1944)

Jul7 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Let's Drive X Mad", Based on a Play, Black and White, Drama, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, Thriller, Women's Picture Tagged Angela Lansbury, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Charles Boyer, George Cukor, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotton, Loew's, MGM, thief

May 2nd, 2011: The Bad Seed (1956)

May2 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Based on a Book, Based on a Play, Black and White, Horror, Killer Kids, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Women's Picture Tagged alcoholic, Best Actress Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, burning, children of famous people, Henry Jones, Meryvn LeRoy, Patty McCormack, Paul Fix, Warner Brothers

January 20th, 2011: Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

Jan20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Radio Show, Black and White, Drama, Film Noir, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Thriller, Women's Picture Tagged Anatole Litvak, Barbara Stanwyck, Best Actress Nominee, Burt Lancaster, Ed Begley, Hal B. Wallis, Hal Wallis Productions, hen pecked husband, hit man, hypochondriac, invalid, Leif Erickson, Paramount Pictures, twist, William Conrad

January 7th, 2011: Mildred Pierce (1945)

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, The Original, Women's Picture Tagged Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Butterfly McQueen, Eve Arden, femme fatale, Jack Carson, Joan Crawford, Michael Curtiz, twist, Warner Brothers

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