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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 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 6th, 2012: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

May6 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Tragedy Tagged Agnes Moorehead, Anne Baxter, Bernard Hermann, Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Booth Tarkington, Joseph Cotton, Mercury Productions, Orson Welles, RKO, Robert Wise, studio interference, Tim Holt

April 18th, 2012: Gunga Din (1939)

Apr18 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Poem, Black and White, Buddy Flick, Cavalry, Comedy, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original, War Movies, Western Tagged Alfred Newman, Ben Hecht, Best Cinematography Nominee, brawl, Britain, British Army, bugle, captured by the enemy, Cary Grant, cult leader, cultists, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Eduardo Ciannelli, elephant, fanatic, fiance, George Stevens, India, Joan Fontaine, John Sturges, loosely adapted, Montagu Love, National Film Registry, noble savage, noble servant, RKO, Rudyard Kipling, Sam Jaffe, schemer, Thuggee, treasure, Victor McLaglen, water boy

March 20th, 2012: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

Mar20 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Comedy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Western Tagged "Battle of the Sexes", 20th Century Fox, abduction, Albert Hackett, axe dance, bar maid, barn raising, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Picture Nominee, brothers, cook, Dorothy Kingsley, Frances Goodrich, Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Julie Newmar, Loew's, MGM, mountain men, mountains, Oregon, Plutarch, rape of the Sabine women, Russ Tamblyn, sexism, small town, Stanley Donen, Stephen Vincent Brown, townies, waitress

February 4th, 2012: The Social Network (2010)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Biopic, Coming of Age, Drama, Movie of the Day Tagged Aaron Sorkin, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer, Atticus Ross, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Editing, Best Original Score, Best Picture Nominee, Brenda Song, David Fincher, Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake, Max Minghella, Rashida Jones, Rooney Mara, Trent Reznor

February 3rd, 2012: South Pacific (1958)

Feb3 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in War Movies, Period Film, Romance, Adaptation, Event Film, The Original, Based on a Play, Movie of the Day, Guerrillas, Based on a Book, Musical, Special Operations, Suicide Mission, May-September Tagged 20th Century Fox, before they were famous, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture Nominee, Best Sound, black market, Doug McClure, forbidden love, island, James Michener, John Kerr, Joshua Logan, Mitzi Gaynor, operator, Oscar Hammerstein II, Pacific, plantation, racism, Ray Walston, Richard Rogers, Ron Ely, sailors, Tom Laughlin, U.S. Navy, World War Two

February 1st, 2012: Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Feb1 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Black Comedy, Comedy, Drama, Film Noir, Gothic Horror, Movie of the Day, Satire, The Original, Thriller, Tragedy Tagged actress, Anna Q. Nilsson, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music, Best Picture Nominee, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Billy Wilder, Buster Keaton, California, cameos, Cecil B. DeMille, Charles Brackett, chimpanzees, Erich Von Stroheim, ex-husband, Franz Waxman, funeral, Gloria Swanson, H. B. Warner, has beens, Hedda Hopper, Hollywood, homage, insanity, Jack Webb, Los Angeles, Nancy Olsen, narration, National Film Registry, older woman, Paramount Pictures, Ray Evans, repo men, screenwriter, silent Hollywood, swimming pool, twist, washed up actress, William Holden

January 24th, 2012: Marty (1955)

Jan24 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Drama, Romance, Black and White, Adaptation, Remake, Based on a TV Show, Movie of the Day, Independent Tagged Palme D'Or, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, United Artists, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, New York City, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Burt Lancaster, Ernest Borgnine, Paddy Chayefsky, Joe Mantell, meet cute, Best Actor, mother, dance, Harold Hecht, Jerry Paris, Betsy Blair, The Bronx, slice of life, butcher

January 20th, 2012: Double Indemnity (1944)

Jan20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged "make it look like an accident", adultery, Barbara Stanwyck, Best Actress Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Score Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Billy Wilder, bowling, California, double cross, drive-in restaurant, Edith Head, Edward G. Robinson, father-son relationship, femme fatale, flashback, Fred MacMurray, insurance agent, insurance investigator, James M. Cain, kill them for the insurance money, murder, murder on a train, narration, National Film Registry, Paramount Pictures, Porter Hall, Raymond Chandler, train

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