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Special to me. Usually below 7.0 IMDB.
I’d like to find the black beauty from Aruba and the airship where the crew member climbed out in the rigging while aloft to fix it. It may have been master of the world but that ship seemed too advanced with far too few nets on the underside. I recall it as only a crew of one or two.
I’d like to find the black beauty from Aruba and the airship where the crew member climbed out in the rigging while aloft to fix it. It may have been master of the world but that ship seemed too advanced with far too few nets on the underside. I recall it as only a crew of one or two.
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- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsRichard BarthelmessBette DavisDorothy JordanA tenant farmer's son is caught in the middle of owner-tenant disputes when he falls for the plantation owner's seductive daughter.Big impact on me when I saw it on Criterion Channel’s look at Betty Davis during the first month of my subscription. I enjoyed it so much I looked for it on DVD thereafter.
- DirectorJohn Griffith WrayStarsMadge BellamyCullen LandisNoah BeeryRuth runs away from an abusive stepfather, who owns a circus, and takes the circus' trained elephant--her only friend--with her. She winds up in a Canadian logging camp and meets Paul, the enemy of the town bully, who also falls for Ruth.Saw it in Kansas and LOVED IT. It was my favorite low profile film. Tied for favorite at the fest with student of Old Heidelberg. It was my favorite mainstream. This was my favorite “lost” treasure… even though it wasn’t technically lost.
- DirectorHarry BeaumontStarsJohn BarrymoreMary AstorWillard LouisGeorge Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries Lord Alvanley. Brummel, broken-hearted, embarks upon a life of revelry. He befriends the Prince of Wales and leaves the army, becoming subsequently the best-known rake and decider of fashion in Europe. As his affairs flourish, so does his disdain for his benefactor, the Prince. Eventually Brummel falls into disfavor, and it is only Lady Margery who has any chance of helping him.Loved it immediately. I was drawn to it.
- DirectorFred NibloStarsEnid BennettRamon NovarroWallace BeeryTwo young lovers escape their past lives to Paris until fate separates them.I fell for this in a late night viewing on TCM. It’s a melodrama but the best kind. I originally missed that he was so in love that he missed the train at the start and the end. I’m not sure what I thought of that part originally. But I didn’t get intended meaning.
- DirectorDonald CrispStarsDouglas FairbanksMary AstorJack McDonaldDon Cesar, son of Zorro, is framed for murder while visiting Spain, and becomes the whip-wielding outlaw Don Q.See comments on Sign of the Criss.
- DirectorMonta BellStarsRicardo CortezGreta GarboGertrude OlmsteadA young girl and her father are kicked out of their house by a cruel noblewoman, and the girl's heart is broken when her sweetheart, the noblewoman's son, won't go to Paris with them. After becoming an opera star in Paris, the girl returns to her homeland and finds her romance with the nobleman rekindled.Saw on YouTube. Remember it well.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsGeorge ArlissDoris LloydDavid TorrencePrime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicanery at home in order to secure the purchase of the Suez Canal.God I love this movie!!!!
I didn’t understand it completely the first time and gave it a five. Now I understand it fully and give it a seven. I told the Hoovers to record it for me in early March when it aired again so I could see it. That coincided with HCPL getting it for me on VHS where I borrowed a player from Lucian to view it. The quality was not much worse than the streaming on TCM via YouTube TV and my AppleTV. Both were compared on my old 2006 TV. The VHS and TCM came from the same print cause they had same characteristic scratches. - DirectorsErnst LubitschJohn M. StahlStarsRamon NovarroNorma ShearerJean HersholtA cloistered, overprotected Austrian prince falls in love with a down-to-earth barmaid in this "Viennese fairy tale."Transformational experience in the final day of the Kansas Film Festival. It was so much fun and I loved the drinking song the choir performed. That was wonderful!!!
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsLionel BarrymoreBlanche FridericiCharles LaneA prostitute seeking a fresh start becomes the obsession of a religious extremist.
- DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsEmil JanningsEvelyn BrentWilliam PowellA former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a movie directed by a former revolutionary.
- DirectorRobert WieneStarsWerner KraussConrad VeidtFriedrich FeherHypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.Such a special night when dad and I saw this at home. I absolutely loved everything about this film. Story, acting, music, clothing, set dressing, even the art in the title cards was awesome. What a film!!! Perfect.
