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November 26th, 2012, 1:39 pm
"THE LETTER" (1940)
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by
CineMaven »
April 29th, 2009, 12:51 pm
Hello there. I initially posted this over at TCM City. I had a lot of positive responses from it and was suggested that I post this here at the...
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November 25th, 2012, 4:54 pm
NIGHT SONG (1947)
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by
JackFavell »
November 12th, 2012, 9:00 pm
I wanted to start this thread because Maven and I had an interesting discussion about this film, and I wanted to see how others felt about it, as...
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Last post by kingrat
November 13th, 2012, 12:41 pm
Leibelei (1933) by Max Ophuls
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by
moira finnie »
August 31st, 2010, 7:36 pm
I just found that an early Max Ophuls film, Leibelei (1933) has been posted on youtube in its entirety!
From what I have read, Ophuls' felt that...
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November 3rd, 2012, 6:30 am
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Last post by Vienna
October 30th, 2012, 4:39 pm
Three Brave Men
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by
mrsl »
July 19th, 2012, 4:28 pm
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Ever since the first time I saw the movie Guilty By Suspicion I have been intrigued by the goings on of the HUAC, especially their destruction of...
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October 24th, 2012, 3:58 pm
Three Women (or I Must Be Dreaming!)
by
RedRiver »
October 13th, 2012, 5:23 pm
I watched THREE WOMEN, Robert Altman's strange, yet interesting drama from 1977. The story of an impressionable young lady, well played by a...
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October 13th, 2012, 5:23 pm
ONLY YESTERDAY (1933)
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by
Jezebel38 »
September 15th, 2012, 5:10 pm
Palo Alto’s Universal series opened this week with ONLY YESTERDAY (1933). All the films being screened are 35mm prints provided directly by...
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Last post by Robert Regan
September 17th, 2012, 10:44 pm
A Shine of Rainbows
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mrsl »
September 14th, 2012, 4:42 pm
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Remake of a remake but.................with a twist.
A little boy in an Irish orphanage never gets picked because he has red hair, freckles, and...
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Last post by mrsl
September 14th, 2012, 4:42 pm
Anna Karenina
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by
charliechaplinfan »
July 6th, 2009, 2:51 pm
This thread is for the devotees of any of the various films, TV series or the book.
My favorite version of all the screen versions is Julien...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
September 13th, 2012, 5:07 am
Pinky
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by
kingrat »
September 12th, 2012, 12:59 pm
For years I avoided PINKY . The “pass for white” drama seemed dated, especially with Jeanne Crain as the girl. Jeanne Crain, so white bread she makes...
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Last post by mrsl
September 12th, 2012, 10:58 pm
Daniel Mann and A DREAM OF KINGS
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by
kingrat »
September 4th, 2012, 5:31 pm
One of the discoveries from SUTS was A DREAM OF KINGS (1969, Daniel Mann ), which is set in Chicago and based on a novel by Harry Mark Petrakis....
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Last post by RedRiver
September 6th, 2012, 1:32 pm
THE SEVENTH VEIL (1944)
Replies: 19
by feaito » August 20th, 2010, 9:09 pm
Today I came back earlier from work, as it usually happens on Fridays, and I was so immersed in my thoughts, issues & problems concerning my work...
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Last post by moira finnie
August 19th, 2012, 2:15 pm
JULIUS CAESAR
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by
kingrat »
August 14th, 2012, 7:01 pm
What I thought was going to be MAYERLING (1968) turned out to be JULIUS CAESAR (1953, Joseph L. Mankiewicz), thanks to a change in the schedule, but...
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Last post by RedRiver
August 16th, 2012, 12:06 pm
James Mason Spring And Port Wine
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by
stuart.uk »
July 17th, 2012, 9:55 am
I just watched Spring And Port Wine on you tube right through for the first time in about 30-years and thought James Mason and Diana Coupland made a...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
July 17th, 2012, 2:10 pm
Oliver and The Kid. Dickens and Chaplin
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by
stuart.uk »
February 18th, 2012, 11:48 am
With all the talk of Charles Dickens and Chaplin the past few days, I found myself comparing the great works of both geniuses. I've heard of how...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
July 5th, 2012, 4:43 am
Stallion Road
Replies: 12
by
mrsl »
June 9th, 2012, 8:48 am
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Imagine my dismay when I discovered this was not a Western, but then anything with our ex-president Ron Reagan is fun to watch. I must say thank...
