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What Was That Film? / Re: Gangster Film From the 40'...
Last post by DrParker - Today at 10:00:16 PMSorry I should have added I don't know who the stars are.
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What Was That Film? / Gangster Film From the 40's or...
Last post by DrParker - Today at 09:59:09 PMI am looking for the name of a Gangster Film from the 40's or 50's that I believe was set in Chicago. In this movie, towards the end, the police (or FBI) go to a club in which an impressionist is used to give signals to the other gangsters as to how they are to proceed with their (dastardly) deeds. I remember the ending involves a shootout at an airport in which several women were being kidnapped for the purpose of prostitution.
All help is appreciated. Thank you in advance.
All help is appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Memes n' stuff of the day
Last post by LilCerberus - Today at 09:54:50 PM
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Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...
Last post by LilCerberus - Today at 09:15:53 PMTonight's Stinker
The Sea God (1930)
https://youtu.be/F73oGXfnplU?si=rW1_snRFTnNRbE6P
Opens by zooming in on a fat guy's rear end in tight white pants... Won't get that image outa my head any time soon!!!
So anyway, A down on his luck smuggler has just lost all his money in a craps game to a landowner... The sailor & his partner go outside for angry banter... He's still fuming over a girl who left him for the landowner, who can't stop gloating.... The landowner overhears the banter, & after a cocky exchange, the sailor bets his boat in a smuggling race....
The race starts of in the sailor's favor, but goes south when he has to stop to rescue a man adrift in a canoe.... The sailor loses his boat, & makes some hurtful exchange with the girl....
The castaway, who's been out in the sun too long, catches up to the sailor & gives him some pearls, & tells him where he got them....
The sailor is able to buy his boat back, but the landowner catches on.... Blah, blah blah...
So anyway, they find the island, cannibals kill the crew, but spare the girl & the first mate, then the sailor shows up in his diving suit, & the cannibals think he's a god.... The landowner, who's in a sour mood finds them & blah, blah, blah....
Really drags out, even for the short runtime, & pretty predictable.....
The Sea God (1930)
https://youtu.be/F73oGXfnplU?si=rW1_snRFTnNRbE6P
Opens by zooming in on a fat guy's rear end in tight white pants... Won't get that image outa my head any time soon!!!
So anyway, A down on his luck smuggler has just lost all his money in a craps game to a landowner... The sailor & his partner go outside for angry banter... He's still fuming over a girl who left him for the landowner, who can't stop gloating.... The landowner overhears the banter, & after a cocky exchange, the sailor bets his boat in a smuggling race....
The race starts of in the sailor's favor, but goes south when he has to stop to rescue a man adrift in a canoe.... The sailor loses his boat, & makes some hurtful exchange with the girl....
The castaway, who's been out in the sun too long, catches up to the sailor & gives him some pearls, & tells him where he got them....
The sailor is able to buy his boat back, but the landowner catches on.... Blah, blah blah...
So anyway, they find the island, cannibals kill the crew, but spare the girl & the first mate, then the sailor shows up in his diving suit, & the cannibals think he's a god.... The landowner, who's in a sour mood finds them & blah, blah, blah....
Really drags out, even for the short runtime, & pretty predictable.....
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Games / Re: Answer the question with a...
Last post by chainsaw midget - Today at 08:56:42 PMUrban Farmers
Whatever happened to that dog you used to have?
Whatever happened to that dog you used to have?
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by FatFreddysCat - Today at 08:55:19 PM"Watch Out, We're Mad!" (1974)
Spanish/Italian action comedy featuring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer as race car drivers who win a cool new dune buggy as a prize in a road rally. When the buggy is destroyed by thugs working for a gangster who also plans to bulldoze Bud & Terence's favorite amusement park hangout to build a skyscraper, the boys put a stop to it by fighting their way through a seemingly endless supply of henchmen.
