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Watched Sabrina too, It was so boring! Idk why, maybe I wasn't in the right mood.

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27 minutes ago, noonbob said:

hey perfume lover @Mitsouko It's late and my mind is blank, I forgot what your old username was?

Wait it was Petty Bolognaise or something right?

 

Anyway I recently watched Double Indemnity and had a blast with it. I really enjoyed it!

Petty Bourgeoisie. :rip: I don’t miss it, Mitsouko is better.

 

And yes Double Indemnity is a mean, bitter, inky black noir. :WAP:

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43 minutes ago, Mitsouko said:

Petty Bourgeoisie. :rip: I don’t miss it, Mitsouko is better.

 

And yes Double Indemnity is a mean, bitter, inky black noir. :WAP:

Yes that's it! :skull:

Come on house of Guerlain! I like the new name. Are you good?

 

Yeah recommend me some good ****!

 

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19 minutes ago, noonbob said:

Yes that's it! :skull:

Come on house of Guerlain! I like the new name. Are you good?

 

Yeah recommend me some good ****!

 

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I think you’re the first person who’s recognized my username. You ate. I moved. Guerlain supremacy.

 

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Do you want more film noir recommendations or perfume recommendations. Be warned I hate almost everything after 1980. In movies and perfume.

 

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6 hours ago, Mitsouko said:

No it is. So many truly fine films from the same year too. Proof that the Oscars been opening their legs for budget not quality since their inception

 

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Right, and it’s not even the best big budget film of that year either. If they had to honor one then The Wizard of Oz and Jesse James were right there.

 

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Gonna start watching more classical Hollywood films but I find myself having to prepare mentally for any viewing. Best way to describe it is like prepping for a play/theater show. :lakitu:

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14 minutes ago, DAP said:

Right, and it’s not even the best big budget film of that year either. If they had to honor one then The Wizard of Oz and Jesse James were right there.

 

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My favorite Hollywood film of 1939 is the screwball comedy Midnight. Chef’s kiss. When it comes to trashy Technicolor epics, Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex all the way. For foreign films, There’s No Tomorrow (France). Shoutout to Destry Rides Again for bringing the kiis and Ninotchka for making Garbo watchable.

 

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1 hour ago, noonbob said:

Watched Sabrina too, It was so boring! Idk why, maybe I wasn't in the right mood.

Like most Audrey movies it’s overproduced and miscast. Charade and Wait Until Dark are the only two worth anyone’s time.

 

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watching anything goes

 

so this where i get kick out of you, and you're the top are from :clack:

 

cole porter made an obvious innuendo with the later :deadbanana4:

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1 hour ago, Katamari said:

watching anything goes

 

so this where i get kick out of you, and you're the top are from :clack:

 

cole porter made an obvious innuendo with the later :deadbanana4:

Begs the question… why are you watching N/Athing Goes

 

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Musicals worst genre. 50s worst decade. You watch a 50s musical? I-

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On 10/14/2023 at 6:20 PM, Katamari said:

 

watching anything goes what the **** is even going on :deadbanana4:

 

anyways i will be watching all the films/musicals featured on Ella Fitzgerald sings Cole Porter album

 

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29 minutes ago, Mitsouko said:

Begs the question… why are you watching N/Athing Goes

 

:clack:
 

Musicals worst genre. 50s worst decade. You watch a 50s musical? I-

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13 minutes ago, Katamari said:

 

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Ah missed the first one. Sorry that’s happening to you tho

 

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8 hours ago, Mitsouko said:

I think you’re the first person who’s recognized my username. You ate. I moved. Guerlain supremacy.

 

:khalyan:


Do you want more film noir recommendations or perfume recommendations. Be warned I hate almost everything after 1980. In movies and perfume.

 

:khalyan:

Ofc I love perfume too :heart2:

So you're not in New York anymore?

 

:rip:

But yeah movie recommendations.

I love Thriller, Drama, Romance (only slightly, not the gushy stuff) Film-noir, Mystery

 

7 hours ago, Mitsouko said:

Like most Audrey movies it’s overproduced and miscast. Charade and Wait Until Dark are the only two worth anyone’s time.

 

:clack: 

I see, I'm glad it wasn't just me.

Oooo these sound good! I will add them to my list :heart2:

 

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On 10/21/2023 at 4:28 AM, noonbob said:

But yeah movie recommendations.

