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Count The Hours (the very first classic film I ever watched!)
Favorite Soundtracks
I added some other favorites that I did not include in the video:
Don’t Look Now (1973) Pino Donaggio
The English Patient (1996) Gabriel
Indochine (1992) Patrick Doyle
Legends of the Fall (1994) James Horner
The Best Years of our Lives (1946)
Film:
Soundtrack by Hugo Friedhofer:
The Batman (2022) Michael Giacchino
Vertigo (1958) Bernard Hermann
Carol (2015) Carter Burrell
Gosford Park (2001) Ivor Novello and Patrick Doyle
Some favorite film themes
The Prince of Foxes (1949) by Alfred Newman
Laura (1944) by David Raskin
Stella by Starlight from The Uninvited by Victor Young
Beautiful Maria of my Soul from The Mambo Kings
Love Theme from A Place in the Sun by Franz Waxman
Now, Voyager by Max Steiner
Somewhere in Time by John Barry
If I could find a free version for you to watch, I linked it below! Enjoy!
Classic Comedies
Bringing Up Baby (1936)
Buy here:
The Young In Heart (1938)
Watch here:
His Girl Friday (1941)
Watch here:
Buy here:
The Women (1939)
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The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944)
Watch here:
My Man Godfrey (1937)
Watch here:
Buy here:
Midnight (1939)
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Jean Arthur Films:
Easy Living (1937) Jean Arthur, Ray Milland
Watch here:
Buy here:
The Ex Mrs Bradford (1936) Jean Arthur, William Powell
Watch here:
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings
Too Many Husbands (1940) Jean Arthur, Fred MacMurray, Melvyn Douglas
Watch here:
Some Recommended Reading
Wanderer by Sterling Hayden
The Star Machine by Jeanine Basinger
The Genius of the System by Thomas Shatz
The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution by Scott Wyman
Living With Miss G by Mearene Jordan
Show Trial: Hollywood HUAC and the Birth of the Blacklist by Thomas Doherty
Bright Boulevards Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood by Donald Bogle
The Big goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood by Sam Wasson
A Woman’s View How Hollywood Spoke to Women 1930-1960 by Jeannie Basinger
Death on the Cheap: The Lost B Movies of Film Noir by Arthur Lyons
In Lonely Places: Film Noir Beyond the City by Imogen Sara Smith
Orson Welles Bio by Simon Callow
Vol 1: The Road to Xanadu:
Vol 2: Hello Americans:
Vol 3: One Man:
World Noir
Elevator to the Gallows (France)
Watch here (English subtitles)
Obsession (Italy)
I’m so sorry! I tried to find a free version of this with english subtitles and I couldn’t. The DVD seems to be out of print. But, it is available on some streaming services w/ subtitles. If you want to watch it in Italian, you can watch here:
Stray Dog (Japan)
Watch here:(English subtitles)
Brighton Rock (England)
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It Always Rains on Sunday (England)
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