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Showing posts with label 1950's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1950's. Show all posts
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 ...
Saturday, April 19, 2025

Noir Watch: The Steel Trap (1952)

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Watched:  04/19/2025 Format:  Noir Alley on TCM Viewing:  First Director:  Andrew L. Stone This one is a wild ride. Look, I just like Joseph...
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Noir Watch: The Narrow Margin (1952)

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Watched:  04/06/2025 Format:  TCM Noir Alley Viewing:  Unknown Director:  Richard Fleischer/ William Cameron Menzies I've only mentioned...
Thursday, March 27, 2025

Musical Watch: It's Always Fair Weather (1955)

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Watched:  03/27/2025 Format:  TCM on DVR Viewing:  Second Director:  Stanley Donen/ Gene Kelly It's Always Fair Weather (1955) is a wei...
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Sunday, March 16, 2025

Musical Watch: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

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Watched:  03/14/2025 Format:  BluRay Viewing:  Unknown Director:  Howard Hawks It had been a minute since I'd watched Gentlemen Prefer B...
Saturday, December 28, 2024

Stuff I Liked as a Kid Watch: Treasure Island (1950)

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Watched:  12/27/2024 Format:  Disney+ Viewing:  Unknown Director:  Byron Haskin For Christmas, I gave the nephew - a voracious reader - a co...
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Sunday, December 8, 2024

Totter/ Noir Watch: FBI Girl (1951)

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Watched:  12/08/2024 Format:  DVD Viewing:  Second Director:  William Berke I'd watched this movie years ago , and saw it available at ...
Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Western Watch: Barricade (1950)

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she's so cheery about whatever the hell is happening back there Watched:  11/26/2024 Format:  TCM Viewing:  First Director:  Peter Godfr...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Noirvember Watch: On Dangerous Ground (1951)

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Watched:  11/20/2024 Format:  Criterion Viewing:  Second Director:  Nicholas Ray - w/ Ida Lupino It's a Noirvember to Remember, and I am...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Noir Watch: The Sniper (1952)

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Watched:  11/18/2024 Format:  Criterion Viewing:  Third Director:  Edward Dmytryk Watched Sniper (1952) again.  I re-read my second write-u...
Thursday, November 7, 2024

Noirvember Watch: Pickup Alley (1957)

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Watched:  11/7/2024 Format:  Criterion Viewing:  First Director:  John Gilling It's Noirvember, so I'm trying to get a few of ye old...
Thursday, September 19, 2024

Noir/ Joan Watch: Female on the Beach (1955)

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Watched:  09/18/2024 Format:  Criterion Viewing:  First Director:  Joseph Pevney Y'all know I'm all in for Joan Crawford, and I thin...
Monday, August 19, 2024

Boat Noir Watch: Dangerous Crossing (1953)

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Watched:  08/17/2024 Format:  Criterion Viewing:  First Director:  Joseph M. Newman Criterion is being a bit silly for summer and added a co...