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« on: February 16, 2010, 01:57:13 AM »
...on TCM. I caught The Story of Louis Pasteur on there the other day. It was quite good, as well as educational. I believe Paul Muni won the Oscar for best actor for his portrayal of Pasteur, and I can certainly see why. Muni was pretty much unrecognizable in this role, portraying a cerebral, philanthropic chemist with a long beard--a far cry from his roles in movies such as Scarface and Fugitive From a Chain-Gang.
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« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2010, 04:50:05 AM »
Yeah, so. Why am I a member of this board?
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« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2010, 05:52:33 AM »
No one fucking likes Paul Muni or what?
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« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2010, 11:18:01 AM »
who?

sorry 1930 does nothing for me film wise sorry to say... would you rather i said nothing at all?
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« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2010, 12:33:14 PM »
Sounds boring as fuck... right up your alley Larry.
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« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2010, 12:39:08 AM »
I'll admit that I don't really watch much of anything after the silent era, up until the early 60's. A pretty big window of cinema to pass-off as dull...but I do. And it is highly ignorant of me, but that's how I feel. So, don't expect much participation from myself in this thread.
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« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2010, 08:28:41 PM »
Sorry to say... I've only sat through films from the 70's on. 

Except for The Sound of Music and West Side Story  :jig:

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« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2010, 10:09:20 AM »
My grampa and I would watch ol' gangster films of the 30's, but it bored me a bit (acting-wise).  Only true form of cinema back in the day that I loved (and thanks to grampa) was Our Gang/Lil' Rascals, Laurel and Hardy, Bowery Boys.. you know... classic comedy.

My mom got me into the drama/comedies such as Imitation of Life (the original '34, and the '59 remake is just as good to watch).  Admittedly, most films I've watch, I have no clue what the names were/are and couldn't say unless I got hold of mom.  But.. I'm thinking many are from the 40's and 50's (like Ma and Pa Kettle serials and It's A Wonderful Life).

Of course, many of us SHOULD never forget the films that started this genre of horror back in the 30's.  Dracula (31), Frankenstein (31), and The Mummy (32).
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« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2010, 11:03:34 AM »
Tales of Manhattan ('41)  :thumbs:
anything with Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Garbo, Mae West, Betty Davis, etc. awesome fucking ladies.
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« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2010, 06:48:20 PM »
Quote from: Funeral Laugh on February 19, 2010, 10:09:20 AM

Of course, many of us SHOULD never forget the films that started this genre of horror back in the 30's.  Dracula (31), Frankenstein (31), and The Mummy (32).

Ya... I hate to say that I've never watched any of the horror classics 'cept Night of the Living Dead (which is 60's I think?).



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« Reply #10 on: February 19, 2010, 10:02:39 PM »
I love old movies.  When i had my surgery TCM had a whole month dedicated to 1939.  it was awesome sauce.
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« Reply #11 on: February 20, 2010, 07:30:13 AM »
You guys are so awesome to indulge a drunken ass such as myself.

Anyway, I had the idea that this thread could maybe serve as a home for discussion of old non-horror movies. It seemed to me like so much was going into the Recently Watched Movies thread that it served as a detriment to the creation of new threads.

We'll see how it goes, I guess. If it doesn't work, this thread can fade away into obscurity and no harm done.

And so, I watched Blackboard Jungle (1955) today. Very interesting to see Vic Morrow as a high school hooligan--I'd never seen him as anything else but a crusty old bastard. Of course, Sidney Poitier also plays a high-school hooligan in this movie--and he looks exactly the same as he does in every other movie.
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« Reply #12 on: August 03, 2010, 05:13:05 PM »
I watched Broken Blossoms (1919). It's a film by D.W. Griffith about a girl who gets abused by her father and seeks shelter at the home of an Asian man. Since daddy is a huge racist things don't go too smoothly, and so the plot unfolds. I liked this film, it gets a little slow in some places but overall the story's really good and there's also some sad moments for you to cry your heart out, should you feel like it.
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