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November 11th, 2014: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Nov11 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Anti-War, Based on a Book, Black and White, Coming of Age, Drama, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, The Original, War Movies Tagged apprentice/mentor relationship, before they were famous, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Picture, Carl Laemmle Jr., cursed objects, Edward L. Cahn, Erich Maria Remaque, French Army, George Cukor, German Army, Germany, Great War, hard ass seargant, horrors of war, hospital, Karl Freund, Lew Ayres, Lewis Milestone, Louis Wolheim, military training, teachers, Universal Pictures

June 3, 2014: The Land that Time Forgot (1975)

Jun3 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Dinosaurs, Lost World, Movie of the Day, Sci-Fi, The Original, War Movies Tagged "This Lost World is Gonna Blow!", AIP, Alan Hume, Amicus, Anthony Ainley, Britain, double cross, Doug McClure, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Great War, Kevin Connor, message in a bottle, Michael Moorcock, rod puppets, Samuel Z. Arkoff, submarine

July 6th, 2013: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Jul6 by Professor Mortis

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6 Comments Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Based on a Book, Biopic, Epic, Event Film, Guerrillas, Movie of the Day, Period Film, War Movies Tagged Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Picture, Best Score, Best Sound, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Britain, Claude Rains, David Lean, Great War, Jack Hawkins, Jose Ferrer, Michael Wilson, Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole, Robert Bolt, T.E. Lawrence

February 16th, 2013: The Mummy (1999)

Feb16 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy, Event Film, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, Mummy, Period Film, Remake, Romance, Screwball, Slapstick, The Original Tagged "re-imagined", "This Lost World is Gonna Blow!", Arnold Vosloo, before they were famous, biblical allusion, Brendan Fraser, buried alive, buried treasure, cult, cult leader, cultists, deserted city, doomed expedition, Egypt, Egyptians, Erick Avari, ethnic stereotype, fire, French Foreign Legion, Great War, Great War veteran, Jerry Goldsmith, John Hannah, Jonathan Hyde, Kevin J. O'Connor, Legionnaire, librarian, library, Oded Fehr, Odious Comic Relief, pilots, plague, Rachel Weisz, reincarnation, riverboat, scarab, secret society, sorcerer, Stephen Sommers, storm, thief, Universal Pictures

January 19th, 2013: The Black Cat (1934)

Jan19 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Cults, Horror, Movie of the Day, Old Dark House, Revenge, Thriller Tagged "This Lair is Gonna Blow!", Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Carl Laemmle Jr., designated hero, double cross, Edgar Allan Poe, Edgar G. Ulmer, explosives, flayed alive, Great War, Great War veteran, incest, insanity, Jack P. Pierce, John Carradine, necrophilia, revenge, satanism, torture, torture chamber, twist, Universal Pictures, war crimes

August 4th, 2012: Paths of Glory (1957)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Anti-War, Based on a Book, Black and White, Independent, Issue Film, Movie of the Day, Period Film, War Movies Tagged Adolphe Menjou, courtroom scene, execution, France, French Army, George MacReady, Great War, Jim Thompson, Joe Turkel, Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Richard Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, Timothy Carey, trial

June 14th, 2011: Yankee Doodle Dandy

Jun14 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Biopic, Black and White, Movie of the Day, Musical, Period Film, Propaganda Tagged Best Actor, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Broadway, Great War, James Cagney, Michael Curtiz, New York City, S. Z. Sakall, vaudeville, Walter Huston, Warner Brothers, World War Two

April 6th, 2011: The Big Parade (1925)

Apr6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Movie of the Day, Romance, Silent, War Movies Tagged fiance, France, Great War, Irving Thalberg, John Gilbert, King Vidor, MGM, Rene Adore

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