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March 20th, 2013: Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid

Mar20 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Crime, Detective, Redubbed, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged Alan Ladd, archival footage, Ava Gardner, Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis, Brian Donlevy, Burt Lancaster, Carl Reiner, Cary Grant, Charles Laughton, conspiracy, detective, Edith Head, Edmond O'Brien, Fred MacMurray, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, James Cagney, Jeff Corey, Joan Crawford, Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Los Angeles, Miklós Rózsa, Nazis, Rachel Ward, Ray Milland, Reni Santori, scientists, South America, spies, Steve Martin, Veronica Lake, Vincent Price, William Conrad

January 18th, 2013: The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Jan18 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Assumed Identity, Based on a Play, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball Tagged alcoholic, Best Actor, Best Actress Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Cary Grant, class issues, comedic alcoholic, divorcee, ex-husband, ex-wife, Franz Waxman, George Cukor, interrupted wedding, James Stewart, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Katharine Hepburn, lady reporter, Loew's, MGM, National Film Registry, photographer, publisher, reporter, wedding, wedding night

September 26th, 2012: Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Sep26 by David Cole

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Mystery Tagged Cary Grant, Edward Everett Horton, Edward McNamara, Frank Capra, Grant Mitchell, Jack Carson, James Gleason, Jean Adair, John Alexander, John Ridgely, Joseph Kesselring, Josephine Hull, Julius J. Epstein, Max Steiner, Peter Lorre, Philip G. Epstein, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey

September 25th, 2012: His Girl Friday

Sep25 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Black and White, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Remake, Romance, Screwball, Workplace Tagged asshole reporter, Ben Hecht, Cary Grant, Columbia Pictures, corrupt cops, corrupt politicians, ex-husband, ex-wife, falsely accused, Howard Hawks, interrupted execution, it's not over, John Qualen, lady reporter, National Film Registry, newspaper, pardon, Ralph Bellamy, reporter, Rosalind Russell

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

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

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)

May21 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Based on a Book, Black and White, Comedy, Full Reviews, Reviews, The Original Tagged advertising, annoying children, Cary Grant, Connecticut, home buying, James Wong Howe, Louise Beavers, Melvyn Douglas, Myrna Loy, New York City, Reginald Denny, RKO, Selznik Releasing Corporation

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