Re: [MOPO] OT: The Forgotten Man from "GWTW" and "The Wizard of Oz"

2009-05-19 Thread Richard Del Belso
hard Richard Del Belso Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 14:17:52 -0700 From: davidmkusum...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT: The Forgotten Man from "GWTW" and "The Wizard of Oz" To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU The recent thread on Powell-Pressburger made me re-watch BLACK NAR

Re: [MOPO] OT: The Forgotten Man from "GWTW" and "The Wizard of Oz"

2009-05-19 Thread David Kusumoto
The recent thread on Powell-Pressburger made me re-watch BLACK NARCISSUS, on a beautiful Blu-Ray DVD transfer. What a stunning looking film, and Kathleen Byron was just as creepy as ever as the wacked-out Sister Ruth. My wife couldn't believe what they got away with back in 1947. Crazed, sex-

Re: [MOPO] OT: The Forgotten Man from "GWTW" and "The Wizard of Oz"

2009-05-19 Thread jbirddouglass
That would be Michael Curtiz, but I'm sure most people on this list already know that. Remember; and I need to remind you guys periodically about this... we are movie dorks here, and the movie dork's diet consists of massive amounts of arcane cinematic lore that no one else cares about, except

Re: [MOPO] OT: The Forgotten Man from "GWTW" and "The Wizard of Oz"

2009-05-19 Thread Ron Magid
You think Fleming is forgotten - good luck finding anyone who knows the answer to this one: Who directed Casablanca? (Hint: he also directed, speaking of 1939, Adventures of Robin Hood - codirected by another great no one remembers...) Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmf