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| Topic Started: Aug 3 2008, 09:01 AM (2,110 Views) | |
| Laughing Gravy | Aug 3 2008, 09:01 AM Post #1 |
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Y'know what would be fun? To run down all the list of Balcony Message Board categories and watch ONE movie in each, particularly a movie in each you haven't seen before, or haven't seen in years and years. Funny Business Screen comedy, from Keaton to Clouseau (Fulfilled category by watching Mr. Roberts on 8/3/08) Serious Stuff "It's not gonna be a circus picture; it's an English drawing-room drama." (Watched John Ford's The Informer (1935) on 8/7/08) The Dark Aisle Film Noir! Suspense! Mystery! (Watched Carol Reed's The Third Man on 8/12/08) Who Done It? The Great Movie Detectives (Watched Hugh Beaumont as P.I. Denny O'Brien in Danger Zone on 8/13/08) Singin' and Dancin' Movies in which people burst into song, sometimes for no reason (Watched Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers hoofin' it up in The Gay Divorcee on 8/15/08) Oooh! Scary! Monsters and Mummies and Zombies, Oh My! (Watched Giant from the Unknown on 8/15/08) It Came from Beyond the Balcony Martians, Xenomorphs, and Science Gone Amok! (Watched The Earth Dies Screaming on 8/15-16/08) The Next Chapter Leaping from the balcony into classic movie serials! (On 8/16/08, watched a festival of serial chapters, including The Vanishing Legion ch. 7, Jungle Queen ch. 2, A Woman in Grey ch. 10, The Mysterious Pilot ch. 10, Trader Tom of the China Seas ch. 6, and Young Eagles ch. 10.) Name that 'toon! If the lead character eats spinachk, is a mouse with a pet dog, or purchases products from Acme... (Watched Walt Disney's Victory Through Air Power (1943) on 8/17/08) Silents, Please Talkies are a fad that'll blow over; here's the REAL deal! (Watched Syd Chaplin in the 1925 version of Charley's Aunt on 8/19/08) Swashes Buckled Here! Action, Adventure, Derring-Do! (Watched Tyrone Power as the Captain from Castile (1947) on 8/23/08) Kong Island Fantastic Flights of Fantasy (Watched the 1951 version of Angels in the Outfield on 8/23/08) Jungle Boogie! Backlot celluloid antics in the heart of Darkest Africa! (Watched the 1932 version of The Most Dangerous Game on 8/24/08) Tumbleweed Terrace The finest Hollywood horses, and the cowboys that rode 'em. (On 8/25/08, watched Stranger on Horseback) From the Funny Pages Comic strip/comic book characters on the screen (On 8/27/08, watched Blondie Goes Latin) Ultimate Cult Weird movies that don't fit any other categories (On 8/29/08, watched This is Not a Test! (1962) and barely survived) Dans le Balcon Aimons-nous des films? Oui! (Watched the 1977 Russian drama Voskhozhdeniye (The Ascent) on 8/29/08) Reality, Practically Documentaries (On 9/1/08, watched the 1953 Walt Disney Tru-Life Adventure The Living Desert) And you win BONUS points if you watch an extra movie, any category, from MONOGRAM PICTURES CORPORATION. (Completed the Balcony Challenge on 9/3/08 with a Monogram double feature of South of the Rio Grande (The Cisco Kid, 1945) and The Hidden City (Bomba the Jungle Boy, 1950)). The game starts NOW. And I think you should watch them IN the order they're listed here (and on our Message Boards). As you watch each one, please keep track of them here on this thread, but also feel free to post each one in the respective board. Good luck to all players... Who will be... THE SOLE SURVIVOR?!?!? *Laughing Gravy skips off to go watch a "classic comedy" he's never seen before...* |
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| Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer | Aug 3 2008, 11:26 AM Post #2 |
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I'm up for the challenge. I'm just gonna copy and paste the categories and I'll edit in the films I've seen. I'll go ahead and add some drivel to the appropriate boards too. Funny Business......8/3/08...Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein. I haven't seen it in 30 or so years. Funny banter between Bud and Lou. The sight gags are lame, except Lou mimicing Lugosi's Dracula. Get your drivel HERE! Serious Stuff.........8/4/08.......Cat On A Hot Tin Roof... Have some drivel on the rocks! The Dark Aisle.......8/7/08........Rita Hayworth is a sweetheart and Orson Welles directs, stars in, writes, produces and has a blast in a funhouse in The Lady From Shanghai. ..... Hall Of Mirrors drivel here! Who Done It?........8/9/08....... Lady In Cement ... Blue-eyed drivel Singin' and Dancin' .....8/13/08 ...... Singing In The Rain... Get your umbrella and slosh in the drivel! Oooh! Scary! .....8/15/08....... The Innocents .....Is it drivel or are the lights playin' tricks on you. It Came from Beyond the Balcony...... 8/19/08....Primer The Next Chapter.....8/25/08....started Dick Tracy. Name that 'toon!......8/31/08.........Elf Bowling: The Movie Silents, Please.......8/31/08..... The Man Who Laughs. ....Drivel with a sad smile. Swashes Buckled Here! Action, Adventure, Derring-Do! Kong Island Fantastic Flights of Fantasy Jungle Boogie! Backlot celluloid antics in the heart of Darkest Africa! Tumbleweed Terrace The finest Hollywood horses, and the cowboys that rode 'em. From the Funny Pages Comic strip/comic book characters on the screen Ultimate Cult Weird movies that don't fit any other categories Dans le Balcon Aimons-nous des films? Oui! Reality, Practically Documentaries |
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| Chandu | Aug 3 2008, 11:47 AM Post #3 |
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I'm game! I'd been sorta subconciously wanting to do that anyway, but my efforts have so far pretty much centered around musicals, who done its, noir, serious stuff and serials. Xenomorphs still scare me though! :lol: |
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| Laughing Gravy | Aug 3 2008, 01:35 PM Post #4 |
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Well, I kicked it off with a classic screen comedy today... Mr. Roberts (1955). What a cast! Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Ward Bond, and Jack Lemmon. Now, you folks know me, and how I am. I preceded the film with a cartoon and a serial chapter. First up was the 1957 Baby Huey cartoon Pest Pupil; the box ox of a duckling has been harming his schoolmates, so he gets home-schooled by a tutor, who spends the next 6 minutes being harmed by his student in a variety of painful ways. Then came "Sea Saboteurs", the first thrill-packed (well, actually, to call it "stock footage-packed" would be more accurate) episode of Trader Tom of the China Seas. |
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| Chandu | Aug 4 2008, 10:11 AM Post #5 |
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I inadvertently fulfilled my Singin’ and Dancin’ category this morning when I awoke around 3 AM and couldn’t go back to sleep. I turned on the Fox Channel and they were showing Sun Valley Serenade (1941), a picture it seems like they’ve been showing about twice a week for around an eternity, or so, and a picture I’d steadfastly avoided because I’d confused it with another Sonja Henie vehicle and I thought I’d already seen it. Well, you didn't say we had to watch the movies in order, or set a time limit. 
 Oops, I guess ya did say in order, didn't ya?  OK, I'll go find sumthin' funny.
Funny Business Screen comedy, from Keaton to Clouseau Whistling In The Dark, 1941 , 8/06/08 Serious Stuff "It's not gonna be a circus picture; it's an English drawing-room drama." They Won't Forget, 1937, 8/07/08 The Dark Aisle Film Noir! Suspense! Mystery! Key Largo, 1948 8/08/08 Who Done It? The Great Movie Detectives Charlie Chan in Reno, 1939 8/09/08 Singin' and Dancin' Movies in which people burst into song, sometimes for no reason Sun Valley Serenade, 1941, watched at O Dark Thirty on 8/04/08 Oooh! Scary! Monsters and Mummies and Zombies, Oh My! The Horror Of It All, 1964 8/21/08 It Came from Beyond the Balcony Martians, Xenomorphs, and Science Gone Amok! Voyage To The Prehistoric Planet, 1965 9/01/08 The Next Chapter Leaping from the balcony into classic movie serials! Flying G-Men, 1939 9/04/08 Name that 'toon! If the lead character eats spinachk, is a mouse with a pet dog, or purchases Rocky and Bullwinkle, Season 1 9/06/08 Silents, Please Talkies are a fad that'll blow over; here's the REAL deal! Steamboat Bill Jr. 1928 9/09/08 Swashes Buckled Here! Action, Adventure, Derring-Do! The Sea Hawk, 1940 9/12/08 Kong Island Fantastic Flights of Fantasy Mysterious Island, 1929 9/13/08 Jungle Boogie! Backlot celluloid antics in the heart of Darkest Africa! Mark Of The Gorilla, 1950 9/16/08 Tumbleweed Terrace The finest Hollywood horses, and the cowboys that rode 'em. Paradise Canyon, 1935 9/18/08 From the Funny Pages Comic strip/comic book characters on the screen Dick Tracy, Detective, 1945 9/23/08 Ultimate Cult Weird movies that don't fit any other categories Rat Pfink A Boo Boo, 1966 9/24/08 Dans le Balcon Aimons-nous des films? Oui! Aventure Malagache, 1944, 9/29/08 Reality, Practically Documentaries The Men Who Made The Movies, 2008 10/02/08 |
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| stacia | Aug 6 2008, 12:19 PM Post #6 |
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I challenge you! *insert dramatic martial arts movie sound effect here* First up: "The Horn Blows at Midnight". I'll post about it on the comedy thread. |
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| rodney | Aug 7 2008, 12:25 PM Post #7 |
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Actually, I'm bowing out this time. Too much on my plate. |
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| Laughing Gravy | Aug 7 2008, 09:05 PM Post #8 |
