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Classic movies--less popular ones
I caught a few of cool old movies the past few mights on TCM.
The out-of-towners with Jack Lemmon. How to murder your wife-Jack Lemmon. 36 hours--Eva Marie Saint((growwwlllll) James Garner. Being a youngish 41, these are not movies that I have seen before but really held my attention. What I found kind of cool is that there was very little cursing or any resemblance of sex but they were still great movies. Anyone else dig these old films. Any good ones to watch for?
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man there are a ton of them.... any old Hitchcock like "Shadow of a Doubt" or "Strangers on a Train"... "12 angry Men" ... "Double Idemnity" etc. AMC has a lot of old films like that.
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Find some old Bogart films. "The Big Sleep" and "To Have and Have Not" are favorites of mine, but really you'll find a lot of pre-and post-WWII noir is great. This is an era before special effects and, to be honest, much real acting, so the films are carried by the writing. There was a time when a lot of America's top writers wrote for Hollywood, and some fantastic dialogue was the result.
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GEEZ - 41? And you admit it! HAHAHA!
"The out-of-towners with Jack Lemmon. How to murder your wife-Jack Lemmon. " Seen both of those a long time ago and thought they were pretty good. But I'm from that 'younger' generation.  Do you want to see a movie that'll blow your mind? It did mine, but it was late when I watched it. Check out 'Boxing Helena'. Some other 'off track' movies that I thought were good are... Irrestible New best friend Crank Another twisty movie was Employee of the Month with Matt Dillon. Pretty good. You never see the ending coming...
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oh and ditto Double Indemnity
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"The Party" with Peter Sellers
"Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer" "Days of Wine and Roses" "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" any Marx Bros, "Night/Day at the .." any silent Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton.. I could go on..
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Those are some great ones. Let me add the following: The Searchers The Quiet Man Father Goose Z The Gallant Hours Operation Petticoat Good Flicks, some make you think and some are just darn fun. I too like 12 O'Clock High, that is a timeless movie and the history of making that movie is just as interesting as the film itself.
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I feel sad for U Boyz. Some of those "less popular" movies were very popular in their day. The acting is "not as good" who are U kidding?
Jack Lemon was the quintessential 1950's and 1960's American. 1. Mr Roberts 2. Bell Book and Candle 3. Some Like It Hot 4. The Apartment 5. The Notorious Landlady 6. Good Neighbor Sam 7. The Fortune Cookie 8. The Front Page Paul Newman the quintessential American sex symbol of the 50's and 60's 1. Hud 2. Harper 3. The Drowning Pool 4. The Torn Curtain
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James Garner...Another All American
1. Boys Night Out 2. The Art Of Love 3. The Americanization Of Emily 4. Hour Of The Gun 5. Mr Buddwing 6. Victor Victoria 7. Marlowe... 8. They Only Kill Their Masters Hmmm do ya think...that maybe Marlowe was the idea behind Garners Rockford Files.....Nawwww couldn't be!
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