Wow Cinderella good list

Judgement at Nuremburg is an awesome movie

one of my favorites

and Witness for the Prosecution was awesome as well

Yes, they are all awesome. There's so many I can list, but I want to get an idea of which are the very favorites of folks if they had to choose.

Btw, where's your list! :)

Keeper of the Flame and All My Sons
 

I would try Amazon.com first. They're way cheaper then TCM.

So, Ol' Jet, are these two films part of the 3 you would pick as a guest programmer on TCM? Where's the 3rd choice?

I actually found some great prices on movies on TCM. i think it depends on the specials they run.
I don't know what I would do as a guest programmer, i have to think about that. Offhand, I guess the two I mentioned could be it with maybe Rebecca.. These would be my choices for pics that have great twists and surprise endings.

Talking about great twists - how about The Heiress? I love, love, love that movie!!

A good place to buy lots of stuff, Miss Scarlett. I have found great bargains on ebay, altho I've never thought of buying movies from them. Another great place for movies and books is Half.com - I think it's a sub of Amazon, not sure, but I've gotton many great deals from them as well.

I bought what I think might be my favorite movie of all time on Half.com - 'Brief Encounter' - $6, TCM has it for over $30!!!

i guess, it doesn't fit the initial themes i was after

another evening forrest gump.:bigcry:

Getta heah!!! Oh nooooooooooooooo!!!

Not clear on what your 'theme' is - something like 'Vertigo'?

Jet's Classic FlixMix-Radiation Fallout B Flix
 

Triple feature mix of size-mic proportions for an evening of B movie pleasure.

The Amazing Colossal Man, 1957
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, 1958
The Incredible Shrinking Man, 1957

The Amazing Colossal Man
Lt. Col. Glenn Manning is inadvertently exposed to a plutonium bomb blast at Camp Desert Rock. Though burned over 90% of his body, he survives, and begins to grow in size. As he grows, his heart and circulatory system fail to keep pace with his growth, and he is gradually losing his mind as a result of reduced blood supply to his brain. He reaches 50 feet tall before his growth is stopped. By this time he has become insane. He escapes and wreaks havoc upon Las Vegas before he is finally stopped.

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman tells the story of Nancy Archer, a wealthy alcoholic who cannot tame her blatantly cheating husband. Her troubles increase when she encounters an alien in the back deserts of California and no one believes her because they think she is drunk. When Nancy grows to a height of 50 ft. as a result of radiation exposure from contact with the alien, she is finally in a position when she can no longer be ignored.

The Incredible Shrinking Man
Scott Carey and his wife Louise are sunning themselves on their cabin cruiser, the small craft adrift on a calm sea. While his wife is below deck, a low mist passes over him. Scott, lying in the sun, is sprinkled with glittery particles that quickly evaporate. Later he is accidentally sprayed with an insecticide while driving and, in the next few days, he finds that he has begun to shrink. First just a few inches, so that his clothes no longer fit, then a little more. Soon he is only three feet tall, and a national curiosity. At six inches tall he can only live in a doll's house and even that becomes impossible when his cat breaks in. Scott flees to the cellar, his wife thinks he has been eaten by the cat and the door to the cellar is closed, trapping him in the littered room where, menaced by a giant spider, he struggles to survive.

See ya at the movies....

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRL-HU3a0Fw"]YouTube- The Amazing Colossal Man[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2cLmbCyzhE"]YouTube- Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) - Trailer[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7iqJo2-6M8"]YouTube- Incredible Shrinking Man trailer[/ame]

Titanic in the Movies
 

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We could talk all day about great scenes from Titanic movies.
But this one is a favorite with Barbara Stanwyck and Clifton Webb
from Titanic, 1953. The wealthy Clifton Webb has just learned that
their son, Norman, is not really his.
The dialogue is great in the scene between the two on deck.
The scene starts about 2:30 into this clip.

See ya at the movies......

