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Post by Hero on Aug 25, 2016 2:18:05 GMT
Use your memory ONLY.
Don't look up anything.
There was a movie in 1945 with a central character named Dorian Gray.
What was the name of the movie?
I have heard about the movie since I was a child but never saw it.
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Aug 25, 2016 3:38:52 GMT
From memory, "The Portrait Of Dorian Gray". Great movie! I won't give it away.
A rarely seen classic will be coming up on TCM:
Monday, September 5, 8:00pm - 11:30pm. Yes! 3 hours 30 minutes! D.W. Griffith's 1916 masterpiece, "Intolerance", starring Lilian Gish and a host of others.
The prior year, Griffith had released another masterpiece, "The Birth Of A Nation", in which the KKK were the heroes. TCM has been courageous in airing it a couple of times.
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Post by Hero on Aug 25, 2016 3:59:18 GMT
From memory, "The Portrait Of Dorian Gray". Great movie! I won't give it away. A rarely seen classic will be coming up on TCM: Monday, September 5, 8:00pm - 11:30pm. Yes! 3 hours 30 minutes! D.W. Griffith's 1916 masterpiece, "Intolerance", starring Lilian Gish and a host of others. The prior year, Griffith had released another masterpiece, "The Birth Of A Nation", in which the KKK were the heroes. TCM has been courageous in airing it a couple of times. Thanks Anybody else? |
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Aug 25, 2016 4:35:08 GMT
I just had to look it up. I almost had the title correct.
Almost.
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Post by Hero on Aug 25, 2016 5:16:59 GMT
I just had to look it up. I almost had the title correct. Almost. This contaminates all other answers. It is a memory test.  |
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Aug 25, 2016 9:13:04 GMT
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Post by rupturedduck on Aug 25, 2016 10:46:58 GMT
Only 3 movies to win the 5 major AA  |
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Post by Bevo on Aug 25, 2016 12:22:40 GMT
Use your memory ONLY. Don't look up anything. There was a movie in 1945 with a central character named Dorian Gray. What was the name of the movie? I have heard about the movie since I was a child but never saw it. I've heard of Doran Gray, but... couldn't really tell you why? Or who it was.
I guess I've got no clue?
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Post by doc on Aug 25, 2016 13:01:40 GMT
I never saw the Dorian Gray movie so I have no ammo on that question. Funny that movies that glorify the KKK can air but Song of the South has basically been wiped from existence - you cant find it anywhere! As for the Ducks question the answer is It Happened One Night (1934), One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest (1975) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Aug 25, 2016 13:16:50 GMT
That is surprising, Bevo. You are a bit of a movie buff.
A couple of other classics are coming up on TMC:
Tillie's Punctured Romance, 1914, starring Marie Dressler and co-starring Charlie Chaplin. 9:30pm on September 6. Dressler is all but forgotten, but she was one of the all-time great comediennes. Chaplin was her love interest in the film. Dressler was 46 at the time, and Chaplin was 25. But, they pulled it off. It includes a scene with Chaplin being chased by the Keystone Cops. It is the first feature-length motion picture comedy. Directed by Max Sennett.
Mabel's Wilful Way, 1915. A one-reeler starring Mabel Normand, with Fatty Arbuckle. September 6 at 11:15pm, immediately following Tillie's Punctured Romance.
A side note: "wilful" might seem to be misspelled, but that is the correct original spelling. "Willful" didn't become the preferred spelling in the U.S. until the 1950s. "Wilful" is still the preferred spelling in most English-speaking countries.
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Post by doc on Aug 25, 2016 13:58:12 GMT
That is surprising, Bevo. You are a bit of a movie buff. A couple of other classics are coming up on TMC: Tillie's Punctured Romance, 1914, starring Marie Dressler and co-starring Charlie Chaplin. 9:30pm on September 6. Dressler is all but forgotten, but she was one of the all-time great comediennes. Chaplin was her love interest in the film. Dressler was 46 at the time, and Chaplin was 25. But, they pulled it off. It includes a scene with Chaplin being chased by the Keystone Cops. It is the first feature-length motion picture comedy. Directed by Max Sennett. Mabel's Wilful Way, 1915. A one-reeler starring Mabel Normand, with Fatty Arbuckle. September 6 at 11:15pm, immediately following Tillie's Punctured Romance. A side note: "wilful" might seem to be misspelled, but that is the correct original spelling. "Willful" didn't become the preferred spelling in the U.S. until the 1950s. "Wilful" is still the preferred spelling in most English-speaking countries. I love TMC - I watch and DVR movies off that channel all the time. Did you ever see 'Min and Bill' with Marie Dressler - she won best actress for her performance. It's kind of a cheesy movie but short and a quick watch. I believe Min and Bill was from 1931 or 32 so Dressler was in her 60's at the time. I think I read that she died a year or 2 later. |
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Post by FLORIDA HERD FAN on Aug 25, 2016 16:31:24 GMT
Min and Bill is one of my all-time favorites. Dressler was living on savings at the time, and was sharing a small apartment. Her acting career had been over for several years, and she was new to many movie-goers. In her "second career" she became the most popular actor in Hollywood. She and Wallace Beery were terrific together.
She starred in "Dinner At Eight" 3 years later. In this film, Beery was married to Jean Harlow. They despised each other in real life, which made for the perfect chemistry in the movie. My favorite scene, near the end of the movie, was Dressler giving some advice to Harlow:
Harlow: I was reading a book the other day.
Dressler: Reading a book?
Harlow: Yes, it's all about civilization or something. A nutty kind of a book. Do you know that the guy said that machinery is going to take the place of every profession?
Dressler: Oh my dear, that's something you need never worry about.
Dressler lost her battle with cancer a year later, at the age of 65.
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