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Happy Birthday, Basil Rathbone! (June 13, 1892) ~ The Mad Doctor (1941)
Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on Jun 13, 2014
Happy Birthday, Basil Rathbone! (June 13, 1892) ~ The Mad Doctor (1941)
6/13/2014
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Well, it's both Basil Rathbone's b-day AND Friday the 13th, so I thought I'd pick a spooky-type picture for this special occa read more
Friday Fail: How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Stardust Posted by Vanessa Buttino on Jun 13, 2014
Friday Fail: How Green Was My Valley (1941)
It took me three days to watch John Ford's epic drama HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941). Three days! I had heard so much about this film from all of the classic movie bloggers that attended the TCM Film Fest this past April and I was really looking fo read more
The 49th Parallel (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 12, 2014
The 49th Parallel (AKA “The Invaders”)
Directed by Michael Powell
Written by Emeric Pressburger and Rodney Ackland
1941/UK
Ortus Films
Repeat viewing/Streaming on Amazon Instant Video The stars took a cut in pay to appear in this exciting, if a bit heavy handed, anti-isolationist read more
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 11, 2014
Here Comes Mr. Jordan Directed by Alexander Hall Written by Sidney Buichman and Seton I. Miller from the play “Heaven Can Wait” by Harry Seagall 1941/USA Columbia Pictures Corporation First viewing/Netflix rental Joe Pendleton: Nothing doing; I’m not gonna go through *that* read more
The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 11, 2014
The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (“Todake no kyodai”) Directed by Yasujirô Ozu Written by Yasujirô Ozu and Tadao Ikeda 1941/Japan Shôchiku Eiga First viewing/Streaming on Hulu Plus War seems very far away in Ozu’s 1941 film that presages his treatment of similar read more
Johnny Eager (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 10, 2014
Johnny Eager Directed by Mervyn LeRoy Written by James Edward Grant and John Lee Mahin 1941/USA Loew’s/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/Warner Archive DVD Something about the title of this early film noir told me I might love this movie. I was so right. Spoiler alert: The plot is ful read more
Suspicion (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 10, 2014
Suspicion
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Written by Samson Raphaelson, Joan Harrison and Alma Reville based on the novel Before the Fact by Frances Iles
1941/USA
RKO Radio Pictures
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth: Is whatever it is, painful? There’s something about this Hit read more
The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 9, 2014
The Strawberry Blonde
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Written by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein from a play by James Hagan
1941/USA
Warner Bros.
First viewing/Amazon Instant Video This light romantic tale is a nostalgic look back at the Gay Nineties and its music. As the story begins, Biff Grimes read more
Meet John Doe (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 8, 2014
Meet John Doe
Directed by Frank Capra
Written by Robert Riskin based on a story by Richard Connell and Robert Presnell Sr.
1941/USA
Frank Capra Productions
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental This was the last film Capra made before he joined the Army Signal Corps and the threat of war is never very far a read more
‘Pimpernel’ Smith (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 7, 2014
‘Pimpernel’ Smith (AKA “Mister V”)
Directed by Leslie Howard
Written by Anatole de Grunwald, A.G. MacDonald, et al
1941/UK
British National Films
First viewing/Amazon Prime Instant Video After England declared war on Germany, Leslie Howard devoted almost all his time t read more
High Sierra (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 6, 2014
High Sierra
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Written by John Huston and W.R. Burnett based on a novel by W.R. Burnett
1941/USA
Warner Bros.
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#154 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Humphrey Bogart, while still a gangster, was given an opportunity to show his true range read more
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 5, 2014
The Devil and Miss Jones
Directed by Sam Wood
Written by Norman Krasna
1941/US
Frank Ross-Norman Krasna Inc.
First viewing/Olive Films DVD What a terrific movie! J.P. Merrick (Charles Coburn) is The Richest Man in the World. He is one of those people that thinks everyone else is an idiot and likes read more
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 4, 2014
How Green Was My Valley
Directed by John Ford
Written by Philip Dunne based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn
1941/USA
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#155 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This is the film that famously trounced Citizen Kane at the 1942 read more
Citizen Kane (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 3, 2014
Citizen Kane
Directed by Orson Welles
Written by Orson Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz
1941/USA
RKO Radio Pictures
Repeat viewing/Warner Home Video Special Edition DVD
#150 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die What do you say about “The Greatest Movie Ever Made”? If you are reading read more
The Lady Eve (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 2, 2014
The Lady Eve
Written and Directed by Preston Sturges
1941/USA
Paramount Pictures
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#152 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die And Preston Sturges knocks a romantic comedy out of the park! Charles Pike (Henry Fonda), known to his friends as Hopsi, is the heir to a vas read more
Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Jun 1, 2014
Sullivan’s Travels
Written and Directed by Preston Sturges
1941/USA
Paramount Pictures
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#156 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die LeBrand: But with a little sex in it. Hollywood made many good movies about making movies and this is one of the very best read more
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 31, 2014
The Devil and Daniel Webster (AKA “All That Money Can Buy”) Directed by William Dieterle Written by Dan Totheroth and Steven Vincent Benet based on a story by Benet 1940/USA RKO Radio Pictures Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Mr. Scratch: Just a minute. I promised you money and all that mon read more
Animated Short Subjects of 1941
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 30, 2014
By some miracle I was able to find all the animated shorts nominated for Academy Awards online and decided to start off 1941 with some fun and light viewing. Lend a Paw
Directed by Clyde Geronimi
1941/USA
Walt Disney Productions
First viewing/YouTube Pluto rescues a tiny kitten who has been thrown i read more
Happy New Year, 1941!
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 29, 2014
The United States entered World War II, sharing the pain suffered by the rest of the world, with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and 1941 remained a bleak year for the Allies and humanity. Hollywood kept on truckin’. In industry news, Superman debuted in a series of seventeen Superman cart read more
Classic Films in Focus: MOON OVER MIAMI (1941)
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 4, 2014
Walter Lang’s musical comedy is another of the frothy, fun Technicolor amusements produced by Fox during the early 1940s, with the usual assortment of studio players and plenty of eye candy in the form of pretty girls, glamorous costumes, and lively dance sequences. This one actually has more read more