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Last post by Jacqueline T. Lynch
June 16th, 2012, 10:13 am
A Man Called Peter
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by
stuart.uk »
June 8th, 2012, 10:14 am
Spoiler
A Man Called Peter is a wonderful quiet movie, about the Scot's born Peter Marshall (Richard Todd), who sails to America, does several...
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Last post by stuart.uk
June 9th, 2012, 3:05 am
FORTUNES COOKIE
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mrsl »
May 11th, 2012, 6:31 pm
.Fortune's Cookie
I watched a different kind of movie yesterday that I'm not sure how to classify. It's not really either comedy or drama. Aunt...
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Last post by mrsl
May 11th, 2012, 6:31 pm
Day of Wrath (1943)
Replies: 4
by
phil noir »
June 24th, 2009, 5:51 am
If anyone else on the forum has seen this film, I'd be interested to hear their opinions...
Made in Denmark in 1943, and directed by Carl Theodore...
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Last post by kingrat
April 10th, 2012, 5:59 pm
Prayers For Bobby
Replies: 3
by
stuart.uk »
March 15th, 2012, 12:18 pm
Spoiler Alert
Today I watched the tv movie Prayers For Bobby for about the 3rd time and cried all the way through it. I would describe the PFB as a...
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Last post by JackFavell
March 15th, 2012, 1:29 pm
A Face In The Crowd
Replies: 40
by
charliechaplinfan »
October 20th, 2011, 3:49 pm
I never watched this before, I found it interesting on many levels, perhaps more about what it says about Kazan and Schulberg and what had happened...
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Last post by CineMaven
January 5th, 2012, 12:40 pm
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Last post by Rita Hayworth
January 2nd, 2012, 10:44 pm
Hollywoods Nurse Edith Cavell
Replies: 9
by
stuart.uk »
November 12th, 2011, 6:50 am
Spoiler Alert
With Rememberence Sunday in the UK looming I decided as a tribute to those who died and were wounded in war to watch Nurse Edith...
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Last post by JackFavell
November 17th, 2011, 8:28 am
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Last post by knitwit45
October 21st, 2011, 5:56 pm
East Side West Side (1949)
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by
Fossy »
October 10th, 2011, 12:46 am
East Side West Side (1949)
Jessie (Barbara Stanwyck ) Devoted wife who has forgiven her husband for his affair with Isabel.
Brandon ( James Mason...
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Last post by RedRiver
October 16th, 2011, 3:43 pm
Run Wild Run Free
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by
stuart.uk »
October 9th, 2011, 7:12 am
Spolier Alert
I hope nobody minds me posting links of not so well known British movies
This one Run Wild Run Free is a little gem with a great...
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Last post by stuart.uk
October 9th, 2011, 10:33 am
EPICS you would like to see on TCM
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by
Lzcutter »
October 1st, 2011, 6:19 pm
I'm watching the documentary on Epic Films on TCM right now and have a question for you guys and gals.
What's the one EPIC film you would love to...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
October 6th, 2011, 1:37 pm
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Last post by JackFavell
September 27th, 2011, 10:11 am
Merrill's Marauders
Replies: 2
by
RedRiver »
September 19th, 2011, 5:23 pm
Just noticed a copy of this Samuel Fuller film at the library. Any thoughts on this one? Fuller is not exactly my cup of tea. I feel as if I'm in...
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Last post by Rita Hayworth
September 19th, 2011, 10:50 pm
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
September 18th, 2011, 1:07 pm
A Raisin in the Sun
Replies: 5
by
charliechaplinfan »
September 15th, 2011, 1:21 pm
Please excuse me for starting another thread about a Sidney Poitier movie but after recommendations I rented this movie form the rental service. This...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
September 18th, 2011, 12:53 pm
Best Business Scroundel
Replies: 18
by
ken123 »
April 27th, 2007, 9:41 pm
Either in an individual film or in a multitude of roles. Berton Churchill was a bad banker in John Ford's Stagecoach , while Edward Arnold in a great...
18 Replies
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Last post by JackFavell
September 4th, 2011, 12:21 pm
Hostile Witness (1968)
Replies: 4
by
moira finnie »
September 16th, 2010, 11:11 am
Hostile Witness (1968) is on this Friday, September 17th, 2010 3:45 AM ET as part of the celebration of a Revenge Is Sweet theme this month on TCM. I...
