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Battleground (1949)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 27, 2015
Battleground
Directed by William A. Wellman
Written by Robert Pirosh
1949/USA
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
First viewing/Amazon Instant Soldier: Look, you’re not selling it to me, you’re showing me how to fire it. Late in life, William A. Wellman still could direct a mean action sequenc read more
All the King’s Men (1949)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 22, 2015
All the King’s Men Directed by Robert Rossen Written by Robert Rossen from a novel by Robert Penn Warren 1949/USA Columbia Pictures Corporation First viewing/Netflix rental Riveting story of the rise and fall of a demagogue and those around him. Those Oscars were well-deserved. Willie Star read more
On the Town (1949)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 21, 2015
On the Town Directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly Written by Adolph Green and Betty Comden from their Broadway musical 1949/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Repeat viewing/Netflix rental #233 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die The cast is great and so are a lot of the musical numbers. I read more
The Passionate Friends (1949)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 20, 2015
The Passionate Friends (AKA “One Woman’s Story”)
Directed by David Lean
Written by Eric Ambler, David Lean, and Stanley Haynes from a novel by H.G. Wells
1949/UK
Cineguild
First viewing/Amazon Instant Imagine Brief Encounter if the lovers had not made a clean break of it read more
Late Spring (1949)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 18, 2015
Late Spring (Banshun) Directed by Yasujirô Ozu Written by Kôgo Noda and Yasujirô Ozu from a novel by Kazuo Hirotsu 1949/Japan Shôchiku Eiga Repeat viewing/Criterion Collection DVD This is my very favorite Ozu film and that is really saying something. Something about the combination of the read more
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 16, 2015
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Directed by Robert Hamer
Written by Robert Hamer and James Dighton from a novel by Roy Horniman
1949/UK
Ealing Studios
Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant
#231 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die As the film opens, the Duke of D’Ascoyne (Dennis Price) is calmly awa read more
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 15, 2015
A Letter to Three Wives
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz; adapted by Vera Caspary from a novel by John Klempner
1949/USA
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Lora Mae Hollingsway: What I got don’t need beads. If you can look pa read more
The Heiress (1949)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 14, 2015
The Heiress
Directed by William Wyler
Written by Ruth and Augustus Goetz from their play and suggested by the novel Washington Square by Henry James
1949/USA
Paramount Pictures
First viewing/Netflix rental
#229 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die For some reason I waited until now before s read more
The Third Man (1949)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 13, 2015
The Third Man
Directed by Carol Reed
Written by Graham Greene from a story by Greene
1949/UK
Carol Reed’s Production/London Film Productions
Repeat viewing/Netflix rental
#230 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die It’s films like this that inspired my love for classic movies, I read more
Thieves’ Highway (1949)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 12, 2015
Thieves’ Highway Directed by Jules Dassin Written by A.I. Bezzerides from his novel 1949/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Before the Blacklist bit down too hard, there were many of these exposés of cutthroat capitalism. This one takes the anal read more
1949 Here I Come
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 11, 2015
In 1949 … Groucho, Chico and Harpo Marx made their final film appearance as a team in Love Happy. The film debut of the comic duo of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis was in My Friend Irma. The pair would go on to make a total of sixteen feature films together for Paramount until they read more
Que viva España!
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 20, 2015
I’m off to Spain for almost three weeks of birdwatching. So excited! We will start off at Doñana National Park where I am hoping to see hordes of these guys. I’ll return home on May 10 and will get going on 1949 soon afterwards. See you at the movies! In English … and Spanish read more
The Pirate (1948)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 19, 2015
The Pirate Directed by Vicente Minnelli Written by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich from a play by S.N. Behrman 1948/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/Netflix rental Minnelli’s 1948 musical with wife Judy Garland was a notorious flop. There were reasons for this but there are also read more
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 19, 2015
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Directed by H.C. Potter
Written by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank from a novel by Eric Hodgins
1948/USA
RKO Radio Pictures
Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant Video Mr. PeDelford: You got that Charlie? Charlie, Painter: Red, green, blue, yellow, white. Mr. PeDelford read more
1948 Recap – 10 Favorite Films
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 19, 2015
I have now seen 63 films that were released in 1948. The complete list is here. A few shorts, documentaries, and other movies were reviewed here. The total also includes a few I’ve seen before that were not easily available this time around. This was a great year for movies. I cut it a bit read more
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 18, 2015
Romance on the High Seas Directed by Michael Curtiz Written by Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein; additional dialogue by I.A.L Diamond 1948/USA Warner Bros./Michael Curtiz Productions First viewing/Netflix Rental Oscar Farrar: I lied about my age. Given the pedigree of its director read more
The Paleface (1948)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 17, 2015
The Paleface Directed by Norman Z. McLeod Written by Edmund L. Hartmann, Frank Tashlin, and Jack Rose 1948/USA Paramount Pictures Repeat viewing/Netflix rental #218 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This might just be Bob Hope’s best film. Is that enough to require seeing it befo read more
Port of Call (1948)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 16, 2015
Port of Call (Hamnstad) Directed by Ingmar Bergman Written by Ingmar Bergman; story by Olle Länsberg 1948/Sweden Svensk Filmindustri First viewing/Hulu Plus Bergman is still finding his way in this problem picture about troubled youth. As the film opens, we see Berit jump into the dockside read more
Anna Karenina (1948)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 15, 2015
Anna Karenina Directed by Julien Duvivier Written by Jean Anouilh, Guy Morgan, and Julien Duvivier UK/1948 London Film Productions First viewing/Hulu Plus This is an adaptation of one of my favorite novels. Inevitably, a 110-minute movie cannot do justice to Tolstoy’s 800-page book. read more
All My Sons (1948)
Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Apr 15, 2015
All My Sons
Directed by Irving Reis
Written by Chester Erskine based on the play by Arthur Miller
1948/USA
Universal International Pictures
First viewing/YouTube Even in its sub-par YouTube version and in parts, this was a powerful and wonderfully acted drama. During the war, Joe Keller (E read more