Unappreciated masterpieces?

[Blackthorn]

Sounds like an interesting movie, FF, and I have never heard of it. I will watch for it now.

 

[Fading Fast]

Sounds like an interesting movie, FF, and I have never heard of it. I will watch for it now.

Hi, just checked, it is playing on TCM on Tuesday May 6th (you can go to tcm.com, search "The Children's Hour," click on "reminder," enter your email and TCM will send you a one week and one day reminder. If you watch it and remember, let me know what you think of it.

 

[Doctor Strange]

Both film versions are great, but that's largely because of the talent behind the camera: Lillian Hellman wrote the scandalous original play, then the first film adaptation, These Three. The great William Wyler directed both film versions, and his usual skill with actors (Dodsworth, Dead End, Wuthering Heights, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Heiress, Roman Holiday, etc.) is very apparent.

 

[Blackthorn]

Very interesting FF & DS, thanks for all this info. Something about FF's first post about it made me think of Hellman, and now I know why. I must have heard the title before, and heard that it was written by her, but never heard more than that.

 

[1mach1]

The Two Mrs. Carrolls.
1947. Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwick.

 

[Blackthorn]

Hi, just checked, it is playing on TCM on Tuesday May 6th (you can go to tcm.com, search "The Children's Hour," click on "reminder," enter your email and TCM will send you a one week and one day reminder. If you watch it and remember, let me know what you think of it.

Thank you, FF, will do.

 

[Stearmen]

 

[Blackthorn]

I agree Stearmen. That was one of his best.

 

[Tarwater]

Ghost World, Bartleby and Billy Liar are among my favorite movies that I seldom hear mention of.

 

[Blackthorn]

Ghost World, Bartleby and Billy Liar are among my favorite movies that I seldom hear mention of.

Looks like I have three new movies on my "to see" list.

 

[Nobert]

I liked Ghost World, but because I had read the comic book series first, I had a sort of, "The book was better," response at the same time. Even if the book had pictures.

 

[Tarwater]

I can see that. I'm reading it now, having seen the movie countless times already. When I first saw it, I was unaware of the book. Funny thing too -- the few people who do mention it say things like, "isn't that the one with Scarlett Johanssen and that other girl?" But I've always thought of it as a Thora Birch movie with that other girl, Scarlett Johanssen.

 

[Stearmen]

Mister Roberts!

 

[DNO]

Mister Roberts!

Cagney was terrific in that one.

 

[skydog757]

I had overlooked Enemy at the Gates until recently. I did not anticipate the intensity of the film; there are several scenes that surpass Saving Private Ryan as far as depicting the brutality and chaos of war.

A few posters have mentioned Paul Newman, my favorite actor. I highly recommend Nobody's Fool and, to a lesser extent, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean. Both deal with the theme of not appreciating what you have while you have it but resolve it in vastly different ways. Neither lit up the box office and I never see them on television.

 

[Fading Fast]

I had overlooked Enemy at the Gates until recently. I did not anticipate the intensity of the film; there are several scenes that surpass Saving Private Ryan as far as depicting the brutality and chaos of war.

A few posters have mentioned Paul Newman, my favorite actor. I highly recomment Nobody's Fool and, to a lesser extent, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean. Both deal with the theme of not appreciating what you have while you have it but resolve it in vastly different ways. Neither lit up the box office and I never see them on television.

I, too, have always been very impressed with "Enemy at the Gates" - I was more engrossed, more absorbed by it than I was "Saving Private Ryan."

 

[Blackthorn]

I, too, have always been very impressed with "Enemy at the Gates" - I was more engrossed, more absorbed by it than I was "Saving Private Ryan."

I agree with you both. I had forgotten that one.

 

[Blackthorn]

The Statement, 2003 with Michael Caine. I can't believe I never heard of this movie until today. Excellent!

 

[DNO]

Seven Days in May (1964). Tough to beat a film with both Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas.

 

[skydog757]

When I think of Burt Lancaster the first movie that comes to mind is The Professionals (1966). It also featured Lee Marvin. Saw it at the drive in with my parents. We rarely went at all, and when we did it was usually for Disney films, so that one sticks with me.