Anyone else a huge fan of James Cagney and Anthony Quinn in City for Conquest (1940)? This was a gem I found looking for Cagney films. We know White Heat and Public Enemy, but by far, this was one of his best performances 🩷 And we love a young Anthony Quinn, too! Fantastic storyline from start to finish, very powerful narrative and well-developed characters - this was one of those characters where he didn’t play the fast-talking, mobster-bully type. Wonder if anyone else loved it, too?!

In danger of being off-topic, does anyone here appreciate classic film art? Including, but not exclusively, film posters? Would anyone be interested in a sub that had this as a theme? This is probably the most iconic.

Metropolis (1927)

I know he improvised certain scenes. I just want to know how he practiced them beforehand.

Did he have a regular schedule for keeping himself physically agile and also practicing the stunts?

These were the main awards:

Does anyone know what the number 309 signifies in a Humphrey bogart movie? It's for a riddle assigned in class

So often the comment is made that the movie was not as good as the book. What are some movies you believe were as good as or better than the book?

I enjoyed the Dorothy Hughes novel In A Lonely Place. The Humphrey Bogart Gloria Grahame movie based on this book was altered in plot and focus and the result was every bit as good.

Hackman's two Academy Award wins included one for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's acclaimed thriller The French Connection (1971) and the other for Best Supporting Actor for his role as "Little" Bill Daggett in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven (1992). His other Oscar-nominated roles were in Bonnie and Clyde (1967), I Never Sang for My Father (1970), and Mississippi Burning (1988).

Hackman gained further fame for his portrayal of Lex Luthor in Superman (1978) and its sequels Superman II (1980) and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987). He also acted in The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Scarecrow (1973), The Conversation (1974), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Under Fire (1983), Power (1986), Loose Cannons (1990), The Firm (1993), The Quick and the Dead (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Enemy of the State (1998), Behind Enemy Lines (2001), and Runaway Jury (2003). He also appeared in 1961 Mad Dog Coll,1964 Lilith, and 1966 Hawaii.

These were the awards that year:

I have been using earbuds to watch these old classics.
I have found it to be a more immersive experience .

Try it -- maybe cool for you too

I don’t see any streaming options, free or paid, but maybe I’m missing something. Seems an obvious classic to have available one way or another, although I have yet to see the whole movie—would love to if anyone has a lead.

Thanks, Paul

https://youtube.com/watch?v=GAyNAW3Kj5I&si=OaWJZ48AtzvXCuFt

Hi, I am new to the group and I love classic films. My most recent purchase of a classic movie is "The Thin Man Collection " on blu ray from Warner Archive, George Feltenstein and the folks over at Warner Archive did a fantastic job of restoring the films. It is one of my favorite movie series . So my question is what are some of your favorite classic movie series ?