Titanic Movies
Saved From The Titanic (1912)
Titanic (1943)
Titanic (1953)
A Night To Remember (1958)
S.O.S. Titanic (1979)
Raise The Titanic (1980)
Titanic (1996)
Titanic (1997)

Movies Featuring Titanic
In Nacht Und Eis (1912)
Cavalcade (1933)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
Time Bandits (1981)
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
No Greater Love (1996)
The Chambermaid (On The Titanic) (1997)
Ghosts Of The Abyss (2003)

Movies Inspired By Titanic
Atlantis (1913)
Atlantic (1929)
History Is Made At Night (1937)
The Last Voyage (1960)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
The Memory Of Eva Ryker (1980)
Goliath Awaits (1981)
Thumbtanic (2000)

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06v1W6jbQwU"]YouTube- Titanic (1953) - Part 5 of 11[/ame]

I'm terrible at names too, but just happen to be a big fan of Gena!

Very interesting! Thank you.
:)

One of my favorite movies and I'd date Sophia Loren any day! Be still my heart...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJf9n6TX-ns"]YouTube- Houseboat BING BANG BONG[/ame]

Try getting this song or Sophia out of your head today...ha!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2rTsvZvO1s&feature=related"]YouTube- Sophia Loren-Bing, Bang, Bong.WMV[/ame]

She won an for Two Women. Best thing she ever did IMO.

Jet's FlixMix-70s Triple Feature
 

All three of these are dramas set in the 1940s and 50s with intense character studies about youth, war and growing up. Great music. Two Oscars went to Last Picture Show out of 8 nominations. If you like good drama, memorable characters, great acting and sensitive romance movies with historical authenticity and style, you'll like these if you haven't seen them.

Summer of '42
Silent as a painting, the movie shows us day-dreamer Hermie and his friends Oscy and Benjie spending the summer of '42 on an US island with their parents - rather unaffected by WWII. While Oscy's main worries are the when and how of getting laid, Hermie honestly falls in love with the older Dorothy, who's married to an army pilot. When her husband returns to the front, Hermie shyly approaches her and a summer romance with the older woman ensues.

A Separate Peace
Gene and Finny are two boys who are best friends living in 1943, at the height of World War II. The idea that the boys will most likely be drafted when they turn eighteen is surrounding them, and they are practically forced to live their lives to the fullest. The two boys attend the Devon School, which prepares them for military life that they will most likely be subjected to. The film begins with a narration by an older Gene, traveling back to Devon some years later. The thing he wishes most to see is the tree, which had a great effect on the boys' lives. The movie focuses on friendship, hatred and rivalry. Based on John Knowles novel.

Video clips of A Separate Peace are not available

The Last Picture Show
In tiny Anarene, Texas, in the lull between World War Two and the Korean Conflict, Sonny and Duane are best friends. Enduring that awkward period of life between boyhood and manhood, the two pass their time the best way they know how -- with the movie house, basketball, and girls. Jacey is Duane's steady, wanted by every boy in school, and she knows it. Her daddy is rich and her mom is good looking and loose. It's the general consensus that whoever wins Jacey's heart will be set for life. But Anarene is dying a quiet death as folks head for the big cities to make their livings and raise their kids. The boys are torn between a future somewhere out there beyond the borders of town or making do with their inheritance of a run-down pool hall and a decrepit movie house -- the legacy of their friend and mentor, Sam the Lion. As high school graduation approaches, they learn some difficult lessons about love, loneliness, and jealousy. Then folks stop attending the second-run features at the movie house and the time comes for the last picture show. With the closure of the movie house, the boys feel that a stage of their lives is closing. They stand uneasily on the threshold of the rest of their lives. (The movie was adapted from the novel by Larry McMurtry).

