SUN., 8-4
SUTS: Julie Andrews....
(time s ET)
12:45 PM "The Tamarind Seed" (1974)
romantic thriller spy drama film written and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Julie Andrews and Omar Sharif.[2] Based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Evelyn Anthony, the film is about a British Home Office functionary and a Soviet=era attaché who are lovers involved in Cold War intrigue...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tamarind_Seed
4:00 AM "The Man Who Loved Women" (1983
"... American comedy film directed by Blake Edwards and starring Burt Reynolds, Julie Andrews and Kim Basinger. It is a remake of the 1977 François Truffaut's film L'Homme qui aimait les femmes.
It chronicles the affairs of an artist, as told from the perspective of his analyst and eventual lover. She chronicles his obsessive love of women, which leads to his eventual death. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_W ... 1983_film)
TCM Premieres....
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FRI., 8-9
SUTS: Montgomery Clift....
10:30 am (CT)
Freud ('62)
aka: "Freud: The Secret Passion"
"John Huston's biopic of Sigmund Freud (Montgomery Clift) follows the progress of the father of psychoanalytical psychiatry as he develops the notion that neurosis stems from sexual repression. By treating patients with various issues, including a woman haunted by recurring dreams (Susannah York) and a man with an Oedipus complex (David McCallum), Freud experiences epiphanies that lead to the birth of modern analysis, despite the scorn his theories initially receive from his colleagues....
Other cast members include Larry Parks, Susan Kohner, Eileen Herlie, Eric Portman,...
The screenplay was by Charles Kaufman and Reinhardt, with some elements from a script by Jean-Paul Sartre, who withdrew his name from the film....
".... Times film critic Bosley Crowther selected the film as one of the ten best of 1962, describing it as "stark, intense and penetrating" and Clift's performance as "eerily illuminating."[8] Other reviews were mixed, with Time magazine praising the film, but Newsweek dismissing it. Critic John Simon described it as "respectful and, Lord knows, serious," while the journal Films and Filming called it a "period piece,"[1] Film scholar Ernest Callenbach described it as "a feature-length classroom film."[9]
Nonetheless, the film received two Academy Award nominations (for Best Original Screenplay and Best Music) and four Golden Globe nominations (for Best Motion Picture, Actress, Supporting Actress, and Director). Huston was nominated for the Golden Bear award at the 1963 Berlin Film Festival and by the Directors Guild of America. The Writers Guild of America also nominated Charles Kaufman and Wolfgang Reinhardt for their screenplay.....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freud:_The_Secret_Passion
SUTS: Montgomery Clift....
10:30 am (CT)
Freud ('62)
aka: "Freud: The Secret Passion"
"John Huston's biopic of Sigmund Freud (Montgomery Clift) follows the progress of the father of psychoanalytical psychiatry as he develops the notion that neurosis stems from sexual repression. By treating patients with various issues, including a woman haunted by recurring dreams (Susannah York) and a man with an Oedipus complex (David McCallum), Freud experiences epiphanies that lead to the birth of modern analysis, despite the scorn his theories initially receive from his colleagues....
Other cast members include Larry Parks, Susan Kohner, Eileen Herlie, Eric Portman,...
The screenplay was by Charles Kaufman and Reinhardt, with some elements from a script by Jean-Paul Sartre, who withdrew his name from the film....
".... Times film critic Bosley Crowther selected the film as one of the ten best of 1962, describing it as "stark, intense and penetrating" and Clift's performance as "eerily illuminating."[8] Other reviews were mixed, with Time magazine praising the film, but Newsweek dismissing it. Critic John Simon described it as "respectful and, Lord knows, serious," while the journal Films and Filming called it a "period piece,"[1] Film scholar Ernest Callenbach described it as "a feature-length classroom film."[9]
Nonetheless, the film received two Academy Award nominations (for Best Original Screenplay and Best Music) and four Golden Globe nominations (for Best Motion Picture, Actress, Supporting Actress, and Director). Huston was nominated for the Golden Bear award at the 1963 Berlin Film Festival and by the Directors Guild of America. The Writers Guild of America also nominated Charles Kaufman and Wolfgang Reinhardt for their screenplay.....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freud:_The_Secret_Passion
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SAT., 8-10
SUTS: Meryl Streep...
