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Last post by M.10rda - Today at 05:12:50 PMQuote from: lester1/2jr on June 26, 2024, 02:58:34 PMThe Long Night (1947) - Henry Fonda is a working class shlub who gets involved in a battle of wits with evil stage magician Vincent Price over a girl. I really liked Vincent Price here. It's earlier than most of his more well known stuff and the character is more noir-ishly sinister. On the whole, it's more of a noir-tinged drama though. Fonda is a great actor but he isn't really "of the night". decent budget, memorable cinematography it's just a little slower than, say, Ace in the Hole (1951). I don't think I'd watch it again
4.25 /5
Ann Dvorack as his magician's assistant is not really my jawn. The love triangle girl is much cuter
THE LONG NIGHT (1947):
The world is certainly big enough for Lester and I to never fight over the same dame! I only came to LONG NIGHT for Ann Dvorak, as a hardcore Dvorak stan since o.g. SCARFACE. Even 15 years later Dvorak has a killer set of legs and a great personality, and as an actress in her mid-30s
I guess she was pretty lucky to even pull a role this good in a semi-serious flick where she's in a bizarre love quadrangle with big star Henry Fonda, popular 40s character actor Vincent Price, and young thang Barbara Bel Geddes. 
If that romantic scenario doesn't make much sense to you - well - this entire movie doesn't make any sense. It's ridonkulously overwritten and stanky with melodrama, presumably calculated to capitalize on Fonda's profile as an all-American underdog hero. Really though the entire film hinges on Fonda being a smart and decent guy that nonetheless simply cannot control his urge to murder...!!! I dunno.Fonda is a good actor, though, and Price is a lot of fun in (again) a nonsensical role where he might as well just twirl his moustache and cackle sadistically. The crime-thriller parts are well-shot and directed. And Dvorak -
Sigh! 
Hollywood only had 5 more years of work for her. I hope she enjoyed three decades of peaceful retirement...2.5/5
Only 12 years later, Bel Geddes would be relegated to the "old broad" role in VERTIGO (at the exact same age Dvorak is in LONG NIGHT) opposite bizarrely old, hard, and cold-looking "young thang" Kim Novak... what a weird business old Hollywood was.
Ironically, most of Jimmy Stewart's issues in VERTIGO would be solved if he stuck w/ Bel Geddes and forgot about Novak, just as most of Fonda's issues in LONG NIGHT would go away if Fonda could be satisfied w/ foxy, leggy, sassy Dvorak and just let Price have Bel Geddes. The young thang is never worth the trouble!
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Bad Movies / Re: So-Bad-It’s-Good Movie Ind...
Last post by bob - Today at 05:03:42 PMI'll go with My vote: 11. Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
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Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...
Last post by Allhallowsday - Today at 04:45:32 PMANONYMOUS 4 The Origin of Fire
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Good luck with the snowpoc...
Last post by HappyGilmore - Today at 04:06:45 PMWe got quite a few inches, but it's been solidly freezing rain the past few hours and there's been some kind of state of emergency.
Which hasn't stopped a few bars, restaurants and pizza places from closing.
Weather forecast until next Sunday says we're hovering between 15° to 23° Fahrenheit, but with wind chill it'll feel closer to 9°.
Snowplows and trucks with rock salt are coming out but they're mostly just driving on ice.
Which hasn't stopped a few bars, restaurants and pizza places from closing.
Weather forecast until next Sunday says we're hovering between 15° to 23° Fahrenheit, but with wind chill it'll feel closer to 9°.
Snowplows and trucks with rock salt are coming out but they're mostly just driving on ice.
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Good Movies / Re: My top 20 of 2025
Last post by HappyGilmore - Today at 04:00:59 PMI've heard of three of those movies. Sinners, Weapons and Bugonia. Planning on seeing them soon. Bugonia is available on Peacock so I might be watching tonight or tomorrow.
I think, right now, the only films released in 2025 that I've seen are:
Screamboat
Popeye the Slayer ManI
Happy Gilmore 2
Thunderbolts*
Fantastic Four: The First StepsI
Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare
I'd day it's split evenly as to what's "good" and "bad". Depends on how you'd feel.
I really like the Pan film but could see why people didn't.
I think, right now, the only films released in 2025 that I've seen are:
Screamboat
Popeye the Slayer ManI
Happy Gilmore 2
Thunderbolts*
Fantastic Four: The First StepsI
Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare
I'd day it's split evenly as to what's "good" and "bad". Depends on how you'd feel.
I really like the Pan film but could see why people didn't.
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Bad Movies / Re: So-Bad-It’s-Good Movie Ind...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 03:49:11 PMJust three choices, huh?
I'll vote Zardoz.
I'll vote Zardoz.
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Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...
Last post by Allhallowsday - Today at 03:47:57 PMBILL EVANS TRIO Waltz for Debby
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Bad Movies / Re: So-Bad-It’s-Good Movie Ind...
Last post by claws - Today at 02:38:21 PMAlright. Everybody pick their favorite from the Voting Zone at the bottom of the first thread. Voting ends in 24 hours.
My vote: 11. Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
My vote: 11. Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)