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December 28th, 2014: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

Dec28 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Black and White, Buddy Flick, Drama, Movie of the Day, The Original, Tragedy Tagged banditos, bandits, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, children of famous people, double cross, fate, gold, greed, Humphrey Bogart, Jack L. Warner, John Huston, lottery, luck, Mexico, mine, miners, old timer, prospectors, Tim Holt, train, train attack, train robbery, village, Walter Huston, Warner Brothers

August 17th, 2014: Myra Breckinridge

Aug17 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Satire Tagged 20th Century Fox, acting school, alcoholic, Andy Devine, Calvin Lockhart, Dan Hedaya, Farrah Fawcett, film clips, George Furth, Golden Turkey, Gore Vidal, guilty pleasure, has beens, Hollywood, it's only a dream, Jim Backus, John Carradine, John Huston, Mae West, musical interlude, oversexed old people, pegging, poor taste, Raquel Welch, Rex Reed, sex change, talent agents, Tom Selleck, Toni Basil, twist

July 21st, 2014: Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)

Jul21 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Animals Attack, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Horror, Mad Scientist, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Remake, So-Bad-It's-Good Tagged Bela Lugosi, belly dancing, Carl Laemmle Jr., carnival, Edgar Allan Poe, gorilla suit, Jack P. Pierce, John Huston, Karl Freund, Leon Ames, medical student, Noble Johnson, Pat Roach, side show, Sidney Fox, stock footage, Universal Pictures

August 5th, 2013: Beat the Devil (1953)

Aug5 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adventure, Black and White, Comedy, Con, Crime, Drama, Espionage, Independent, Movie of the Day, Romance, Screwball Tagged Africa, Bernard Lee, bickering married couple, boat, Britain, children of famous people, double cross, Gina Lollabridgia, Humphrey Bogart, Italy, Jennifer Jones, John Huston, ocean, Peter Lorre, Robert Morley, sea voyage, Truman Capote, uranium

June 12th, 2013: The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

Jun12 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Short Story(ies), Buddy Flick, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Road Trip Tagged "Are you a God?", "no man has lived to tell the tale", Afghanistan, Albert Moses, Alexander the Great, avalanche, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, British Army, British Empire, Christopher Plummer, Classical allusion, Classical Mythology, gods, husband and wife team, India, John Huston, journalist, less famous spouse, Martini Henry Rifle, Maurice Jarre, Michael Caine, mountains, natives, nepotism, pact, pith helmet, rope bridge, Rudyard Kipling, Saeed Jaffrey, Sean Connery, Shakira Caine, train, tribes

January 3rd, 2012: The Hobbit (1977)

Jan3 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Based on a Book, Family, Fantasy, Movie of the Day, The Original Tagged ABC Video Enterprises, Arthur Rankin Jr, Brother Theodore, children of famous people, dragons, eagles, goblins, Hans Conreid, invisibility, John Huston, JRR Tolkien, Jules Bass, Little People, magic ring, Middle Earth, musical interlude, Orson Bean, Otto Preminger, Paul Frees, Rankin/Bass Productions, Richard Boone, Rmeo Muller, spiders, Thurl Ravenscroft, wizards

September 2nd, 2011: Key Largo

Sep2 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Black and White, Drama, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, Thriller, Uninvited Guests Tagged Best Supporting Actress, boat, Claire Trevor, Cuba, double cross, Florida, Florida Keys, hotel, Humphrey Bogart, John Huston, Karl Freund, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barry, Max Steiner, Maxwell Anderson, mobsters, Richard Brooks, Warner Brothers

June 19th, 2011: Chinatown (1974)

Jun19 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Detective, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Neo-Noir, Period Film, The Original Tagged Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Bruce Glover, Burt Young, conspiracy, Diane Ladd, Faye Dunaway, homage, incest, Jack Nicholson, James Hong, Jerry Goldsmith, Joe Mantell, John Hillerman, John Huston, murder, Paramount Pictures, Penthouse, Perry Lopez, Rance Howard, Robert Evans, Roman Polanski, Roy Jenson, twist, water rights

May 27th, 2011: The Maltese Falcon (1941)

May27 by Professor Mortis

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2 Comments Posted in Based on a Book, Black and White, Detective, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Remake, Whodunnit Tagged Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, double cross, Elisha Cook Jr., Humphrey Bogart, John Huston, MacGuffin, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, twist, Walter Huston, Ward Bond, Warner Brothers, William Hopper

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