See ya at the movies....
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vrUiCaCWLc"]YouTube- the last picture show[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSQCohESz1c"]YouTube- Summer of 42 - part 11 Final[/ame]

welcome comrade

The Quiet Man (my absolute favorite movie of all times) John Wayne, and Maureen Ohara

Undercurrent with Katharine Hepburn, Robert Mitchum, and Robert Taylor

All about Eve... Everyone!!! lol

I totally agree. In Two Women Sophia proved that she could be a serious actor, and showed her range. IMO most of her films were pieces of 'fluff', and eye-candy for lecherous, drooling males...that said, however, who could forget her American debut in Boy on a Dolphin as she emerges from the deep with that see-through, wet, clinging shirt that clearly showed her breasts, and, *gasp* nipples too!!! Quite the scandal for the 1960's!!! Unfortunately for Sophia, her sultryness and beauty were a detriment as far as her acting career went - given the chance and proper scripts, I think she would have been a tremendous dramatic actor. Check her out in The Black Orquid (1958) with Anthony Quinn. I thought she was great in this.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd-9CSjyA7A"]YouTube- Mock Trial - Cross Examination[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUh0tlDggkc"]YouTube- The Blob 1958 part2[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8zkYCEOUJY"]YouTube- The phantom of the opera (Lon Chaney)[/ame]

yep, and I'm one of em...

Jet, this is such a great thread. I really enjoy how you are putting films together which might make for a great theme evening!

Thank you for taking the time to do this!

Well thank you so much for saying so, comrade. I'm going to continue to do Jet's FlixMix for that very reason. I kind of think it's a great way to get to know films, stories and genres for people who are not familiar. I think its fine to talk about what we like and exchange our opinions about movies from all angles. But its also fun to provide information about we know... See ya at the movies....

Hell, on that note, Raquel is my pick....

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Jet's FlixMix-1930s Great Disasters Weekend
 

I've put together four disaster films based on incredible directing and special effects during the 1930s. The Hurricane is considered to have one of the greatest storm scenes of its time—and it is awesome. The first time I saw this movie, I couldn't believe how well done it was for the limited technology of the day. Along with The Hurricane, are terrific special effects in In Old Chicago, based on the famous 1871 fire; The Rains Came, which has amazing scenes of devastation from torrential rains, and San Francisco, which based on the great earthquake of 1906. If you're not familiar with directors in the elite category, John Ford and Henry King are two who made their mark early with these films. All four movies have well-known casts and great stories. I'd settle into a weekend with these movies and hopefully you will too. See ya at the movies....

The Hurricane, 1937
Directed by John Ford
Dorothy Lamour, Raymond Massey, Mary Astor
In the days of the tall ships and colonial rule of the South Pacific, a naive native sailor working as first mate on an island hopping windjammer is unjustly jailed in Tahiti for striking a racist planter with government connections. His attempts to escape imprisonment and return to his home island and young wife are contrasted with the attitudes of the white colonials, including a humanitarian physician, a "by the book" governor and a sadistic jailer, as well as the forces of natural justice in the form of a devastating hurricane. Written by the authors of "Mutiny on the Bounty."

In Old Chicago, 1937
Directed by Henry King
Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche
Story of the great fire of 1871. Fictional story of two sons of Mrs. O'Leary (the owner of the cow which started the fire), one a rogue (Power) the other a lawyer (Ameche). One of the most expensive films of its time ($1.8 million).

The Rains Came, 1939
Directed by Clarence Brown
Tryrone Power, Myrna Loy
The year is 1938 in British India, and our story takes place in the picturesque city of Ranchipur, presently sweltering under the heat, with locals praying for much needed rains and relief. In this scenario we have an elegant Maharaja, Man Singh Bahadur, and his astute and wise wife, the Maharani of Ranchipur; a perpetual drunk and womanizer, Tom Ransome, who is presently courting an 18 year old runaway from the local Mission by the name of Fern; Lord Albert Esketh, and his wife, Edwina, a former lover of Tom, who are on a visit to Ranchipur, and wish to purchase some of the Maharaja's horses; Then there is Dr. Major Rama Safti, a Hindu who is currently having an affair with Lord Albert's wife, and who is the heir apparent to the throne of Ranchipur. All plans of the citizens of Ranchipur are cut short with heavy incessant rains, followed by earthquakes, flooding, polluted waters, and then - plague.

