A Do You Know Your Classic Movies Quiz.

HONDO

dedeposter said:

C294 is The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947) with Rex Harrison in the painting.

I'll leave C295 to someone else but I don't think it's too hard.

C294 is of course correct.

t.
Regarding C295, who is sitting and taking in the painting?

jayn_j

C295 is vertigo

HONDO

jayn_j said:

C295 is vertigo

Sure is. I knew an answer would be forthcoming.

In 2012 Vertigo was named best film of all time in the Sight & Sound critic's poll, It replaced the very long entrenched Citizen Kane as the number one film.

Rick

Vertigo isn't even Hitchcock's best film let alone the best film of all time!

Bruce

Rick said:

Vertigo isn't even Hitchcock's best film let alone the best film of all time!

But is it better than "Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles"?

HONDO

In my eyes there are numerous films that are better made films than Vertigo. 12 Angry Men and Pathe Of Glory spring immediately to mind.

HONDO

From the IMDb top 100 Films list, as rated by the movie going public.

#98. Citizen Kane

Just outside the top 100 is Vertigo.

HONDO

 C296 C297  

Two more additional images that hopefully will be identified without them being too much a problem in doing so..

theartofmovieposters

c296 The Truman Show

dedeposter

C297. Jim Carrey again in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. 2004

HONDO

theartofmovieposters said:

c296 The Truman Show

Correct. The Truman Show from 1998. 

dedeposter said:

C297. Jim Carrey again in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. 2004

Correct. as well     
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HONDO

 C298 C299                                                                     Let's keep things rolling along with these two new images,

Bruce

C298 is 1953's Genevieve. I recently re-watched this delightful movie with my adult daughter. When they say "They don't make them like they used to" they are referring to movies like these.

HONDO

Bruce said:

C298 is 1953's Genevieve. I recently re-watched this delightful movie with my adult daughter. When they say "They don't make them like they used to" they are referring to movies like these.

Correct. Thoroughly agree with your comment.

A question that has often crossed my mind is did British films like this one receive many bookings in American cinemas.

British films were extremely popular in Australia, but in have always wondered about U.S.A. acceptance.

HONDO

HONDO said:

Bruce said:

C298 is 1953's Genevieve. I recently re-watched this delightful movie with my adult daughter. When they say "They don't make them like they used to" they are referring to movies like these.

Correct. Thoroughly agree with your comment.

A question that has often crossed my mind is did British films like this one receive many bookings in American cinemas.

British films were extremely popular in Australia, but in have always wondered about U.S.A. acceptance.

Love to hear any comments Bruce that you may have on this subject.

Bruce

When I was a kid growing up near New York City, I don't recall 1950s or early 1960s British films playing in regular theaters, only "arthouse" cinemas, and most of the U,S. posters that survive from these films seem to confirm that.

But those 1950s British movies WERE very popular on the 3 local New York TV stations, showing a lot. One I remember seeing several times was "Geordie" (re-titled "Wee Georgie" for U.S. showings), and I saw other Bill Travers movies.

I did NOT see the great 1940s British "little" movies at all until I found them at "revival theaters" in New York City (there were three of them in NYC in the late 1960s). I am talking about movies like "Brief Encounter" and "I Know Where I am Going", movies without big budgets or special effects, but brilliant writing, acting, and direction, all of which seems mostly lost these days!

HONDO

Thank Bruce for conveying your recollections. You also confirmed some of my thoughts that I had in mind as well. Some wonderful films came out of British film studios during the 1940s through to the 1960s when the major British film companies started to go into decline due to the American distributors taking over the financing and distribution roles of a large number of British made films,

I love the two films that you mentioned as well, along with some others like Black Narcissus and The Man InThe White Suit that immediately sprang to mind.

What has always amused me is the often used title changes in the U.S.A. of the British films when they were released there. Some of the more exploitable title changes being Whisky Galore to Tight Little Island, The Admirable Chrichton To Paradise Lagoon, and The Maggie to High And Dry.

Finally I have to feel sorry for American audiences as a good many of the British released films were reduced in their running times, including some classic films drastically edited by their U.S, distributors, thus disrupting the films continuity.  

HONDO

HONDO said:

Finally I have to feel sorry for American audiences as a good many of the British released films were reduced in their running times, including some classic films drastically edited by their U.S, distributors, thus disrupting the films continuity.  

A couple of examples of heavy handed editing that had taken place with two classic British films in the U.S.A. in the 1940s follow. 

Carol Reed's The Way Ahead  ( 1944 ) original U.K, running time was 115m. Retitled in the U.S. to The Immortal Battalion, where it had an edited version released, It also had an introduction by journalist Quentin Reynolds added. This version ran 91m

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (1943 ) original U.K. running time was 163m

 Shortly after being released in the U.S., the running time, after receiving disappointing critical reviews and box office figures, was reduced in duration by 10m.

Ater a disappointing debut the film was then drastically removed of another 60m. In the end the film was shown in American cinemas with a total amount of 43% of the original film's running time having been removed.

There are many other examples also of tailoring British films to meet American tastes. but the above two are as good as one will get to make a point.

HONDO

 C299
A clue here for this one is music.

HONDO

C299 had a limited screening history.

jayn_j

That's Porgy and Bess.
I have an interesting lobby card where Sammy Davis Jr's name was removed from the credits.  I asked about this, but never got a good answer.  Suppose it was a contract issue.

HONDO

jayn_j said:

That's Porgy and Bess.
I have an interesting lobby card where Sammy Davis Jr's name was removed from the credits.  I asked about this, but never got a good answer.  Suppose it was a contract issue.

C299 is Correct. Porgy And Bess from 1959




  

Two Australian Daybills for Porgy And Bess The first one printed for the regular 35mm screenings. The second one had
additional screening details added for some limited Todd-AO Australian  screenings.   
 

Bruce

jayn_j said:

That's Porgy and Bess.
I have an interesting lobby card where Sammy Davis Jr's name was removed from the credits.  I asked about this, but never got a good answer.  Suppose it was a contract issue.

Here is that card: https://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/archiveitem/14710555.html

HONDO

 C300  C301 

These two images are from very well known films. 

dedeposter

C301 - Risky Business?

HONDO

Correct. Risky Business from 1983. A famous background that I was sure would be recognised - and it was. 

HONDO

C300 clue is sixty one.

jayn_j

C300 is Dr No
Took a bit of research

HONDO

jayn_j said:

C300 is Dr No
Took a bit of research

Correct. Dr. No from 1962. Research can be time consuming, but also fun, well at least it is with me anyway.

The earlier sixty one clue referred to the number of years since the film was originally released in cinemas. 

HONDO

 C302  C303
Two more well known films to work out their identities.