Borrowed Wives - Classic Movie

Vintage comedy movie for Friday, Borrowed Wives.  The movie starts out with a very old fashioned speed trap where the cops like to chalk mark each speeder they catch, on the billboard they hide behind.  It's a rather risque movie for the 1930 era.  Well worth the watch.  

Charlie Dale (left) and Joe Smith in a comedy sketch, filmed for Soundies movie jukeboxes (1941) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Sherlock Holmes - Terror By Night - Classic Movie

Now here is a rare treat.  A 1946 Sherlock Holmes movie that was originally filmed in black and white and has been turned into color.  Terror by Night.  With Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr Watson.  Though these were very popular films back in their day, there were a lot of complaints about them as the films were not close to any of the books.

  If you are a purest, you hated these.  If you just like the Sherlock Holmes character, then these were well done.   Either way, we always found them fun to watch.

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English: Photograph of Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. Courtesy of the New York Public Library Digital Collection. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Cleopatra - Classic Movie In Color

Our classic movie pick for today is Cleopatra.  A 1945 movie redone in color.  Here is the information on this movie.

Directed by Gabriel Pascal
Produced by Gabriel Pascal
Written by George Bernard Shaw
Starring Claude Rains
Vivien Leigh
Cinematography Jack Hildyard
Release date(s) 1945
Running time 123 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Cleopatra hasn't been on the throne of the pharoahs of Egypt very long when Julius Caesar pays a visit. Caesar finds the prospect of romance more tempting than he expected, since Cleopatra is a rare woman who is bright as well as beautiful. And for Cleopatra, a friendly relationship with the most powerful man in the world may pay dividends in the future.

Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor) confronts Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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The Brotherhood Of The Bell - Classic Movie

A highly influential economics professor (Glenn Ford) must pay the price for having been a member of a fraternity which was a front for a powerful cult/secret society. It could ruin his life and destroy his family. Starring Glenn Ford, Dean Jagger, William Conrad.

This previously lost film from 1970 lives on in this old print discovered a few years ago. Efforts at staging a re-make have fallen flat though the apparent audience interest is evident.

The quality is seriously lacking, but the message still comes though.  Classic movies every Friday right here on GVLN.

Glenn Ford (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Behind Green Lights - Classic Movie For Friday

Police lieutenant Sam Carson investigates a political murder after the victim is dumped at the door of police headquarters.
Starring:
Carole Landis - Janet Bradley
William Gargan - Lt. Sam Carson
Richard Crane - Johnny Williams
Mary Anderson - Nora Bard
John Ireland - Det. Oppenheimer
Charles Russell - Arthur Templeton

1946 Classic Movie.  

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Cropped screenshot of Carole Landis from the film Topper Returns. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Phantom of Chinatown - Classic Movie for Sunday

In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton (Charles Miller) the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and dies. His last words "Eternal Fire" are the only clue Chinese detective Jimmy Wong (Keye Luke) and Captain Street (Grant Withers) of the police department have to work on. Win Len (Lotus Long), Benton's secretary, reveals the doctor's dying words refer to a scroll which tells the location of rich oil deposits. Wong and Street then begin the search for the killer among Benton's associates.

Grant Withers (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Sunday Classic Movie - Captain Kidd

Sunday classic movie, Captain Kidd.  Watch a classic movie each week right here on GVLN.  A great old pirate movie.

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Classic Movie - Abbott and Costello In Jack and the beanstalk Rare color film

Abbot and Costello in Jack And The Beanstalk.  This is a very rare color film featuring Abbott and Costello as about all of their movies were all black and white.  Filmed in 1951 it was filmed with features similar to the Wizard of Oz with the beginning of the film shot in sepia mode just like the Wizard of Oz had it's opening movie scenes.  The color part of the film was actually produced byLou Costello using his own company and processed with Eastman Kodak.

  The other color film produced featuring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello was Abbot and Costello meet Captain Kidd.  With this film, Bud Abbott used his own production company to produce the film.

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