studio system-related notices in the credits, e.g. "miss gardner appears with kind permission from metro-goldwyn-mayer studios"
― pea hen (clouds), Saturday, 6 April 2013 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
"costumes by edith head"
― sleepingsignal, Saturday, 6 April 2013 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
''But that would mean that you ---''''Uh huh!''''And him ---''''That's right, Johnny.''''...I must be dreamin'!'' (faints, others catch him, laughter)
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 7 April 2013 00:11 (eleven years ago) link
"Gorblimey, ain't you a sight for sore eyes and no mistake!"
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 13:25 (ten years ago) link
Ah new thread, bear with me...
― Bees Against Racism (Tom D.), Wednesday, 12 June 2013 13:26 (ten years ago) link
Bad guy with accent quoting "your marvelous poet Shakespeare."
― I Am the Cosimo Code (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 13 September 2013 01:50 (ten years ago) link
Hahaha, that one never gets old.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 13 September 2013 02:04 (ten years ago) link
"That's a load of bunk and you know it"
"You can't chisel me out a dollar, sister"
― karla jay vespers, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 03:25 (eight years ago) link
The proper stance for shooting a pistol is to stand sideways and move your other arm completely behind your back in a very exaggerated way.
― Evan, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 05:14 (eight years ago) link
"Say, Jimmy, I think your imagination's getting away from you! Sure, the Professor's a little eccentric - but who wouldn't be, stranded out here by himself for so long?"
― stein beck ii: the wrath of grapes (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 28 January 2017 04:09 (seven years ago) link
thought of this thread the other day when i saw an old episode of mister ed where somebody says "oh, a wise guy, eh?"
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 28 January 2017 07:09 (seven years ago) link
*whistles* "She sure is a beaut!"
― Frobisher, Sunday, 29 January 2017 00:50 (seven years ago) link
Watching Scarlet Street. Has a lot of these.
― In Walked Bodhisattva (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 January 2017 05:14 (seven years ago) link
"Remember back when we were kids in the old neighborhood, Smitty?" There's always an old neighborhood.
― larry appleton, Sunday, 29 January 2017 05:24 (seven years ago) link
While being arrested/dragged away/shunned: "Don't listen to him -- he's crazy, I tell ya!"
― stein beck ii: the wrath of grapes (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 29 January 2017 05:26 (seven years ago) link
One of the cars in the car chase has random body parts fall off after hitting a pothole, speedbump, or because they took a turn too fast.
― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 29 January 2017 06:01 (seven years ago) link
...and then if said car is wrecked, we later see the passengers fixed up with neckbraces, arms in slings, and bandage wraps on heads.
― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 29 January 2017 06:05 (seven years ago) link
Car crash itself is pokey and unspectacular as Model A gently veers onto dirt shoulder; sound effects and quick cuts to those in car throwing arms in front of faces stand in for excitement.
― stein beck ii: the wrath of grapes (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 29 January 2017 06:10 (seven years ago) link
Either:
1. "THE END" appears and that is the actual end of the film2. 100s of film crew ignored in closing credits
― Josefa, Sunday, 29 January 2017 12:41 (seven years ago) link
^ excellent, though 100s of film crew, including many of the cast, are routinely ignored in the opening credits too.
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Sunday, 29 January 2017 13:04 (seven years ago) link
oh and after the stars, one title card stuffed with all the other actors making it unreadable
― Frobisher, Monday, 30 January 2017 00:13 (seven years ago) link
Lots of actors in credits with only an initial for their first name.Substitute that for just a last name in old French films.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 30 January 2017 00:55 (seven years ago) link
"Miss (big name actress) appears courtesy of (big name movie studio)"
― clouds, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 17:56 (seven years ago) link
(Performer)'s Wardrobe by (famous designer)
― "I must believe that my charm was not in my ass." (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 18:02 (seven years ago) link
Something momentous happens - the dam bursts, the President shoots the Pope, the moon explodes. Montage of politicians, generals, and people in the street establishes that this has the whole city/nation/world spellbound. Cut to a shot of a newspaper, with blaring headline and 1-2 other stories directly responding to this nightmarish development - but, oddly, the remaining columns are still filled with "Tax Board OKs County Plan" and "Aluminum Dealers Conference Kicks Off."
