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July 16th, 2012: Baby Face (1933)

Jul16 by professormortis

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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 16th, 2012: The Circus (1928)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Independent, Movie of the Day, Slapstick Tagged abusive father, acrobats, Charles Chaplin, Charles Chaplin Production, circus, tight rope, triple threat, United Artists

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

December 2nd, 2011: Suburbia (1983)

Dec2 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Drama, Independent, Issue Film, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Music Tagged abusive father, before they were famous, child abuse, child death, child molestor, cops, Drive-In, feral child, Flea, grindhouse, live performance, low-budget, New World Pictures, Penelope Spheeris, punks, Roger Corman, squatters, suburbia, teens, traumatized children

October 2nd, 2011: Donnie Darko (2001)

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Leave a comment Posted in Coming of Age, Fantasy, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Sci-Fi, The Original Tagged abusive father, Ashley Tisdale, before they were famous, Beth Grant, child molestor, children of famous people, cult, Daveigh Chase, Drew Barrymore, fanatic, Graham Greene, Halloween, Halloween party, hallucinations, head film, Holmes Osborne, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Jerry Trainor, Katherine Ross, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary McDonnell, midnight movie, murder, Noah Wyle, non-linear timeline, on the lam, one hit wonder, Pandora Cinema, parental absence equals party, party, philosophy, psychiatrists, religious nut, Richard Kelly, Seth Rogen, teens, therapist, time portal, twist, vehicular homicide

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