For Classic Movie Fans

[Kätzchen]

Cinderella???

Did you watch any good movies over the weekend?
You know, I won't have much time over the next six
weeks of classes to watch full length films.
But I was thinking that if you had the time
or inclination, maybe you (or Jet) could post some cool movie clips
here for me to watch when I have a few moments to spare and need something to inspire me?

*pretty please???*

Thank you for filling me in about other Doris Day movies to watch!
In August, I will have three weeks off again and I will see if
I can find a few of her movies to check out!

Have a great day today, okay???

[cinderella]

Hey, you! Thanks for visiting the thread and your interest in classic movies - it always warms the cockles of my heart when anyone comes in here to post. As I've said many times, folks don't have to be knowledgeable at all - just an interest and an appreciation of what came before is enough. Jet, Graphita, I and anyone else who has extensive knowledge of classic film would be more then happy to educate you.

As for clips of films for you to see (they may spark an interest in you to see the complete movie), I will post some on occassion so you can see what you're missing.

Have a lovely day, and good luck with your studies.

As my cinema comrade Jet always says: See ya at the movies.

Originally Posted by ALovelyKiss

Cinderella???

Did you watch any good movies over the weekend?
You know, I won't have much time over the next six
weeks of classes to watch full length films.
But I was thinking that if you had the time
or inclination, maybe you (or Jet) could post some cool movie clips
here for me to watch when I have a few moments to spare and need something to inspire me?

*pretty please???*

Thank you for filling me in about other Doris Day movies to watch!
In August, I will have three weeks off again and I will see if
I can find a few of her movies to check out!

Have a great day today, okay???

[gotoseagrl]

love the thread . some of my favorites:

It Happened One Night
Made For Each Other
Brief Encounter
The Long, Long Trailer
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Children's Hour (love Shirley MacLaine)
The Birds
Tales From the Crypt (1972)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

[cinderella]

Welcome, Pilgrim, your search has ended!! Hope you enjoy your visits here, and reading the posts.

Ooops, you passed the mark with the 1972 flick tho, Maxxi. Please try to contain your choices up to 1970.

Love your choices. You already know how I feel about 'Brief Encounter'.

Originally Posted by mxxi

love the thread . some of my favorites:

It Happened One Night
Made For Each Other
Brief Encounter
The Long, Long Trailer
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Children's Hour (love Shirley MacLaine)
The Birds
Tales From the Crypt (1972)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

[cinderella]

This one's for Lovely. A dual package for your love of music, musicals, and classic film - enjoy.

[cane]

Bergman...what can I say...he was just a genius, The greatest director ever, a real artist.

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by cinderella

This one's for Lovely. A dual package for your love of music, musicals, and classic film - enjoy.

Awww! Thank you!!! ((( Cinderella ))))

You know what occurred to me just now
while I was watching that clip?
The male actor was doing the "hands and steeple"
thing and as a kid growing up, I remember us
doing that very thing and I don't even know where
we learned it from! Apparently it came from this movie
and we mimicked what we saw other kids (or people)
doing? Cute clip to watch this morning!!!

*Thank you for leaving it here to watch!*

[Jet]

Reminder
Natalie Wood month on TCM

[Jet]

75 long-lost silent movies being returned to US



AP – WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A cache of 75 long-lost silent films uncovered in the New Zealand Film Archive vault, including the only known copy of a drama by legendary director John Ford, is being sent back to the United States to be restored.


Among the movies found in storage are a copy of Ford's "Upstream," the earliest surviving movie by comic actor and director Mabel Normand and a period drama starring 1920s screen icon Clara Bow. Only 15 percent of the silent films made by Ford, who won four Oscars, have survived. New Zealand Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson said the find is important as there are no prints of the films remaining in the U.S.

"These important films will be preserved and made available to both U.S. and New Zealand audiences to enjoy," he told The New Zealand Herald newspaper Tuesday.


John Ford, 1942

Film Archive corporate services manager Steve Russell said the films were discovered when American preservationist Brian Meacham visited last year. Many of them remained in New Zealand because distributors at the time did not think the return shipping costs were worth the expense, he said.
"It's one of the rare cases where the tyranny of distance has worked in our and the films' favor," Russell said.

Finding "Upstream" was "a fabulous discovery, particularly for our American colleagues, but also for ourselves," he told The Associated Press.
Because they were printed on unstable and highly inflammable nitrate film stock, "there are very strict conditions when sending it by air," he added.
Returning the films will cost the U.S. National Film Preservation Foundation more than 750,000 New Zealand dollars ($500,000).

