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To: JoeProBono
I've not scrolled past the first 50 posts, but I can't believe no one has mentioned two of the greatest war movies ever made:

1) The Longest Day
2) In Harm's Way

No coincidence that both starred the greatest actor (IMNSHO) in film history, John Wayne.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

109 posted on 02/12/2011 10:28:16 AM PST by wku man (Still holding my breath, but exhaling a bit after Nov. 2...)
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To: wku man

Clark Gable-Spencer Tracy-Jeannette MacDonald “San Francisco”

“Stagecoach”

“Lost Horizon” (Ronald Colman, and an unforgettable Margo)and oh, that music!!!

“How Green Was My Valley”

“Streetcar Named Desire”


115 posted on 02/12/2011 10:32:14 AM PST by Radagast the Fool ("Mexico-Beirut with tacos!"--Dr. Zoidberg)
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To: wku man

In Harm's Way


124 posted on 02/12/2011 10:38:43 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: wku man
Hi, wku:

I've been a fan of The Longest Day since I caught the film's opening at The Chillum Drive-In when I was a kid. A massive production that tells a story well through its cast and writing. Though not so much through technique.

In Harm's Way isn't on the same scale, story wise. Though its superlative cast, especially Patricia Neal, Kirk Douglas, Burgess Meredith and Paula Prentiss pull out the stops to place the film high on my list of personal favorites.


Jack.
135 posted on 02/12/2011 10:47:18 AM PST by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Resident FReeper Kitty Poem /Haiku Guy)
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