- DirectorJohn S. RobertsonStarsJames BartonHelen WestleyHelen MackZenas Brewster (James Barton) is a seafaring man with a bad reputation. Notorious for his tempestuous nature, Brewster has earned the nickname of "Captain Hurricane." Brewster is smitten with neighbor Abbie Howland (Helen Westley), but she doesn't like his temperament. After a period of retirement, a bad investment puts Brewster back at work on the sea. And when fire overtakes his ship, Hurricane proves heroic, selflessly rescuing his crew from a grisly and deadly fate.Ultimate example of how I love old films. I would never ever ever recommend this film to ANYONE but I liked it and it stuck with me big time. I can’t wait to see it again. It isn’t available ANYWHERE including YouTube and pirated eBay.
My favorite line is one I can’t even remember properly by an actress who is totally unrecognizable…
“Ooohhh I can’t stand those lousy *captains*!!” - DirectorsChester M. FranklinEdwin L. MarinStarsJean ParkerRussell HardieSamuel S. HindsToni lives with her father, writer Matthew Martin, in the Sequoia forests of California. While walking, she finds and brings home, a small puma which she calls 'Gato' and a young fawn, called 'Malibu'. The three become friends which violates the normal rules of nature. After a few years, Toni and her dad leave and Gato and Malibu are returned to the wild. They do their animal things, but the two are still friendly. When Toni and Matthew return, they find that logging and hunting have decimated the animals in the area. They also find that their neighbor, Bergman, who has trapped animals for years, is now leading hunting parties and kills even the fawns. It is up to Gato and Malibu if they are to survive.Available sometimes on YouTube but I saw it on TCM and I saw it available there when it aired a second time. I will watch it again if it airs a third time.
- DirectorSam WoodStarsRamon NovarroMyrna LoyReginald DennyAn American tourist catches the eye of a disguised Egyptian prince who decides to kidnap her, then try to win her love.I let stuck with me bigtime like THE PAGAN & MOROCCO.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsEdward G. RobinsonVivienne OsborneGuy KibbeeA condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair.Liked it a lot when I saw it in movie critics adult education class at Stanford.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsFredric MarchClaudette ColbertElissa LandiA Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.ELABORATE
I call this my first voluntary black and white classic film I ever saw during my freshman year in college. I enjoyed the experience more than the movie itself. But scenes left a mark.
This film was the first and second was Don Q Son of Zorro. I don’t think I finished that one. After seeing both of these I began renting from the college library to see classics. - DirectorGeorge CukorStarsConstance BennettLowell ShermanNeil HamiltonThe career of a waitress takes off when she meets an amiable drunken Hollywood director.
- DirectorJohn CromwellStarsCharles BoyerHedy LamarrSigrid GurieA wanted jewel thief ensconced in the Casbah meets a beautiful woman who makes him long for an escape.God this was a cool movie!!!
Why do they call him PEPE LE MOKO?? - DirectorJohn FordStarsVictor McLaglenBoris KarloffWallace FordA dozen British soldiers, lost in a Mesopotamian desert during World War I, are menaced by unseen Arab enemies.
- DirectorZoltan KordaStarsJohn ClementsRalph RichardsonC. Aubrey SmithA British Army officer resigns, burning his last-day summons to war in the Sudan. Accusing him of cowardice, his girlfriend and three friends give him white feathers. To gain redemption, he shadows his friends to save their lives.
- DirectorJohn CromwellStarsBette DavisLeslie HowardFrances DeeA young man finds himself attracted to a cold, unfeeling waitress who might ultimately destroy them both.
- DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsGary CooperMarlene DietrichAdolphe MenjouA cabaret singer and a Legionnaire fall in love, but their relationship is complicated by the results of his womanizing and the appearance of a rich man who wants her for himself.Not compelling as I saw it but it left a big impression on me. Much like THE PAGAN & especially THE BARBARIAN.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsMaureen O'HaraRobert NewtonCharles LaughtonIn Cornwall, 1819, a young woman discovers she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.I have an unexplainable fascination with this. Especially since I didn’t understand it originally when I saw it in college when I saw it in my Hitchcock phase in the library station.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsErrol FlynnOlivia de HavillandLionel AtwillAfter treating a Monmouth rebel against King James II in 1680s England, a young Irish doctor is exiled as a slave to Jamaica where he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the most feared pirate of the Caribbean.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsMerle OberonLaurence OlivierDavid NivenA servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.
- DirectorFrank LloydStarsCharles LaughtonClark GableFranchot ToneFirst mate Fletcher Christian leads a revolt against his sadistic commander, Captain Bligh, in this classic seafaring adventure, based on the real-life 1789 mutiny.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRobert DonatMadeleine CarrollLucie MannheimA man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.Dad and I have seen this a great many times. We could see it once a year I suppose. It is so well done. I should elevate it to 8 someday.
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsLew AyresLouis WolheimJohn WrayA German youth eagerly enters World War I, but his enthusiasm wanes as he gets a firsthand view of the horror.
