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September 15th, 2012: Death on the Nile (1978)

Sep15 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Event Film, Independent, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film, Sequel, Whodunnit Tagged "A Galaxy of Stars", Agatha Christie, Angela Lansbury, Best Costume Design, Bette Davis, boat, Britain, David Niven, Egypt, EMI Films, George Kennedy, Harry Andrews, Jack Warden, Jane Birkin, John Guillermin, Maggie Smith, Mia Farrow, Olivia Hussey, Peter Ustinov, Sam Wanamaker, Simon MacCorkindale, steamboat, twist

July 8th, 2012: The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Romance, Swashbuckler Tagged "the prince and the pauper", Alfred Newman, before they were famous, Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Score Nominee, Bullshitania, C. Aubrey Smith, children of famous people, David Niven, David O. Selznick, double cross, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., forbidden love, George Cukor, identical cousins, James Wong Howe, king, Mary Astor, Montagu Love, National Film Registry, Raymond Massey, reshoots, Ronald Coleman, secret identity, Selznick International Pictures, troubled production, W. S. Van Dyke

June 23rd, 2012: Murder by Death (1976)

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Detective, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Old Dark House, Spoof, The Original, Whodunnit Tagged Alec Guinness, Asian Face, before they were famous, Columbia Pictures, David Niven, double cross, Eileen Brennan, Elsa Lanchester, ethnic stereotype, James Coco, James Cromwell, Maggie Smith, Nancy Walker, Neil Simon, Peter Falk, Peter Sellers, racism, Truman Capote

April 25th 2011: Bachelor Mother (1939)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Screwball, The Original, Workplace Tagged baby, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Charles Coburn, David Niven, department store, foundling, Ginger Rogers, Hayes Code, orphan, upstairs downstairs

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