(times CT)
7:00am
"Dancing at Lughnasa" 1998
PG 1h 35m
"Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.
Director
Pat O'Connor
Writers:n Brian FrielFrank McGuinnessWilliam Butler Yeats
Stars: Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Gerard McSorley
The film competed in the Venice Film Festival of 1998. It won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor in a Female Role by Brid Brennan. It was also nominated for six other awards, including the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Feature Film and the Best Actress Award for Meryl Streep. ...
Peter Travis of Rolling Stone magazine wrote that "a luminous cast reveals long-buried feelings. Meryl Streep finds the expansive soul behind prim schoolteacher Kate. And she is matched by Kathy Burke's bawdy Maggie, Brid Brennan's secretive Agnes, Sophie Thompson's slow-witted Rose and Catherine McCormack's bold Christina, who never married the father of her son."...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_a ... asa_(film)
1:00 pm
"Florence Foster Jenkins" 2016
"biographical film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Nicholas Martin and Julia Kogan.[4] It stars Meryl Streep as Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress known for her generosity and poor singing.
Hugh Grant plays her manager and long-time companion, St. Clair Bayfield. Other cast members include Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson, and Nina Arianda. ....
At the 89th Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best Actress for Streep, which marked her 20th Oscar nomination, and Best Costume Design. The film also received four nominations at the 74th Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.....
"Florence Foster Jenkins makes poignant, crowd-pleasing dramedy out of its stranger-than-fiction tale — and does its subject justice with a reliably terrific turn from star Meryl Streep."[30] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 71 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[31] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.........
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_ ... ins_(film)
2:00 am
"Ironweed" 1987
American drama film directed by Héctor Babenco. Adapted to the screen by William Kennedy from his similarly named Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, Ironweed stars Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep, with Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe, Diane Venora, Fred Gwynne, Nathan Lane, and Tom Waits in supporting roles.
The story concerns the relationship of a homeless couple—Francis, an alcoholic, and Helen, a terminally ill woman—during the years following the Great Depression. Major portions of the film were shot on location in Albany, New York.
The film received mixed reviews and was a box-office bomb, but Nicholson and Streep received Oscar nominations for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively, for their performances....
...critics consensus reads, "Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep play masterfully off each, but Ironweed's unrelenting bleakness proves to be more monotonous than compelling."[2] At the time of its release, it garnered enthusiasm because of the presence of stars Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep.
Roger Ebert wrote, "Nicholson and Streep play drunks in Ironweed, and actors are said to like to play drunks, because it gives them an excuse for overacting. But there is not much visible 'acting' in this movie; the actors are too good for that." Ebert gave the film three stars out of four....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironweed_(film)
SUTS: Meryl Streep...
(times CT)
7:00am
"Dancing at Lughnasa" 1998
PG 1h 35m
"Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.
Director
Pat O'Connor
Writers:n Brian FrielFrank McGuinnessWilliam Butler Yeats
Stars: Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Gerard McSorley
The film competed in the Venice Film Festival of 1998. It won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor in a Female Role by Brid Brennan. It was also nominated for six other awards, including the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Feature Film and the Best Actress Award for Meryl Streep. ...
Peter Travis of Rolling Stone magazine wrote that "a luminous cast reveals long-buried feelings. Meryl Streep finds the expansive soul behind prim schoolteacher Kate. And she is matched by Kathy Burke's bawdy Maggie, Brid Brennan's secretive Agnes, Sophie Thompson's slow-witted Rose and Catherine McCormack's bold Christina, who never married the father of her son."...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_a ... asa_(film)
1:00 pm
"Florence Foster Jenkins" 2016
"biographical film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Nicholas Martin and Julia Kogan.[4] It stars Meryl Streep as Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress known for her generosity and poor singing.
