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December 27th, 2014: Touch of Evil

Dec27 by Professor Mortis

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4 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Cops, Crime, Film Noir, Hostage Situation, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Thriller, Uninvited Guests Tagged Akim Tamiroff, before they were famous, bombing, cameos, Charlton Heston, corrupt cops, corruption, Dennis Weaver, double cross, drug dealers, drugged, drugs, fortune teller, frame up, Henry Mancini, Janet Leigh, Joseph Cotton, Keenan Wynn, kidnapping, low-budget, Marlene Dietrich, Mercedes McCambridge, Mexico, motel, National Film Registry, Orson Welles, Ray Collins, The Border, Universal International Pictures, Zsa Zsa Gabor

October 4th, 2014: One Week (1920)

Oct4 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Black and White, Comedy, Movie of the Day, Short, Silent, Slapstick Tagged accidents, building a house, Buster Keaton, Joseph M. Schenck, Joseph M. Schenck Productions, National Film Registry, sabotage, Sybil Seely

September 26th, 2014: Cool Hand Luke

Sep26 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Prison Tagged allegory, Anthony Zerbe, before they were famous, Best Actor Nominee, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Original Score Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, chain gang, Charles Tyner, Christ figure, Clifton James, Conrad Hall, Dennis Hopper, George Kennedy, Harry Dean Stanton, J.D. Cannon, Joe Don Baker, Lalo Schifrin, low-budget, National Film Registry, Paul Newman, prison, prison warden, prisoner, Ralph Waite, Rance Howard, Robert Donner, Seven Arts Productions, Strother Martin, Wayne Rogers

August 7th, 2014: Johnny Guitar (1954)

Aug7 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Camp, Drama, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revisionist Western, Western Tagged "the railroad is coming", attempted lynching, bank, bank robbers, bank robbery, bar, bartender, Cult Film, double cross, Ernest Borgnine, gunfighter, guns, Joan Crawford, John Carradine, lynching, Mercedes McCambridge, mob, National Film Registry, Nicholas Ray, Paul Fix, Peggy Lee, railroad, Republic Pictures, Royal Dano, saloon, Sheb Wooley, stagecoach, Sterling Hayden, Ward Bond

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

May 30th 2014: Notorious (1946)

May30 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Short Story(ies), Black and White, Drama, Espionage, Movie of the Day, Thriller Tagged alcoholic, Alfred Hitchcock, Ben Hecht, Best Original Screenplay Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Brazil, Cary Grant, Claude Rains, Clifford Odets, double cross, Ingrid Bergman, Miami, National Film Registry, Nazis, Rio De Janerio, RKO, uranium

November 23rd, 2013: Duck Soup (1933)

Nov23 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Comedy, Movie of the Day, Slapstick Tagged Bullshitania, Charles Middleton, Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Leo McCarey, Margaret Dumont, National Film Registry, Paramount Pictures, spy, The Marx Brothers, Zeppo Marx

September 3rd, 2013: Shane (1953)

Sep3 by Professor Mortis

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1 Comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Drama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, The Original, Western Tagged Alan Ladd, Ben Johnson, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography, Best Director Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actor Nominee, Elisha Cook Jr., farm, farmers, George Stevens, gunfighter, hired guns, Jack Palance, Jean Arthur, National Film Registry, Paramount Pictures, range war, split nomination, Van Heflin

August 6th, 2013: Out of the Past (1947)

Aug6 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Black and White, Crime, Detective, Drama, Film Noir, Movie of the Day, The Original, Thriller Tagged detective, double cross, femme fatale, flashback, gas station, Jacques Tourneur, James M. Cain, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, mobsters, moll, National Film Registry, Robert Mitchum, twist

February 27th, 2013: The Wind (1928)

Feb27 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Black and White, Drama, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Silent, Tragedy, Women's Picture Tagged ex-pat director, Frances Marion, insanity, jealousy, Lillian Gish, location shooting, marriage of convenience, MGM, Montagu Love, National Film Registry, prarie, studio interference, Victor Sjostrom

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