tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post1321421487682243372..comments2024-03-29T09:38:50.382-04:00Comments on my new plaid pants: 5 Off My Head: Siri Says 1947Jason Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18254334131909339157noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-53687247727763940392020-06-19T14:59:25.139-04:002020-06-19T14:59:25.139-04:00Great list, glad to see some love for Nightmare Al...Great list, glad to see some love for Nightmare Alley, IMO too often underappreciated. I didn't know a remake was in the works, I'm not optimistic though if they go back to the original source vs: redoing the '47 movie it could be interesting, the book was quite harrowing, and while the movie was great it diverged from the book quite a bit. Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16884231737615216680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-87113246853122348262020-06-19T12:47:12.332-04:002020-06-19T12:47:12.332-04:00Well, I guess nobody but me is going to mention &q...Well, I guess nobody but me is going to mention "Mourning Becomes Electra". Complaints that Roz was too old for the role were not borne out when I saw the film. She carried it off IMO. Redgrave was amazing in his role. The filming was sufficiently atmospheric. Fly in the ointment -- The very Greek-accented Katina Paxinou as a New England matron. What were they thinking? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-64825796360872686732020-06-18T20:56:47.908-04:002020-06-18T20:56:47.908-04:00Oh my poor boozy Susie! She’s brilliant in Smash-U...Oh my poor boozy Susie! She’s brilliant in Smash-Up.<br /><br />Oh Yeah! One of my favorite features returned!!<br /><br />All good films although somehow I’ve never seen Fireworks. I’ll have to get on that post haste! <br /><br />Nightmare Alley is one dark night of the soul. I despair at the news of a remake though apparently they are using the novel as their source rather than the film. They will have to go far too top Ty, Helen Walker and Joan Blondell. <br /><br />I like Lady from Shanghai well enough but I return to it infrequently. Same for Black Narcissus though Kathleen Byron is undeniably great. <br /><br />Out of the Past makes my top ten though, Mitchum is smoking hot in it!!<br /><br />Only 5!? An impossibility!!! 1947 is one of my favorite movie years so my list is lloonngg. My top 10 is in order of preference but the rest are alphabetical. However I love them all!!<br /><br />1. The Man I Love- Ida Lupino is a FORCE in this picture.<br />2. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer-Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and a growing up Shirley Temple in a wacky comedy. What more do you need?<br />3. Good News-One of the perfect MGM musicals (although Peter Lawford could not carry a tune in a bucket) with one of the ultimate finales, a marvel of precision. <br />4. Lured-A weird and brilliant picture, probably Lucy most interesting movie.<br />5. They Won’t Believe Me-Robert Young plays a cad involved with three women (Susan Hayward-’47 was a very good year for her, Jane Greer and Rita Johnson) and brings bad luck to them all as well as himself. <br />6. Out of the Past<br />7. The Web-A lawyer (Edmond O'Brien) and a detective (William Bendix) try to trap a financier (Vincent Price) who has made the lawyer a fall guy for murder pulling the financier’s secretary (Ella Raines) into the web of deceit.<br />8. Dark Passage-Three great performers doing what they do best. Bogart brooding, Bacall slinking sexily and Agnes Moorehead being a total bitch.<br />9. Nightmare Alley<br />10. Crossfire-Dark noir full of angst and violence both physical and emotional. Starring three Roberts-Mitchum, Ryan and Young and an electrifying Gloria Grahame. <br /><br />The rest:<br /><br />Black Narcissus<br />Born to Kill-This would be #11.<br />Dancing with Crime<br />Desert Fury<br />The Devil Thumbs a Ride<br />For You I Die<br />The Ghost and Mrs. Muir<br />The Hucksters<br />Hue & Cry<br />I’ll Be Yours<br />It Had to Be You<br />The Macomber Affair<br />Miracle on 34th Street<br />Nora Prentiss<br />Out of the Blue<br />Ramrod<br />The Red House<br />Repeat Performance<br />Ride the Pink Horse<br />Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman<br />So Well Remembered<br />That Way With Women<br />The Unsuspected<br />The Upturned Glass<br />The Voice of the Turtle<br />Welcome Stranger<br />Whispering Cityjoel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-31598532904814698222020-06-18T17:52:10.318-04:002020-06-18T17:52:10.318-04:00And oh yeah, murder trumpet.And oh yeah, murder trumpet.Dmchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04565270840945477691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-26327056375120891542020-06-18T17:40:53.384-04:002020-06-18T17:40:53.384-04:00I love Dark Passage. 40s apartment porn. Lots of ...I love Dark Passage. 40s apartment porn. Lots of plaids and lounging pajamas. Invisible Man-style full face bandages. Extreme Agnes Moorhead.<br />Dmchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04565270840945477691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-42711951556611006412020-06-18T15:10:44.301-04:002020-06-18T15:10:44.301-04:00Born to Kill is definitely worth a watch. Claire T...Born to Kill is definitely worth a watch. Claire Trevor. Esther Howard. How can you go wrong?DCameronnoreply@blogger.com