Hugh Grant plays her manager and long-time companion, St. Clair Bayfield. Other cast members include Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson, and Nina Arianda. ....
At the 89th Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best Actress for Streep, which marked her 20th Oscar nomination, and Best Costume Design. The film also received four nominations at the 74th Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.....
"Florence Foster Jenkins makes poignant, crowd-pleasing dramedy out of its stranger-than-fiction tale — and does its subject justice with a reliably terrific turn from star Meryl Streep."[30] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 71 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[31] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.........
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_ ... ins_(film)
2:00 am
"Ironweed" 1987
American drama film directed by Héctor Babenco. Adapted to the screen by William Kennedy from his similarly named Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, Ironweed stars Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep, with Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe, Diane Venora, Fred Gwynne, Nathan Lane, and Tom Waits in supporting roles.
The story concerns the relationship of a homeless couple—Francis, an alcoholic, and Helen, a terminally ill woman—during the years following the Great Depression. Major portions of the film were shot on location in Albany, New York.
The film received mixed reviews and was a box-office bomb, but Nicholson and Streep received Oscar nominations for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively, for their performances....
...critics consensus reads, "Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep play masterfully off each, but Ironweed's unrelenting bleakness proves to be more monotonous than compelling."[2] At the time of its release, it garnered enthusiasm because of the presence of stars Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep.
Roger Ebert wrote, "Nicholson and Streep play drunks in Ironweed, and actors are said to like to play drunks, because it gives them an excuse for overacting. But there is not much visible 'acting' in this movie; the actors are too good for that." Ebert gave the film three stars out of four....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironweed_(film)
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Re: TCM Premieres....
I still feel a bit of a twinge about Florence Foster Jenkins. Not because its a bad film, it is a good one, but because it just makes me feel old that a film from only 8 years ago that I saw in the theatre is already playing on the channel.
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TUES., 8-13
SUTS: Jean-Paul Belmondo...
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1:15 pm
"Seven Days...Seven Nights" ('60)
Anne Desbarèdes is a young woman who is married to a wealthy businessman and lives a monotonous existence in the small commune town of Blaye. After indirectly witnessing a murder in a café, she returns to the scene of the crime the next day and meets Chauvin, who informs her in more detail about the events that took place. Mentally unbalanced, Anne begins to believe that Chauvin intends to kill her. ...
Stars: Jeanne Moreau as Anne Desbarèdes
Jean-Paul Belmondo as Chauvin
The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival. Jeanne Moreau won the award for Best Actress. The critic from the New York Times who attended the festival called the film "dull and empty."....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Day ... ven_Nights
3:00 pm
"A Monkey in Winter" ('62)
French comedy-drama film directed by Henri Verneuil. It is based on the novel A Monkey in Winter by Antoine Blondin.[2] Set in a Normandy seaside town, it recounts the meeting and parting of two men at odds with life, one an old hotel keeper who dreams of dashing deeds in pre-war China and the other a young advertising executive who imagines he is an incarnation of Hispanic masculinity. ...
Stars: Jean Gabin as Albert Quentin
Suzanne Flon as Suzanne Quentin, Albert's wife
Jean-Paul Belmondo as Gabriel Fouquet
Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote that while "nothing great or profound is offered in this whimsey", "this moodily masculine story has a strong strain of wistfulness that laces its robust humor and gives it more than merely comic quality."[3] He applauded the performances of all the main actors....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Monkey_in_Winter_(film)
10:45 pm
"The Professional" ('81)
Assassinating high-profile targets is old hat for French Secret Service agent Josselin Beaumont (Jean-Paul Belmondo). But when his assignment to take down African warlord N'Jala (Pierre Saintons) is canceled, he's shocked to learn that his government is surrendering him to local authorities. He is given a mock trial and sentenced to 20 years hard labor. But Beaumont escapes from prison and vows not only to avenge himself against his betrayers but also to finish his original assignment....
