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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

February 22nd, 2012: What’s Opera Doc?

Feb22 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Animation, Based on a Folk Tale, Based on an Opera, Comedy, Epic, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Romance, Screwball, Slapstick, Spoof Tagged Arthur Q. Bryan, Bugs Bunny, Chuck Jones, Elmer Fudd, lightning, Mel Blanc, Merrie Melodies, National Film Registry, opera, Richard Wagner, Warner Brothers

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 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 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

December 27th, 2011: Touch of Evil

Dec27 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Cops, Crime, Film Noir, Hostage Situation, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Thriller, Uninvited Guests Tagged Akim Tamiroff, before they were famous, bombing, cameos, Charlton Heston, corrupt cops, corruption, Dennis Weaver, double cross, drug dealers, drugged, drugs, fortune teller, frame up, Henry Mancini, Janet Leigh, Joseph Cotton, Keenan Wynn, kidnapping, low-budget, Marlene Dietrich, Mercedes McCambridge, Mexico, motel, National Film Registry, Orson Welles, Ray Collins, The Border, Universal International Pictures, Zsa Zsa Gabor

November 27th, 2011: Enter the Dragon (1973)

Nov27 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Action, Adventure, Crime, Espionage, Event Film, Martial Arts, Movie of the Day, The Original Tagged Angela Mao, before they were famous, Bolo Yeung, Bruce Lee, Drive-In, Golden Harvest, Jackie Chan, Jim Kelly, John Saxon, Kien Shih, Lalo Schifrin, mastermind, National Film Registry, racist cops, racists, Raymond Chow, Robert Clouse, Robert Wall, Sammo Hung, secret martial arts tournament, Warner Brothers

November 25th, 2011: The Searchers (1956)

Nov25 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Buddy Flick, Chase, Epic, Independent, Movie of the Day, Road Trip, The Original, Western Tagged "Native American Face", American Indian, before they were famous, children of famous people, Civil War Veterans, Confederate War Veteran, Frank S. Nugent, Hank Worden, Harry Carey Jr., Jeffrey Hunter, John Ford, John Qualen, John Wayne, kidnapping, massacre, Max Steiner, Merian C. Cooper, Monument Valley, Natalie Wood, National Film Registry, Patrick Wayne, posse, quest, Texas, Texas Ranger, The Border, U.S. Cavalry, Vera Miles, veteran, Ward Bond, Warner Brothers

November 24th, 2011: King Kong (1933)

Nov24 by professormortis

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1 Comment Posted in Black and White, Dinosaurs, Event Film, Giant Animals, Kaiju, Lost World, Monster, Movie of the Day, Stop Motion Animation, The Original Tagged apes, biplane, Bruce Cabot, David O. Selznick, Edgar Wallace, Empire State Building, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Fay Wray, King Kong, Max Steiner, Merian C. Cooper, National Film Registry, natives, New York City, Noble Johnson, obligatory love interest, RKO, Robert Armstrong, sacrifice, Skull Island, Willis O'Brien

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