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October 6th, 2014: Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

Oct6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Romance, Satire, Screwball, Slapstick Tagged Arthur Freed, backstage, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Gene Kelly, Hollywood, Jean Hagen, Loew's, MGM, prima donna, Rita Moreno, Stanley Donen

October 13th, 2013: Anchors Aweigh

Oct13 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Buddy Flick, Comedy, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Music, Musical, Naval, Romance Tagged before they were famous, Best Actor Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Picture Nominee, Best Song Nominee, composer, Dean Stockwell, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, George Sidney, Joe Pasternak, Jose Iturbi, Kathryn Grayson, Loew's, Los Angeles, love triangle, MGM, pianist, Rags Ragland, sailors, shore leave, World War Two

August 23rd, 2013: Xanadu (1980)

Aug23 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Animation, Based on Myths, Event Film, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Romance Tagged album covers, artists, Barry De Vorzon, Big Band, California, Classical Mythology, disco, Don Bluth, flashback, Gene Kelly, Joel Silver, live action combined with animation, Michael Beck, montage, murals, muse, nightclub, Olivia Newton-John, Robert Greenwald, roller disco, roller skating, Sandahl Bergman, Santa Monica, shopping montage, Swing, Wilfred Hyde-White, Zeus

August 23rd, 2012: Viva Knievel! (1977)

Aug23 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Crime, Movie of the Day, So-Bad-It's-Good, Sports Tagged alcoholic, as himself, Cameron Mitchell, cash-in, Dabney Coleman, Drive-In, drug dealers, drugs, Estranged parent, Evel Knievel, father, father-son relationship, Frank Gifford, Gene Kelly, lady reporter, Lauren Hutton, Marjoe Gortner, Mexico, Red Buttons, reporter, The Border, the declining years, vanity project, Warner Brothers

May 24th, 2012: Brigadoon (1954)

May24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Musical, Romance, The Original Tagged "love breaks the spell", alcoholic, Arthur Freed, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, curse, cursed town, Cyd Charisse, deus ex machina, Elaine Stewart, Gene Kelly, love at first sight, MGM, miracle, New York City, Scotland, Van Johnson, village, Vincente Minnelli, warnings from townsfolk

May 20th, 2012: Rear Window (1954)

May20 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged "no one believes me", Alfred Hitchcock, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, broken leg, Edith Head, Franz Waxman, Gene Kelly, Gig Young, James Stewart, murder, Paramount Pictures, photographer, Raymond Burr, Thelma Ritter, voyeur, wheelchair

Anchors Aweigh (1945)

Sep1 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Buddy Flick, Comedy, Event Film, Full Reviews, Music, Musical, Naval, Reviews, Romance Tagged before they were famous, Best Actor Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Picture Nominee, Best Song Nominee, composer, Dean Stockwell, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, George Sidney, Joe Pasternak, Jose Iturbi, Kathryn Grayson, Loew's, Los Angeles, love triangle, MGM, pianist, Rags Ragland, sailors, shore leave, World War Two

August 23rd, 2011: On the Town (1949)

Aug23 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Comedy, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Musical, Screwball, Slapstick Tagged "One Crazy Night", 24 hour pass, Adolphe Green, Alice Pearce, Ann Miller, anthropologist, Arthur Freed, ballet, Best Music, Betty Comden, Betty Garrett, burlesque, cab driver, cavemen, Coney Island, dinosaur bones, Empire State Building, Florence Bates, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Jerome Robbins, Jules Munshin, lady cab driver, Loew's, MGM, museum, New York City, nightclub montage, sailors, shore leave, Stanley Donen, Technicolor, Vera-Ellen

Brigadoon (1954)

Aug17 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Fantasy, Full Reviews, Musical, Reviews, Romance, The Original Tagged "love breaks the spell", alcoholic, Arthur Freed, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, curse, cursed town, Cyd Charisse, deus ex machina, Elaine Stewart, Gene Kelly, love at first sight, MGM, miracle, New York City, Scotland, Tudor Owen, Van Johnson, village, Vincente Minnelli, warnings from townsfolk

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