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsErrol FlynnAnn SheridanWalter HustonAfter two years under German rule, a small Norwegian fishing village rises up and revolts against the occupying Nazis.
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsJennifer JonesJames MasonVan HeflinA provincial doctor's wife's romantic illusions about life and social status lead her to betray her naive husband, take on lovers, and run up ruinous debts.
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsCharles LaughtonMaureen O'HaraGeorge SandersA mild-mannered school teacher in a German-occupied town during World War II finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance.
- DirectorPreston SturgesStarsDick PowellEllen DrewRaymond WalburnAfter the co-workers of an ambitious clerk trick him into thinking he has won $25,000 in a slogan contest, he begins to use the money to fulfill his dreams. What will happen when the ruse is discovered?Parents and I fell for this movie bigtime. It’s not the coffee it’s the bunk! (I think haha)
- DirectorsNorman FosterOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDolores Del RíoAn American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by German agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board.
- DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsHoward VernonNicole StéphaneJean-Marie RobainIn occupied France, an elderly man and his niece are forced to give shelter to a German army lieutenant who seemingly loves their country and culture.
- DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyKeenan WynnNick and Nora Charles are on a gambling boat when someone is murdered. The two main suspects are at large and come to Nick for help. Nick turns them in to the police but then sets out to figure out the mystery.This is the one (of the six in the series) that made us (especially me) laugh a ton. I’m so glad I saw it in the mood I was in. It was so enjoyable. Smiles smiles smiles!!!!!!!!!
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsCary GrantJohn GarfieldAlan HaleIn order to provide information for the first air raid over Tokyo, a U.S. submarine sneaks into Tokyo Bay and places a spy team ashore.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyLucile WatsonNick, a private detective, visits his hometown with wife Nora. Locals believe he's investigating a case. When someone is murdered on his doorstep, Nick gets embroiled in solving the crime despite intending a vacation.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsFranchot ToneAnne BaxterAkim TamiroffDuring the 1942 North African campaign, a British straggler manages to pass himself off as a waiter at the hotel commandeered as Rommel's headquarters. He has thoughts of assassinating Rommel but his cover may have an even better use.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsJennifer JonesCharles BickfordWilliam Eythe14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous, living in a small town in the south of 1850s France, claims to have seen a divine vision, prompting extreme skepticism, concern from her family, and religious and political turmoil.
- DirectorEdmund GouldingStarsTyrone PowerJoan BlondellColeen GrayThe rise and fall of Stanton Carlisle, a mentalist whose lies and deceit prove to be his downfall.
- DirectorsMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsRoger LiveseyDeborah KerrAnton WalbrookFrom the Boer War through World War II, a soldier rises through the ranks in the British military.Dad bailed but I stuck with it. I am SO SO SO happy I did. It’s a wonderful film. I’ve seen it referred to as the best British film ever made. That may be an overstatement but it’s a fabulous movie.
- DirectorTay GarnettStarsLana TurnerJohn GarfieldCecil KellawayA married woman and a drifter fall in love and then plot to murder her husband.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBurt LancasterAva GardnerEdmond O'BrienHit men arrive in a small New Jersey town to kill an unresisting victim, and insurance investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsWalter PidgeonMaureen O'HaraAnna LeeAt the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.
- DirectorsOrson WellesFred FleckRobert WiseStarsTim HoltJoseph CottenDolores CostelloThe spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
- DirectorsJean CocteauRené ClémentStarsJean MaraisJosette DayMila ParélyA beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her.I loved it even after I saw it for the first time on a cracked screen iPhone in bed from Criterion Channel. The next day I saw an interview with David Lynch who said that the worst part about movies on phones is that not only is it an inferior experience but even worse, you think you’re seeing the movie and you like it. But actually you’re not seeing the film. Ever since then I reserve iPhone for films where I don’t care about degradation… which is almost none. That’s a quote that stuck with me.
I am going to watch this for real shortly and only rate it based on that viewing.
****NEVER SEE films on phones again****
…except shitty comedies.**** - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantJoan FontaineCedric HardwickeA shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartEdward G. RobinsonLauren BacallA drifter visits the family hotel of a war buddy who was killed in action only to find that a Chicago mobster and his gang have taken over the place. As a hurricane approaches, a confrontation ensues.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTeresa WrightJoseph CottenMacdonald CareyA teenage girl, overjoyed when her uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantIngrid BergmanClaude RainsThe daughter of a convicted German spy is asked by American agents to gather information on a ring of German scientists in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?This film was on the Filmsite.org list of top 100 films so when I grabbed onto hitchcock I wanted to see this one. When I did I wasn’t that interested in it. But after the third viewing I began to appreciate it for the gem that it is. But I couldn’t understand it’s overrating when I first saw it.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartWalter HustonTim HoltTwo down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.Simpsons comic book was a big deal Lost Episode from my personal collection so I felt it was special (which it is) so that when I saw this I was primed for a transformational movie. I got what I expected. Outstanding in every way.