Director: Georges Lautner
"This is an intriguing film that contains noisy action , suspense , thrills , car chases and anything else . Belmondo steals the show , as always , as he runs and leaps ; he jumps over buildings , driving quickly cars and executes his own stunts . Belmondo sports an inimitable smile while shots and kills ; as usual he combines action with comic episodes . The highlights result to be a dueling filmed in Western-showdown style between Belmondo and Robert Hossein ; furthermore , a suspenseful and surpring ending . Enjoyable acting by main star names , Jean Paul Belmondo and Robert Hossein . ....."
The music was composed by Ennio Morricone, and the main theme "Chi Mai" became an instrumental hit and subsequent classic.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082949/re ... _=tt_ov_rt
12:45 AM
"Borsalino" ('70)
During the 1930s, in Marseilles, France, two small time crooks work for local crime bosses until they decide to go into business for themselves.
Director: Jacques Deray
Writers: Jean-Claude CarrièreJean CauJacques Deray
Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Catherine Rouvel
""Borsalino" is a French-Italian gangster movie from 1970 directed by Jacques Deray with the story based on two notorious French gangsters. The plot is entertaining and even funny in some moments, with great chemistry between the characters played by Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon. In real life, however, there was many disputes and jealousy from them to each other.
The (Claude Bolling ) music score is also great...."
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065486/re ... _=tt_ov_rt
& https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borsalino_(film)
SUTS: Jean-Paul Belmondo...
***(times CT)
1:15 pm
"Seven Days...Seven Nights" ('60)
Anne Desbarèdes is a young woman who is married to a wealthy businessman and lives a monotonous existence in the small commune town of Blaye. After indirectly witnessing a murder in a café, she returns to the scene of the crime the next day and meets Chauvin, who informs her in more detail about the events that took place. Mentally unbalanced, Anne begins to believe that Chauvin intends to kill her. ...
Stars: Jeanne Moreau as Anne Desbarèdes
Jean-Paul Belmondo as Chauvin
The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival. Jeanne Moreau won the award for Best Actress. The critic from the New York Times who attended the festival called the film "dull and empty."....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Day ... ven_Nights
3:00 pm
"A Monkey in Winter" ('62)
French comedy-drama film directed by Henri Verneuil. It is based on the novel A Monkey in Winter by Antoine Blondin.[2] Set in a Normandy seaside town, it recounts the meeting and parting of two men at odds with life, one an old hotel keeper who dreams of dashing deeds in pre-war China and the other a young advertising executive who imagines he is an incarnation of Hispanic masculinity. ...
Stars: Jean Gabin as Albert Quentin
Suzanne Flon as Suzanne Quentin, Albert's wife
Jean-Paul Belmondo as Gabriel Fouquet
Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote that while "nothing great or profound is offered in this whimsey", "this moodily masculine story has a strong strain of wistfulness that laces its robust humor and gives it more than merely comic quality."[3] He applauded the performances of all the main actors....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Monkey_in_Winter_(film)
10:45 pm
"The Professional" ('81)
Assassinating high-profile targets is old hat for French Secret Service agent Josselin Beaumont (Jean-Paul Belmondo). But when his assignment to take down African warlord N'Jala (Pierre Saintons) is canceled, he's shocked to learn that his government is surrendering him to local authorities. He is given a mock trial and sentenced to 20 years hard labor. But Beaumont escapes from prison and vows not only to avenge himself against his betrayers but also to finish his original assignment....
Director: Georges Lautner
"This is an intriguing film that contains noisy action , suspense , thrills , car chases and anything else . Belmondo steals the show , as always , as he runs and leaps ; he jumps over buildings , driving quickly cars and executes his own stunts . Belmondo sports an inimitable smile while shots and kills ; as usual he combines action with comic episodes . The highlights result to be a dueling filmed in Western-showdown style between Belmondo and Robert Hossein ; furthermore , a suspenseful and surpring ending . Enjoyable acting by main star names , Jean Paul Belmondo and Robert Hossein . ....."
