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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.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Who can forget the "Fosby Automatic Webley"!!!!!
smokeywolf
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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.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
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.
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.
richhodg66
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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.
Missionary
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Ya know you have a good point there. I had not thought about Ol Rooster in that context.
L Ross
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We still sing, "Twinkiedoodledum" from time to time.
richhodg66
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Supper time. Spur, Texas 1939
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
That's that nasty Tom that's been chasing and terrorizing the kid the whole summer! Payback and all that...
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My deceased New Mexican friend told me Texans wear white cowboy hats and New Mexicans wear black.
Looks like the Texan standing behind the New Mexican interloper is miffed that he cut in front of him.
Rockydoc
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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.
Matt_G
Curmudgeon in training
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...
Dusty Bannister
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Movie worth watching, or movie worth paying to go see?
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
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.
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.