tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post6902568507219603887..comments2024-01-21T11:18:54.087-05:00Comments on Lost in the Movies: #WatchlistScreenCaps, 10/4 - 10/27Joel Bockohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-76310287074335876222013-11-01T23:28:51.086-04:002013-11-01T23:28:51.086-04:00You're right about that ending to "They W...You're right about that ending to "They Won't Forget" Joel. I wonder how that film went "down South", especially the Claude Raines character's final line, which as I recall was "I wonder if he (Hale) really did it." The film was based on the Leo Frank case around 1914 where a Jewish man was convicted and eventually lynched by a mob for a murder who he didn't actually commit. Director Merv LeRoy and The Warners Brothers I imagine made it out to be a case of regional prejudice rather than face anti-Semitic backlash, which was rife in those days. At least that's my take on it. Somebody might know more about that. But it ranks up there as one of the most startling films of the 1930's. Doug's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09219952832674415239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-48410625743101369742013-10-31T01:09:36.406-04:002013-10-31T01:09:36.406-04:00Though God's Little Acre provides the best scr...Though God's Little Acre provides the best screen-caps here, I liked Men at War more on first outing. I'm kinda lukewarm on the whole overheated Southern melodrama 50s/60s thing in general (although this one's as much a Southern comedy, admittedly, at least till about the third act) and much as I like him I'm not sure I ever bought Robert Ryan as a hillbilly farmer. But there was a lot of enjoyable stuff in there too (and yeah, Louise - just wow). I'll probably give it another spin eventually.<br /><br />My favorite finds on this Watchlist were the two 30s dramas - as you say, William is very underrated; and I was shocked by the denouement of the very hard-hitting They Won't Forget, which I can't imagine got much play with regional censors at that time.Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-47507567495923020312013-10-29T17:58:21.070-04:002013-10-29T17:58:21.070-04:00Joel--Thumbs up for giving Anthony Mann his due wi...Joel--Thumbs up for giving Anthony Mann his due with two of his best films. "God's Little Acre" is one of my favorite films, and just because for the introduction of the gorgeous and talented (and under-appreciated "castaway" ) Tina Louise, but because it is a raw movie for its time about dreams dying hard and those who can survive against those fading hopes and make the best of it..."Men at War" is another provocative film. Speaking of castaways, the more I see of Warren William from his Pre-Code work, the more impressed I am with his persona as an urban huckster or showman--he really is quite good and deserves all the exposure he can get in books like Mick LaSalle's seminal look at 1930's Hollywood "Dangerous Men". Doug's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09219952832674415239noreply@blogger.com