Those Old Time Movies

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Last night I just happen to be checking the TV listings.

Noticed a movie filmed in 1957 named "Sayonara"

Checked out the cast:
Marlon Brando
Red Buttons
James Gardner
Ricardo Montalban

Decided to watch it and it turned out to be a pretty good movie.
Anyone else ever see it?
 
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I know OF the movie. Brando's Air Force, in post-war Japan, and falls for a Japanese girl, right?

But I don't like Brando, so have never seen it.
 
Saw it and loved it but that was then and this is now. Except for the setting it'd probably be called a chick flick today. Some, like Tin Cup are okay but not my favorite these days.

I too enjoy the Turner Classic movie channel. See some real oldies but goodies there.
 
I saw most of it years ago. The struggle of two people of different cultures in love. At the time, they were breaking the "Taboo", now that is the norm. One of my H.S. buddies had a G.I. dad and a traditional Japanese mother (married in early 50's), They made it work. Same for my uncle (married in mid 60's). Hollywood is always trying to make a statement, but sometimes they are a little slow. Ivan
 
labworm said:
Last night I just happen to be checking the TV listings.

Noticed a movie filmed in 1957 named "Sayonara"

Checked out the cast:
Marlon Brando
Red Buttons
James Gardner
Ricardo Montalban

Decided to watch it and it turned out to be a pretty good movie.
Anyone else ever see it?
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yepper...seen it more than once...I enjoy the B&W films from the past...........

12 angry men, anatomy of a murder, the L shaped room, marty...........
 
Wanna see star studded cast, It's A mad mad mad mad world, and The Longest day.

Grapes of wrath is a favorite of mine as well as Lifeboat.

And as for silent movies it's probably impossible for the younger one's to think that a movie without sound can make you laugh or be interesting. I enjoy them whenever they come on.
 
For those of you who like classic black and with I'd recomend The Steel Lady if you can find it. It is about a downed crew that finds a German tank with that name abandoned and buried in the Sahara desert.
It's quite the story.
Jim
 
Sayonara

Saw it in theaters when first released.
There were still a lot of hard feelings against the Japanese. A local Wooworth was going to stock Japanese-made toys for Christmas around then and I remember the criticism.

Mom had to drag Dad to see the movie. They were both WWII Navy, Mom a RN at Norfolk, Dad a TBM Avenger pilot. He always called them "Japs" with no apology, and often said we did not drop enough atomic bombs on them. He was in training to be in the lead invasion of Japan when the bombs were dropped. He said he had no problem with that, but that he figured he would not live through it.
So, you might say the movie was controversial around the house. Jerry Lewis made at least one of his funny/silly movies using a Japanese theme, showing them with considerable sympathy. I know Dad refused to see it.
 
Ive only seen part of it. Also, it was one of James Garners first big roles.

Speaking of really great classics: guess what I saw in the $5 or less bins at wally world just on Tues.

Casablanca, To Have and Have not--and another Bogie classic. Also, for $3 bucks--a Paul Muni classic: The Comandoes Strike At Dawn and two Gary Cooper classics: Beau Geste and They Came To Cordura.
 
Walkin' Jack said:
Saw it and loved it but that was then and this is now. Except for the setting it'd probably be called a chick flick today. Some, like Tin Cup are okay but not my favorite these days.

I too enjoy the Turner Classic movie channel. See some real oldies but goodies there.
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But , but, I have always been a chick magnet, never thought that was the reason though.;):)
 
I believe I saw it.....

I have seen half a dozen movies with basically the same theme and particularly remember one where the guy couldn't marry because it was a against regs and he couldn't take her back to the states but I don't remember this cast and it seems I would have remembered Brando.:confused::confused::confused:

How about the scene in "The Sand Pebbles" where Frenchy swims ashore to see his Chinese fiance but catches some kind of disease and dies that night in their bed? :(
 
I love the scene where Brando is visiting his subordinate's (Red Button's?) Japanese house where he is living with or married to a Japanese girl. He sits on the tatami floor, as one does, in front of a low table and, him being an important guest and all, they bring him an arm rest. Brando says, "Great! Can't wait for the rest of the chair to get here!"

That cracks me up.:)
 
I love the movies from the 1930's and 1940's. I like the actors, the way they talk and the fact that they had to act rather than rely on special effects like in today's movies. We've got 4 or 5 channels on Fios that play them all the time.

Politics aside, I am a big Boggie fan. Also like Cagney, Stewart, Gable, O'Brien, William Powell, and all the lovely ladies from the era.

They just don't make 'em like that anymore!
 
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Casablanca....If their is a better made and caste movie I have yet to see it. When the night club singer starts to sing "The La Marseillaise" interrupting the German soldiers singing the German anthem...Well it gave me goose bumps.....That movie will go down in history as one of the best movies ever made or caste..The movie was made right after we went into a war that had been going on in Europe for years. The cast was genius and no longer possible with out the studio contracted stars..Bogart, Bergman, Rains, Henried, Lorre, and Greenstreet all first rate actors....The final scene is one of the best finishes ever filmed in my humble opinion....The casting of Claude Rains as the corrupt but realistic French Police Commander was genius. The last scene is still considered a classic."Louis I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship" Great movie to this day....
 
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