Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
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Rules for General Chat
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Ok, you asked for it, gobby! 😄
Hamlet - Mel Gibson
An excellent animated apocalypse:
When the Wind Blows - music by Roger Waters
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid - William Powell, Ann Blyth
Speaking of (pun):
Blithe Spirit with Rex Harrison
Tales from the Hood
The Cat and the Canary 1927 silent film
Cary Grant comedies:
I Was a Male War Bride w/ Ann Sheridan
Bringing Up Baby w/ Katherine Hepburn
Arsenic and Old Lace (one of my favorites)
The Topper series w/ Constance Bennett, Roland Young and Billie Burke, (Glenda the good wtch from Wizard of Oz)
Another French farce:
Mama, There's A Man in Your Bed (original title 'Romuald et Juliette) 'strives to break all the rules', so some material may or may not offend you. I'm offended by nothing, so I can laugh at everything!
Being an Edgar Allan Poe and Vincent Price fan, I would be remiss not to mention the eight Poe adaptations he did, (along with the bevy of Vince's other works).
He also did some funny stuff with the great Peter Lorre:
Tales of Terror - '62
The Comedy of Terrors - '63
Almost any Marx Brothers movie, been a fan all my life.
My Little Chickadee w/ Mae West and W. C. Fields. So funny hearing them say each other's tag line.
Silver Bullet w/goofy Gary Busey
Silver Streak w/Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor
Speaking of Gene, there's the quirky
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother - Do you have a brother? Yes. And his name? S**** L***! <----spoiler
I know there's more, but I'm old and starting to draw blanks! 😂
What I've mentioned so far, plus whatever you might search for on top of it, should keep you busy for awhile. Enjoy!
Oh goodness! This will keep me busy for a while. A thousand thank yous. And yes, I have seen a few you mentioned, but not many. Looking forward to checking these out.
P.S. thank you for mentioning the years because one thing Hollywood loves to do is remake movies and sometimes there are a number of movies under the same name.
I tried to give enough info so you would know which versions I was listing.
I believe most remakes are terrible. The only one I can think of that, for me, wasn't, is The Thing (From Another World).
I thought the '51 original was kind of hokey, (I was a cynical kid, didn't really like many of the 'monster movies' of that era), but RIP James Arness, you were great as Matt Dillon.
However, the '82 Kurt Russell one scared the pants off me!
Edit: BTW, both were based on the story, Who Goes There, by John W. Campbell.