The Miracle of the Hills (1959) The Big Operator (1959)

The season passed, and North heard nothing more from Screen Gems, but continued to work, appearing in a Christmas-themed episode of the CBS Western series Wanted: Dead or Alive titled "Eight Cent Reward". In the episode, he portrayed Laddie Stone, a young boy who pays bounty hunter Josh Randall (Steve McQueen) eight cents to find Santa Claus.Over the next several months, North made television appearances on such shows as 77 Sunset Strip, Rescue 8, Cheyenne, Bronco, Colt .45, and Sugarfoot, and broke into feature films with roles in The Miracle of the Hills and The Big Operator. In early 1959, North was confirmed to play Dennis.

In late 1960, the second season of the series was ranked among TV's top 20 shows, and his portrayal of Dennis had become a beloved pop culture icon.He made crossover guest appearances as Dennis on such television shows as The Donna Reed Show and The Red Skelton Hour, and in the feature film Pépé.

In 1965, he landed the lead role in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer family comedy film Zebra in the Kitchen as Chris Carlyle, a boy who, unhappy with the living conditions he finds at his local zoo, decides to set the animals free, causing chaos throughout the town.Over the next year, he continued to appear in small television roles, guest-starring on the MGM TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and reuniting with his former Dennis the Menace co-star Gale Gordon on The Lucy Show.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0636020/bio?item=mb0026313

Today, I finally watched The Enchanted Cottage, a movie that’s been on my list for a while. And what are the chances? In one scene, the clock shows today’s date, April 6th! It felt like a fun coincidence.

Every once in a while I focus on an actor or director and start watching much of their work. A few years back I did Paul Newman and was just overjoyed. It’s time for Gregory Peck! Excluding To Kill a Mockingbird (very familiar with that film), what are your favorite Peck films?

Are there any movies that come close to his persona? He’s not the hard as nails film noir guy, he is funny and smart and doesn’t take himself seriously. Any suggestions?

Here’s the follow-up with the results from the 1940s post! After the great response to the 1930s post, some people encouraged me to keep going with other decades, so I went ahead and asked for your favorite films from the 1940s. Once again, you came through! I’ve compiled the list just like last time.

Quick comparison with the 1930s poll:

The 1930s poll got almost double the submissions. Out of the total of 187 films mentioned for the 1930s, I had already seen 30 at the time, and since then, I’ve watched 9 more. What surprised me the most is that over 80 of the titles were movies I had never even heard of, which was honestly so refreshing.

As I mentioned in the post, the 1940s is my favorite decade of classic Hollywood, so I had already seen quite a few of the films. A total of 143 films were mentioned, and I had already seen 58 when I asked for recommendations. Since then, I’ve watched 3 of the recommended films. There are 41 titles I’d never heard of before, so that’s nice too.

I won’t continue with other decades, at least not for now. Lately, I’ve mostly been watching films from the 1930s and 1940s anyway, so these recommendations came in super handy. For now, I’ll just sit back and work my way through the 200+ new movies on my watchlist. Thanks again for sharing your recommendations!

P.S.: The Grapes of Wrath received 4 votes this time, but in the 1930s post, 6 people recommended it, so I’ve counted those for this list as well. P.P.S.: I included my two recommendations: Random Harvest and The Lost Weekend (no one mentioned it!)

I’m at a bar and they had this playing (muted). Could anyone tell me what it is? Thank you!

Hello people, I’m new here and not sure if this is the right sub to post this. But my grandfather has tons of old lobby cards from famous old movies and some of them stood out to me. I took pictures of the Dracula one’s because he almost has the full set (7/8). Was wondering if these were worth anything or if people are out looking for them. If anyone has any knowledge, or knows someone who specializes in this please let me know! He also has some from other old movies like Masque of the red death, Fahrenheit 451, daughter of the sun god, etc….

Such a well known phrase for someone taken out in a mafia hit, and then supposedly dumped in a river. To the extent it now seems like self parody.

I'd like to know which classic gangster films popularised this phrase, thanks.

While doing some research, this bit in the newspaper caught my eye. Sounds like a full day at the movies!

I was wondering how far the genre goes back. I'm thinking movies like The Nobody, The Equalizer etc

I'm looking for recommendations where a retired badass comes out of retirement to settle scores. I guess some older Westerns would fit the bill but I'm a bit clueless

I just

The other night, I saw THE VIOLENT YEARS. It’s about these teen girls from good homes who spiral down the path of juvenile delinquency and end up risking everything. It’s one of those films from the 50s that tried to deliver a heavy handed message about how important it is to stay on the right track. This movie is not great by any means, but at times it’s unintentionally funny.

I particularly cracked up at the scene where one of the daughters ends up getting pregnant and dies in childbirth and the judge refuses to grant the child into her parents’ care but not before berating them about how they failed as parents and her daughter was just one of many teens that were part of the growing problem of juvenile delinquency and how perhaps the nation as a whole should “return to God” and teach young people to be moral citizens.

Anyway, it’s entertaining for whatever reason. The film was written (uncredited) by Ed Wood so maybe that’s why.

For those of you who have seen this film, what did you think?

One of those classic movie plots that would not fly in modern times (and due to the sexism, thank God). Cute, funny mistaken identity, rags to riches fairytale. My teen enjoyed it as well!

Ginger Rogers is my girl! She was Oscar nominated but is now so underrated. Besides being known as a fantastic dancer, of course, she's a wonderful actress and comedian. David Niven was charming and funny as well. I want to watch more of his filmography. Great side characters.

This would pair well with "Holiday" with Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn due to the New Years Eve theme. I particularly liked the romantic, fun feel of the NYE celebration scenes in this film.

One of my Roman Empires is how everyone in Ingrid Bergman's family doesn't look alike, but they all look like Ingrid Bergman.

So let's start with Mama and Papa Bergman:

Now all of Ingrid's children:

They don't exactly look alike, but all have striking facial resemblance to their mother. It's particularly striking how Isabella, Pia and Isotta have almost no resemblance to each other, but all of them are believably Ingrid's kids.

This has continued with her grandchildren.

Pia's two sons:

Now, Isabella's daughter Elettra (right) and Isotta's daughter Francesca (left):

Both have Ingrid's look, but look nothing like each other.

I'm trying to figure out what this is. Maybe it's all the long noses? The cheekbones?

Any stamp collector? If so, which one do you have?

I'm shocked to discover that there are still great screwball comedies that I've never seen. Love Crazy (1941) is a great comedy in the screwball tradition that brings the charismatic team of William Powell and Myrna Loy together again. Things get crazy when Loy's mother visits on the celebration of their fourth wedding anniversary resulting in Powell's institutionalization among other things.

I'm in my early 50's. I watched lots of westerns, when l was younger. But haven't now for years. But this film has been on TV ( ln Britain) A few times recently. I've always seen the last 20 mins.

But I recorded it this time. & Just finished watching it. Wow what a film.

Got used to the mega wide screen. When people come at you in the middle.

Always feel a bit odd, when watching a film that covers a person, or families life time. Wondering what would of happened. If they made different life choices. Friends, family, & love ones dying etc.

Amazing cast. although lt did revolve around mainly, just three characters of the same family. But brilliantly done. What a life they had & lived through.

Definitely watch it again.