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- April 21st, 2007, 4:54 pm
- Forum: Film Noir and Crime
- Topic: JOHNNY O'CLOCK (1947)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 25748
JOHNNY O'CLOCK (1947)
Here's a heads-up for all of you Noir fans: JOHNNY O'CLOCK, a superb Columbia noir thriller from 1947 airs this Friday night (4/27) at 9:30 pm (PST) / Saturday morning (4/28) at 12:30 am (EST). This film was Robert Rossen's directorial debut. Rossen directed relatively few films during the course of...
- April 21st, 2007, 12:49 pm
- Forum: Site Talk
- Topic: My Lost Love
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8561
my lost love
Anne, I've been struggling with the exact same emotions for the past several days, so you're not alone. And I'm sure there are others who feel the exact same way. Some of the posters who became thickly embroiled in that latest fiasco (including and somewhat especially myself) probably did so with th...
- April 21st, 2007, 12:37 pm
- Forum: Film Noir and Crime
- Topic: DECOY coming this month!!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6775
DECOY coming this month!!
An updated reminder regarding a personal obsession: One of the absolute best "B" noir films is going to be a part of the upcoming 10-title Film Noir box set coming from Warner Home Video in late July. I'm refering to DECOY, the insanely great 1946 Monogram film starring Jean Gillie, Robert...
- April 21st, 2007, 7:00 am
- Forum: Sci-fi and Horror
- Topic: Absolutely The Worst Sci-Fi Film of the Fifties!?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 12861
Worst sci-fi of the 50s?
Absolutely the worst? Most boring? Most pretentious? Easy. FORBIDDEN PLANET. Makes the entire Ed Wood oeuvre look spectacular by comparison. From the director (Fred Wilcox) who gave us LASSIE COME HOME (which is far more entertaining and exciting than FORBIDDEN PLANET). I have NEVER understood FP's ...
- April 20th, 2007, 7:18 pm
- Forum: Comedies
- Topic: Cast Your Vote for Your Favorite Screwball Comedy
- Replies: 30
- Views: 15763
Screwballs!
I'd have to list the Preston Sturges films THE LADY EVE and PALM BEACH STORY at the top, followed closely by Hawks' BRINGING UP BABY and Mitchell Leisen's MIDNIGHT starring the wonderful Claudette Colbert.
- April 20th, 2007, 7:13 pm
- Forum: Film Noir and Crime
- Topic: I Wake Up Screaming
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8896
I WAKE UP SCEAMING
I really love this film too. Interesting to note that Laird Cregar's character, the jealous and zealous cop Ed Cornell was named after...that's right, Cornell Woolrich. The orginal story's author, Steve Fisher was a well-known pulp mystery writer at the time, thus a literary contemporary of Woolrich...
- April 20th, 2007, 6:27 pm
- Forum: Sci-fi and Horror
- Topic: What Is Your Favorite Universal Horror?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 15132
Fave Universal horrors!
I really enjoy most all of the Universal horror titles from the 1930s and 40s. The first wave of great ones like FRANKENSTEIN, DRACULA, THE INVISIBLE MAN, THE MUMMY, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, THE WOLF MAN, etc are all remarkable in so many ways. But my most favorite Universal horrors are the lower bert...
- April 20th, 2007, 4:11 pm
- Forum: General TV and Media
- Topic: Olbermann or O ' Reilly
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3129
Olbermann vs. O'Reilly
O'Reilly is a disgrace, a truly evil enemy of the people. Olbermann does a brilliant job of exposing Bill-O on his nightly Countdown news program on MSNBC.
- April 20th, 2007, 2:37 pm
- Forum: Sci-fi and Horror
- Topic: Okay, so what are your favorites and why?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4854
Favorite Sci-Fi Films
I mostly enjoy 1950s Cold War era science fiction, my two favorites being INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956) and THEM! (1954). Both are extremely frightening (especially when viewing for the first time!) and both benefit from excellent scripting, tight direction and performances that don't stretc...
- April 20th, 2007, 9:02 am
- Forum: Classic Film Literature
- Topic: Movies made from Books?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 69298
PATRICIA HIGHSMITH
Hi - The French film you're thinking of is PURPLE NOON from 1960. Directed by Rene Clement (from PH's novel "The Talented Mr. Ripley") it is, in my opinion far superior to the Matt Damon film from a few years back. Highsmith is one of my favorite novelists, but films adapted from her works...
- April 20th, 2007, 8:31 am
- Forum: Film Noir and Crime
- Topic: Fury
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2617
FURY
In the film course I'm teaching this semester on "message movies" from the Hollywood studio era we watched FURY this past Tuesday evening. The majority of the students had no idea who Fritz Lang was (sadly) but after an introductory discussion about Lang and his desperate flight to America...
- April 20th, 2007, 8:07 am
- Forum: Film Noir and Crime
- Topic: The Killing Marie's Show
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3594
More on TIMOTHY CAREY
Here's a link to a fascinating article on Timothy Carey called "Timothy Carey: Saint of the Underground." Hope you enjoy it!
http://www.5minutesonline.com/ft/timothy%20carey2.htm
http://www.5minutesonline.com/ft/timothy%20carey2.htm
- April 20th, 2007, 7:47 am
- Forum: Classic Film Literature
- Topic: JAMES DEAN and NICHOLAS RAY
- Replies: 1
- Views: 19094
JAMES DEAN and NICHOLAS RAY
I just recently finished reading the book LIVE FAST, DIE YOUNG: THE WILD RIDE OF MAKING REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE by Lawrence Frascella and Al Weisel. In it, the authors provide a painstakingly thorough account of the behind the scenes machinations of one of the 1950s most influential films. Apart from ...
- April 20th, 2007, 7:35 am
- Forum: Film Noir and Crime
- Topic: The Killing Marie's Show
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3594
Timothy Carey in THE KILLING
Vallo, you make an interesting point about Timothy Carey in Kubrick's film THE KILLING (1956). Apart from the overall bizarre delivery of his lines, there is the startling moment when Carey utters the dreadful "n" word (to the attendant in the race track parking lot). Unsettling as it is, ...
- April 18th, 2007, 5:55 pm
- Forum: General TV and Media
- Topic: Old TV Westerns
- Replies: 73
- Views: 30992
Bronco, Sugarfood & Cheyenne
It's been decades since any of them have seen the light in syndication, sadly enough. I liked Sugarfoot (Will Hutchins) the best as a kid (it had the coolest theme song and rarely strayed from its tongue-in-cheek formula). Cheyenne had Clint Walker who was pretty great in his tight-lipped way but Br...