San Francisco, 1936
Directed by Woody VanDyke
Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Jeanette McDonald
Mary Blake arrives at Blackie Norton's Paradise gambling hall and beer garden looking for work as a singer. Blackie embarrasses her by asking to see her legs, but does hire her. She faints from hunger. Nob Hill Socialite Jack Burley and Maestro Baldini of the Tivoli Opera House see her singing and offer her a chance to do opera, but Blackie has her under a two-year contract which she sorrowfully stands by. Later, when he makes up posters featuring Mary in tights, she does leave for the Tivoli. Blackie gets an injunction against Burley, but knocks out the process server when he hears Mary's performance as Marguerite in "Faust". She asks her to marry him and she agrees to go back to the Paradise as his kind of singer, but Blackie's childhood chum Father Tim intervenes. After Blackie slugs the priest, Mary leaves. She is soon the star of the Tivoli and Blackie's place is closed down. She sings a rousing "San Francisco" on behalf of the Paradise at the annual "Chicken Ball" and wins the $10,000 prize which Blackie throws to the floor. As she storms out of the hall a terrible rumble betokens the famous San Francisco earthquake. Buildings collapse, streets split wide open, the city burns, the army dynamites whole sections of town. After staggering around in a stupor Blackie finds Father Tim and the two of them find Mary at a Salvation Army camp. Backed by hundreds of others, they look out over the ruins which are gradually replaced by the shining new city with a reprise of the title song.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdMiMxpDv7w"]YouTube- The Hurricane 1937 Trailer[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuYWrSmLvlM"]YouTube- In Old Chicago - Trailer (1937)[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx1l8BYz4C0"]YouTube- san francisco no 12[/ame]


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXTmaR8CcQU"]YouTube- T r c 6[/ame]

I have:
The Third Man and Rebecca waiting for me at home from Netflix.

I have seen both of them so many times, studied the genres and directors in college. I listened to The Third Man's soundtrack all last week in preparation.

Also, I saved Sunset Blvd (my total fav), Exodus and On the Waterfront on the DVR and just watched Bridge Over the River Kwai last week.

Maybe a William Holden night sometime? I could add Stalag 17.

Blissssssss

Sunset Blvd.

Stalag 17

Bridge over the River Kwai

Except, 2 war movies?

Sure why not 2 war movies. Those were Holden's best war flix. Add Love Is a Many Splendored Thing. William Holden, Jennifer Jones. 1950s ultra-love story which goes along with Sunset Blvd as films in the 50s. Or how about Sabrina? William Holden, Humphrey Bogart, Audry Hepburn.

Holden in the 1930s
Golden Boy---classic movie with barbara stanwyck and Lee J Cobb (based on Cliffors Odets Broadway play, I believe)

The 1940s were kind of a lull for him

My favorite Holden movie of the 50s would be:
Executive Suite--big cast, great movie- Stanwyck, Holden, june Allison, Paul Douglas, Fredrick march, lots of folks.

and then theres:
Picnic- with Kim Novak

William Holden movies are great...have a good time with whatever you choose.

Wow!!! I'm soooooo surprised!!! lol

Y'know, this could be another good idea for a 'theme' - picking an actor, then watch a collection of his/her movies - just at thought...

exactly. you could do themes on anything. i'm going to do actor themes, too.

Cool I'm thinking who...hmmm, I'm thinking either Burt Lancaster, or Kirk Douglas...or maybe Edward G., or Spencer Tracy, or...oh my, this is hard...

I could do a differences in POW camps in WWII between Germany and the Pacific. :) I seriously love both those movies! The element of humor in the midst of horror.

Thank you for the William Holden suggestions, I need to update my Netflix list.
This is great!

Jimmy Stewart!

we're waiting for your actors themes comrade.

Ok, comrade...I'll pick Burt Lancaster. And since we're doing war themes as well, how's bout...Seven Days in May (1964). Steller cast, and intriguing story, with both of my star choices: Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas.

Heres a trailer:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33x-vZZxwGI"]YouTube- Seven Days In May - Trailer,1964[/ame]

Hey, Ol' Jet, just a few minutes for West Side Story - are you going to watch it? I will. I always do, can't help it...
I like to be in America...I feel pretty, oh so pretty, Maria, I just met a girl named Maria...Something's coming...and oh so many others...I love this movie and all the songs.

C ya at the movies, Ol' Jet!!! ;)