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November 13th, 2014: The Invisible Woman (1940)

Nov13 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, In Name Only Sequel, Movie of the Day, Romance, Sci-Fi, Screwball, Sequel, Slapstick Tagged alcoholic, Best Special Effects Nominee, broke, butler, Curt Siodmak, Donald MacBride, Edward Brophy, gangsters, invisibility, Invisible Man, John Barrymore, John Howard, maid, Margaret Hamilton, Mexico, models, Oskar Homolka, playboy, Science!, scientists, Shemp Howard, The Border, the declining years, Universal Pictures, Virginia Gibb

August 30th, 2014: Topper Returns

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Fantasy, Ghost, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Old Dark House, Screwball, Sequel, Slapstick, Spoof, Whodunnit Tagged "only I can see it", Billie Burke, car accident, car chase, cash-in, cave, chauffeur, cops, ditz, Donald MacBride, Eddie Anderson, George Zucco, ghost must solve own murder, H. B. Warner, Hal Roach, Hal Roach Studios, heiress, hen pecked husband, husband, incompetent cops, Joan Blondell, low-budget, maid, mansion, Roland Young, room switch, scared working class people, seal, secret door, smugglers, stereotypes, United Artists, wife, wrong victim

July 31st, 2014: I Tre Volti Della Paura aka Black Sabbath (1963)

Jul31 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Anthology, Ghost, Gothic Horror, Horror, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Stalker, Thriller, Vampires Tagged "scared to death", AIP, Boris Karloff, breaking the fourth wall, Britain, co-production, corpse, Drive-In, family, father, France, ghost story, Italy, Les Baxter, lesbian, maid, Mario Bava, Mark Damon, obscene phone call, pimp, Russia, telephone, vengeful ghost

December 10th, 2013: Dead Again (1991)

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3 Comments Posted in Black and White, Detective, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film, Thriller, Whodunnit Tagged amnesia, Andy Garcia, artists, bad makeup, before they were famous, butcher, Campbell Scott, composer, courtroom scene, Derek Jacobi, dual role, electric chair, Emma Thompson, execution, flashback, Hollywood, hypnosis, Kenneth Branagh, Los Angeles, maid, masquerade, murder, nun, orphanage, photographer, priest, psychologist, refugees, reincarnation, reporter, scissors, supermarket, Sydney Pollack, trial, twist, Wayne Knight

July 26th, 2013: The Spiral Staircase (1945)

Jul26 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Period Film, Serial Killer, Thriller, Whodunnit Tagged alcoholic, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, day dreaming, doctor, dream, Elsa Lanchester, Ethel Barrymore, fantasy sequence, George Brent, insanity, Kent Smith, maid, movie theater, mutes, post traumatic stress disorder, Rhys Williams, RKO, Robert Siodmak, serial killer, storm, turn of the century, willpower can solve anything

July 16th, 2012: Baby Face (1933)

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Women's Picture Tagged abusive father, attempted suicide, bar maid, Barbara Stanwyck, bartender, Darryl F. Zanuck, double cross, George Brent, John Wayne, maid, murder, National Film Registry, Pre-Code, studio interference, suicide, tacked on ending, Warner Brothers

July 29th, 2011: My Man Godfrey (1936)

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Comedy, Fish-Out-of-Water, Mistaken Identity, Movie of the Day, Satire, Screwball, Slapstick, Workplace Tagged Alice Brady, Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, butler, Carole Lombard, Gregory La Cava, homeless, maid, Mischa Auer, scavenger hunt, sibling rivalry, spoiled rich kids, Universal Pictures, upstairs downstairs, William Powell, wise servant

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