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I have seen one of the first "talkies" in "The Most Dangerous Game". It was filmed on the same set as was created for "King Kong" and also stared Faye Ray.
-Bill
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A good one. Only about an hour long. I also read the Richard Connell short story of the same
title upon which this film is based. Several film versions were
made in later years under different titles. ~AH
I'm sure it enraged passion in its day . . . but where did they find all those ugly women?
----Be right there, Mom.
which I discovered recently on Japanese "CD-Video" format This has different editing and several different scenes not included in the Giorgio Moroder scored, colorised, 1980's versionWell worth revisiting; the laboratory scene when the robot Maria is created is a classic
Grins
Metropolis has benefited from a phenomenal restoration, as complete as has been seen since the original worldwide release in 1927. The British release from Eureka (region 2, PAL format) is perhaps the best bit-rate wise as it's spread over 2 discs. It's 25fps speed is exactly sync'd with the original orchestral score as recorded for this restoration.http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/films/metropolis.asp
The Kino release (region 1, NTSC format) is also superb and reflects a slightly slower 24fps projector speed which is somewhat closer to the presumed original theatrical release that was probably projected at 20fps; in order to achieve this the orchestral score has apparently been adjusted to sync with the slightly slower projector speed.
http://www.kino.com/video/item.php?product_id=429
For those who may not have read about or purchased these new German restorations from the F.W. Murnau Society I've linked a fascinating in-depth analysis of the restoration process for Metropolis and other German classics of the silent cinema which compares the various versions.
Just watched Moby Dick.
Amazing special effects considering the year of this film (1956)
No "digital-water" & no "digital-whale". Fun to watch even today.
"I curse-ed, thee damnnn whaaaaale!!!"Russ
This was filmed in color on black and white stock to achieve its "cold New England" look.The (much longer) TV mini series is different but not bad.
Tonight I have picked "My Foolish Heart", a Susan Heyward tear jerker.
It's based on the short story "Uncle Wiggly in Connecticutt" by J. D. Salinger. It's a good short story but as you pointed out, it was turned into a "Susan Heyward tear jerker". Salinger had once wanted to be a screenplay writer and when that did not happen he had hoped to sell his works to Hollywood and see them made into great movies. When he saw how Hollywood treated his work, he never sold any other movie rights to his work again.
The screenwriters are none other than the Epstein brothers, who of course wrote "Casablanca", perhaps the most quoted screenplay of all.Ane Victor Young wrote the title tune.
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