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Showing posts with label 1950's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1950's. Show all posts
Saturday, June 29, 2024

Giant Watch: Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)

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Watched:  06/28/2024 Format:  Amazon Viewing:  Second Director:  Nathan Juran If ever there were a movie ripe for a modern re-telling, it...
Sunday, June 16, 2024

Fellini Watch: La Strada (1954)

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Watched:  06/16/2024 Format:  Criterion Viewing:  First Director:  Federico Fellini Back in the 1990's, I managed to escape film school ...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Kurosawa Watch: The Seven Samurai (1954)

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Watched:  05/28/2024 Format:  Criterion Viewing:  First Director:  Akira Kurosawa So.  A little housekeeping. This is our 100th post of 2024...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Kurosawa Watch: The Hidden Fortress (1958)

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Watched:  05/21/2024 Format:  Criterion Viewing:  First Director:  Akira Kurosawa A really pretty fascinating, human movie about a princess ...
Monday, April 29, 2024

Lupino Watch: The Big Knife (1955)

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Watched:  04/29/2023 Format:  TCM Noir Alley Viewing:  First Director:  Robert Aldrich I'd been meaning to watch The Big Knife (1955) f...
Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Adventure Watch: Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

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Watched:  04/22/2024 Format:  Fox Movies Viewing:  First Director:  Henry Levin I've not read the original novel of Journey to the Cente...
Friday, April 19, 2024

Noir Watch: Panic in the Streets (1950)

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Watched:  04/18/2024 Format:  Criterion Viewing:  Second Director:  Eliza Kazan Selection:  me Well, this was more fun before we actually ha...
Monday, April 15, 2024

Noir Watch: The Sleeping City (1950)

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This poster is a liar, and sells a movie that this movie is not Watched:  04/15/2024 Format:  Criterion Viewing:  First Director:  George Sh...
Friday, April 12, 2024

Noir Watch: Born to be Bad (1950)

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oh, come on.  Clearly the artist forgot about the assignment til the night before. Watched:  04/11/2024 Format:  Criterion Viewing:  First D...
Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Noir Watch: The Damned Don't Cry (1950)

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Watched:  04/08/2024 Format:  Criterion Viewing:  First Director:  Vincent Sherman Selection:  Me First:  The Damned Don't Cry (1950) i...
Saturday, April 6, 2024

Noir Watch: No Way Out (1950)

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Watched:  04/06/2024 Format:  Criterion Viewing:  First Director:  Joseph L. Mankiewicz If you want to see a young actor show up with a ton ...
Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Noir Watch: Pushover (1954)

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Watched:  04/03/2024 Format:  TCM Noir Alley Viewing:  Second Director:  Richard Quine Selection:  Myself via Noir Alley I vaguely recalled ...
Saturday, March 23, 2024

Noir Watch: The Big Combo (1955)

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Watched:  03/22/2024 Format:  TCM Viewing:  3rd?  4th? Director:  Joseph H. Lewis Selection:  'tis I Sometime in my 20's (I'm no...
Thursday, March 14, 2024

Western Russell Watch: The Tall Men (1955)

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Watched:  03/13/2024 Format:  Criterion Viewing:  First Director:  Raoul Walsh Selection:  me I had a brief, brief moment at the start of th...
Sunday, March 3, 2024

Russell Watch: The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)

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Watched:  03/02/2024 Format:  Criterion Viewing:  First Director:  Raoul Walsh Selection:  Pretty clearly it was me Criterion Channel announ...
Thursday, February 29, 2024

Water Watch: Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)

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Watched:  02/28/2024 Format:  TCM Viewing:  First Director:  Mervyn LeRoy (with some Busby Berkely) Selection:  Me I've not seen many Es...
Sunday, February 25, 2024

SF Science-Fiction Watch: It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955)

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Watched:  02/24/2024 Format:  Amazon  Viewing:  First Director:  Robert Gordon Selection:  me I was watching something recently - no idea wh...
Saturday, February 24, 2024

SF Noir Watch: The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)

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Watched:  02/24/2024 Format:  Criterion Viewing:  First Director:  Robert Wise Selection:  It is I Director Robert Wise has never let me do...
Sunday, February 4, 2024

Ida Noir Watch: Woman in Hiding (1950)

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Watched:  02/03/2024 Format:  TCM Noir Alley Viewing:  Second Director:  Michael Gordon Selection:  Me.   This one popped up on TCM's No...
Monday, January 29, 2024

Classic Comedy Watch: Operation Petticoat (1959)

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Watched:  01/27/2024 Format: Prime Viewing:  First Director:  Blake Edwards Selection:  Me, by rec So, a colleague had recommended this one,...