I love Thriller, Drama, Romance (only slightly, not the gushy stuff) Film-noir, Mystery

City Girl (1930)

 

M (1931)

Safe In Hell (1931)

 

Blonde Venus (1932)

Broken Lullaby (1932)

Downstairs (1932)

A Farewell To Arms (1932)

Freaks (1932)

I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang (1932)

Jewel Robbery (1932)

No Man Of Her Own (1932)

One Way Passage (1932)

Red Dust (1932)

Shanghai Express (1932)

Trouble In Paradise (1932)

 

Baby Face (1933)

Employees' Entrance (1933)

Heroes For Sale (1933)

The Song Of Songs (1933)

The Story Of Temple Drake (1933)

Supernatural (1933)

 

Heat Lightning (1934)

Imitation Of Life (1934)

It Happened One Night (1934)

Mandalay (1934)

Of Human Bondage (1934)

The Scarlet Empress (1934)

 

The Devil Is A Woman (1935)

Romance In Manhattan (1935)

The Wedding Night (1935)

 

Dodsworth (1936)

Fury (1936)

 

Make Way For Tomorrow (1937)

Marked Woman (1937)

 

Bluebeard's Eight Wife (1937)

Jezebel (1938)

 

Destry Rides Again (1939)

Midnight (1939)

 

Arise, My Love (1940)

Foreign Correspondent (1940)

The Letter (1940)

The Mortal Storm (1940)

Rebecca (1940)

The Shop Around The Corner (1940)

 

Ball Of Fire (1941)

The Lady Eve (1941)

The Little Foxes (1941)

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Suspicion (1941)

 

Casablanca (1942)

Cat People (1942)

Now, Voyager (1942)

The Palm Beach Story (1942)

 

Edge Of Darkness (1943)

The Seventh Victim (1943)

Shadow Of A Doubt (1943)

 

Laura (1944)

Lifeboat (1944)

The Lodger (1944)

Ministry Of Fear (1944)

 

Hangover Square (1945)

Leave Her To Heaven (1945)

The Lost Weekend (1945)

Mildred Pierce (1945)

 

Deception (1946)

Notorious (1946)

A Stolen Life (1946)

The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers (1946)

 

Black Narcissus (1947)

Brute Force (1947)

Dark Passage (1947)

Nightmare Alley (1947)

 

Key Largo (1948)

Kiss The Blood Off My Hands (1948)

Letter From An Unknown Woman (1948)

Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

 

The Heiress (1949)

 

The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

The Breaking Point (1950)

Caged (1950)

Night And The City (1950)

Three Came Home (1950)

 

Another Man's Poison (1951)

Strangers On A Train (1951)

 

La Minute De Verite (1952)

 

The Earrings Of Madame De... (1953)

Pickup On South Street (1953)

 

Rear Window (1954)

 

Diabolique (1955)

Rififi (1955)

To Catch A Thief (1955)

 

Baby Doll (1956)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

The Wrong Man (1956)

 

Elevator To The Gallows (1957)

Witness For The Prosecution (1957)

 

Vertigo (1958)

 

North By Northwest (1959)

 

Psycho (1960)

Purple Noon (1960)

La Verite (1960)

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It's a wide range. Many styles represented. Some very famous, many very obscure. Not everything will hit but they're all worth a watch. For the 50s I introduced a few French films to the list but let me know if you want earlier French recommendations nicki.png

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1 hour ago, Mitsouko said:

City Girl (1930)

 

M (1931)

Safe In Hell (1931)

 

Blonde Venus (1932)

Broken Lullaby (1932)

Downstairs (1932)

A Farewell To Arms (1932)

Freaks (1932)

I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang (1932)

Jewel Robbery (1932)

No Man Of Her Own (1932)

One Way Passage (1932)

Red Dust (1932)

Shanghai Express (1932)

Trouble In Paradise (1932)

 

Baby Face (1933)

Employees' Entrance (1933)

Heroes For Sale (1933)

The Song Of Songs (1933)

The Story Of Temple Drake (1933)

Supernatural (1933)

 

Heat Lightning (1934)

Imitation Of Life (1934)

It Happened One Night (1934)

Mandalay (1934)

Of Human Bondage (1934)

The Scarlet Empress (1934)

 

The Devil Is A Woman (1935)

Romance In Manhattan (1935)

The Wedding Night (1935)

 

Dodsworth (1936)

Fury (1936)

 

Make Way For Tomorrow (1937)

Marked Woman (1937)

 

Bluebeard's Eight Wife (1937)

Jezebel (1938)

 

Destry Rides Again (1939)

Midnight (1939)

 

Arise, My Love (1940)

Foreign Correspondent (1940)

The Letter (1940)

The Mortal Storm (1940)

Rebecca (1940)

The Shop Around The Corner (1940)

 

Ball Of Fire (1941)

The Lady Eve (1941)

The Little Foxes (1941)

