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May 24th, 2012: Brigadoon (1954)

May24 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Romance, Fantasy, The Original, Movie of the Day, Musical Tagged MGM, alcoholic, New York City, warnings from townsfolk, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Scotland, cursed town, curse, Best Sound Recording Nominee, Gene Kelly, Arthur Freed, miracle, village, love at first sight, "love breaks the spell", Vincente Minnelli, Cyd Charisse, Van Johnson, Elaine Stewart, deus ex machina

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

April 7th, 2012: Easter Parade (1948)

Apr7 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Event Film, Fish-Out-of-Water, Holiday, May-September, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Romance Tagged "There's No Business Like Show Business", Albert Hackett, Ann Miller, Arthur Freed, Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture, Broadway, dance, dancers, Frances Goodrich, Fred Astaire, Irving Berlin, Judy Garland, Jules Munshin, Loew's, love triangle, make-over, MGM, New York City, Peter Lawford, pygmalion, shopping for clothes, Ziegfeld Follies

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 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

January 25th, 2012: Battleground (1949)

Jan25 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Black and White, Campaign History, Movie of the Day, War Movies Tagged 101st Airborne, Battle of the Bulge, Best Cinematography, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, German Army, James Arness, James Whitmore, MGM, Nazis, Ricardo Montalban, snow, U.S. Army, Van Johnson, William A. Wellman, winter, World War Two

December 14th, 2011: The Haunting (1963)

Dec14 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Ghost, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, The Original Tagged Britain, Claire Bloom, haunted house, inheritance, Julie Harris, Lois Maxwell, MGM, psychic, Richard Johnson, Robert Wise, Russ Tamblyn, scientists

December 12th, 2011: Shaft in Africa

Dec12 by professormortis

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3 Comments Posted in Action, Adventure, Blaxploitation, Crime, Detective, Espionage, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Revenge, Sequel Tagged Africa, double cross, Ethiopia, France, Frank Finlay, Frank McRae, hit man, human trafficking, Jacques Herlin, John Guillermin, Johny Pate, location shooting, Marne Maitland, MGM, Neda Arneric, Paris, Richard Roundtree, slavery, Sterling Silliphant, The Four Tops, Vonetta McGee

October 6th, 2011: Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Oct6 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Romance, Satire, Screwball, Slapstick Tagged Arthur Freed, backstage, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Gene Kelly, Hollywood, Jean Hagen, Loew's, MGM, prima donna, Rita Moreno, Stanley Donen

September 23rd, 2011: Mad Love (1935)

Sep23 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Let's Drive X Mad", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Horror, Mad Scientist, Movie of the Day, Remake, Thriller Tagged actress, Colin Clive, condemned murderer, frame up, France, Frances Drake, Grand Guignol, Gregg Tolland, guillotine, hand transplant, insanity, Karl Freund, Keye Luke, knife thrower, mad surgeon, MGM, musicians, obsessed fan, organ transplantation, Paris, Peter Lorre, pianist, train wreck, wax figure

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