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Tonight's viewing began with a really eerie Mutt & Jeff cartoon called Dog Gone, courtesy of a wonderful DVD from Inkwell Images; a German sausage-maker is rounding up strays and grinding them up into product. Ick. Then, I watched "Death Takes the Deck", the second sinister episode of Trader Tom of the China Seas, which could be called Captain Marvel meets Fu Manchu and calls S.O.S. Coast Guard. Then, looking for a particular film in my "Drama Section", I came across The Informer by John Ford instead, and said, hey, why the heck not. |
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| marlin lee | Aug 8 2008, 02:05 AM Post #9 |
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Oh what the heck. I'll give it a shot as well. I doubt I have unwatched films in every category so most will likely be films I haven't watched recently. Funny Business Screen comedy, from Keaton to Clouseau Watched Hello Down There on 8-8-08 Serious Stuff "It's not gonna be a circus picture; it's an English drawing-room drama." Night Crossing on 8-8-08 The Dark Aisle Film Noir! Suspense! Mystery! The Stranger on 8-16-08 Who Done It? The Great Movie Detectives Dick Tracy vs. Gruesome on 8-17-08 Singin' and Dancin' Movies in which people burst into song, sometimes for no reason Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on 8-17-08 Oooh! Scary! Monsters and Mummies and Zombies, Oh My! The Haunted Strangler on 8-18-08 It Came from Beyond the Balcony Martians, Xenomorphs, and Science Gone Amok! The Atomic Submarine on 8-18-08 The Next Chapter Leaping from the balcony into classic movie serials! On 8-19-08 watched Chapter 5 of Beatrice Fairfax Chapter 15 of Dick Tracy's G-Men Name that 'toon! If the lead character eats spinachk, is a mouse with a pet dog, or purchases Beauty and the Beast on 8-22-08 Silents, Please Talkies are a fad that'll blow over; here's the REAL deal! At Bear Track Gulch on 8-23-08 Swashes Buckled Here! Action, Adventure, Derring-Do! For Your eyes Only on 8-26-08 Kong Island Fantastic Flights of Fantasy Son of Kong on 8-27-08 Jungle Boogie! Backlot celluloid antics in the heart of Darkest Africa! Bride of the Gorilla on 8-28-08 Tumbleweed Terrace The finest Hollywood horses, and the cowboys that rode 'em. The Duel at Silver Creek on 8-29-08 From the Funny Pages Comic strip/comic book characters on the screen Li'l Abner on 8-31-08 Ultimate Cult Weird movies that don't fit any other categories Quest for Fire on 9-2-08 Dans le Balcon Aimons-nous des films? Oui! Rodan on 9-3-08 Reality, Practically Documentaries Man and the Moon on 9-4-08 Bonus Monogram Film The Ape on 9-4-08 |
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| marlin lee | Aug 8 2008, 02:20 AM Post #10 |
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Started off with Hello Down There with Tony Randall, Jim Backus, Janet Leigh, Roddy McDowell, Charlotte Rae, Richard Dreyfuss, Ken Berry, Harvey Lembeck, and a cameo by Merv Griffin. |
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| marlin lee | Aug 8 2008, 11:49 PM Post #11 |
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For a drama I chose Night Crossing with John Hurt, Jane Alexander, Beau Bridges and Doug McKeon. |
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| Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer | Aug 9 2008, 04:25 PM Post #12 |
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Mr Gravy... are we supposed to watch a serial when we get to The Next Chapter? Seems kinda weird to me. Am I to assume we will watch a serial and then continue with the serial as the watch the other challenge areas? |
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| Laughing Gravy | Aug 9 2008, 06:03 PM Post #13 |
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That is one CREEPY-ass avatar, Stony. What was the question? Oh, yeah. Well, well, well... I have thought long and hard about the whole serial question, and decided I'm either going to watch a documentary on the making of serials (I have a few) or maybe I'll have a "serial marathon" with one chapter of a bunch of serials, or maybe I'll count Trader Tom of the China Seas, which as I've mentioned I'm watching a chapter at a time along with a cartoon and each of my Balcony Challenge features. Or maybe... |
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| Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer | Aug 9 2008, 06:32 PM Post #14 |
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Wouldn't a documentary on the making of serials be a DOCUMENTARY? Lots of questions.....I'll figure something out...Oh yeah, I continued the challenge tonight by fulfilling the great movie detectives section by watching a Tony Rome flick.
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| Laughing Gravy | Aug 9 2008, 06:54 PM Post #15 |
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Would a documentary on serials be counted under "serials" or "documentaries"? Well, would Nosferatu be counted under "horror" or "silent"? Oooh -- what about Metropolis? Silent? Sci-Fi? Or Foreign? Is Destry Rides Again a western or a comedy? If only life were simple, we'd be simpletons instead of Balconeers... |
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