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A dear friend of mine and I were talking about our favorite Christmas movies. As we listed old favorites, such as The Bishop's Wife, It's A Wonderful Life, Holiday Inn, White Christmas, and the like, she named one I had never before heard of: Christmas In Connecticut.
She couldn't believe I had never seen or heard of this one, as it's one of her very favorites. So, she invited me to her home for "Dinner & A Movie". After a great meal, we enjoyed the film together.
Christmas In Connecticut (1945), Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, Reginald Gardiner, S.Z. Sakall & Una O'Connor.
I thoroughly enjoyed the film, especially since I'd never before seen Barbara Stanwyck in a comedy.
There's no such thing as "old" movies, just wonderful films that we haven't seen yet! This movie may have been made in 1945...but it's new to me!
What old classic movie did you just discover for the first time?
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Thanks, dan. I'll put that one on my list of "must see" films, since I've never even heard of it.
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Thanks, Morricone. I saw Look Back In Anger a very, very long time ago, and it is worth another visit. I appreciate you bringing it to my attention!
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My continued viewing of library copies of Criterion releases has allowed me to finally get around to seeing The Fallen Idol, Faces, Rossellini's Il Generale della Rovere and Blaise Pascal, and two of Carlos Saura's flamenco films Blood Wedding and El amor brujo.
Also during the last couple of months I've watched Desperate Characters, The Chase (the 1966 Arthur Penn film) and Sling Blade for the first time.
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Jan 20, 2013 - 10:18 PM
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A dear friend of mine and I were talking about our favorite Christmas movies. As we listed old favorites, such as The Bishop's Wife, It's A Wonderful Life, Holiday Inn, White Christmas, and the like, she named one I had never before heard of: Christmas In Connecticut.
She couldn't believe I had never seen or heard of this one, as it's one of her very favorites. So, she invited me to her home for "Dinner & A Movie". After a great meal, we enjoyed the film together.
Christmas In Connecticut (1945), Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, Reginald Gardiner, S.Z. Sakall & Una O'Connor.
I thoroughly enjoyed the film, especially since I'd never before seen Barbara Stanwyck in a comedy.
There's no such thing as "old" movies, just wonderful films that we haven't seen yet! This movie may have been made in 1945...but it's new to me!
What old classic movie did you just discover for the first time?
An old movie I'd never seen but just watched recently and really enjoyed was the forgotten CHANDU THE MAGICIAN (1932)-- it is on the Fox Horror Classics Vol 2 -- It stars Edmund Lowe in the title role but the stellar performance is by Bela Lugosi as the evil Roxor set on destroying Mankind -- it also has incredible set design and direction by William Cameron Menzies . Later Lugosi played Chandu in a low budget serial entitled THE RETURN OF CHANDU.
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TO MARK R YOUNG- I really enjoyed DESPERATE CHARACTERS-71-saw it years ago, solid drama, depressing indeed, but well done and true to life.
Yes, I quite liked it. And it was a true new discovery, as I knew virtually nothing about it before last month depite me being a 1970s cinema junkie!
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I know the thread isn't about "I can't believe you never saw (or heard ) of that movie, Chris"; but, I can't believe you never saw it! The one that I actually re-discovered (I saw it as a kid), is REMEMBER THE NIGHT, which also has a Christmas theme, and also stars Barbara Stanwyck.
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Jan 21, 2013 - 11:10 AM
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.....Last year I discovered the Anthony Mann film noir, Border Crossing, which starred Ricardo Montalban as an undercover border cop. Pretty hard-edged for its time with some gorgeous b&w cinematography by John Alton. Some great character work in it by Howard Da Silva, Arnold Moss, Charles McGraw, and Alfonso Bedoya.
I just picked up a copy for my Dad as a late birthday present.
Greg Espinoza.....
Greg....I believe you are referring to BORDER INCIDENT, not BORDER "CROSSING" but your comments are entirely correct. BORDER INCIDENT is a powerful, hard-edged film in the vein of the other Dore Schary initiated projects at MGM during his tenure.
It is a superbly-made black-and-white "B" picture that seems incredibly relevant now---even 62 years after its original release.
It was one of those non-famous MGM films featured in a moment in the MGM historical documentary, MGM: WHEN THE LION ROARS from 1992, which is where I first saw it, though I'd heard about it many years before.
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Jan 21, 2013 - 1:14 PM
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riotengine
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.....Last year I discovered the Anthony Mann film noir, Border Incident, which starred Ricardo Montalban as an undercover border cop. Pretty hard-edged for its time with some gorgeous b&w cinematography by John Alton. Some great character work in it by Howard Da Silva, Arnold Moss, Charles McGraw, and Alfonso Bedoya.
I just picked up a copy for my Dad as a late birthday present.
Greg....I believe you are referring to BORDER INCIDENT, not BORDER "CROSSING" but your comments are entirely correct. BORDER INCIDENT is a powerful, hard-edged film in the vein of the other Dore Schary initiated projects at MGM during his tenure.
It is a superbly-made black-and-white "B" picture that seems incredibly relevant now---even 62 years after its original release.
It was one of those non-famous MGM films featured in a moment in the MGM historical documentary, MGM: WHEN THE LION ROARS from 1992, which is where I first saw it, though I'd heard about it many years before.
Doh! You are correct, Mandeley. I knew it was Border Incident, but I had a mental brownout and wrote Border Crossing, LOL. Another thing I like about it was the casting of Montalban, that made it more authentic and more potent by his actually being hispanic. I thought it was very daring for the time for a major studio film.
Greg Espinoza
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Jan 21, 2013 - 1:54 PM
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eriknelson
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.....Last year I discovered the Anthony Mann film noir, Border Incident, which starred Ricardo Montalban as an undercover border cop. Pretty hard-edged for its time with some gorgeous b&w cinematography by John Alton. Some great character work in it by Howard Da Silva, Arnold Moss, Charles McGraw, and Alfonso Bedoya.
I just picked up a copy for my Dad as a late birthday present.
Greg....I believe you are referring to BORDER INCIDENT, not BORDER "CROSSING" but your comments are entirely correct. BORDER INCIDENT is a powerful, hard-edged film in the vein of the other Dore Schary initiated projects at MGM during his tenure.
It is a superbly-made black-and-white "B" picture that seems incredibly relevant now---even 62 years after its original release.
It was one of those non-famous MGM films featured in a moment in the MGM historical documentary, MGM: WHEN THE LION ROARS from 1992, which is where I first saw it, though I'd heard about it many years before.
Doh! You are correct, Mandeley. I knew it was Border Incident, but I had a mental brownout and wrote Border Crossing, LOL. Another thing I like about it was the casting of Montalban, that made it more authentic and more potent by his actually being hispanic. I thought it was very daring for the time for a major studio film.
Greg Espinoza
And this film also has a good Andre Previn score.
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