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Seen: 16/38
17. Kiss of Death (1947)
20. Nightmare Alley (1947)
Seen: 16/38
17. Kiss of Death (1947)
20. Nightmare Alley (1947)
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both of these films WERE firmly in place and were sadly knocked out by new watches. Very happy to see others holding on to them.
For Stray Dog, it was the tangible heat that stuck with me well after seeing this noir of a detective who loses his gun played by Toshirô Mifune.
Heaven Can Wait is just frickin delightful. I had originally watched this when I saw that Laird Cregar (the taller gentleman in the image SV provided) was playing the devil, though in List of Cast it says His Excellency which is pretty funny. It was the rest of the cast that won be over as we see the life of a man played out; with Don Ameche, Gene Tierney and the always amusing Charles Coburn being my favorites in this.
Seen: 23/38
My List:
#16 Now, Voyager (78)
#17 The Suspect (70)
#18 Waterloo Bridge (93)
#24 Gilda (72)
#25 Arch of Time (1 Pointer)
For Stray Dog, it was the tangible heat that stuck with me well after seeing this noir of a detective who loses his gun played by Toshirô Mifune.
Heaven Can Wait is just frickin delightful. I had originally watched this when I saw that Laird Cregar (the taller gentleman in the image SV provided) was playing the devil, though in List of Cast it says His Excellency which is pretty funny. It was the rest of the cast that won be over as we see the life of a man played out; with Don Ameche, Gene Tierney and the always amusing Charles Coburn being my favorites in this.
Seen: 23/38
My List:
#16 Now, Voyager (78)
#17 The Suspect (70)
#18 Waterloo Bridge (93)
#24 Gilda (72)
#25 Arch of Time (1 Pointer)
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heaven can wait was my #17
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Oh wauw, would you look at that! Must be my lucky day today. I really can't believe it! I mean, what are the odds? Can it really be true? BOTH movies today are in fact neither on my list nor have I seen them. Really is a miracle ain't it? 
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Heaven Can Wait is my fave Lubitsch and was #6 on my list. Stray Dog is an early Kurosawa/Mifune classic.
Seen - 38/38
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6. Heaven Can Wait (63)
13. Yankee Doodle Dandy (66)
16. A Letter to Three Wives (76)
20. Sullivan's Travels (68)
Heaven Can Wait (Ernst Lubitsch, 1943)
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First off, it's Lubitsch's first color film and it's one of the most-immaculate color films of the 1940s. Don Ameche plays Henry Van Cleve, a rake who dies and presents himself at the doors of Hell, but "His Excellency" (Laird Cregar) wants to hear his entire life story before he commits him to "Below". Henry's life is certainly one of the funniest and most-heartfelt stories ever depicted on film, creating crescendos of laughter and tears along the way as it basically tells two entire family's stories, that of the Van Cleves and that of the Strabels, whose beautiful daughter Martha (Gene Tierney) Henry steals from his cousin and elopes with. This certainly causes some problems, but since this is a romantic comedy, most everything works out for the better as the family evolves and Henry has to worry about his son trying to stop him just as much as his parents did earlier. One of the film's highlights is the sly performance by Charles Coburn as "Grandpapa" who actually won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar this year, although the credit was for The More the Merrier ("Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!"). I'm quite certain that the fact that he had both roles to refer to helped him garner his well-deserved Oscar. Anyway, this is easily a laugh-out-loud classic which I'd recommend watching at least once a year, just so you can feel as if you're truly alive and happy to be so.
First off, it's Lubitsch's first color film and it's one of the most-immaculate color films of the 1940s. Don Ameche plays Henry Van Cleve, a rake who dies and presents himself at the doors of Hell, but "His Excellency" (Laird Cregar) wants to hear his entire life story before he commits him to "Below". Henry's life is certainly one of the funniest and most-heartfelt stories ever depicted on film, creating crescendos of laughter and tears along the way as it basically tells two entire family's stories, that of the Van Cleves and that of the Strabels, whose beautiful daughter Martha (Gene Tierney) Henry steals from his cousin and elopes with. This certainly causes some problems, but since this is a romantic comedy, most everything works out for the better as the family evolves and Henry has to worry about his son trying to stop him just as much as his parents did earlier. One of the film's highlights is the sly performance by Charles Coburn as "Grandpapa" who actually won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar this year, although the credit was for The More the Merrier ("Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!"). I'm quite certain that the fact that he had both roles to refer to helped him garner his well-deserved Oscar. Anyway, this is easily a laugh-out-loud classic which I'd recommend watching at least once a year, just so you can feel as if you're truly alive and happy to be so.
