What are your favorite Zoot era movies?

Started by Pitspitr, September 07, 2017, 05:19:35 PM

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Pitspitr

Mine are (in no particular order);
Legends of the Fall
You Know My Name
Untouchables
Bonnie and Clyde
Sand Pebbles
Lawless (in spite of all the gun grabbing hypocrites in the cast)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Fury
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Like all of those.

But. You are missing..."Last man standing"  and "Road to perdition", just for starters.  ;D

And, even though is not a theatrical movie "Boardwalk empire"

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I'll back way up and say 'The Roaring 20s' with Cagney and Bogart is a good one but my favs are Last Man Standing and The Untouchables.
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Any list of this type that does NOT include "The Maltese Falcon" is wrong.

Also, "To have and have not"  Bogart and Bacall at their steamiest.  Walter Brennan steps out in a Tragic role.
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Scattered Thumbs

Have to include "Public enemies" and "The public enemy"  ;D

And "The Cotton Club"

And "Mobsters"

And "The Valachi papers"

There is a big list of favourites, they are slowly coming to mind.  ::)

PS. And yes "Roaring twenties" also gets my vote. And The "Maltese falcon" of course

Pitspitr

I can't believe I forgot the Godfather Series.

Thanks for the tips yous guys
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Quote from: Pitspitr on September 08, 2017, 11:54:17 AM
I can't believe I forgot the Godfather Series.

Thanks for the tips yous guys

Aaaarrrrghh! :-[

So did I.  ;D

So, we have also "The big  sleep", the one with Bogart.

"Miller's crossing". That scene with the Thompson with "Danny boy"  as a background music is spectacular.

And there is more...They'll come back from the back of my mind. ::)

PS. As I was typing, just remembered "Once upon a time in America.

And although it's a tv series. "Marlowe" with the late Powers Booth.


Good Troy

ST...you beat me to it...
Once upon a time in America. 
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"O Brother, Where Art Thou"

"You sold your soul to the Devil?!"

"I wasn't usin' it........"
"There go those Nebraskans, and all hell couldn't stop them!"


Scattered Thumbs

People never paid much attention to this one but I liked it

"The Rocketeer"

Bat 2919

They didn't need to necessarily have a gangster theme to be great for for era costuming and customs.

Chinatown (one of my favorites)

The Two Jakes (China town squeal)

The Great Gatsby (I prefer the 1974 version)

1926 W/Warner Baxter (Silent)
1949 W/Alan Ladd
1974 W/Robert Redford
2000 W/Toby Stephens (TV)
2013 W/Leonardo DiCaprio

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Quote from: Bat 2919 on September 10, 2017, 11:41:13 AM
They didn't need to necessarily have a gangster theme to be great for for era costuming and customs.

Chinatown (one of my favorites)

The Two Jakes (China town squeal)

The Great Gatsby (I prefer the 1974 version)

1926 W/Warner Baxter (Silent)
1949 W/Alan Ladd
1974 W/Robert Redford
2000 W/Toby Stephens (TV)
2013 W/Leonardo DiCaprio



You beat me to "Chinatown" and "The Two Jakes"


Bat 2919

In light of current events how could we forget Key Largo, Bogie and Bacall trapped in a hurricane with Edward G. Robinson as the heavy.
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Pitspitr

Oh and how could I have forgotten. The Sting
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Good Troy

Would Legends of the Fall qualify?  It was WW1 and post.  Regardless, it was a great movie.
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Quote from: Good Troy on September 11, 2017, 05:27:09 AM
Would Legends of the Fall qualify?  It was WW1 and post.  Regardless, it was a great movie.
But it starts Pre-Prohibition in the Indian Wars Period and goes all the way through the early 1960's. Most of it is set during prohibition

Besides it has some of the sexiest movie stars ever; the Henry, A rolling block, a 1873 Winchester,the Single Action Army, the Lee-Enfield, The Webley, the Police Positive, and 1908 Colt, a Couple of Smith & Wessons including a L-frame snubby, the 1874 Sharps, a Holand and Holand double rifle, and the Thompson. With all that sex appeal it's my kind of movie!  ;D
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Quote from: Pitspitr on September 11, 2017, 06:09:15 AM
But it starts Pre-Prohibition in the Indian Wars Period and goes all the way through the early 1960's. Most of it is set during prohibition

Besides it has some of the sexiest movie stars ever; the Henry, A rolling block, a 1873 Winchester,the Single Action Army, the Lee-Enfield, The Webley, the Police Positive, and 1908 Colt, a Couple of Smith & Wessons including a L-frame snubby, the 1874 Sharps, a Holand and Holand double rifle, and the Thompson. With all that sex appeal it's my kind of movie!  ;D

You forgot the P.08 Luger. :o

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My favorites were the Sharps that Decker used, and the Thompson...But I didn't like the guy with the Thompson....
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