The music was composed by Ennio Morricone, and the main theme "Chi Mai" became an instrumental hit and subsequent classic.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082949/re ... _=tt_ov_rt
12:45 AM
"Borsalino" ('70)
During the 1930s, in Marseilles, France, two small time crooks work for local crime bosses until they decide to go into business for themselves.
Director: Jacques Deray
Writers: Jean-Claude CarrièreJean CauJacques Deray
Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Catherine Rouvel
""Borsalino" is a French-Italian gangster movie from 1970 directed by Jacques Deray with the story based on two notorious French gangsters. The plot is entertaining and even funny in some moments, with great chemistry between the characters played by Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon. In real life, however, there was many disputes and jealousy from them to each other.
The (Claude Bolling ) music score is also great...."
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065486/re ... _=tt_ov_rt
& https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borsalino_(film)
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I actually really liked this movie.ziggy6708a wrote: ↑August 9th, 2024, 8:13 pm SAT., 8-10
SUTS: Meryl Streep...
2:00 am
"Ironweed" 1987
American drama film directed by Héctor Babenco. Adapted to the screen by William Kennedy from his similarly named Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, Ironweed stars Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep, with Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe, Diane Venora, Fred Gwynne, Nathan Lane, and Tom Waits in supporting roles.
The story concerns the relationship of a homeless couple—Francis, an alcoholic, and Helen, a terminally ill woman—during the years following the Great Depression. Major portions of the film were shot on location in Albany, New York.
The 1941 MISS ALBANY DINER was cleaned & tarted up for the shoot, remaining retro for decades afterwards. There were candid snapshots of the film crew/actors displayed inside near the menuboard!
The owner’s son is a trained chef and designed an eclectic menu which was wildly popular-a long line waiting for a booth on weekends.
Sadly, the owners passed away, the Son was not interested in going on and the Diner remains vacant to my knowledge.
Re: TCM Premieres....
I was home yesterday and decided to watch Seven Days, Seven Nights, knowing nothing about it. Bad decision!
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This is not a TCM premiere but it's not shown often, 84 Charing
Cross Road will be on at 2:00 am EST this morning
A wonderful, touching film starring Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins
If you can, you should watch, it's a beautiful film.
Cross Road will be on at 2:00 am EST this morning
A wonderful, touching film starring Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins
If you can, you should watch, it's a beautiful film.
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JPB was very entertaining in The Professional as was the movie itself.
Doing a bit of an avant la lettre Rambo in the early scenes set in that
fictitious African country. And then returning to France to take revenge
on the security folks who betrayed him. A well paced action flick with
the turned up fighting noises. Wam! Bam! Sadly, spoiler alert, JPB doesn't
make it out alive. What makes the movie even more interesting is that froggy
is still trying to hold on in Francophone Africa and not doing that well.
Doing a bit of an avant la lettre Rambo in the early scenes set in that
fictitious African country. And then returning to France to take revenge
on the security folks who betrayed him. A well paced action flick with
the turned up fighting noises. Wam! Bam! Sadly, spoiler alert, JPB doesn't
make it out alive. What makes the movie even more interesting is that froggy
is still trying to hold on in Francophone Africa and not doing that well.
Every man has a right to an umbrella.~Dostoyevsky
Re: TCM Premieres....
I saw the first part of The Professional until it got too sadistic for me (the torture of the women). I must say it was very well directed and edited. The story of France and its former African colonies probably didn't mean much to most Americans in 1981, but it certainly resonated in France.
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TUES., 8-20
SUTS: Jeanne Crain...
1:00pm (CT)
The Tattered Dress (1957)
After top lawyer James Blane gets an acquittal for Michael Reston who killed another man for sexually roughing up his trophy wife, the murderous town sheriff frames him for bribing a juror in the case.
