Silent films were considered kids stuff though, they were programmed when children were watching, along with Tom & Jerry, Bugs, Merrie Melodies etc.
― I've left the box of soup near your shoes (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 13:37 (three months ago) link
I associate an earlier kind of late-on-Sunday film with him - Eastwood westerns, Mean Machine (aka The Longest Yard), not-really-cult 70s tough action. He'd watch them alone. I've def got a soft spot for that past-my-bedtime stuff.
just self-correcting - I was misremembering - these are distinctly saturday night films.
Anyway, I'm off to get drunk and mournfully watch Every Which Way But Loose.
― woof, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 14:18 (three months ago) link
xp yes exactly hooray for harold fucking lloyd doo do, doo do, doo do, da der der burned into a generation's memory
― woof, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 14:30 (three months ago) link
Yes!
― I've left the box of soup near your shoes (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 14:36 (three months ago) link
lol
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 14:37 (three months ago) link
damn how did I not know that Harold Lloyd got into nude/cheesecake photography and shot Bettie Page and Monroe?
― woof, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 14:44 (three months ago) link
'Here comes Harold with his camera. Just set up the tripod, Harold - should be an easy job!'
― woof, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 14:47 (three months ago) link
Woof this thread was worth making just to read yr posts!
― Roman Anthony gets on his horse (gyac), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 16:33 (three months ago) link
Rain or shineAll the timeA pair of glasses and a smile
(I think that was it)
Had no idea about his later career as a pornographer!
― in praise of Ski Troop Attack (1960) (Matt #2), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 16:38 (three months ago) link
Late ‘70s/early ‘80s, pre-VHS era: Saturday morning black-and-white comedies, especially Laurel & Hardy and the Crosby/Hope movies. Then Saturday afternoons were classic scary movies — I especially remember the Karloff Frankenstein and The Black Cat. (My sister and I would cover the windows with blankets to make the room as dark and spooky as possible.)
Saturday night movies were usually big events of some kind, either a major Hollywood film or some made-for-TV spectacle. Lots of WWII action — The Great Escape, A Bridge Too Far, Guns of Navarone. There was the Richard Thomas “All’s Quiet on the Western Front.” One I remember loving that’s gone on to some cult status in the internet age was “The Bermuda Depths,” which despite the cheeseball title is a pretty good/weird Rankin/Bass production involving giant sea turtles.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 19:03 (three months ago) link
A pair of glasses and a smile
Me and my brother used to say this about our dad... it was ironic.
― I've left the box of soup near your shoes (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 19:31 (three months ago) link