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Showing posts with label 1950's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1950's. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Wise Sci-Fi Watch: The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)

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Watched:  03/23/2026 Format:  YouTubeTV Viewing:  3rd or 4th Director:  Robert Wise Hey!  Happy 75th birthday, Gort! The Day The Earth Stood...
Saturday, March 21, 2026

Noir Watch: Crime of Passion (1956)

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Watched:  03/20/2026 Format:  TCM Noir Alley on DVR Viewing:  First Director:  Gerd Oswald I was a bit shocked to learn I'd never seen o...

Wise Noir Watch: The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)

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Watched: 03/20/2026 Format:  Amazon Viewing:  Third Director:  Robert Wise I saw this one initially with JeniferSF at Noir City at the Castr...
Monday, March 16, 2026

Safari Watch: Mogambo (1953)

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Gable is just gonna take a peek right there on the poster Watched:  03/15/2026 Format:  TCM on DVR Viewing:  First Director:  John Ford This...
Sunday, March 8, 2026

Western Wise Watch: Two Flags West (1950)

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Watched:  03/08/2026 Format:  YouTube link here Viewing:  First Director:  Robert Wise Interesting premise for a film, and, in my opinion - ...
Sunday, March 1, 2026

Wise Watch: Three Secrets (1950)

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Watched:  03/01/2026 Format:  YouTube Viewing:  First Director:  Robert Wise Apparently 1950 was the year Robert Wise made the jump from RKO...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

Noir Watch: Illegal (1955)

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Watched:  02/13/2026 Format:  DVD Viewing:  First Director:  Lewis Allen First, this movie has a terrible title.  I think we can all agree o...
Monday, January 26, 2026

Noir Watch: Shield for Murder (1954)

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Watched:  01/26/2026 Format:  TCM Noir Alley Viewing:  First Directors:  Edmond O'Brien and Howard W. Koch This movie has some really i...
Sunday, January 25, 2026

Texas Noir Watch: The Houston Story (1956)

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Watched:  01/25/2026 Format:  YouTube Viewing:  First Director: William Castle The funny thing about The Houston Story (1956) is that there...

Totter Noir Watch: Man In The Dark (1953)

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Watched:  01/24/2026 Format:  YouTube Viewing:  First Director:  Lew Landers I always like a movie that's entire premise is based on 195...
Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Noir Thriller Watch: Diabolique (1955)

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Watched:  01/19/2026 Format:  Noir Alley on TCM Viewing:  First Director:  Henri-Georges Clouzot Diabolique (1955) hangs heavy over so much...
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Monday, December 29, 2025

Riff-Trax Watch: Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957)

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Watched:  12/28/2025 Format:  Riff-Trax on YouTube Viewing:  Unknown Director:  Edward D. Wood, Jr. There's no good reason to watch Plan...
Sunday, December 14, 2025

True Crime/ Noir Watch: The Phenix City Story (1955)

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Watched:  12/14/2025 Format:  TCM on HBOmax Viewing:  First Director:  Phil Karlson The Phenix City Story (1955) was not at all what I was ...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Christmas Classic Watch: White Christmas (1954)

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Watched:  12/09/2025 Format:  Amazon Viewing:  Unknown Director:  Michael Curtiz I always wonder how contemporary audiences received the Mic...
Sunday, November 23, 2025

Noirvember Watch: Ace in the Hole (1951)

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Watched:  11/22/2025 Format:  Disc Viewing:  First Director:  Billy Wilder If you ever wanted to crush the human soul with a pair of slick m...
Monday, November 3, 2025

Noirvember Watch: Winchester '73 (1950)

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Watched:  11/03/2025 Format:  Criterion Disc Viewing:  Second Director:  Anthony Mann I don't think I've seen Winchester '73 (19...
Monday, October 6, 2025

Musical Watch: Les Girls (1957)

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Watched:  10/04/2025 Format:  TCM Viewing:  First Director:  George Cukor Les Girls (1957) is what happens when someone sees  Rashomon , li...
Saturday, August 9, 2025

Disney Watch: The Shaggy Dog (1959)

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Watched:  08/09/2025 Format:  Disney+ Viewing:  First Director:  Charles Barton First, this movie's opening sequence slaps.   The rest o...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

1950's Watch: Designing Woman (1957)

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Watched:  06/10/2025 Format:  Amazon Viewing:  First Director:  Vincente Minnelli I was a bit wary of this film as I watched the trailer, bu...
Monday, June 2, 2025

Fuller Watch: Forty Guns (1957)

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Watched:  06/01/2025 Format:  TCM forever ago, but on DVR Viewing:  First Director:  Sam Fuller I'm gonna say - I've never disliked ...