Seen - 38/38
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6. Heaven Can Wait (63)
13. Yankee Doodle Dandy (66)
16. A Letter to Three Wives (76)
20. Sullivan's Travels (68)
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Originally Posted by MovieMeditation
Wow, what a coincidence! Neither made my list either and I've seen neither, either! Hey, can you put "neither" and "either" back-to-back in a sentence legally...that is, according to English teachers? Oh well, a miraculous day for both of us, MM!
Mine #6 Yankee Doodle Dandy Main: #66
Oh wauw, would you look at that! Must be my lucky day today. I really can't believe it! I mean, what are the odds? Can it really be true? BOTH movies today are in fact neither on my list nor have I seen them. Really is a miracle ain't it?
Mine #6 Yankee Doodle Dandy Main: #66
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Need to get on more Kurosawa. I managed a neat run of late 50s to early 60s entries early last year (Criterion removing content from Hulu put an end to that).
Heaven Can Wait, what a great movie and this is probably one of my favorite Don Ameche films. I haven't seen Stray Dogs.
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Kinda embarrased too say this but it looks like most of the 40s movies i remember happen to be the 25 in my list. But then again not every movie fan is film expert on all things movies.
Heaven Can Wait, what a great movie and this is probably one of my favorite Don Ameche films. I haven't seen Stray Dogs.
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Heaven Can Wait is another great movie that I just couldn't find room for on my list. I'm glad it made it onto the countdown anyway.
I haven't seen Stray Dog.
I haven't seen Stray Dog.
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Strongly considered Heaven Can Wait. Fantastic film.
Stray Dog did make my list. It was my #19. Brilliant Kurosawa noir. He came close to the quality of his 60s noir films with this one. A perfect mixture of huge events and intimate philosophy.
Stray Dog did make my list. It was my #19. Brilliant Kurosawa noir. He came close to the quality of his 60s noir films with this one. A perfect mixture of huge events and intimate philosophy.
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Both very good movies but sadly neither made my list 
Faildictions:
62. Betrayal From The East
61. That Uncertain Feeling
Faildictions:
62. Betrayal From The East
61. That Uncertain Feeling
Just two days after the last one, we have another film from my list: Stray Dog was my #14!
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yes, but it WAS your list, right? I just can't imagine it NOT being on your list
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Kurosawa's sweaty Noir thriller Stray Dog was in my top ten, up at number eight! Three for me, so far.
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8. Stray Dog (#64)
20. Rome, Open City (#74)
25. Black Narcissus (#79)
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8. Stray Dog (#64)
20. Rome, Open City (#74)
25. Black Narcissus (#79)
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I too had Stray Dog on my list.
My List:
12. Stray Dog (#64)
19. Sullivan’s Travels (#68)
25. Five Graves to Cairo (1-pointer)
My List:
12. Stray Dog (#64)
19. Sullivan’s Travels (#68)
25. Five Graves to Cairo (1-pointer)
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~62~
Beauty and the Beast
1946
Director: Jean Cocteau
Producer: Andre Paulve
Distributor: DisCina
75 Points - 6 Lists
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Beauty and the Beast
1946
Director: Jean Cocteau
Producer: Andre Paulve
Distributor: DisCina
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~61~
1948
Director: William Dieterle
Producer: David O. Selznick & David Hempstead
Distributor: Selznick International Pictures
76 Points - 5 Lists
(2nd; 5th; 11th; 17th; 19th)
1948
Director: William Dieterle
Producer: David O. Selznick & David Hempstead
Distributor: Selznick International Pictures
76 Points - 5 Lists
(2nd; 5th; 11th; 17th; 19th)
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I know yesterday doesn't have anything to do with today , but I forgot to mention that I had Heaven Can Wait on my list. It was the third from my list. I had it at number 16.
, but I forgot to mention that I had Heaven Can Wait on my list. It was the third from my list. I had it at number 16.
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