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February 27th, 2013: The Wind (1928)

Feb27 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Silent, Tragedy, Women's Picture Tagged ex-pat director, Frances Marion, insanity, jealousy, Lillian Gish, location shooting, marriage of convenience, MGM, Montagu Love, National Film Registry, prarie, studio interference, Victor Sjostrom

February 2nd, 2013: Groundhog Day

Feb2 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black Comedy, Comedy, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Romance, Slapstick Tagged Andie MacDowell, Bill Murray, Brian Doyle-Murray, Chris Elliot, Columbia Pictures, Groundhog Day, Harold Ramis, it's not over, National Film Registry, Rick Overton, Stephen Tobolowsky

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

December 1st, 2012: Badlands (1973)

Dec1 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Period Film, Drama, Arthouse, Crime, Romance, Adaptation, "Based on a True Story", True Crime, Movie of the Day, Road Trip Tagged Warner Brothers, teens, low-budget, patricide, before they were famous, on the lam, National Film Registry, Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Terrence Malick, Badlands, Montana, South Dakota

November 29th, 2012: 42nd Street (1933)

Nov29 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Backstage, Black and White, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Romance, The Original, Workplace Tagged backstage, Bebe Daniels, before they were famous, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, Busby Berkeley, chorus girls, Darryl F. Zanuck, Dick Powell, fading star, George Brent, Ginger Rogers, Guy Kibbe, Louise Beavers, Lyle Talbot, National Film Registry, old timer, producer, rising star, Ruby Keeler, theater, Una Merkel, Warner Baxter, Warner Brothers

November 23rd, 2012: Big Business (1929)

Nov23 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Movember, Movie of the Day, Short, Silent, Slapstick Tagged Christmas tree, comedy team, Hal Roach, Hal Roach Studios, Laurel and Hardy, Leo McCarey, National Film Registry, Oliver Hardy, salesman, Stan Laurel

October 6th, 2012: The Great Train Robbery (1903)

Oct6 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Movie of the Day, Short, Silent, The Original, Western Tagged Edison Manufacturing Company, National Film Registry, train, train robbery, train station

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

August 19th, 2012: A Night at the Opera (1935)

Aug19 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Assumed Identity, Black and White, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Musical, Satire, Slapstick, Spoof, The Original Tagged Chico Marx, double cross, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Margaret Dumont, MGM, musical interlude, National Film Registry, ocean liner, opera, opera house, The Marx Brothers

July 17th, 2012: The Gold Rush (1925)

Jul17 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Black and White, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Silent, Slapstick Tagged Alaska, Charles Chaplin, Charles Chaplin Production, gold, Gold Rush, Klondike, National Film Registry, New Year's Eve, prospectors, United Artists

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