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September 8th, 2014: Forbidden Planet (1956)

Sep8 by Professor Mortis

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6 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Animation, Based on a Play, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Robots, Sci-Fi, Space Travel, The Original Tagged Anne Francis, Best Effects-Best Special Effects Nominee, comedic robot, dated gender roles, Earl Holliman, Jack Kelly, James Best, Les Tremayne, Leslie Nieslen, Marvin Miller, MGM, overbearing father, Richard Anderson, Robby the Robot, Robert Dix, robot servant, scientists, space exploration, Walter Pidegon, William Shakespeare

August 9th, 2014: Attack aka Attack! (1956)

Aug9 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Black and White, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, War Movies Tagged before they were famous, Buddy Ebsen, coward, double cross, Eddie Albert, Frank De Vol, incompetent officers, Jack Palance, Lee Marvin, low-budget, National Guard, Nazis, revenge, Richard Jaeckel, Robert Aldrich, Robert Strauss, Strother Martin, tank, United Artists, World War Two

July 14th, 2014: The Seventh Seal

Jul14 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Based on a Play, Black and White, Drama, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original Tagged Bibi Andersson, Black Plague, chess, game with death, Grim Reaper, Ingmar Bergman, knights, Max Von Sydow, Palme D'Or Nominee, plague, Sweden

June 14th, 2014: Casablanca

Jun14 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Play, Black and White, Drama, Issue Film, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Propaganda, Romance, The Original, Tragedy Tagged Best Actor Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Writing, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, double cross, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Max Steiner, Michael Curtiz, musical interlude, National Film Registry, Nazis, Paul Hendrid, Peter Lorre, S. Z. Sakall, Screenplay, Sydney Greenstreet, twist, Warner Brothers, World War Two

May 22nd, 2014: Sleuth (1972)

May22 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Crime, Drama, Heist, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Thriller Tagged battle of wits, Best Actor Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Britain, class issues, clowns, co-production, country estate, double cross, double nominee, gimmick, hairdresser, it's not over, jilted lover, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, mystery writer, Palomar Pictures, prejudice, thief, twist, writer

April 23rd, 2014: Romeo and Juliet (1968)

Apr23 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Romance, Tragedy Tagged Best Cinematography, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design, Best Director Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Britain, co-production, Dino De Laurentiis, duel, feuding families, Franco Zeffirelli, Italy, Michael York, Milo O'Shea, monks, nurse, poison, Renaissance, teens, Verona, William Shakespeare

April 16th, 2014: Desk Set

Apr16 by Professor Mortis

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6 Comments Posted in Based on a Play, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball, Workplace Tagged 20th Century Fox, evil computer, Gig Young, Henry Ephron, Joan Blondell, Katherine Hepburn, librarian, library, Phoebe Ephron, Spencer Tracy, Walter Lang, William Marchant

December 23rd, 2013: Bell, Book, and Candle (1958)

Dec23 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Comedy, Fantasy, Holiday, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball Tagged apartment, beatniks, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Columbia Pictures, Elsa Lanchester, Ernie Kovacs, Greenwich Village, Hermione Gingold, Jack Lemmon, James Stewart, jazz, Kim Novak, musical interlude, New York City, publisher, sexy neighbor, witch, writer

December 5th, 2013: Amadeus

Dec5 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Play, Biopic, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Music, Period Film Tagged Best Actor, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Makeup, Best Picture, Best Sound, child prodigy, composer, Cynthia Nixon, double cross, Elizabeth Berridge, F. Murray Abraham, jealousy, Jeffrey Jones, Kenny Baker, Milos Forman, Orion, Peter Shaffer, Simon Callow, Vincent Schiavelli, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

September 8th, 2013: A Shot in the Dark (1964)

Sep8 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, Sequel, Slapstick, Spoof, Whodunnit Tagged Blake Edwards, bombing, Britain, Burt Kwouk, Elke Sommer, France, George Sanders, Henry Mancini, Herbert Lom, insanity, Inspector Clouseau, nightclub, nudist colony, Paris, Peter Sellers, The Mirisch Corporation, United Artists, Walter Mirisch, William Peter Blatty

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