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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/11/07 7:20pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) - Date Edited: 1/13/07 11:24am (2 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	Next: "Gilda" (1946) USA; 110 min. B & W Languages: English/Spanish Director: Charles Vidor Producer: Virginia Van Upp Screenplay: Philip Van Doren Stern; Frances Goodrich Photography: Jo Eiseninger, E. A. Ellington Music: Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts, Hugo Friedhofer Cast: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia A brew of misogyny, masochism, and homoeroticism, this must be one of the weirdest movies even to be passed by the Production Code (see also: "Black Narcissis") The book: "A pointed expose of the way women are made to seem responsible for the havoc wreaked by men who become obsessed with them." Well, maybe. Hayworth is supremely sexy, and her two renderings of "Put the Blame on Mame" (one quiet and wistful, the other sexy and aggressive) are highpoints of 40's movies.
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Django211 Registered: Mar '99	Date Posted: 1/11/07 7:50pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Gilda" (1946)
	My wife is Chinese & had never heard of Jimmy Stewart, Frank Capra nor "It's a Wonderful Life". So I showed her and she loved it. It was interesting to watch her reaction to the film since she was a blank slate. Everything worked and the message is universal. Afterwards I told her of its Holiday classic status and how Jimmy Stewart's down to earth charm made him one of Hollywood's biggest stars. By chance "The Philadelphia Story" was on TV the next day and she recognized Stewart but liked him more in the other film. Now she has also become interested in Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn. Most of what she knows about classic Hollywood comes from what she has seen on Chinese TV, which basically means "Roman Holiday". Just about every Chinese person knows Audrey Hepburn & Gregory Peck but not too much more. In fact Audrey Hepburn still appears in commercials over here.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 1/12/07 6:13pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Gilda" (1946)
	Gilda is awesome; deja vu; I would have sworn I talked about Gilda in this thread already . . must have been another one. Her striptease (gloves only) is one of the sexiest scenes I've ever seen in a movie; Ford and Macready are very good too. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/12/07 6:38pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Gilda" (1946)
	The posters thread?
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 1/12/07 6:42pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Gilda" (1946)
	I figured it out. My own Essentials. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/12/07 6:46pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Gilda" (1946)
	Yes, of course, now I remember...
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/13/07 11:33am Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Gilda" (1946)
	Next: "Mousieur Verdoux" (1947) USA; 124 min. B & W Languages: English Director: Charles Chaplin Producer: Charles Chaplin Screenplay: Charles Chaplin (From an idea by Orson Welles) Photography: Roland Totheroh Music: Charles Chaplin Cast: Charles Chaplin, Martha Raye, Mady Correll, Isobel Elsom Based on a true story about a French serial killer, and set in Paris, this is a movie that veers from some really brilliant comedy to some really tedious philosophizing. Chaplin knew a lot about the former, and nothing about the latter, unfortunately. A rotten cast (except for Chaplin himself and Martha Raye) and cheap production values, but when Chaplin is trying to murder Martha Raye in a rowboat (a parody of "An American Tragedy?"), you'll laugh helplessly. At least I did.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/14/07 2:29pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Monsieur Verdoux" (1947)
	Next: "Out of the Past" (1947) USA; 97 min. B & W Languages: English Director: Jacques Tourneur Producer: Warren Duff Screenplay: Daniel Mainwaring from his novel "Build My Gallows High" Photography: Nicholas Musuraca Music: Roy Webb Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Dickie Moore Source of some great movie quotes: "Baby, I don't care" among them, this is an equally great film noir, with a splendid cast. Avoid the awful remake and sample the real thing.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 1/14/07 6:08pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Out of the Past" (1947)
	A lexicon of great lines, as you say: "Then she came out of the sun and I knew why Whit didn't care about his ten thousand." "Me, I hate surprises." And others. It's a great film; Mitchum is brilliant and I go against the grain and say this is one of Douglas' finest hours; he's charming, witty, warm and utterly sociopathic. Brilliant. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/15/07 7:29am Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Out of the Past" (1947)
	There's a third quote about wanting to die last, too.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/15/07 6:01pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Out of the Past" (1947)
	Next: "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" (1947) USA; 104 min. B & W Languages: English Director: Joseph Mankieciwz Producer: Fred Kohlmar Screenplay: R. A. Dick, Philip Dunn, from Dick's novel Photography: Charles Lang Music: Bernard Herrmann Cast: Rex Harrison, Gene Tierney, George Sanders A young widow rents a cottage haunted by the ghost of Harrison. Sounds pretty terrible (never seen this one) but the book claims it has a lot of charm.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 1/15/07 7:35pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" (1947)
	Hermann's score is one of his absolute best. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/15/07 10:28pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" (1947)
	Yes, the book mentioned the score as a famous one.
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 1/16/07 8:25pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" (1947)
	Next: "Odd Man Out" (1947) UK; 116 min. B & W Languages: English Director: Carol Reed Producer: Carol Reed, Phil C. Samuel Screenplay: R. C. Sherriff Photography: Robert Krasker Music: William Alwyn Cast: James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack Haven't seen this. Wounded in a robbery undertaken to aid the IRA, Mason kills a man and is wounded. He discovers that people he thought sympathetic to him aren't about to stick out their necks for him. Sounds like a very good film.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 1/17/07 2:33pm Subject: RE: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: Now Disc. "Odd Man Out" (1947)
	Hard to beat Carol Reed and James Mason, I'll bet. Sounds good. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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