4 Replies
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Last post by RedRiver
September 2nd, 2011, 11:21 am
Pygmalion and My Fair Lady
Replies: 11
by
charliechaplinfan »
March 11th, 2011, 3:58 pm
We started a discussion on the general thread about each film. I hadn't seen Pygmalion before today. Here are some of the comments
I have never...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
August 26th, 2011, 11:55 am
INHERIT THE WIND
Replies: 21
by
mrsl »
February 4th, 2010, 2:01 pm
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This movie for me is the one that you sit and watch if you happen to run across it when channel surfing. I cannot ignore Inherit The Wind. You can...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
August 4th, 2011, 2:50 pm
Hemingway on Film
Replies: 11
by
moira finnie »
July 2nd, 2011, 11:58 am
Since today is being touted (if that is the correct word) all over the media as the 50th anniversary of Ernest Hemingway's death (at least that's how...
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Last post by RedRiver
August 1st, 2011, 3:43 pm
1939's Of Mice and Men
Replies: 10
by
ken123 »
April 20th, 2007, 4:30 pm
Contains Lon Chaney Jr's finest screen performance. Burgess Meredith, Charles Bickford, Bob Steele,Roman Bohnen, and Leigh Whipper in top form, Betty...
10 Replies
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
July 31st, 2011, 2:14 pm
Shepherd Of The Hills
Replies: 14
by
movieman1957 »
February 26th, 2010, 11:30 am
Whatever else is to be said of this film it is arguably the most beautiful looking film I have ever seen. I can only assume it was shot in the Ozarks...
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Last post by Gary J.
July 31st, 2011, 1:05 am
The Next Voice You Hear
Replies: 5
by
charliechaplinfan »
February 10th, 2011, 1:38 pm
I watched this 1950 film today, it's directed by William Wellman and stars James Whitmore and Nancy Davis. The voice they hear is God coming through...
5 Replies
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Last post by RedRiver
July 30th, 2011, 3:23 pm
The Captive Heart
Replies: 9
by
knitwit45 »
January 22nd, 2008, 2:03 pm
Has anyone seen this movie? I first saw it several years ago on the History channel, and was absolutely taken by it. It stars Michael Redgrave as a...
9 Replies
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
July 3rd, 2011, 8:32 am
The Americanization Of Emily
Replies: 14
by
stuart.uk »
April 24th, 2011, 5:56 am
I watched The Americanization Of Emily, starring Julie Andrews and James Garner, for the first time in a long time. The main reason I watched it was...
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Last post by knitwit45
June 9th, 2011, 6:22 pm
The Beginning or the End?
Replies: 10
by
JackFavell »
June 8th, 2011, 7:39 am
Has anyone seen this movie?
I found the trailer on youtube and was absolutely fascinated with this movie. No one seems to have it, it doesn't seem...
10 Replies
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Last post by JackFavell
June 8th, 2011, 12:29 pm
Made in Dagenham
Replies: 1
by
stuart.uk »
April 11th, 2011, 10:08 am
Spoiler Alert
Well I've been looking forward to seeing Made In Dagenham and it didn't disappoint. It's about a group of Machinists working at the...
1 Replies
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Last post by srowley75
April 11th, 2011, 8:56 pm
Come to the Stable
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mrsl »
March 29th, 2011, 1:21 am
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This is usually shown during the holidays although it's not really a holiday story. Two nuns from France (Loretta Young and Celeste Holm), arrive...
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Last post by mrsl
March 29th, 2011, 1:21 am
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Last post by moira finnie
March 16th, 2011, 10:43 am
Return to Me
Replies: 4
by
mrsl »
February 20th, 2011, 5:51 pm
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I may have written about this one before, but if so, forgive me for wanting to embellish a bit and call it to the attention of some folks I think...
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Last post by klondike
February 21st, 2011, 8:09 am
Sometimes a Great Notion (1972)
Replies: 5
by
moira finnie »
February 1st, 2011, 4:07 pm
Sometimes a Great Notion (1972), an interesting movie drawn from the Ken Kesey novel is on Retroplex this month. Never on DVD in North America, it...
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Last post by Mr. Arkadin
February 1st, 2011, 10:37 pm
I Confess
Replies: 1
by
Moraldo Rubini »
January 10th, 2011, 1:06 am
Note: For those who want to be protected from plot points, spoilers will be printed in black.
Finally saw Hitchcock's I Confess tonight on the big...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
January 10th, 2011, 2:35 pm
Mr. North
by
Uncle Stevie »
November 20th, 2010, 10:05 am
I did not know where to put this more recent film so I chose Drama.
Mr. North (1988) is a wonderful film starring Antony Edwards, Lauren Bacall,...
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Last post by Uncle Stevie
November 20th, 2010, 10:05 am
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