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August 25th, 2014: Passage to Marseille (1944)

Aug25 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Movie of the Day Tagged airplane, B-17, bad accent, bombers, Claude Rains, Eduardo Ciannelli, ex-pat actors, Fall of France, frame up, France, Free French, French Guiana, Hal B. Wallis, Hans Conreid, Humphrey Bogart, Jack L. Warner, James Wong Howe, Jay Silverheels, Max Steiner, Michael Curtiz, Nazis, newspaper, nickel ore, Peter Lorre, political prisoner, prison, prison break, prison warden, prisoner, prospectors, reporter, sea voyage, ship, South America, strafing, Sydney Greenstreet, Vichy, Warner Brothers, World War Two

June 14th, 2014: Casablanca

Jun14 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Play, Black and White, Drama, Issue Film, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Propaganda, Romance, The Original, Tragedy Tagged Best Actor Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Writing, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, double cross, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Max Steiner, Michael Curtiz, musical interlude, National Film Registry, Nazis, Paul Hendrid, Peter Lorre, S. Z. Sakall, Screenplay, Sydney Greenstreet, twist, Warner Brothers, World War Two

December 24, 2013: White Christmas (1954)

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1 Comment Posted in Buddy Flick, Holiday, Movie of the Day, Music, Musical, Romance Tagged Bing Crosby, Christmas, dance, Danny Kaye, drag, Irving Berlin, Michael Curtiz, minstrel, musical, revue, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Vermont, VistaVision, World War Two, World War Two Veterans

December 1st, 2011: Mystery of the Wax Museum

Dec1 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Play, Body Snatchers, Horror, Movie of the Day, Mystery, The Original, Wax Museum Tagged before they were famous, burn victim, burning, Fay Wray, Hal B. Wallis, lady reporter, Lionel Atwill, mask, Michael Curtiz, morgue, New York City, reporter, The Vitaphone Corporation, Two Color Technicolor, Warner Brothers, wax figure, wax museum

September 19th, 2011: Captain Blood (1935)

Sep19 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Black and White, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Pirate, Swashbuckler, The Original Tagged Basil Rathbone, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, Britain, doctor, Donald Meek, Errol Flynn, France, Guy Kibbee, Hal B. Wallis, Hippocratic Oath, incompetent doctors, J. Carrol Naish, Jack L. Warner, Jamaica, Lionel Atwill, Michael Curtiz, Olivia de Havilland, prison break, slavery, Warner Brothers

July 28th, 2011: The Sea Hawk (1940)

Jul28 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in "Based on a True Story", Action, Adventure, Black and White, Event Film, Movie of the Day, Pirate, Remake, Swashbuckler Tagged Alan Hale Sr., Best Art Direction Nominee, Best Effects-Best Special Effects Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Sound Recording Nominee, Brenda Marshall, Britain, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp, Errol Flynn, Gilbert Roland, Henry Daniell, Michael Curtiz, Montagu Love, Spain, Spainish Armada, Una O'Connor, Warner Brothers

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

January 27th, 2011: Casablanca (1942)

Jan27 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Adventure, Based on a Play, Black and White, Drama, Movie of the Day, Propaganda, The Original Tagged Best Actor Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Writing, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, double cross, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Max Steiner, Michael Curtiz, musical interlude, National Film Registry, Nazis, Paul Hendrid, Peter Lorre, S. Z. Sakall, Screenplay, Sydney Greenstreet, twist, Warner Brothers, World War Two

January 7th, 2011: Mildred Pierce (1945)

Jan7 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, The Original, Women's Picture Tagged Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, Butterfly McQueen, Eve Arden, femme fatale, Jack Carson, Joan Crawford, Michael Curtiz, twist, Warner Brothers

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