The Silver Screen Oasis

ziggy6708a wrote: ↑April 1st, 2023, 7:42 pm thought I'd mention...
they don't say what time & don't see on schedule

ziggy6708a wrote: ↑April 1st, 2023, 7:42 pm thought I'd mention...
they don't say what time & don't see on schedule

kingrat wrote: ↑April 16th, 2023, 4:47 pm The Mask of Dimitrios--Imagine a noir version of Citizen Kane, with Peter Lorre as the hero. Sydney Greenstreet and Faye Emerson are splendid, as usual, and Zachary Taylor plays the mysterious Dimitrios. 3) Three Strangers--Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Lorre, and Sydney Greenstreet share a lottery ticket, with surprising results. I love how we're not sure what kind of woman Geraldine Fitzgerald is, and we can imagine the film going several different ways. Then there's only one way.

ziggy6708a wrote: ↑April 1st, 2023, 8:09 pm

Dargo wrote: ↑April 16th, 2023, 10:30 pm . . . And, I STILL say the guy you see in profile while he's sitting at the table during the opening panning shot through Ciro's IS supposed to be George Brent and NOT Don Ameche!!!!!! . . .

kingrat wrote: ↑April 16th, 2023, 4:47 pm This Wednesday has five excellent films which may not be familiar to everyone:
The Mask of Dimitrios--Imagine a noir version of Citizen Kane, with Peter Lorre as the hero. Sydney Greenstreet and Faye Emerson are splendid, as usual, and Zachary Taylor plays the mysterious Dimitrios. 3) Three Strangers--Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Lorre, and Sydney Greenstreet share a lottery ticket, with surprising results. I love how we're not sure what kind of woman Geraldine Fitzgerald is, and we can imagine the film going several different ways. Then there's only one way.

Swithin wrote: ↑April 18th, 2023, 3:46 pm SPOILER question:

I love The Mask of Dimitrios[/b] and every actor and character in it (particularly Victor Francen, in his brief scene). One thing I don't understand, although I've seen the film often -- is why Sydney Greenstreet is in trouble at the end. He throws the money down and says that Lorre should write a book, and that "I'll have a lot of time to read it, where I'm going." What did he do wrong, apart from kill Dimitrios, sort of in self defense, after Dimitrios had shot him?

EP Millstone wrote: ↑April 18th, 2023, 8:56 pm

Swithin wrote: ↑April 18th, 2023, 3:46 pm SPOILER question:

I love The Mask of Dimitrios[/b] and every actor and character in it (particularly Victor Francen, in his brief scene). One thing I don't understand, although I've seen the film often -- is why Sydney Greenstreet is in trouble at the end. He throws the money down and says that Lorre should write a book, and that "I'll have a lot of time to read it, where I'm going." What did he do wrong, apart from kill Dimitrios, sort of in self defense, after Dimitrios had shot him?

That's the script that screenwriter Frank Gruber wrote.

Somebody kills somebody. Somebody's got to be arrested.

Perhaps later the police free Peters (Sydney Greenstreet) after they learn the whole story about Dimitrios Makropoulos (Zachary Scott). Perhaps Peters gets sentenced for trying to blackmail Makropoulos and creating a situation that resulted in (premeditated) murder.

Fashion a conclusion that satisfies you.

In the source novel by Eric Ambler, Peters and Makropoulos kill each other.