Director
Jack Arnold
Writer
George Zuckerman
Stars:
Jeff Chandler, Jeanne Crain, Jack Carson, , Gail Russell and Elaine Stewart.
"...The titular, 'Tattered Dress' serves as a fitting metaphor for the miscarriage and abuse of justice, stripped to its core, to reveal the naked underbelly of multiple themes ranging from murder, revenge, conspiracy, perjury, mob passion, provincialism and prejudice. There is a tender love story as well that plays out against the intrigue that unfolds. All this is packed into this picture which is enhanced by an exciting twist that sees the protagonist cast from successful defence lawyer to accused within a short period of time. At the end of the day, it's a well-crafted script that taps into the unmistakable talents of a very capable cast of stars and a proficient director and production team...."
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051058/re ... _=tt_ov_rt
"The Los Angeles Times wrote that Chandler "does the best acting job of his career" in the picture.
Biographer Dana M. Reemes in Directed by Jack Arnold (1988) writes that the production provided “opportunities for considerable directorial creativity…The best example of this is without doubt the film’s prologue, which is very cinematic and utterly without dialogue.”...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tattered_Dress
SUTS: Jeanne Crain...
1:00pm (CT)
The Tattered Dress (1957)
After top lawyer James Blane gets an acquittal for Michael Reston who killed another man for sexually roughing up his trophy wife, the murderous town sheriff frames him for bribing a juror in the case.
Director
Jack Arnold
Writer
George Zuckerman
Stars:
Jeff Chandler, Jeanne Crain, Jack Carson, , Gail Russell and Elaine Stewart.
"...The titular, 'Tattered Dress' serves as a fitting metaphor for the miscarriage and abuse of justice, stripped to its core, to reveal the naked underbelly of multiple themes ranging from murder, revenge, conspiracy, perjury, mob passion, provincialism and prejudice. There is a tender love story as well that plays out against the intrigue that unfolds. All this is packed into this picture which is enhanced by an exciting twist that sees the protagonist cast from successful defence lawyer to accused within a short period of time. At the end of the day, it's a well-crafted script that taps into the unmistakable talents of a very capable cast of stars and a proficient director and production team...."
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051058/re ... _=tt_ov_rt
"The Los Angeles Times wrote that Chandler "does the best acting job of his career" in the picture.
Biographer Dana M. Reemes in Directed by Jack Arnold (1988) writes that the production provided “opportunities for considerable directorial creativity…The best example of this is without doubt the film’s prologue, which is very cinematic and utterly without dialogue.”...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tattered_Dress
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Re: TCM Premieres....
The Tattered Dress (1957) is a solid late cycle noir film. I like seeing Gail Russell but one can see the change booze had on her.
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FRI., 8-23
SUTS: Robert Shaw...
1:45 pm (CT)
"Force 10 from Navarone"
is a 1978 British war film loosely based on Alistair MacLean's 1968 novel of the same name. It is a sequel to the 1961 film The Guns of Navarone. The parts of Mallory and Miller are played by Robert Shaw (who died before the film was released), and Edward Fox, succeeding in the roles originally portrayed by Gregory Peck and David Niven. It was directed by Guy Hamilton and also stars Harrison Ford, Carl Weathers, Barbara Bach, Franco Nero (in a "plastic surgery" role previously played by Tutte Lemkow), and Richard Kiel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_10_ ... one_(film)
During World War II, several oddly assorted military experts are teamed in a mission to raid and destroy a bridge vital to enemy strategy.
