MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Open wide the gates of Bagdad!”
Title card for Douglas Fairbanks in The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
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74 years ago:
Colorado Territory (US)
In Colorado territory, outlaw Wes McQueen escapes jail to pull a railroad robbery but, upon meeting pretty settler Julie Ann, he wonders about going straight. Western remake of High Sierra with Joel McCrea taking over the Humphrey Bogart role.
1949-06-11
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/28484
#ColoradoTerritory #RaoulWalsh #JoelMcCrea #VirginiaMayo #DorothyMalone #Western #Movies
#coloradoterritory #raoulwalsh #joelmccrea #virginiamayo #dorothymalone #western #movies
I just watched High Sierra (Raoul Walsh, 1941) and rated it 8/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Sierra_%28film%29?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastodon #HighSierra #RaoulWalsh #JohnHuston #IdaLupino #HumphreyBogart
#HumphreyBogart #idalupino #johnhuston #raoulwalsh #HighSierra #cinemastodon #cinema #films
I just watched They Drive by Night (Raoul Walsh, 1940) and rated it 7/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Drive_by_Night?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastodon #TheyDriveByNight #RaoulWalsh #GeorgeRaft #AnnSheridan #IdaLupino #HumphreyBogart
#HumphreyBogart #idalupino #annsheridan #georgeraft #raoulwalsh #theydrivebynight #cinemastodon #cinema #films
83 years ago:
Dark Command (US)
When transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the place, especially Mary McCloud, daughter of the local banker. Politics is in the air however. It's just prior to the civil war and there is already a sharp division in the Territory as to whether it will re...
1940-04-15
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/40639
#DarkCommand #RaoulWalsh #ClaireTrevor #JohnWayne #WalterPidgeon #Western #Film
#darkcommand #raoulwalsh #clairetrevor #johnwayne #walterpidgeon #western #film
90 years ago:
Hello, Sister! (US)
Peggy and her friend Millie are strolling down Broadway while Jimmy and Mac are trolling Broadway, and the four get together...
1933-04-14
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/147864
#HelloSister #RaoulWalsh #ZasuPitts #MinnaGombell #PreCode #Film
#hellosister #raoulwalsh #zasupitts #minnagombell #precode #film
88 years ago:
Baby Face Harrington (US)
Thanks to a series of comic mishaps, a timid, small-town office clerk finds himself wanted by the police and labeled by the media as "Public Enemy No. 2." Comedy.
1935-04-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/284547
#BabyFaceHarrington #RaoulWalsh #UnaMerkel #EugenePallette #DonaldMeek #MGM #ClassicMovies
#babyfaceharrington #raoulwalsh #unamerkel #eugenepallette #donaldmeek #mgm #classicmovies
72 years ago:
Captain Horatio Hornblower (UK)
Original title: Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship and a ragged band of Central American rebels.
1951-04-10
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/23928
#CaptainHoratioHornblower #RaoulWalsh #GregoryPeck #VirginiaMayo #RobertBeatty #Movies
#captainhoratiohornblower #raoulwalsh #gregorypeck #virginiamayo #robertbeatty #movies
87 years ago:
Big Brown Eyes (US)
Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police detective boyfriend Danny Barr break a jewel theft ring and solve the murder of a baby.
1936-04-03
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/81116
#BigBrownEyes #RaoulWalsh #CaryGrant #JoanBennett #WalterPidgeon #Paramount #Movies
#bigbrowneyes #raoulwalsh #carygrant #joanbennett #walterpidgeon #paramount #movies
Gloria Swanson and Lionel Barrymore in Sadie Thompson (Raoul Walsh, 1928) #SadieThompson #GloriaSwanson #LionelBarrymore #RaoulWalsh #movie #film #cinema #movies #films #silentfilm
#silentfilm #films #Movies #cinema #Film #movie #raoulwalsh #lionelbarrymore #gloriaswanson #sadiethompson
69 years ago:
Saskatchewan (US,CA)
Story of blood brothers whose bonds are tested when marauding Sioux Indians cross the border to enlist the peaceful Cree in a battle against the Great White Father.
1954-03-30
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/147905
#Saskatchewan #RaoulWalsh #AlanLadd #ShelleyWinters #JCarrolNaish #Western #Movies
#saskatchewan #raoulwalsh #alanladd #shelleywinters #jcarrolnaish #western #movies
76 years ago:
Pursued (US)
A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.
1947-03-02
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/26761
#Pursued #RaoulWalsh #TeresaWright #RobertMitchum #HarryCareyJr #Western #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film
#pursued #raoulwalsh #teresawright #robertmitchum #harrycareyjr #western #classicfilm #classicmovies #movies #film
87 years ago:
Klondike Annie (US)
A San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska.
1936-02-21
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/75994
#KlondikeAnnie #RaoulWalsh #MaeWest #EstherHoward #Paramount #Western #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film
#klondikeannie #raoulwalsh #maewest #estherhoward #paramount #western #classicfilm #classicmovies #movies #film
96 years ago:
The Monkey Talks (US)
In 1927 Olive Borden starred in Fox drama The Monkey Talks directed by Raoul Walsh. She played a circus performer who meets a man pretending to be a talking monkey.
1927-02-20
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/234267
#TheMonkeyTalks #RaoulWalsh #RoseSmith #PreCode #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film
#themonkeytalks #raoulwalsh #rosesmith #precode #classicfilm #classicmovies #movies #film
78 years ago:
Objective, Burma! (US)
A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish this well enough, but when they try to rendezvous at an old air-strip to be taken back to their base, they find Japanese waiting for them, and they mus...
1945-02-17
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/43490
#ObjectiveBurma #RaoulWalsh #ErrolFlynn #HenryHull #WilliamHudson #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film
#objectiveburma #raoulwalsh #errolflynn #henryhull #williamhudson #classicfilm #classicmovies #movies #film
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Well, it’s all over. Come and let’s have another drink, huh? Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ho-ho-ho!!!”
J. Farrell MacDonald in Me and My Gal
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3 things about Raoul Walsh’s ME AND MY GAL [1932]
1. “You’ve got a sweet little disposition. How would you like to go over to the park with me and help me tramp down all the flowers?”
2. A parody of STRANGE INTERLUDE.
3. Upsetting the jar of donuts in the throes of passion.
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