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Movie for a Sunday afternoon: "Repeat Performance"(1947)
You Tube ^ | 1947 | Alfred Werker

Posted on 12/29/2013 11:51:46 AM PST by ReformationFan



TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 1946; 1947; filmnoir; joanleslie; louishayward; mfasa; natalieschafer; newyearseve; twilightzone
New Year's Eve later this week provides the inspiration for this week's feature. Minutes before January 1, 1947, a beautiful actress(Joan Leslie) shoots and kills her husband(Louis Hawyard). She then wishes she could re-live 1946 all over again and gets her wish. But with this second chance, can she change the events which ended in the prior tragedy or not? A film that used to be a staple of New Year's Eve television and has been called both a precursor to "The Twilight Zone" and a film-noir "It's A Wonderful Life."
1 posted on 12/29/2013 11:51:47 AM PST by ReformationFan
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To: RansomOttawa; Silentgypsy

ping


2 posted on 12/29/2013 11:53:36 AM PST by ReformationFan
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To: ReformationFan

It does not look (from the picture) like something the Reformers would sanction. “Modest apparel?”


3 posted on 12/29/2013 12:03:22 PM PST by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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To: ReformationFan

Films about women encountering the spirits of spouses surrogate or otherwise was a common theme during a time when so many men were either at war or dead from war. The Ghost and Mrs Muir was another one.


4 posted on 12/29/2013 12:07:20 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

Interesting to see that old films can be viewed in their entirety on YouTube.


5 posted on 12/29/2013 12:14:49 PM PST by publius911 ( At least Nixon had the good grace to resign!)
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To: Borges

The actress Hope Lange was in the TV series of that story. The ghost was a tall middle aged man with a British accent. It took me a while to understand they were not ‘an item’, just good friends. Hope Lange reminded me of Doris Day, but without most of the charisma and playfulness of Doris back then


6 posted on 12/29/2013 12:16:42 PM PST by lee martell
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To: ReformationFan

Thank you!


7 posted on 12/29/2013 12:24:41 PM PST by Silentgypsy (Can't sleep; zombie turkeys will get me..)
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To: ReformationFan
I am coming to the realization that they had movies prior to 1970.

Quite a few of them in fact.

I need to start taking the time to watch some of them.

8 posted on 12/29/2013 12:30:42 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76

Yep. The thing I like about films made during the Hays Code era(from the early 1930s to the mid to late 1960s when the ratings system started) is that Hollywood had to get their scripts preapproved prior to filming. Consequently, most films made prior to 1968 could be shown on TV without drastic ending.

I’d recommend films directed by Frank Capra and Howard Hawks to get started with ones made prior to 1970.


9 posted on 12/29/2013 12:50:05 PM PST by ReformationFan
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To: ReformationFan

Bookmark.


10 posted on 12/29/2013 2:43:13 PM PST by what's up
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To: ReformationFan

I always thought Joan Leslie should have been a bigger star. Always liked her.


11 posted on 12/29/2013 3:04:07 PM PST by Sans-Culotte ( Pray for Obama- Psalm 109:8)
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To: Sans-Culotte

She’s quite beautiful in this film. I read that she got blacklisted by Jack Warner because she wanted to play more grown up roles(like her role in this film).


12 posted on 12/29/2013 3:27:02 PM PST by ReformationFan
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To: ReformationFan

Thank you for this excellent suggestion.


13 posted on 12/30/2013 6:33:55 PM PST by wizkid
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To: wizkid

You’re welcome. Was that your first time to see it?


14 posted on 12/31/2013 5:15:38 PM PST by ReformationFan
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