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Suspicion (1941)

 

Casablanca (1942)

Cat People (1942)

Now, Voyager (1942)

The Palm Beach Story (1942)

 

Edge Of Darkness (1943)

The Seventh Victim (1943)

Shadow Of A Doubt (1943)

 

Laura (1944)

Lifeboat (1944)

The Lodger (1944)

Ministry Of Fear (1944)

 

Hangover Square (1945)

Leave Her To Heaven (1945)

The Lost Weekend (1945)

Mildred Pierce (1945)

 

Deception (1946)

Notorious (1946)

A Stolen Life (1946)

The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers (1946)

 

Black Narcissus (1947)

Brute Force (1947)

Dark Passage (1947)

Nightmare Alley (1947)

 

Key Largo (1948)

Kiss The Blood Off My Hands (1948)

Letter From An Unknown Woman (1948)

Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

 

The Heiress (1949)

 

 

(1950)

The Breaking Point (1950)

Caged (1950)

Night And The City (1950)

Three Came Home (1950)

 

Another Man's Poison (1951)

Strangers On A Train (1951)

 

La Minute De Verite (1952)

 

The Earrings Of Madame De... (1953)

Pickup On South Street (1953)

 

Rear Window (1954)

 

Diabolique (1955)

Rififi (1955)

To Catch A Thief (1955)

 

Baby Doll (1956)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

The Wrong Man (1956)

 

Elevator To The Gallows (1957)

Witness For The Prosecution (1957)

 

Vertigo (1958)

 

North By Northwest (1959)

 

Psycho (1960)

Purple Noon (1960)

La Verite (1960)

Thank you baby, I've watched several of these after the first list of recommendations you gave me all that time ago.

Look forward to checking out these others :heart2:

 

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Sure, I'll take any good foreign film.

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The Lost Weekend and The Apartment :jonny6:

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really bored so I'm just making a list of my favorite films from the 30s! I will do 40s-60s another time.

 

Ladies of Leisure (1930) - one of the best pre-codes. also, BARBARA STANWYCK!

Trouble In Paradise (1932) - beautiful. magnificent performance from Kay Francis.

Shanghai Express (1932) - should have slayed harder but it's still great. Marlene Dietrich is so enchanting here.

Little Women (1933) - I don't care what people say this is the second-best Little Women adaptation and Katharine is great as Jo.

Midnight Mary (1933) - Loretta Young in comedic films is so great.

Only Yesterday (1933) - Margaret Sullavan is one of the most underrated actresses from this era.

It Happened One Night (1934) - a classic.

The Merry Widow (1934) - really fun and lovely operetta.

Heat Lightning (1934) - underrated, short little mystery film.

Hands Across the Table (1935) - one of the best screwballs! and Carole Lombard gives an amazing performance, probably her best.

The Good Fairy (1935) - a great comedy film from Wyler.

The Devil Is A Woman (1935) - some of the best settings and art directions ever.

Camille (1936) - one of the best melodramas from the era, and an incredibly nuanced performance by Greta Garbo!

My Man Godfrey (1936) - another classic!

Libeled Lady (1936) - underrated. both Myrna Loy and William Powell eat every minute of it.

The Awful Truth (1937) - one of the best films of all time, that's it. also, Irene Dunne is incredible, like top-notch.

Stage Door (1937) - the cast is stacked and the film is such a beautifully stunning take on the industry. amazing performances from everyone.

Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) - *cries*

Love Is News (1937) - Loretta Young's comedic timing :WAP:

Angel (1937) - Ernst Lubitsch should be considered the #1 director from the 30s. my favorite performance from Marlene thee Dietrich!

Stella Dallas (1937) - BARBARA STANWYCK!

Bringing Up Baby (1938) - I mean, what can I say... one of my favorite films of all time and Katharine Hepburn.

Vivacious Lady (1938) - underrated screwball comedy! Ginger Rogers is so fun here.

Holiday (1938) - incredibly emotional and beautiful and funny! also, Cary Grant's best. Lew Ayres is amazing too. And Katharine!

Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1938) - one of the most unexpectedly funny films I've seen, so comforting and funny, and Claudette and Gary have great chemistry.

Three Comrades (1938) - amazing performance by Margaret Sullivan.

Midnight (1939) - I'm telling y'all rn this is one of the best films from the 30s... incredible chemistry between Claudette and Don Ameche.

Love Affair (1939) - I love it, I don't care.

The Roaring Twenties (1939) - I don't remember much from it but I remember loving it a lot.

Wuthering Heights (1939) - Wyler directed the sh*t out of this film, so incredibly beautiful.

