Damn that TCM. I heard that promo for the month of October too many times and had to track down that ethereal backing music. It sounds like it should have been used for the soundtrack of HBO's True Detective.
Damn that TCM. I heard that promo for the month of October too many times and had to track down that ethereal backing music. It sounds like it should have been used for the soundtrack of HBO's True Detective.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
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Thanks for the cue.
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The older I get, the better I was.
Don't we have any experts on the occult here
The older I get, the better I was.
Has a good time watching, Thriller, with Boris Karloff. Some of these were very good especially the ones he played in. Anyone remember these? The Binge Channel will run a great series every now and then but you have to stomach all those terrible, your dying of anything, commercials. Will have to check the DVD market.
The older I get, the better I was.
Vincent Price movies all night on TCM.
Also, at 6:00 EST is one I may have seen but looks very good.
Dead of Night (1945)
LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: FOUR STARS
D: Cavalcanti, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer, Charles Crichton. Mervyn Johns, Roland Culver, Antony Baird, Judy Kelly, Miles Malleson, Sally Ann Howes, Googie Withers, Ralph Michael, Michael Redgrave, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Frederick Valk. Classic chiller of gathering at a country house, where guests trade supernatural stories. One of them (Johns) has been having a nightmare that now seems to be coming true; final sequence with Redgrave as a schizophrenic ventriloquist is a knockout. U.S. theatrical version ran 77m.; complete edition has been restored for TV.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Schizophrenic ventriloquist is in a class of sick all by itself. I mentioned, Legend of Hell House. Have you had the pleasure? I thought it was pretty good. Vincent Price? Are they going to show, THAT, movie
The older I get, the better I was.
I just caught the last ten minutes or so of Dead of Night and what I saw was pretty wild. Quite an ending.Schizophrenic ventriloquist is in a class of sick all by itself
Yes, I've seen "Legend of Hell House," but it's been a while and I probably wouldn't recognize it.
THAT movie is on at 1:00 am
8:00 PM House of Wax (1953)
9:45 PM Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
11:15 PM Masque of the Red Death, The (1964)
1:00 AM House on Haunted Hill (1958)
2:30 AM Theatre of Blood (1973)
We recently discussed gangster films and two of the best are on Monday night:
8:00 PM Little Caesar (1930)
9:30 PM I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
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Even now, I still really enjoy House of Wax. Just a good story and film. Yes, I've seen both, Little Caesar and I am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang. How old was Eddie in Little Caesar? I always think he has a little to much pan cake on his face
The older I get, the better I was.
Edward G. Robinson was in his upper 30s when Little Caesar made him a mega-star. The film was 1931, so I can cut him some slack on the makeup. Some prints look better than others, so that may be a factor, too.
I also saw that 13 Ghosts was on the other night. The problem with that movie is that the special effects are really crappy.
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Yes, the gimmick was the silly colored glasses they gave you so you could see the ghost better. I think you could see them anyway but the colored film in the glasses brought them out better. The gimmick was perfect for the time though
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The older I get, the better I was.
If anyone wants to see a very good cold war thriller, "Fail Safe" is on tonight at 9:30 EST on TCM. We discussed it here before.
Tomorrow night, epic four-star western "Red River" is on at 8:00. I'm not sure if I've ever seen that one.
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One of the great westerns that I liked better than High Noon or 3:10 to Yuma. I liked Monty Clift's performance better than Wayne's.
The older I get, the better I was.
It turns out that I did actually see this one before. I had no problem watching it all over again.
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TONIGHT!!
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Of course, TCM is running some of the best war films, both B&W and color, this weekend. A stopper lineup starts Saturday morning with Battle of the Bulge followed by, Where Eagles Dare. Next we go into, The Great Escape followed by, Bridge on the River Kwai. This film has long been one of my favorites and I watch it often. But I must admit that, for me, British War films have no equal. They just seem to give me a better sense of the times and feel so authentic. The acting is always great.
The older I get, the better I was.
^ When I was a kid my dad took me to see "The Battle of Britain," and that scene where the British pilot is shot in the eye and that side of his goggles fills up with blood stayed with me forever! I also know I saw and liked Where Eagles Dare, but can't remember it well. Sort of like "The Guns of Navarone" as I remember. Guess I should watch that one. The Great Escape is of course a classic.
Another war related film I like a lot is "The Hasty Heart," starring Ronald Reagan (!). In a way it's more appropriate for Veteran's Day than many other war films.
Probably because their wars took place in their own back yards.
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Guinness is brilliant in Bridge on the River Kwai
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I blame Wynton, what was the question?
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The perfect British commander and officer. Never letting his men forget that they were British soldiers. He felt that even in war, there were rules and men could still be men.
The older I get, the better I was.
I had not considered this but I believe you may have cracked the code.
The older I get, the better I was.
Like The Longest Day, this film is show quite often. Anything Robert Shaw plays, I'm in on.
The older I get, the better I was.
Speaking of Veteran's Day, one year I binge watched - back before it was even a thing - over a weekend, the complete HBO series Band of Brothers. It's not B&W but if you want to see a truly excellent "movie" about WWII, this is the one you want to watch. It's more or less a fictionalized biography based on the true life exploits of Easy Company (from the 101st Airborne) from basic training through the end of the war, including the Battle of the Bulge.
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
Another war movie I found very effective (as an anti-war movie), not B&W though, was "Beach Red." 1967.
First, I'm sorry to hear that the voice of HAL passed away this weekend. I'm sure you have the proper tribute planned. I've hear so much about, Band of Brothers, I can't believe I've not seen one episode. I can assure you this will change.
The older I get, the better I was.
I wonder if they played "Daisy" at his funeral.
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