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RicinYakima said:
Yep, an all time favorite; along with "Treasure of the Serra Madre" and the "Maltese Falcon" with Peter Lorrie.
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Oh, man, how could I've forgotten "The Maltese Falcon"?! I've seen the movie three or four times and read the book twice.
Then there is the original "The Big Sleep", another I've seen three or four times, but only read the book once.
 
richhodg66 said:
gotta admit to having a crush on young Lauren Bacall too
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Lauren Bacall, aka "The Face". She was a real looker. I also liked her in "The Shootist", opposite John Wayne.
Agree on "The African Queen".
Had a heck of a crush on Natalie Wood.

Recently watched a video tour of Wayne's yacht, "Wild Goose", which is still pretty much intact and kept in the harbor at Newport Beach.
 
I suppose we all see different things in what we watch. Randolph Scott always plays Randolph Scott, same for John Wayne. They play the same character across different types of movies. I always though Robert Mitchum was good and Gregory Peck, depending on the role. But there are so many that were good in one role but stunk in another. Errol Flynn always played Errol Flynn. Someone like John Hurt can play different people and do it well. For all his weirdness, so can Johnny Depp if he wants to. Then you get the ones that are just miscast- Michael Keaton as Batman?!!! What?!! Just had a discussion with a friend up here, he adores Barbara Stanwick, who turns my stomach almost as fast as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford or Liz Taylor. It's like music- To each their own.

What do I know? I spend my evenings often watching old B+W movies. I'd say there are maybe 5% of movies made that are really good, the rest vary from decent to awful. About like life across the board in a way.
 
Kinda funny about The African Queen (A very fine movie, by the way) that the follow up movie to 1969's True Grit, Rooster Cogburn, is basically the same movie with John Wayne instead of Bogart.
 
There are only 4-5 plots of stories, the rest are variation of situations. Romance, historical, detective/mystery, soap opera and add science fiction.
 
richhodg66 said:
Kinda funny about The African Queen (A very fine movie, by the way) that the follow up movie to 1969's True Grit, Rooster Cogburn, is basically the same movie with John Wayne instead of Bogart.
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We still sing, "Twinkiedoodledum" from time to time.
 
richhodg66 said:
Key Largo is, in my opinion, hands down the best Bogart movie ever, but it was as much or more due to Robinson's part than Bogart (gotta admit to having a crush on young Laren Bacall too).

The King's Speech was a surprisingly good movie, my wife couldn't understand what I saw in it, she thought it was slow and dull. The old' Guy flicks are always about conflict, chick flicks are always about relationships" thing didn't seem to work in that case.
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The King’s Speech was indeed a good movie. I believe it won the Academy Award for best movie that year.
 
Rockydoc said:
The King’s Speech was indeed a good movie. I believe it won the Academy Award for best movie that year.
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So you guys are telling me that there was a movie made in the last 15 or 20 years that is actually worth watching?
I'll be damned...
 
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Best Western, can't pick just one. El Dorado and Rio Grande would be up there, but my choice would likely be "The Broken Trail". Yeah, it's "modern" but it's got it all IMO.

Film Noir, thats tough, lots of good ones. I thought "Kansas City Confidential" was very good, but it wasn't B+W. Can a color film be flim noir? "The Maltese Falcon" has to rate near the top.
 
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