The Hill & Spencer team were virtually unknown in the US but were massive stars in Europe (where they made 18 films together during the 70s and 80s!). This loud, silly, slapsticky action comedy is considered one of their "best" movies, and though it was good for a few occasional chuckles, I don't know if I'd bother to seek out any more of the duo's work.
Spanish/Italian action comedy featuring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer as race car drivers who win a cool new dune buggy as a prize in a road rally. When the buggy is destroyed by thugs working for a gangster who also plans to bulldoze Bud & Terence's favorite amusement park hangout to build a skyscraper, the boys put a stop to it by fighting their way through a seemingly endless supply of henchmen.
The Hill & Spencer team were virtually unknown in the US but were massive stars in Europe (where they made 18 films together during the 70s and 80s!). This loud, silly, slapsticky action comedy is considered one of their "best" movies, and though it was good for a few occasional chuckles, I don't know if I'd bother to seek out any more of the duo's work.
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by chainsaw midget - Today at 08:46:19 PMQuote from: indianasmith on March 28, 2026, 11:16:31 PMTHEY WILL KILL YOU (2026) - Saw this one in the theater tonight with my daughter. A well done dark comedy with lots of gore and some fun twists along the way, slightly reminiscent of READY OR NOT but not a copycat. A young woman, Asia, recently released from prison, tries to track down her younger sister whom she'd abandoned. The sister, Maria, was last reported working at a super-private, ritzy hotel called the Virgil, so Asia gets a job there - only to find the hotel's exclusive guests are a bunch of immortal, unkillable, devil-worshiping cannibals. Mayhem ensues. Deserves an Oscar nod for "Best use of a severed pig head!" 4.5/5Just got back from watching this movie. I highly recommend it. It's got very strong Sam Raimi vibes to it and perhaps the most competent and useful protagonist I've seen in a horror movie.
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Humorous Captions / Re: JC Yul
Last post by sprite75 - Today at 07:14:37 PM
Oh look, I'm irresistible.
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: The Random Crap From Aroun...
Last post by LilCerberus - Today at 04:16:18 PMElectra Woman & Dyna Girl: The Failed Reboots Hollywood Wants You to Forget!
https://youtu.be/i8iAMvjzexk?si=0X_ORY6EUsuBVUwo
https://youtu.be/i8iAMvjzexk?si=0X_ORY6EUsuBVUwo
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 04:05:30 PMPANAMA HATTIE (1942):
"Hattie" is a Bette Midler-type brassy showgirl in Panama (natch) who has three sailors whose names all begin w/ the letter "r" following her around like love slaves, sex slaves, or just simps. However a new Naval officer in town catches Hattie's fancy (and his British butler does likewise for Hattie's galpal "Flo") in spite of the officer's mean daughter constantly mocking Hattie's fashion. Also there are German spies in Panama (again, natch). At the end the cast addresses the audience and reminds them to buy War Bonds.
But the plot is scarcely The Thing in PANAMA HATTIE. Director Norman Z. McLeod wasn't just collecting a paycheck, he was clocking in overtime to deliver as much Romance, Comedy, Action, and Musical value as possible to entertain depressed wartime Americans. The Romance is lame, of course, but the Comedy is fast and furious, and inevitably some of the gags connect. The Action - well, the film could do w/o a long third act sequence where the three Sailors ("Rags", "Red", and "Rowdy") make like the Three Stooges or the Bowery Boys in a "Haunted" House with the German spies. However, the Musical Numbers - Yowza!
Honestly I FF through those in many 30s and 40s comedies - naaaht here, friends.
Tapdancin' Sailor #1 Red Skelton (who I still get confused w/ Red Buttons TBH, who was also a tapdancin' sailor) is fine, a little strident; Sailor #2 "Rags" Ragland is funny half the time and looks exactly like a young Anthony Quinn (he's not); but Sailor #3 "Rowdy" (Ben Blue) really delivers the comedic goods and can dance like a madman. Ann Sothern as "Panama Hattie" is better than I'd feared, but she's shown up in a few numbers by an actual Latinx singer who (alas) would make more sense in the title role. (Lena Horne also shows up for one song to similarly upstage whitey.) But the real showstoppers in the dance numbers are "the Berry Brothers", three African-American dudes who are among the best dancers I've ever seen. Honestly PANAMA HATTIE would be improved 300% if the Berry Brothers replaced the white guys playing "Rags", "Red", and "Rowdy".
