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Thank you. Watching it now.The Original BJ wrote:Since this is where we had previously listed our sources for more obscure titles, here's one I just found:
The 1929/30 Screenplay nominee Street of Chance is available online. It's the one writing nominee that year that isn't a Best Picture nominee, so I assume some people might be missing just that one (as I was).
If you Google "The Card Sharks 1930," the first item that comes up reads "The Card Sharks 1930 William Powell, Kay Francis, Jean Arthur." Go there. The movie that plays is Street of Chance. There's a strange overlay of the title with contemporary text that reads "The Card Sharks," but ignore that.
I went down quite the online rabbit hole to stumble on this, and figured I should share.
Thanks for that, Magilla. They have a ton of the titles I'm missing that aren't available on Netflix, and many that would be more expensive to rent on iTunes one by one.Big Magilla wrote:The Sheepman was an early Warner Archive release.
You can rent it at classisflix along with many others you can't find at Netflix:
http://classicflix.com/search_result.ph ... e+sheepman
Thanks -- I've only seen a little over half of them, so I'll be YouTubing plenty in the coming weeks. I'd actually only recently watched Affairs of Susan and Tom, Dick and Harry by that method (they're strikingly similar movies, by the way). And I only just realized, looking at the 1941 list, that Tom, Dick and Harry and Tall, Dark and Handsome are alliteratively identical -- I wonder if there was any connection between the usage of the two phrases?The Original BJ wrote:You've no doubt seen many of these over the years, but here are some films not readily available (by which I mean Netflix/iTunes) that I found pretty quickly on YouTube:Mister Tee wrote:It might be helpful, if people find convenient ways to track down obscurer titles, that they share their sources. Not that everyone has access to every service, but I know I see a number of films in years just upcoming that I haven't been able to track down, and suggestions would be welcome.
The Goddess (1958)
It Happens Every Spring (1949)
Jolson Sings Again (1949)
The Quiet One (1949)
The Dark Mirror (1946)
The Affairs of Susan (1945)
The House on 92nd Street (1945)
The Sullivans (1944) (on YouTube as The Fighting Sullivans)
Wing and a Prayer (1944)
Holy Matrimony (1943)
The North Star (1943)
One of Our Air Craft is Missing (1942)
Tall, Dark, and Handsome (1941)
Tom, Dick, and Harry (1941)
Bachelor Mother (1939)
The Gay Deception (1935)
Laughter (1930/31)
Holiday (1930/31)
Our Dancing Daughters (1928/29)
A Woman of Affairs (1928/29)
I know it's confusing, but to keep it from becoming too much so, for 1957-1949 let's do Motion Picture Story one week and both Screenplay (which was the same as Adapted Screenplay) and Story and Screenplay (which they called Original Screenplay for a while) the following week. Beginning with 1948 Motion Picture Story one week and Screenplay the next. Prior to 1949, all screenplays were considered Adapted. They were either adapted from the Motion Picture Story which was the treatment or story outline from which a screenplay could be adapted or from a previously published source such as a book, play or short story.Kellens101 wrote:Oh ok. Well it's still great
Would I be posting Story, Screenplay and Story and Screenplay all separately to avoid major confusion? It's kind of obvious but I just wanted to clarify.
It won't be that much easier for a while as we will still have two categories of screenplays through 1949. Beginning with 1948 we will have just Motion Picture Story and one Screenplay category which we can do on alternate weeks.Kellens101 wrote:This will be so much easier than the previous screenplays. I love this idea.
You've no doubt seen many of these over the years, but here are some films not readily available (by which I mean Netflix/iTunes) that I found pretty quickly on YouTube:Mister Tee wrote:It might be helpful, if people find convenient ways to track down obscurer titles, that they share their sources. Not that everyone has access to every service, but I know I see a number of films in years just upcoming that I haven't been able to track down, and suggestions would be welcome.
I agree.Big Magilla wrote:In two weeks we will be down to 1957 in our writing awards discussions. As we previously discussed we will be tackling this category separately from the screenplay awards. Inasmuch as the story comes before the screenplay I suggest we do the story awards one week and the screenplay awards the next week. Anyone disagree?