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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

July 16th, 2012: Baby Face (1933)

Jul16 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Women's Picture Tagged abusive father, attempted suicide, bar maid, Barbara Stanwyck, bartender, Darryl F. Zanuck, double cross, George Brent, John Wayne, maid, murder, National Film Registry, Pre-Code, studio interference, suicide, tacked on ending, Warner Brothers

June 8th, 2012: Brazil (1985)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black Comedy, Comedy, Dark Future, Fantasy, Independent, Movie of the Day, Satire, Sci-Fi Tagged Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Bob Hoskins, Britain, bureaucrats, dream sequence, Ian Holm, Ian Richardson, it's not over, Jim Broadbent, Jonathan Pryce, Katherine Helmond, Kim Greist, Michael Kamen, Michael Palin, Peter Vaughn, plastic surgery, Robert De Niro, studio interference, terrorists, Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, torture, twist

May 6th, 2012: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Tragedy Tagged Agnes Moorehead, Anne Baxter, Bernard Hermann, Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Booth Tarkington, Joseph Cotton, Mercury Productions, Orson Welles, RKO, Robert Wise, studio interference, Tim Holt

September 22nd, 2011: Greed (1924)

Sep22 by professormortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Period Film, Drama, Arthouse, Black and White, Adaptation, Remake, Silent, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Based on a Book, Tragedy Tagged MGM, alcoholic, Jean Hersholt, desert, love triangle, studio interference, location shooting, Erich Von Stroheim, Zasu Pitts, lottery, grotesques, greed

July 27th, 2011: Macbeth (1948)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Play, Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Tragedy, Witches Tagged Alan Napier, Dan O'Herlihy, Jeanette Nolan, king, low-budget, Mercury Productions, murder, Orson Welles, prophecy, Republic Pictures, Roddy McDowall, Scotland, self fulfilling prophecy, studio interference, William Shakespeare

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