4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films is all about letting the visuals do the talking.
4 Shots From 4 Holiday Films
Holiday Inn (1942, dir by Mark Sandrich)
It’s A Wonderful Life (1946, dir by Frank Capra)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947, dir by George Seaton)
White Christmas (1954, dir by Michael Curtiz)
8 Shots From 8 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 8 Shots From 8 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
My list of my favorite Best Picture winners is a fluid one. There are a few — like All About Eve, It Happened One Night, the two Godfathers — that are always on the list. I love these four films with all my heart. Then there are films like No Country For Old Men that I think about and say, “Of course that’s going on the list!” There are other films that have snuck up on me. Until I was making out this list, I didn’t realize how much I truly did like Coda.
Anyway, here’s my top 8!
8 Shots From 8 Oscar-Winning Films
It Happened One Night (1934, dir by Frank Capra, DP: Joseph Walker)
Casablanca (1942, dir by Michael Curtiz, DP: Arthur Edeson)
All About Eve (1950, dir by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, DP: Milton R. Krassner)
West Side Story (1961, dir by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, DP: Daniel L. Fapp)
The Godfather (1972, dir by Francis Ford Coppola, DP: Gordon Willis)
The Godfather Part II (dir by Francis Ford Coppola, DP: Gordon Willis)
No Country For Old Men (2007, dir by Joel and Ethan Coen, DP: Roger Deakins)
CODA (2021, dir by Sian Heder, DP: Paula Huidobro)
4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Today, I’m using this feature to take a look at the history of the Academy Award for Best Picture. Decade by decade, I’m going to highlight my picks for best of the winning films. To start with, here are 4 shots from 4 Films that won Best Picture during the 1940s! Here are….
4 Shots From 4 Best Picture Winners: The 1940s
Rebecca (1940, dir by Alfred Hitchcock, DP: George Barnes)
Casablanca (1942, dir by Michael Curtiz, DP: Arthur Edeson)
The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946, dir by William Wyler, DP: Gregg Toland)
Hamlet (1948, dir by Laurence Olivier, DP: Desmond Dickinson)
4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking.
December 24th is not just Christmas Eve! It’s also the anniversary of the birth of Michael Curtiz! Michael Curtiz was born in Budapest in 1886 and, after getting his start making silent films in Hungary, he eventually came to the United States and became one of the most important directors of Hollywood’s Golden Age! Curtiz mastered every genre and worked with every star and the end result was some of the greatest films ever made.
Today, we honor the legacy of Michael Curtiz with….
4 Shots From 4 Michael Curtiz Films
The Walking Dead (1936, dir by Michael Curtiz, DP: Hal Mohr)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938, dir by Michael Curtiz, DP: W. Howard Greene)
Casablanca (1942, dir by Michael Curtiz, DP: Arthur Edeson)
Mildred Pierce (1945, dir by Michael Curtiz, DP: Ernest Haller)
4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking.
Today is not just Christmas! It is also Humphrey Bogart’s birthday! Bogart was born 121 years ago, today! And that means that it’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 Films
Dead End (1937, dir by William Wyler)
Casablanca (1943, dir by Michael Curtiz)
The Big Sleep (1946, dir by Howard Hawks)
The African Queen (1951, dir by John Huston)
4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking.
December 24th is not just Christmas Eve! It’s also the anniversary of the birth of Michael Curtiz! Michael Curtiz was born in Budapest in 1886 and, after getting his start making silent films in Hungary, he eventually came to the United States and became one of the most important directors of Hollywood’s Golden Age! Curtiz mastered every genre and worked with every star and the end result was some of the greatest films ever made.
Today, we honor the legacy of Michael Curtiz with….
4 Shots From 4 Films
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933; Dir by Michael Curtiz)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938, dir by Michael Curtiz)
Casablanca (1943, dir by Michael Curtiz)
King Creole (1958, directed by Michael Curtiz)
4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Today, I’m thrilled to wish a happy birthday to two of my favorite people!
First off, let’s all wish a happy birthday to Patrick Smith! Along with being a contributor here on the Shattered Lens, Patrick is also a Snarkalec in good standing and one of the founders of the Late Night Movie Gang! I’ve been happy to call Patrick a friend for several years now and I’m thankful to have him as part of a team here on the Shattered Lens! Happy birthday, Pat!
Also born on this day was the one and only Olivia de Havilland. Olivia is 104 years old today, one of the last remaining stars of Hollywood’s golden age. Olivia de Havilland, whose career spanned 53 years and who co-starred with everyone from Errol Flynn to James Stewart to Michael Caine, currently lives in Paris and I can’t wait to celebrate her 105th birthday next year.
In honor of a legendary career and life, here are….
4 Shots From 4 Films
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938, dir by Michael Curtiz)
Gone With The Wind (1939, dir by Victor Fleming)
The Snake Pit (1948, dir by Anatole Litvak)
The Swarm (1978, dir by Irwin Allen)
4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking.
Today is not just David Bowie’s birthday. It’s also Elvis’s! If he was still with us, Elvis Presley would be 85 years old today.
During his lifetime, Elvis was as well-known for his movies as his music. Elvis, who admired James Dean and Marlon Brando and wanted to be known as a serious actor, hated the majority of his films. After 1960’s G.I. Blues, almost all of Elvis’s films were musical comedies that provided him with little opportunity to show off his dramatic skills. Elvis preferred his first four films, Love Me Tender, Loving You, Jailhouse Rock, and King Creole, all of which gave him a chance to not just sing but to do some serious acting as well.
In honor Elvis’s birthday, here are 4 shots from those 4 films.
4 Shots From 4 Elvis Films
Love Me Tender (1956, directed by Robert D. Webb)
Loving You (1957, directed by Hal Kanter)
Jailhouse Rock (1957, directed by Richard Thorpe)
King Creole (1958, directed by Michael Curtiz)
1939 has been proclaimed by many to be Hollywood’s Greatest Year. I could make a case for 1947, but I won’t go there… for the moment. Be that as it may, 1939 saw the release of some true classics that have stood the test of time, including in the Western genre: DESTRY RIDES AGAIN, JESSE JAMES, STAGECOACH , and UNION PACIFIC. One that doesn’t get a lot of attention anymore is DODGE CITY, the 5th screen pairing in four years of one of Hollywood’s greatest romantic duos, heroic Errol Flynn and beautiful Olivia de Havilland.
DODGE CITY was Warner Brothers’ biggest hit of 1939, and the 6th highest grossing picture that year, beating out classics like GOODBYE MR. CHIPS, GUNGA DIN, NINOTCHKA, and THE WIZARD OF OZ. It’s a rousing actioner with plenty of romance and humor thrown in, shot in Glorious Technicolor by Warners’ ace director Michael Curtiz …
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As a classic film blogger, I’m contractually obligated to cover film noir during the month of “Noirvember”, so every Tuesday this month I’ll be shining the spotlight on movies of this dark genre!
Claude Rains received second billing in 1947’s THE UNSUSPECTED, but there’s no doubt who’s the star of this show. Nobody could steal a picture like Rains, as I’ve stated several times before – his sheer talent commands your attention! Here, he gives a chilling portrayal of a cold, calculating murderer in a Michael Curtiz noir based on a novel by Edgar Award-winning mystery writer Charlotte Armstrong, and runs away with the film. Joan Caulfield gets top billing, but let’s be honest – it’s Claude’s movie all the way!
The film begins with a frightening scene played mostly in shadow, as a figure creeps into the office of Victor Grandison (Rains) and murders his secretary Robyn Wright while…
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