― long dark poptart of the rodeo (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 15 April 2017 17:59 (seven years ago) link
Lol
― TS Hugo Largo vs. Al Factotum (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 April 2017 18:42 (seven years ago) link
https://hugelolcdn.com/i/362930.png
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 15 April 2017 20:33 (seven years ago) link
inappropriate cigarette smoking/drinking
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 15 April 2017 20:51 (seven years ago) link
''Fine'' used in the way of ''swell'' or ''wonderful'': ''We have the Presidential Suite at your disposal, if it would fit your needs.'' ''Say, that'd be fine.''
(Possibly just a strange tic specific to Cary Grant.)
― long dark poptart of the rodeo (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 15 April 2017 23:53 (seven years ago) link
Leg brace on child because polio
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 15 April 2017 23:55 (seven years ago) link
Alcoholics
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 15 April 2017 23:56 (seven years ago) link
The ubiquity of maids, butlers, and other servants.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 16 April 2017 00:08 (seven years ago) link
I've thought about the "fine" thing before and I reckon the equivalent of the 1930s/40s fine would be the way we now say "great" or "cool" in a casual sense.
"Oh you walked the dog already? Fine! Then let's leave…"
― Josefa, Sunday, 16 April 2017 00:33 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, that's how I read it too, it's just always so odd - a bit of the idiom that seems to have died a sudden, total death at some point.
― long dark poptart of the rodeo (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 16 April 2017 02:01 (seven years ago) link
We still have that sense in reference to art, dining, she's so, which makes it even odder that colloquially it only ever really means "just ok"
― briscall stool chart (wins), Sunday, 16 April 2017 10:53 (seven years ago) link
I guess you could say the word has aged like an acceptable wine
― briscall stool chart (wins), Sunday, 16 April 2017 10:54 (seven years ago) link
I still use it a lot. Back to the thread in question:
Trumpeter in jazz band in nightclub from below at an angle.
― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Sunday, 16 April 2017 13:06 (seven years ago) link
^well done
― TS Hugo Largo vs. Al Factotum (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 April 2017 13:45 (seven years ago) link
Women described as 'handsome'.
― chap, Sunday, 16 April 2017 13:55 (seven years ago) link
Women wearing hats.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 16 April 2017 20:51 (seven years ago) link
And gloves, anywhere and at all times.
― long dark poptart of the rodeo (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 16 April 2017 21:28 (seven years ago) link
Anyone, arriving at anyone's home or place of business at any time of day, will be offered a drink or the opportunity to fix themselves one. The wetbar may be more or less fully stocked depending whether this is a millionaire's study or the office of the Chief of Police, but an ice bucket with tongs is invariably present.
― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Friday, 14 July 2017 23:41 (six years ago) link
Hot-cha! Hot-cha! Twenty-three skidoooooo!
― Dippin' Sauce on my Nice New Slacks (Old Lunch), Friday, 14 July 2017 23:59 (six years ago) link
a fistfight where everyone just slaps each other
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 15 July 2017 08:21 (six years ago) link
Foreign professor in a bow tie
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 15 July 2017 13:34 (six years ago) link
My friend needs information or they'll die! I must physically move myself to them to pass it on in the nick of time.
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Sunday, 16 July 2017 00:23 (six years ago) link
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand)
Fistfights generally pretty tame/dull in Golden Age movies.
― chap, Sunday, 16 July 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
Declarative sentences beginning with "Why,...!"
― Wet Pelican would provide the soundtrack (Myonga Vön Bontee), Sunday, 16 July 2017 16:59 (six years ago) link
Barman ducks as a glass or bottle smashes into the wall/mirror behind him (Westerns section).
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 16 July 2017 17:03 (six years ago) link
good one!
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 16 July 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link