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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

May 10th, 2012: The Unknown (1927)

May10 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Thriller Tagged amputation, body horror, circus, double amputee, double thumbs, insanity, jilted lover, Joan Crawford, knife thrower, Lon Chaney Sr., love triangle, MGM, Norman Kerry, on the lam, strongman, surgery, Tod Browning, twist

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

February 18th, 2011: Strait-Jacket (1964)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Let's Drive X Mad", Black and White, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Thriller Tagged axe murders, cash-in, Columbia Pictures, George Kennedy, insanity, is x crazy?, Joan Crawford, Lee Majors, Leif Erickson, low-budget, red herring, Robert Bloch, twist, William Castle, William Castle Productions

January 7th, 2011: Mildred Pierce (1945)

Jan7 by professormortis

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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

I Saw What You Did (1965)

Nov3 by professormortis

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2 Comments Posted in Based on a Book, Black and White, Full Reviews, Reviews, The Original, Thriller Tagged baby sitters, children of famous people, crank call, Drive-In, Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Leif Erickson, low-budget, rip-off, teens, telephone, Universal Pictures, William Castle, William Castle Productions

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