#classic hollywoof

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Anne Shirley as Anne of Green Gables (1934) witjh OP Heggie as her adopted Canadian father, Matthew Cuthbrert.  Oliver Peter Heggie was born in South Australia, and had 27 actor credits, from 1928 to 1936.  OP’s entries among my best 1,001 movies are The Count of Monte Cristo (1934), and Bride of Frankenstein as the blind cigar smoking hermit who shares a meal with the monster.

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Robert, Mary, and Richard as film lovers.

Robert: Stated in his dadbook profile, Robert loves Italian Neorealism. He also has a strong love for New Hollywoof too.. Robert is pretty classic Movie Lover Guy/Film Student. Scorsese, Coppola, Tarantino. He’s seen those few that get nominated for Oscars by bigger names, but he also watches and finds more of the lesser talked about gems of the year. He really doesn’t give a shit about award season though, he thinks they’re dumb as hell. He knows styles and is familiar with some theories, but everyone’s a little unclear of where he learned it all...? Some accounts say Roberts worked on a few movies before. Other just assume he took classes, and those that can’t imagine him in a classroom just assume he was born with the knowledge. He’ll never tell how he got so smart. So many of his DVDs are criterion collection. Robert goes to bed usually very early in the morning and while he might not come out of the house until later at night, he is still kicking it during the afternoon he might be watching some new DVDs. He doesn’t really like streaming services and thinks you should just buy the DVD, but he does watch stuff on their for convenience. While what he likes the most may make him seem potentially snobby, Robert has no qualms about seeing a mediocre movie. Especially if he doesn’t pay for it. In general he just likes being in a theater, he doesn’t really care what’s playing. Except for big franchise blockbusters, he might miss a few of those.

Mary: Mary absolutely thrives on the Midnight Movies. Donnie Darko, Eraserhead, and of course Rocky Horror. She loves cult films and cult auteurs, like John Waters. The worse they are the better. Movies so bad they’re good is one of her favorite genres. Overall her favorite genre is Horror though. Especially getting to that 80s slasher horror. The mix of gore and camp is just so good for her. There aren’t as many contemporary horror films that she loves simply because some are trying too hard, but if one if genuinely frightening to her she’ll take it. She also loves classic horror, and monster movies. In general Mary really enjoys the classics as well, dipping into film noir and she’ll appreciate a good MGM musical. These Hollywood classics are typically what she can sit down and watch with Joseph. Mary also really enjoys French New Wave, and tends to gravitate towards that, especially if she wants to just watch good movies with Robert. The two also bond over a love of Hitchcock. Mary loves award show season. She likes getting caught up in the drama of it all in terms of controversy and having strong opinions about nominees and winners. Usually since she goes out to see movies with Robert she does try to go see the things that have been critically acclaimed and have award buzz. Then when nominees are out she’ll try to see most she can. She likes to have informed opinions. Mary will go to see Disney movies with her kids. She only trusts them as an animation studio to make something that she will also enjoy. Of course she gets roped into seeing other movies because she’s a good mom who will take her kids to the movie if Joseph can’t or they want her to come with.

Richard: Richard sees just about everything that comes through the local theater. He literally gets paid to, it’s his job. He tends to like more commercial films and blockbusters, especially compared to Mary and Robert. He’s been pretty into the Marvel movies, and Star Wars is probably one of his favorite franchises of all time. Because he writes about movies, he tries to write and look at movies in a way of how accessible they are to an everyday audience and for the average person looking to have a nice date night, if it’s an easy to get movie. Those tend to be the kinds of movies he gravitates too. He loves a good comedy, Bill Murray being one of his favorites. Movies that often seem silly or childish are usually pretty good by his books. When Richard goes to see a movie he likes to sit and be entertained and come back having a good time. Not every film has to be intellectually stimulating. That being said, he does enjoy certain film styles that are usually known for more intellectual films. Like Robert, he does really enjoy New Hollywood Cinema. Internationally he really likes films made in eastern Asia. Japanese, Chinese, and Korean film tends to be what he gravitates to if he wants to watch something internationally. Richard also enjoys a lot of Buster Keaton’s work in the silent films, and also loves to watch a bad sci-fi b movie from the 50s. He’ll also go out to and see lots of animated movies, even if he didn’t have to write about them, they’re usually just a good fun time with heartwarming moments. He really loves Laika studios. Award season doesn’t really bother him much. He ends up having to write about it so he has to keep up. But he thinks that only unless he was flipping through channels and an awards show happened to be on he would watch. And of course he loves collecting any movie he can on laserdisc. He thinks its such a cool way to have home movies, and they’re so big to store. He loves them.

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- What's the matter? lost your tongue? - Maybe those Swede glands make her a little dumb. - No, she isn't dumb The Major and the Minor (1942)

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Happy Thanksgiving!

[howardhawkshollywoodannex]

Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland, Paulette Goddard, Joan Fontaine, Lucile Watson, and director George Cukor on the set and posing with The Women (1939).  This is George’s ninth entry on the New York Times list of the 1,000 Best Films (none of which are on the TSPDT list), after Dinner at Eight, Little Women. Romeo and Juliet, Gaslight, Adam’s Rib, Born Yesterday, The Marrying Kind and My Fair Lady.

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Myrna Loy as Countess Valentine in Love Me Tonight (1932). Myrna's other entries among my best 1,001 movies are A Girl in Every Port (deleted scene in surviving prints), The Mask of Fu Manchu, The Thin Man, Libeled Lady, The Best Years of Our Lives, and The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer. She also has two honorable mentions - A Connecticut Yankee and Airport 75.

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Bela Lugosi as Dracula (1931),  directed by Tod Browning.  Tod has one entry on the TSPDT list of the 1,000 Greatest Films, and my 1,001 Best Movies - Freaks.

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The duel to the death between Tyrone Power and Basil Rathbone in The Mark of Zorro (1940) was staged by Hollywood fencing master Fred Cavens, who doubled for Tyrone in some of the fancier parts.  Basil was a champion fencing master in his own right and needed no double.

Fred was born in Belgium and had 38 credits in his career, from the original 1920 version of The Mark of Zorro, through the Walt Disney tv version in 1961.  Fred was also fencing master on other films among the best 1,001:  The Black Pirate, Queen Christina, Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Tower of London, The Man in the Iron Mask, The Sea Hawk and The Black Swan.

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Fred Astaire, George Burns and Gracie Allen in A Damsel in Distress (1937).  George was born in New York City, lived to be 100, and had 57 acting credits, from a 1929 short to Radioland Murders in 1994.  His other notable credits include The Big Broadcast (1932, his first appearance with wife Gracie Allen), The Big Broadcast of 1936, The Big Broadcast of 1937, two episodes of Mister Ed, two episodes of The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, The Sunshine Boys, Oh God, Sgt, Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (as Mr Kite) and 292 episodes of The George Burns and Grace Allen Show, 1950-58.

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original lobby cards for Civilization (1915), produced and co-directed by Thomas Ince.  Tom was born in Newport, Rhode Island, and had a whopping 609 producer credits from 1911 until his death in Nov 1925.  His death is a major plot point in The Cat’s Meow (2001) with Kirsten Dunst, and Cary Elwes as Ince.  Thomas also had 152 director credits, 1910 to 1923.  This appears to be his biggest production.  None of his other films seem noteworthy.