The League of Dead Films

Bringing dead films back to life one review at a time

Search

Home
Movie of the Day
Welcome to The League
Who is Professor Mortis?

Tag Archives: David Niven

September 15th, 2012: Death on the Nile (1978)

Sep15 by professormortis

Continue reading →

Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film, Sequel, Whodunnit Tagged "A Galaxy of Stars", Agatha Christie, Angela Lansbury, Best Costume Design, Bette Davis, boat, Britain, David Niven, Egypt, EMI Films, George Kennedy, Harry Andrews, Jack Warden, Jane Birkin, John Guillermin, Maggie Smith, Mia Farrow, Olivia Hussey, Peter Ustinov, Sam Wanamaker, Simon MacCorkindale, steamboat, twist

July 8th, 2012: The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

Jul8 by professormortis

Continue reading →

Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Romance, Swashbuckler Tagged "the prince and the pauper", Alfred Newman, before they were famous, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Score Nominee, Bullshitania, C. Aubrey Smith, children of famous people, David Niven, David O. Selznick, double cross, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., forbidden love, George Cukor, identical cousins, James Wong Howe, king, Mary Astor, Montagu Love, National Film Registry, Raymond Massey, reshoots, Ronald Coleman, secret identity, Selznick International Pictures, troubled production, W. S. Van Dyke

June 23rd, 2012: Murder by Death (1976)

Jun23 by professormortis

Continue reading →

Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Detective, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Old Dark House, Spoof, The Original, Whodunnit Tagged Alec Guinness, Asian Face, before they were famous, Columbia Pictures, David Niven, double cross, Eileen Brennan, Elsa Lanchester, ethnic stereotype, James Coco, James Cromwell, Maggie Smith, Nancy Walker, Neil Simon, Peter Falk, Peter Sellers, racism, Truman Capote

April 25th 2011: Bachelor Mother (1939)

Apr25 by professormortis

Continue reading →

Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Screwball, The Original, Workplace Tagged baby, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Charles Coburn, David Niven, department store, foundling, Ginger Rogers, Hayes Code, orphan, upstairs downstairs

A Few Things About Us

Welcome to The League
Movie of the Day
Who is Professor Mortis?

"Based on a True Story" "Foreign Film" Action Adaptation Adventure Arthouse Based on a Book Black and White Comedy Crime Drama Event Film Fantasy Full Reviews Horror Independent Monster Movie of the Day Mystery Period Film Remake Reviews Romance Sci-Fi Slapstick So-Bad-It's-Good Spoof The Original Thriller War Movies

Tags

20th Century Fox AIP alcoholic before they were famous Best Actor Nominee Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee Best Cinematography Nominee Best Director Best Director Nominee Best Film Editing Nominee Best Picture Best Picture Nominee Best Supporting Actor Nominee Best Supporting Actress Nominee Britain cash-in children of famous people Columbia Pictures double cross Drive-In France grindhouse homage insanity it's not over Italy Japan low-budget MGM mobsters musical interlude National Film Registry Nazis New York City Paramount Pictures rip-off scientists teens Toho twist United Artists Universal Pictures Warner Brothers World War Two

League Communiques

May 17th, 2013: Easy Rider (1969) wp.me/pN0aY-28A 2 days ago

Follow @DeadFilmsLeague

David Cole
professormortis

Blogroll

1000 Misspent Hours and Counting
3B Theater
And You Call Yourself a Scientist
And You Thought It Was…Safe(?)
Cinelogue
Cinemasochist Apocalypse
Classic Movie Ramblings
Cult Movie Reviews
Final Girl
Forgotten Exploitation
I AM THE LOOP
Scenes from the Morgue
Teleport City
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The KO Picture Show
thebrothersj
WTF Film

Recent Comments

professormortis on May 17th, 2013: Easy Rider (1969)
theelderj on May 17th, 2013: Easy Rider (1969)
professormortis on May 15th, 2013: Blood Feast (1963)
theelderj on May 15th, 2013: Blood Feast (1963)
Anonymous on Movember 30th, 2012 – Alec Guinness

Subscribe to the League

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 548 other followers

Blog at WordPress.com. | Theme: Quintus by Automattic.

Follow

Follow “The League of Dead Films”

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 548 other followers

Powered by WordPress.com