74 years ago:
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (US)
A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Si...
1949-04-18
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/36848
#AConnecticutYankeeinKingArthursCourt #BingCrosby #RhondaFleming #CedricHardwicke
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87 years ago:
Things to Come (UK)
The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.
1936-03-31
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/3596
#ThingstoCome #WilliamCameronMenzies #RaymondMassey #RalphRichardson #CedricHardwicke #UnitedArtists #SciFi #Movies
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80 years ago:
The Moon Is Down (US)
The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel.
1943-03-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/113534
#TheMoonIsDown #IrvingPichel #CedricHardwicke #HenryTravers #LeeJCobb #20thCenturyFox #ClassicFilm
#themoonisdown #irvingpichel #cedrichardwicke #henrytravers #leejcobb #20thcenturyfox #classicfilm
81 years ago:
The Ghost of Frankenstein (US)
Ygor discovers Frankenstein's creation is still alive and brings him to the Doctor's son, Ludwig, for help. Obsessed with restoring the monster to his full potential, Ludwig is unaware that someone has more devious plans for the creature.
1942-03-13
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/3074
#TheGhostofFrankenstein #CedricHardwicke #LonChaneyJr #BelaLugosi #Universal #Horror #SciFi #ClassicFilm
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81 years ago (on this day) was the release of an American horror film "The Ghost of Frankenstein"
"The lightning. It is good for you! Your father was Frankenstein, but your mother was the lightning!" - Ygor
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76 years ago:
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (UK)
A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.
1947-03-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/83031
#TheLifeandAdventuresofNicholasNickleby #AlbertoCavalcanti #CedricHardwicke #StanleyHolloway #EalingStudios #ClassicMovies
#thelifeandadventuresofnicholasnickleby #albertocavalcanti #cedrichardwicke #StanleyHolloway #ealingstudios #classicmovies
75 years ago:
Rope (US)
Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.
1948-03-11
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1580
#Rope #AlfredHitchcock #JamesStewart #FarleyGranger #CedricHardwicke #ClassicFilm
#rope #alfredhitchcock #jamesstewart #farleygranger #cedrichardwicke #classicfilm
75 years ago:
A Woman's Vengeance (US)
A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.
1948-03-02
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/88320
#AWomansVengeance #CharlesBoyer #JessicaTandy #CedricHardwicke #Universal #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film
#awomansvengeance #charlesboyer #jessicatandy #cedrichardwicke #universal #classicfilm #classicmovies #movies #film