ABCs at the Movies: The Doubles Round!

[MaineWriter]

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It seems fitting to play this today, since the movie opens with a wedding that takes place in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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Stars Yvonne DiCarlo.
From an IMDb user:  Yvonne decorates the forest. Nicely. 

[southendmd]

A well-regarded film about the Norwegian resistance.  Also starring Ruth Gordon.

[MaineWriter]

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Nominated for nine Oscars, including Best Picture, but only won one: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Katina Paxinou)

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I take back what I said about the forties being a better decade than the fifties for film.  The ratio of bad to good movies seems about the same, if not higher, in the forties.

[southendmd]

IMDb user comment:  Another Lubitsch masterpiece, Heaven Can Wait is in brilliant color. It is extremely well acted, charming, and in its own way, timeless. It takes place mainly around the turn of the century though it does transcend decades. It is the engaging story of wealthy would-be playboy Henry Van Cleeve, magnificently played by Don Ameche, whose heart is captured by Gene Tierney. Since he always had a bit of the rogue in him, and acted mischievously at times, upon death Henry goes directly to see Satan (played winningly by Laird Cregar) to accept his fate of eternal damnation. Thus, the story of his life is told to Satan via flashback in most ingenious fashion. I don't wish to give any more away. It is marvelous fare for the entire family. See it and revel in it.

(BTW, this has nothing to do with the Warren Beatty 1977 film, which was a remake of "Here Comes Mr. Jordan".)

[MaineWriter]

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Another Looney Tunes cartoon, this one with Elmer Fudd having to give his dog a bath. For those who want to watch, it is available at YouTube (and now here!).

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-zA16E-_NY[/youtube]

[Meryl]

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With Ann Savage and Tom Neal who would star again together in Detour 1945.

[MaineWriter]

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Another classic from "The Archers," Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The synopsis from the Criterion Collection:

The passions and pitfalls of a lifetime in the military are dramatized in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s magnificent epic, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. The film follows the exploits of pristine British soldier Clive Candy (Roger Livesey) as he battles to maintain his honor and proud gentlemanly conduct through romance, three wars, and a changing world. Vibrant and controversial, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is at once a romantic portrait of a career soldier and a pointed investigation into the nature of aging, friendship, and obsolescence.