Let's go out to the movies....
But wait! We're watching movies right inside the hotel on Wednesday night!
By the way, does anyone out there remember actually seeing these little gems of films at actual drive-ins? I do. Yes, I'm that old.
Anyway....
It'll be a triple feature on Wednesday night, with evening registration just outside our 'theater', and popcorn before, during and after intermission. We might try to scare up a few hot dogs, too. (Don't even bother to tell me they're bad for me. I know it. Nothing that yummy could possibly be health food.)
Now, here's the question, and it's a big one.
WHICH MOVIES?
I certainly have my own ideas.
There's this guy.......
...and this guy.....
We could go for the lighter side....
...or darker.....
...or forget crime altogether, and go for the funny bone....
The point is, what do you want to see?
This is your chance to tell me which movies set in San Francisco (that I can get on DVD) you'd like to watch. I will tabulate the results, do careful math.....who am I kidding? I'll read any comments, think about it, and then head for the video store to see what I can get my grubby little mitts on. But I would like to hear your opinions.
While you're thinking, here's another intermission clip. This stuff makes me really love YouTube.....
posted by Rae Helmsworth at 10:00 PM
15 Comments:
Here's a vote for at least one vintage SF movie in the lineup ... like maybe The Lineup from 1958?
There is no question that one of them has to be "San Francisco" with Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy and Jeanette Macdonald which includes the earthquake and Jeanette singing "San Francisco open your golden gates...." throughout. It's not a mystery, but it is Hollywood's version of the early history of the city and it's a fine movie.
If anyone doesn't know the film:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028216/
--Marjorie from CT
And there's always "The Maltese Falcon". It's Dashiell Hammett's Frisco with Sam Spade and whole cast of nefarious characters:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033870/
Oh, and for fun, there's "What's Up Doc" a screwball comedy with Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal and what looks to be some actual footage shot in SF during a mapcap chase:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069495/
--Marjorie from CT
I'll put in my two cents for Dark Passage, The Maltese Falcon, Bullitt, and Lady from Shanghai. Maybe also Woody Allen's Play It Again, Sam and Out of the Past.
Cheers,
Jeff
Excellent suggestions, you guys!
Thanks!
(Keep 'em coming ;-)
OK .. The safe bets would be something like The Maltese Falcon and Vertigo ---- and they are great but I would nominate the following:
(1)The House on Telegraph Hill with Valentina Cortese & Richard Basehart. (I saw this when I was 5 years old and remember it.)
(2) Sudden Fear with Joan Crawford.
(3) Daughter of Shanghai (Right On J,K.Pierce!) with the great Anna May Wong and Philip Ahn (really outstanding in this film).
That is my 3 choices !! For fun I'm with Marjorie - What's Up Doc.
Barney Retallick .. Seattle
Didn't even know about Sudden Fear - I must investigate ;-)
I logged in to cast a vote for The Lineup. Good to see I'm not the first.
Watch The Lineup, and you'll never look at a wheelchair the same way again.
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What Marjorie said!! Two of my all-time favourites! (And what about "Chinatown"? Have never seen it, but want to).
PS, the 1950's must have been a great time to be an a capella singer!
"Murder by Death" - an absolutely wonderful spoof of classic detectives. There's Dick and Dora Charleston (David Niven and Maggie Smith) and their terrier, Sam Diamond (Peter Falk), Jessica Marbles (Elsa Lancaster), Sydney Whang (Peter Sellers), a blind butler, etc., in the classic foggy SF mansion hosted by Lionel Twain (Truman Capote). Five detectives are invited to dinner and a murder.... and you won't even have to rent it; I can bring the dvd.
I'm loving all the great suggestions - wish we had more time to show more films ;-)
I'm probably too late, but here goes with my suggestions. As plenty of people have said, THE MALTESE FALCON is a good bet. And then there's VERTIGO of course and how about THE SNIPER? A cracking film noir from Edward Dmytryk starring Arthur Franz and, of course, San Francisco. Brilliant stuff.
May a non-convention attendee enjoy the SF triple feature?
I'm so sorry, Marja, Bouchercon events are open only to registered attendees.
Cheers,
Rae
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