I first saw this somewhere in the timeframe 2000-2005 I think. - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsLaurence OlivierJoan FontaineGeorge SandersA self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.Turned down a night out with the guys during summer home from college )after freshman year) to see this film and it was a great decision.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. RobinsonAn insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.First DVD I went to great lengths to acquire since it came from China or something and was not available through typical channels. This was around 2003.
- DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenDorothy ComingoreFollowing the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance: 'Rosebud.'
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartIngrid BergmanPaul HenreidA cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
- DirectorTed TetzlaffStarsGlenn FordAnne VernonMaurice DenhamAfter a terrorist plants a bomb on board a train, the police call in an army bomb disposal expert to find and dismantle it, but once it has been made safe, he has another shock in store.
- DirectorCharles MartinStarsGeorge SandersYvonne De CarloZsa Zsa GaborThe New York police investigates the murder of a Czech immigrant whose rags-to-riches story is told by his secretary to homicide detectives.Dad and I liked this rare TCM film.
- DirectorHoward W. KochStarsMamie Van DorenLori NelsonJohn RussellTwo vagrant sisters work for crooked characters at a rock'n'roll prison-farm.This belongs on the list cause of how low it is rated and how much I liked it irrelevant of that rating. What a film….
(Note I’ve only seen it once.) - DirectorDelmer DavesStarsFrank SinatraTony CurtisNatalie WoodToward the end of World War II, two American soldiers fighting in Southern France become romantically involved with a young, American woman. Her background will reveal more about them than her.Loved it when I saw it which was sometime before 2006 I’m pretty sure. Like when I lived with Evelyn.
God she was beautiful. - DirectorJean-Pierre MelvilleStarsNicole StéphaneEdouard DermitheRenée CosimaThe dangerously obsessive relationship between a psychologically manipulative brother and sister who isolate themselves and draw others into their mind games.
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsJames StewartMarlene DietrichGlynis JohnsAn aeronautical engineer predicts that a new model of airplane will fail catastrophically and in a novel manner after a specific number of flying hours due to metal fatigue.
- DirectorMax OphülsStarsJean GabinDanielle DarrieuxSimone SimonThree short stories about pleasure.
- DirectorMax OphülsStarsAnton WalbrookSimone SignoretSerge ReggianiSoldiers, chambermaids, poets, prostitutes, aristocrats-all are on equal footing in this multi-character merry-go-round of love and infidelity.
- DirectorBernhard WickiStarsVolker BohnetFritz WepperMichael HinzIn 1945, Germany is being overrun, and nobody is left to fight but teenagers.I chose to make the family see it after I saw it twice already shortly prior. That means I chose to see it three times in first month it was available to me on TCM. See notes from SEEN. They are important.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsFrank SinatraKim NovakEleanor ParkerA junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsKirk DouglasTony CurtisErnest BorgnineA slave and a Viking prince fight for the love of a captive princess.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsGregory PeckRichard BasehartLeo GennThe sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsMarilyn MonroeBetty GrableLauren BacallThree women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsSterling HaydenColeen GrayVince EdwardsCrook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.Loved it after I saw it for the first time in September (I think) after a trip to 3M campus for my senior design project. What a film!!! The Indian TA for the class had seen it too I found out the next class period!!
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsTyrone PowerMarlene DietrichCharles LaughtonA veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKirk DouglasRalph MeekerAdolphe MenjouA colonel defends three of his soldiers in a court-martial after they abandon a suicidal attack.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartKim NovakBarbara Bel GeddesA former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.
- DirectorLeslie H. MartinsonStarsJames DarrenPamela TiffinPaul LyndeA wealthy young man tries to woo a university student, while her two uncles work to popularize a local club.Watched with Bronwen at her grandma’s house and I was super aroused by this chick. Bronwen said she was hot as well.
- DirectorJan NemecStarsHelena PejskováJana PracharováZdena SkvoreckaA small group of bourgeois guests head for a birthday party of a prominent figure. As they go through the woods and have a picnic, they are suddenly surrounded by a bunch of suspicious strangers.An oddly compelling and subversive film.
- DirectorAbe LevitowStarsJudy GarlandRobert GouletRed ButtonsA farm cat moves to Paris in search of the high life while her wannabe lover from back home tries to reunite.