"We're having to ship in U.N.-approved steel barrels, a little bit at a time," said foundation director Annette Melville. "So far, we've got about one-third of the films, and preservation work has already begun on four titles."
"About a quarter of the films are in advanced nitrate decay, and the rest have good image quality, though they are badly shrunken," she added.
The late Ford's 1927 film "Upstream" was being copied onto safety stock in New Zealand to prevent further damage in transit.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hopes to screen the restored Ford movie in September, Melville said.
Copies of the films are to be made available in New Zealand through the Film Archive, and Russell said he expected a "premier" showing of "Upstream" would be arranged at some point.

Russell said that New Zealand Film Archive does not own the recovered movies, which acquired them from private donors and collectors who "have all agreed the original archive material should be returned to the U.S. for preservation work to be done."

Similar film repatriations have occurred with Australian and European archives, including the return to Germany of a nitrate print of the Fritz Lang silent masterpiece "Metropolis" to help in restoring a print of the late 1920s original, he said.

[Jet]

No comment on Marilyn.
Except...

[cinderella]

This is great news!! Hope TCM shows this soon.

Originally Posted by Jet

75 long-lost silent movies being returned to US



AP – WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A cache of 75 long-lost silent films uncovered in the New Zealand Film Archive vault, including the only known copy of a drama by legendary director John Ford, is being sent back to the United States to be restored.


Among the movies found in storage are a copy of Ford's "Upstream," the earliest surviving movie by comic actor and director Mabel Normand and a period drama starring 1920s screen icon Clara Bow. Only 15 percent of the silent films made by Ford, who won four Oscars, have survived. New Zealand Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson said the find is important as there are no prints of the films remaining in the U.S.

"These important films will be preserved and made available to both U.S. and New Zealand audiences to enjoy," he told The New Zealand Herald newspaper Tuesday.


John Ford, 1942

Film Archive corporate services manager Steve Russell said the films were discovered when American preservationist Brian Meacham visited last year. Many of them remained in New Zealand because distributors at the time did not think the return shipping costs were worth the expense, he said.
"It's one of the rare cases where the tyranny of distance has worked in our and the films' favor," Russell said.

Finding "Upstream" was "a fabulous discovery, particularly for our American colleagues, but also for ourselves," he told The Associated Press.
Because they were printed on unstable and highly inflammable nitrate film stock, "there are very strict conditions when sending it by air," he added.
Returning the films will cost the U.S. National Film Preservation Foundation more than 750,000 New Zealand dollars ($500,000).

"We're having to ship in U.N.-approved steel barrels, a little bit at a time," said foundation director Annette Melville. "So far, we've got about one-third of the films, and preservation work has already begun on four titles."
"About a quarter of the films are in advanced nitrate decay, and the rest have good image quality, though they are badly shrunken," she added.
The late Ford's 1927 film "Upstream" was being copied onto safety stock in New Zealand to prevent further damage in transit.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hopes to screen the restored Ford movie in September, Melville said.
Copies of the films are to be made available in New Zealand through the Film Archive, and Russell said he expected a "premier" showing of "Upstream" would be arranged at some point.

Russell said that New Zealand Film Archive does not own the recovered movies, which acquired them from private donors and collectors who "have all agreed the original archive material should be returned to the U.S. for preservation work to be done."

Similar film repatriations have occurred with Australian and European archives, including the return to Germany of a nitrate print of the Fritz Lang silent masterpiece "Metropolis" to help in restoring a print of the late 1920s original, he said.

[waxnrope]

Originally Posted by cinderella

This is great news!! Hope TCM shows this soon.

would someone kindly let me know if and when these will be aired on the telly? I don't have a subscription ... I go to theater or buy the films ... there are hundreds ... but I do wish to see these, and will go to a friend's house to do so.

[Jet]

was Gloria Swanson supposed to be exaggerated? She gets on my last nerve even though I like Sunset Boulevard. What I like is William Holden, not her. is she supposed to be deliberate? or is that typical of Gloria Swanson?

[cinderella]

The 'telly'? Lol, are you English by any chance? I haven't heard that word in eons!!

W&R, you can find out what's coming up on the TCM.com site. They have a monthly schedule on there that shows what films will be aired for the month(s) ahead, so you can see for yourself. Great shopping too, tho you can prob purchase dvds much cheaper on half.com, or Amazon.com. Just an FYI to save you some money.

Originally Posted by waxnrope

would someone kindly let me know if and when these will be aired on the telly? I don't have a subscription ... I go to theater or buy the films ... there are hundreds ... but I do wish to see these, and will go to a friend's house to do so.