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Post by ARENA on Nov 4, 2019 10:40:54 GMT
I know it's difficult but name your top ten favourite films of the 40s/50s.
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Post by aubrey on Nov 4, 2019 11:51:44 GMT
I know it's difficult but name your top ten favourite films of the 40s/50s.
A Canterbury Tale (which is my favourite film of any period)
The Third Man The Magnificent Ambersons Dead of Night Some Like it Hot North by Northwest Tenemos 18 años (We Are 18)
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For now
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Post by rondetto on Nov 4, 2019 16:56:19 GMT
1: Random Harvest 2: Goodbye Mr Chips 3: Rebecca 4: Saloon bar 5: The phantom lighthouse 6: Halfway house 7: Cottage to let 8: Green for danger 9: The 20 questions murder 10:It's a wonderful life
I have all the above on dvd and when I'm lost for something to do or if it's a cold winter day I get lost in these, they don't make them as good as these any more.
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Post by ARENA on Dec 3, 2019 10:03:38 GMT
Fallen Idol is a great film, with all actors in fine form, especially Ralph Richardson, and including the boy. Richardon is the embassy butler married to a shrewish, domineering wife. He has an illicit, albeit discreet love affair with a beautiful young embassy secretary - you can't help but feel for them both. When the shrew is found done in by a fall down the ornate embassy staircase, the wonderful gentlemen detective types enter, ever so politely, of course. Fallen Idol is an example of the best of British movie-making: low key, sympathetic, civilized. The boy's pet snake is a nice touch. A gem; a good example of the type of fine film that I wish could be made more available here. A Graham Greene story, directed by Carol Reed - what more could we want. Another great Carol Reed 'lost' film is 'Outcast of the Islands', also with Ralph Richardson.
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Post by ARENA on Dec 3, 2019 10:12:28 GMT
Carol Reed's 'The Way Ahead' is on you tube, if you want a bit of wartime nostalgia.
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