Ah, time is indeed fleeting and although it seems like just days ago that I introduced CLASSIC MOVIES DIGEST to the ever growing blogosphere, I am rapidly approaching my 100th post on the blog! I have tried to cover many topics and discuss a wide variety of film genres over the course of 90 some odd posts but for the big 1-0-0, I'd like for it to be your choice, as a loyal reader of CMD, as to what the milestone post will cover.
Have a favorite film? Or just one that you don't know as much about as you'd like? Classic star or director? Or maybe you'd like my take on a certain classic film related topic? You tell me.
I'd love to hear from you. I'll be taking suggestions for the next week via comments on this blog, my Facebook account, where I can be found at Rupert Alistair, Twitter, again RupertAlistair or email me at rupert.alistair@gmail.com . I'll look at all suggestions and take the majority, or if there is no majority, I will use the highly scientific and most up to date methods in the technical classic movie world.......I will draw from a hat.
Hey Rupert...that's a cool idea. I would love to hear your input on screwball comedies. That's my favorite genre. You could pick one of your favorite screwball classics and expound on that. Or I would love to hear your outtake on my favorite actor and actress: Cary Grant and Carole Lombard. Those are the top things right off the top of my head.
ReplyDeleteI like romantic comedies but mostly Bette Davis and Audrey Hepburn movies, but I like to hear more about other leading ladies that are mostly forgotten or movies that are easily forgotten
ReplyDelete100 posts? Wow! Maybe too far off the beaten path, but I'd love to hear your take on Kurosawa, one of my favorite directors of all time!
ReplyDeleteAs always, my dear, I am so very proud of you. Your blogs are almost as entertaining as you...
ReplyDeleteAnd I would love a discussion on Lillian Gish. To this day, I am completely astonished by the sheer magnitude of her talent. The scene in "Broken Blossoms" when she is totally coming apart as she hides from her father in the closet just breaks my heart every time. And anyone who can steal the screen away from Bette Davis like she did in "Whales of August" has my undying admiration.
Here's a smaller less popular film that still, in my opinion, deserves a second look: Susan Lenox (Her Rise and Fall).
ReplyDeleteI rather liked it for a number of reasons.
It's one of the few early Garbo films that is not a period piece, taking place in the contemporary depression era 30s.
Garbo, in my opinion, never looked more sexy accessible, and Gable, in one of his first big leading roles, shows why he became “the king,” (even with out his mustache.) The story borders on the bazaar, with Garbo, at one point dancing for tips.
It's yet to be on DVD and I can't remember ever seeing it on TMC. I have an original video of it somewhere.
I would be interested hearing your take on it Rupert.
I'd love to see director-screenwriter Delmer Daves spotlighted. He was one of the most versatile directors around: war film, Western, big screen soap, and so on. Plus, his background was interesting, too. Nifty idea, Rupert!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to read a post about Micheal Powell and Emeric Pressburger!
ReplyDeleteThanks folks! These are all great ideas. Some of them have already been covered in the past 97 posts but can be discussed in another angle. All will be taken under consideration and the majority wins...whether I like it or not. ;)
ReplyDeleteThis is about what YOU want to read.
Thanks again, Rupert
Hey Rupert,how about a discussion on stars that did not make the transition to talkies? Maybe the reasons why some did make it and others did not.Might be a chance to put to bed old chestnuts like John Gilbert spoke in a high pitched voice, why someone like Crawford who became a star as a flapper survived when other flappers did not....food for thought
ReplyDeleteI like Tom W's idea about stars that did not make the transition from silent to sound. Great idea! So put me down for that too!
ReplyDeleteOpulently I assent to but I think the list inform should secure more info then it has.
ReplyDeleteRupert - Have you yet covered The Devil and Daniel Webster or Walter Huston?
ReplyDeleteSince I'm a huge silent film fan, I'd like to go along with Tom W and Mary's suggestion of covering silent film stars who did or didn't make the transition to sound. Perhaps this could be a 2-part post. For the 100th post the stars who made it, and for the 101st post those who didn't.
ReplyDeleteAlong that line have you covered Marion Davies? There's an actress who made a very success transition. She really needs to be recognized more for her contributions to cinema, than for her relationship with William Randolph Hearst.
Wow! I really like the idea of the silents to talkies transition, who made it and who didn't. That would be very interesting.
ReplyDeleteAnd kudos to you, Rupert, for giving your readers a chance to decide!
Shall I be honest and totally embarrass myself by stating that my favorite film is not Citizen Kane - nor is it The Letter or Maltese Falcon.
ReplyDeleteIt's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
I've been totally enchanted by it since I first saw it on the "4 O'Clock Movie" after school one day.
I know. I'm pathetic. LOL
Douglas Sirk and his influence on today's cinema?
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