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Friday, March 17, 2006

Kids these days don't know what they're missing. Sure, surround sound and CGI are neato...but so are these films, made without the benefit of Glorious Technicolor.

1.) Some Like it Hot

2.) It's a Wonderful Life

3.) Arsenic and Old Lace

4.) Philadelphia Story (1940)

5.) Roman Holiday

6.) Casablanca

7.) It Happened One Night

8.) His Girl Friday/My Favorite Wife (tie)

I can't believe that you didn't know that it was directed by. . . (pauses while while he clicks the link to IMDB) Michael Curtiz, a native Hungarian, who directed more than 170 films (in German and English) including White Christmas. Casablanca was based on the play, Everybody Comes to Rick's written by . . . (Pauses while he clicks one more link) Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. This and the "Casablanca" TV Series were Alison's only writing credits, Burnet wrote on the TV show too, and was evidently a staff writer on "Robert Montgomery Presents."

The list of writers for the screenplay includes (assume pauses where appropriate) Julius and Phillip Epstein, both of whom were also involved with the TV show, the screenplay for Arsenic and Old Lace (directed by Frank Capra) and numerous war (propaganda) films. With them was Howard Koch, who was best known for being blacklisted as a communist, but whose credits include Sergeant York and Rhapsody in Blue.

By Unknown, at 9:22 PM