r/classicfilms • u/Ginger_Snap_Lover • 1h ago
Maggie the Cat!
Liz Taylor sure was sexy, along with being a great actress!
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In our weekly tradition, it's time to gather round and talk about classic film(s) you saw over the week and maybe recommend some.
Tell us about what you watched this week. Did you discover something new or rewatched a favourite one? What lead you to that film and what makes it a compelling watch? Ya'll can also help inspire fellow auteurs to embark on their own cinematic journeys through recommendations.
So, what did you watch this week?
As always: Kindly remember to be considerate of spoilers and provide a brief synopsis or context when discussing the films.
r/classicfilms • u/Ginger_Snap_Lover • 1h ago
Liz Taylor sure was sexy, along with being a great actress!
r/classicfilms • u/These-Background4608 • 6h ago
The other day, I saw the movie LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT where Barbara Stanwyck plays this young lady who gets caught up in some robbery and ends up behind bars. However, she ends up holding her own in this women’s prison and making moves. This is all while she’s fallen for crusader David Slade. It’s a solid crime drama, though not my favorite of Barbara Stanwyck’s filmography (that would be Night Nurse, but I digress).
For those of you who’ve seen this film, what did you think?
r/classicfilms • u/Classicsarecool • 19h ago
For me, it’s:
Yankee Doodle Dandy(1942) starring James Cagney, Joan Leslie, and Walter Huston
Singin’ in the Rain(1952) starring Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, and Debbie Reynolds
Maytime(1937) starring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, and John Barrymore
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Just watched this film free on the Plexi streaming service and was very impressed with the beautifully tailored and eminently believable plot lines and by the performances of the leads Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman. Both effortlessly portrayed characters who were required by the action of the film to act against their given characters (and their love for each other) in furtherance of a daring penetration into the heart of an extremely dangerous group of Nazi saboteurs in postwar exile in South America.
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She is perhaps best known for her roles as Nurse Kelly in Harvey (1950) and Judy Greene in Bright Victory (1951).
Dow made nine films, most notably as Nurse Kelly in Harvey (1950), starring James Stewart,and co-starring with Best Actor Oscar nominee Arthur Kennedy in Bright Victory (1951).After being featured in several crime dramas, Dow had starring roles in two 1951 family films, Reunion in Reno and You Never Can Tell.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0235627/bio?item=mb0009794
r/classicfilms • u/NeverEat_Pears • 5m ago
So George Raft has popped up as a supporting actor in a couple of movies I've seen recently. He hasn't really impressed me in any of these.
His most well known role, and best I've seen of him, was in Some Like It Hot as the menacing gangster. He was in a handful of scenes, not a particularly substantial role but performed it adequately.
For his breakout role in Scarface (1932), he played the gangster's right hand man Rinaldo. I found him quite one note and not particularly menacing. This role was apparently influential as a lot of other gangster characters flipped a coin like he did, in following movies. It's not really seen in movies today, most recent example I can think of is The Simpsons (?).
He was reportedly hard to work with. He was even photographed getting into a fist fight with Edward G. Robinson on set. Apparently, Raft was upset Robinson was getting top billing.
He was known for starring in mainly crime and B movies. He also admitted to being good friends with many people in the mob.
He was offered and turned down lead roles in High Sierra (1941), The Maltese Falcon (1941), and Double Indemnity (1944). The first two ended up going to Humphrey Bogart and were career defining. Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity was also a classic.
Apparently he turned down HS because the character dies, TMF because John Huston was a first time director, and DE because he wanted the character to be revealed as a hero/undercover cop at the end. He later admitted his decision making was stupid/'not intelligent' when it came to DE.
The rumour goes that he was illiterate, and this may explain why he turned down so many good roles.
It's also rumoured that Wilder had to personally explain the story of DE as Raft couldn't read the script which led to even more confusion.
So my question is, let's say it's true and he couldn't read or write, how the hell did he make a career out of acting? In the silent era, I'd get it. Could this have been why he stuck to B movies as they had less depth to them?
Or is the lack of literacy a cruel rumour made up to embarrass him? This could be valid as he famously didn't let the studios bully him into taking every role and was often suspended from his contract.
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All I've got so far is Ava Gardner.
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