Ninotchka (1939) - funny, lighthearted and beautiful... very propagandistic but I don't care, they ate this up.

The Women (1939) - amazing and funny cast (except Norma Shearer who is just bad)

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Excellent thread and great recommendations so far.

 

 

 

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On 7/22/2023 at 12:26 PM, Mitsouko said:

Welcome to the ATRL Classic Cinema thread, the place for comments, questions, recommendations, and general discussion about films and artists of the “golden age” of cinema.

 

Allow me to introduce myself. To put it plainly, I love old movies. Ask anyone who knows me: I live and breathe old movies. Since the beginning of my life I’ve watched thousands of films dating from the dawn of cinema to the present, and have amassed a personal library of over 500 titles on Blu-ray and DVD (with the 1930s being the most represented decade in my collection by far). I’ve supplemented my viewership with readership, counting several film histories and biographies among my favorite books. 
 

Attached here is rather lengthy caption from my Instagram in commemoration the 60th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, in which I explain my relationship with this era in film, how it started, and its positive impact on my life:

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Yesterday marked the sixtieth anniversary of the release of The Birds. It is no longer my favorite Hitchcock film but it was my first. And what a first it was.

 

I remember the chance encounter and it seems like magic now. I saw the VHS on sale at Virgin Records (RIP) in Union Square. I looked at it, read the back cover, stared at the front. I really, really wanted to watch it. I must have told my mother this because we rented it immediately from The Video Stop (RIP) on 27th and 3rd.

 

Everything changed. I watched The Birds day in, day out for months until I knew every scene and beat of the film by heart. My mind opened up for it and soaked up every angle, cut, and color. Rewind, fast forward, daily basis. I thought about it constantly. I talked about it constantly. I was seven or eight years old.

 

In time I moved on to other Hitchcocks, other movies, other people. With each one my world got bigger and bigger, unfolding before me in all directions like a map without borders. Movie led to movie, actor to actor, decade to decade. I traveled through time and still do.

 

In twenty years my tastes in film have come to be more clearly defined, my imagination influenced continuously by the art, its people and its history. Movies have brought me to literature and music, to important stories of people I have come to respect and admire. They’ve brought me on trips to places that feel like home and to friends who feel like family. In this life movies have brought me joy. And for that I have to thank Alfred Hitchcock, The Video Stop, and The Birds – the very first door to open.

 

I think back to little me, browsing the endless shelves of VHS tapes. He had no idea what was coming. What if The Birds hadn’t caught his eye? On that day, at that time, that young impressionable age? I can’t imagine my life had it not.

Classic cinema stans, welcome and introduce yourselves! Shoutout to @Jay-El for the idea. 

 

I was going to post and recommend Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles because that just topped Sights and Sound's latest list last year. But it just missed your golden age thread, and being released in mid-70s that's now nearly 50 years ago.

 

 

 

 

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On 10/28/2023 at 12:35 PM, Antisocialites said:

Trouble In Paradise (1932) - beautiful. magnificent performance from Kay Francis.

Shanghai Express (1932) - should have slayed harder but it's still great. Marlene Dietrich is so enchanting here.

The Merry Widow (1934) - really fun and lovely operetta.

Heat Lightning (1934) - underrated, short little mystery film.

Hands Across the Table (1935) - one of the best screwballs! and Carole Lombard gives an amazing performance, probably her best.

The Good Fairy (1935) - a great comedy film from Wyler.

The Devil Is A Woman (1935) - some of the best settings and art directions ever.

Libeled Lady (1936) - underrated. both Myrna Loy and William Powell eat every minute of it.

The Awful Truth (1937) - one of the best films of all time, that's it. also, Irene Dunne is incredible, like top-notch.

Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) - *cries*

Angel (1937) - Ernst Lubitsch should be considered the #1 director from the 30s. my favorite performance from Marlene thee Dietrich!

Bluebeard's 8th Wife (1938) - one of the most unexpectedly funny films I've seen, so comforting and funny, and Claudette and Gary have great chemistry.

Midnight (1939) - I'm telling y'all rn this is one of the best films from the 30s... incredible chemistry between Claudette and Don Ameche.

your taste like whoaaa :WAP: A Marlene/Kay/Claudette enthusiast can get it ANY day

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Vertigo is definitely required viewing for classics. I think it should have an annual wide release.

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I recently saw  I Passed for White, the movie is as messy as the title.

 

But James Franciscus is a beauty.

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The Apartment is one of the best films I've ever seen, so layered and witty 

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Lady From Shanghai just clicked for me last week after several start-and-stop attempts over the last 10/15 years. What fun tbh

 

:suburban: Orson Welles still overrated shite overall tho

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