IMDB rates 6.8/10
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077572/re ... _=tt_ov_rt
11:30 pm (CT)
"The Luck of Ginger Coffey"
is a 1964 Canadian film directed by Irvin Kershner. It is based on the Governor General's Award-winning novel by Northern Irish-Canadian writer Brian Moore
James "Ginger" Coffey (Robert Shaw), an unemployed Irishman whose nickname stems from his red hair and mustache, moves his family to Montreal in hopes of finding work. He has trouble getting a job, until a friend helps him land a lowly position at a newspaper. Because of his poor prospects, his wife (Mary Ure) leaves him, taking their daughter with her. Ginger works at becoming a reporter to win back his wife and impress his daughter, but booze and brawling distract him from his goal....
"Robert Shaw shines as the title character in this tale of Irish immigrants hoping to create a new life for themselves in Montreal, Canada. While “Ginger” is undeniably self-deluded, unrealistic, and dishonest, the strength of Shaw’s performance lies in the fact that we literally can’t help sympathizing with Ginger from the moment he appears on-screen: his face is full of such genuine good cheer (his eyes are piercingly bright) that one immediately understands why he gets so far on charisma and charm alone. Unfortunately, despite the deceptively cheery soundtrack, circumstances quickly go downhill, as Ginger makes one bad decision after another, and his wife (played with nuance and depth by Shaw’s real-life wife, Mary Ure) suddenly realizes she can no longer count on Ginger as a reliable partner. Given its depressing trajectory, The Luck of Ginger Coffey won’t be for all tastes — but it’s certainly worth a look...."
https://filmfanatic.org/?p=5284
SUTS: Robert Shaw...
1:45 pm (CT)
"Force 10 from Navarone"
is a 1978 British war film loosely based on Alistair MacLean's 1968 novel of the same name. It is a sequel to the 1961 film The Guns of Navarone. The parts of Mallory and Miller are played by Robert Shaw (who died before the film was released), and Edward Fox, succeeding in the roles originally portrayed by Gregory Peck and David Niven. It was directed by Guy Hamilton and also stars Harrison Ford, Carl Weathers, Barbara Bach, Franco Nero (in a "plastic surgery" role previously played by Tutte Lemkow), and Richard Kiel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_10_ ... one_(film)
During World War II, several oddly assorted military experts are teamed in a mission to raid and destroy a bridge vital to enemy strategy.
IMDB rates 6.8/10
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077572/re ... _=tt_ov_rt
11:30 pm (CT)
"The Luck of Ginger Coffey"
is a 1964 Canadian film directed by Irvin Kershner. It is based on the Governor General's Award-winning novel by Northern Irish-Canadian writer Brian Moore
James "Ginger" Coffey (Robert Shaw), an unemployed Irishman whose nickname stems from his red hair and mustache, moves his family to Montreal in hopes of finding work. He has trouble getting a job, until a friend helps him land a lowly position at a newspaper. Because of his poor prospects, his wife (Mary Ure) leaves him, taking their daughter with her. Ginger works at becoming a reporter to win back his wife and impress his daughter, but booze and brawling distract him from his goal....
"Robert Shaw shines as the title character in this tale of Irish immigrants hoping to create a new life for themselves in Montreal, Canada. While “Ginger” is undeniably self-deluded, unrealistic, and dishonest, the strength of Shaw’s performance lies in the fact that we literally can’t help sympathizing with Ginger from the moment he appears on-screen: his face is full of such genuine good cheer (his eyes are piercingly bright) that one immediately understands why he gets so far on charisma and charm alone. Unfortunately, despite the deceptively cheery soundtrack, circumstances quickly go downhill, as Ginger makes one bad decision after another, and his wife (played with nuance and depth by Shaw’s real-life wife, Mary Ure) suddenly realizes she can no longer count on Ginger as a reliable partner. Given its depressing trajectory, The Luck of Ginger Coffey won’t be for all tastes — but it’s certainly worth a look...."
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I hope this turns up on Noir Alley. Never heard of this film and would like to see it! Missed it this go-round!jamesjazzguitar wrote: ↑August 19th, 2024, 7:16 pm The Tattered Dress (1957) is a solid late cycle noir film. I like seeing Gail Russell but one can see the change booze had on her.