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Post by Andrea Doria on Sept 20, 2023 21:54:59 GMT
The 13th Letter, 1951, starring Linda Darnell, Charles Boyer, Michael Rennie and Constance Smith.
A series of gossipy letters cause more damage than anyone ever intended.
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Post by jamesjazzguitar on Sept 20, 2023 23:18:55 GMT
The 13th Letter, 1951, starring Linda Darnell, Charles Boyer, Michael Rennie and Constance Smith.
A series of gossipy letters cause more damage than anyone ever intended. The film is a remake of the French film Le Corbeau (The Raven, 1943) directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. I've seen both and preferred the French film, but the American version is good and one of the better roles for the lovely Linda Darnell. |
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Post by topbilled on Sept 21, 2023 0:03:59 GMT
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Post by topbilled on Sept 24, 2023 14:04:26 GMT
I found a disc copy of this film, which I had traded for something with another classic movie fan online ten years ago. I am wondering if the print quality is better than the one on the Russian site. I think the person had recorded it off the old Fox Movie channel, and usually they showed restored versions. It's never aired on TCM.
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Post by Fading Fast on Sept 24, 2023 14:42:08 GMT
I found a disc copy of this film, which I had traded for something with another classic movie fan online ten years ago. I am wondering if the print quality is better than the one on the Russian site. I think the person had recorded it off the old Fox Movie channel, and usually they showed restored versions. It's never aired on TCM. |
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Post by topbilled on Sept 24, 2023 15:30:21 GMT
I found a disc copy of this film, which I had traded for something with another classic movie fan online ten years ago. I am wondering if the print quality is better than the one on the Russian site. I think the person had recorded it off the old Fox Movie channel, and usually they showed restored versions. It's never aired on TCM. |
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Post by Fading Fast on Sept 24, 2023 15:51:42 GMT
Yesterday, I spent about twenty minutes looking for a better on-line copy than the RU site, but I had no luck. It's a shame, as the copies out there aren't great, but still good enough to watch. I've never seen this one, so a better copy would be really nice as you lose a lot from what the audience at a theater experienced, but it is what it is. |
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Post by topbilled on Sept 24, 2023 16:03:50 GMT
I thought this film had been released by Fox through it's Cinema Archives line in the mid-2010s, but apparently it was not.
There's another Otto Preminger film that Fox never issued on home video...the musical comedy-drama CENTENNIAL SUMMER (1946) which also stars Linda Darnell. |
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Post by topbilled on Sept 24, 2023 16:07:28 GMT
The original French version of the story, LE CORBEAU (1943), was restored by Criterion. And a copy of it with English subtitles, is on the Russian site:
ok.ru/video/2020066658885
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Post by Fading Fast on Sept 24, 2023 18:43:09 GMT
Fawn: "I'm a bit nervous about today's movie."
Me: "Why?"
Fawn: "I don't like the number thirteen."
Me: "Nobody likes the number thirteen, but don't tell me you're superstitious?"
Fawn: "Of course not, I just think the number thirteen is unlucky."
Me: "What exactly do you think the word 'superstitious' means?"
Fawn: "Right now I think it means you're being a jerk to me."
Me: "Sigh."
Fawn: "I do think I could play the young handsome doctor part, played by Michael Rennie, in today's movie."
Me: "Don't start that again."
Fawn: "Fine, did you remember the Sno-Caps? You sometimes forget the Sno-Caps."
Me: "How could I, you ask me about them almost every day?"
Fawn: [mumbling] "Somebody's touchy."
Me: "Shh, movie's starting."
Fawn: "Remember, go soft on the keyboard."
Me: "Really?"
Fawn: "Shh, the credits are rolling."
The Fawn slides over to make room for me on the sofa as he, unsolicited, moves his popcorn bucket between us and passes me a soda. |
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Post by topbilled on Sept 24, 2023 18:52:37 GMT
Fawn: "I'm a bit nervous about today's movie."
Me: "Why?"
Fawn: "I don't like the number thirteen."
Me: "Nobody likes the number thirteen, but don't tell me you're superstitious?"
Fawn: "Of course not, I just think the number thirteen is unlucky."
Me: "What exactly do you think the word 'superstitious' means?"
Fawn: "Right now I think it means you're being a jerk to me."
Me: "Sigh."
Fawn: "I do think I could play the young handsome doctor part, played by Michael Rennie, in today's movie."
Me: "Don't start that again."
Fawn: "Fine, did you remember the Sno-Caps? You sometimes forget the Sno-Caps."
Me: "How could I, you ask me about them almost every day?"
Fawn: [mumbling] "Somebody's touchy."
Me: "Shh, movie's starting."
Fawn: "Remember, go soft on the keyboard."
Me: "Really?"
Fawn: "Shh, the credits are rolling."
The Fawn slides over to make room for me on the sofa as he, unsolicited, moves his popcorn bucket between us and passes me a soda. |
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Post by Andrea Doria on Sept 24, 2023 18:53:03 GMT
LOL I do think Fawn would be good as the doctor, or Klaatu, either one.
I'm just wishing doctors still made house calls. I would wear my black negligee, just like Linda Darnell.
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Post by Fading Fast on Sept 24, 2023 18:56:28 GMT
LOL I do think Fawn would be good as the doctor, or Klaatu, either one.
I'm just wishing doctors still made house calls. I would wear my black negligee, just like Linda Darnell.
LOL. |
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Post by topbilled on Sept 24, 2023 18:58:18 GMT
Getting ready to press play.
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Post by Fading Fast on Sept 24, 2023 18:58:40 GMT
Today's a "no net" day for me, as I've never seen the movie and, other than reading a small bit about the movie on IMDB, I don't know anything about it. I had never even heard of it till it came up on the schedule here.
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