I guess "Rowdy" could play a different role.
But the real draw in PANAMA HATTIE is "Flo", played by Virginia O'Brien. Remember the weird, highly articulate chick who has a solo in the early big number in THE BIG STORE starring the Marx Bros - the one who seems hypnotized by either Carl Dreyer or Werner Herzog? That's Virginia O'Brien. She stole my heart in her 60 seconds from BIG STORE (and stole that whole movie) and it turns out she did a bunch more musicals in (larger) supporting roles. I will now endeavor to see most or all of them.
Each of her 3-4 solos in PANAMA HATTIE are bona fide events. If TV's "Daria" was a Golden Age of Hollywood musical performer, she could only be Virginia O'Brien. Big ups to Norman McLeod for knowing a one-of-a-kind talent when he saw one! 
3.5/5
"Hattie" is a Bette Midler-type brassy showgirl in Panama (natch) who has three sailors whose names all begin w/ the letter "r" following her around like love slaves, sex slaves, or just simps. However a new Naval officer in town catches Hattie's fancy (and his British butler does likewise for Hattie's galpal "Flo") in spite of the officer's mean daughter constantly mocking Hattie's fashion. Also there are German spies in Panama (again, natch). At the end the cast addresses the audience and reminds them to buy War Bonds.
But the plot is scarcely The Thing in PANAMA HATTIE. Director Norman Z. McLeod wasn't just collecting a paycheck, he was clocking in overtime to deliver as much Romance, Comedy, Action, and Musical value as possible to entertain depressed wartime Americans. The Romance is lame, of course, but the Comedy is fast and furious, and inevitably some of the gags connect. The Action - well, the film could do w/o a long third act sequence where the three Sailors ("Rags", "Red", and "Rowdy") make like the Three Stooges or the Bowery Boys in a "Haunted" House with the German spies. However, the Musical Numbers - Yowza!
Honestly I FF through those in many 30s and 40s comedies - naaaht here, friends.Tapdancin' Sailor #1 Red Skelton (who I still get confused w/ Red Buttons TBH, who was also a tapdancin' sailor) is fine, a little strident; Sailor #2 "Rags" Ragland is funny half the time and looks exactly like a young Anthony Quinn (he's not); but Sailor #3 "Rowdy" (Ben Blue) really delivers the comedic goods and can dance like a madman. Ann Sothern as "Panama Hattie" is better than I'd feared, but she's shown up in a few numbers by an actual Latinx singer who (alas) would make more sense in the title role. (Lena Horne also shows up for one song to similarly upstage whitey.) But the real showstoppers in the dance numbers are "the Berry Brothers", three African-American dudes who are among the best dancers I've ever seen. Honestly PANAMA HATTIE would be improved 300% if the Berry Brothers replaced the white guys playing "Rags", "Red", and "Rowdy".
I guess "Rowdy" could play a different role.But the real draw in PANAMA HATTIE is "Flo", played by Virginia O'Brien. Remember the weird, highly articulate chick who has a solo in the early big number in THE BIG STORE starring the Marx Bros - the one who seems hypnotized by either Carl Dreyer or Werner Herzog? That's Virginia O'Brien. She stole my heart in her 60 seconds from BIG STORE (and stole that whole movie) and it turns out she did a bunch more musicals in (larger) supporting roles. I will now endeavor to see most or all of them.
Each of her 3-4 solos in PANAMA HATTIE are bona fide events. If TV's "Daria" was a Golden Age of Hollywood musical performer, she could only be Virginia O'Brien. Big ups to Norman McLeod for knowing a one-of-a-kind talent when he saw one! 3.5/5