Today's stuff: The Grim Game (1919) - Another one with Harry Houdini, only a feature and not a serial. He plays a reporter falsely accused of murder. Of course he has several escape-artist scenes, and there's a pretty amazing airplane stunt near the end. His Majesty, the American (1919) - Douglas Fa...

Robert De Niro in Cape Fear 1991


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The Loved One


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Donald Pleasence


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The Road Warrior


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VISCONTI 's first film was OSSESSIONE (1943) ... I didn't read all that above your post. Did someone say it wasn't, or list something else as his first? I've seen 10 of his movies, and ranked them thusly: 4 stars La Terra Trema (1948) Rocco and His Brothers (1960) 3 1/2 stars Ossessione (1943) Whit...

Harold & Maude


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Dudley Moore


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Ohayau, the Female Demon (1968) Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Japan Chopper (2000) Andrew Dominik, Australia I really like those two, as well. Of the many features I've watched lately, I would recommend these: Alice in Wonderland (1915) W.W. Young, USA Filibus (1915) Mario Roncoroni, Italy The End of the Wor...

Middle Age Crazy (1980)


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Detective Jim McLeod wrote: ↑April 5th, 2023, 8:00 am One of the funniest scenes was when the black kid falls into barrel of flour. He was played by Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison who later appeared in silent Our Gang films and when he got older joined the East Side Kids.

I thought that might have been Sunshine Sammy, but wasn't sure.

Today's lineup: Alice in Wonderland (1915) - Early screen treatment of the Lewis Carroll tale from director W.W. Young, with Viola Savoy in the title role. The story is very scattered, but I liked the weird costume choices for the various creatures and characters. Back to God's Country (1919) - One ...

Lon Chaney Jr.

The Scarlet Empress



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