ABCs at the Movies: The Doubles Round!

[MaineWriter]

Next up: R in 1965

[memento]

From a User on IMDB:

Fans of Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda should enjoy this movie if for no other reason than to watch those two play off of each other. Two modern day cowboys Ben and Howdy (Ford and Fonda) hire out to break a wild horse for rancher Jim Ed Lowe(Chill Wills). They have worked for Jim Ed before and have little respect for him however as usual they need the money. What happens next is pure fun (for the viewing audience) with Sue Ann Langdon and Hope Holiday providing the love interest in the film. What that horse does to those two cowboys makes the movie well worth watching. The film is loaded with acting talent including Kathleen Freeman,Denver Pyle, and Edgar Buchanan all fine supporting characters and veterans of westerns. The actual stunt riding is handled by veteran Pro rodeo rider Casey Tibbs I believe though he may be directing other riders at times. I rate it excellent.

Next up: "S" in 1964

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==Comment==

..sigh!...

[MaineWriter]

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This is a color short made for Kodak, starring Buster Keaton, who plays a photographer in three different eras. This Kodak promotional film was produced to tout the newly-released "Instamatic" which featured an easy-to-load film cartridge. So naturally they wanted to show the pitfalls of all the earlier awkward technologies. Enter Buster, who demonstrates through the ages how the photographic arts have progressed over the last 100 years.

[Fran]

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Arthur Lipsett short that was nominated for an Academy Award.

Excerpt from the NFB site:
When Very Nice, Very Nice was released in 1961, it was immediately embraced by the new generation of hipsters, academics and artists. The film is sharp, jazzy, confrontational and darkly comic. It announces itself straight off with opening shots of office buildings, followed by an off-screen voice intoning, “In this city marches an army whose motto is—bwah, bwah, bwah.” Those three blasts of a car horn burst the documentary balloon; rapidly, we’re shown two signs, “No” and “Buy.” Lipsett has playfully set up the audience, awakening them from their torpor of receptivity and challenging them to engage with his film. Marching bands, drumbeats, old-time piano rolls and jazz music highlight a soundtrack made up of a collage of audio material. Moving in counterpoint are visuals that range from still photographs of individuals, images of crowds, rocket ships, the hydrogen bomb and various iconic historical figures.



To view the 6mi. 59sec. film:

http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/filmmakers/Arthur-Lipsett/film.php?id=9919&idfilm=10845


Next Up: W in 1960

[MaineWriter]

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with Jack Lemmon and Ricky Nelson



Next up: Wildcard X! Any movie! Any year!

[southendmd]

Peter Greenaway's erotic masterpiece. 



Next is "Y" from 1959

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Peter Greenaway's erotic masterpiece. 

Just today I was looking for that DVD!  Couldn't find it unfortunately.

[southendmd]

Next:  "Z" from 1958.