The Haunting 1963 gave me nightmares as did

The Entity

sometimes a little light relief

anyone liked Rita Sue and Bob too?

♫were having a gang bang♫ loved it

I remember my parents saying they had read the book "The Haunting of Hill House", from which the film The Haunting was based on, and found it to be really scary. I haven't seen The Haunting, The Entity, or Rita, Sue or Bob Too.

As I have a box set of Preston Sturges films I got round to seeing The Great Moment. Released in 1944 but made in 1942, and starring one of Preston Sturges's regulars Joel McCrea.

Very different to Preston Sturges's comedies, this was a biopic of a 19th century Boston dentist trying to develop anesthesia. A strange film being serious but with some slapstick scenes. Paramount didn't like the film as made by Sturges and put it on the shelf for a couple of years. In the meantime he left Paramount and Paramount then edited what had been intended to be a serious film into what was released. In those days, directors were not able to release films under a pseudonym, but The Great Moment can't be regarded as an authentic Preston Sturges film.

I love hearing about the different films on here (always check them out)

have boxes of films  and give them an airing every so often

*A Taste of Honey* is it Rita Tushingham and Dora Bryan?...loved that film

Frodo, you are correct - A Taste of Honey did star Rita Tushingham (her film debut) and Dora Bryan. Apparently Hazel Blears appeared in the film when she was 5 and can be seen playing with a ball during the opening credits.

Number Seventeen (1932) 5/10

I re-resaw The Small Back Room (1949), a Powell/Pressburger film. Outstanding film about a bomb disposal expert in WW2 fighting alcoholism. Starring David Farrar and Kathleen Byron who was outstanding in a very mature film years ahead of its time. Michael Gough was good and there were a host of British actors who appeared in lesser roles, Jack Hawkins, Sid James, Leslie Banks, Cyril Cusack, Renee Asherson, Sam Kydd. Robert Morley appeared as The Minister in an uncredited role, and I also spotted Patrick Macnee.

The List of Adrian Messenger 1963 George C Scott and Kirk Douglas

it tickled me to bits at the end when they unmasked all the guest actors

the make up was so bad lol ..still enjoyed the film tho'

One of the best joke films made.

He Ran All The Way (1951) 7.5/10

The General  Buster Keaton  1926

been on sky this morning channel 212 info,no words needed

For anyone interested The General is on again Thursday morning

the music on it was so funny ,The Lady Vanishes is also on that channel

I've got a large box set of Buster Keaton films. I think he was the best of all of the silent film comedians, and it is recognised that he is also the person that stuntmen look to as their model.

My favourite Buster Keaton film is Our Hospitality (1923). The opening scenes show him leaving New York as it was in the 1830s on a train going to Kentucky. The train is an exact replica of George Stephenson's The Rocket, and for anyone who likes old steam trains, that scene is wonderful.

The Tarnished Angels (1957) 7/10

The Cabin In The Woods (2011) 6/10

Four Nights A Dreamer (Quatre nuits d'un reveur) (1971) 7.5/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lAPzVojqKo

I saw Jean Renoir's La Regle de Jeu (1939) (AKA The Rules of the Game). It's regarded as one of the great films, but I can't say I particularly liked it. The film must have been one of the major influences on Robert Altman with his films. Gosford Park being the most obvious.

Although this is not a war film and no mention is made of war, it was made in the months leading up to the outbreak of war. The film was prescient of this in the way that it showed the class system at that time was on the point of breaking down. On the DVD there was also a documentary analysing the film by Pierre Oscar Levy which is essential viewing for a better understanding of the film.

Hobson's Choice  Charles Laughton, John Mills,Brenda De Banzie(forgive spelling)

I'm sure this must have been mentioned one of my all time favs

watch it over and over 

I forgive you your spelling as it's 100% correct

Hobson's Choice is a great film. The moon in the gutter scene is a classic.

If you haven't seen it before, you might watch out for The History of Mr Polly (1949). It's based on a novel by H G Wells (it's not a science fiction film). It's about a man who uses his inheritance to buy a shop. His wife nags him endessly, and he....(I won't say any more).

They were going to make a film in America with Charles Laughton but it wasn't made. Instead this film was made starring John Mills. The film isn't as well known as Hobson's Choice, but it is a charming film. It's a gentle, leisurely film. Some will find it boring, but I liked it.

Yes El Loro I have seen The History of Mr Polly quite a few times

This Happy Breed    as well they used to be on TCM, I have recorded loads of the old

films love them  and the latest as well as I have said I read about the films posted on here on wiki tells you all about the plot  so thanks

Woman In A Dressing Gown (1957) 7/10

You I Love (Ya lyublyu tebya) (2004) 4/10