The things you notice seeing an old movie for the 1000th time

[Alpo]

I'm watching The Shop Around the Corner. At the end, it's Christmas Eve, and the boss is standing outside the shop, in the snow, feeling all alone - 'cause he just dumped his cheating wife. So he buttonholes everyone coming out, trying to get someone to go to dinner with him.

And the snow is falling gently.

And as each of his employees turns him down, and walks off briskly, the breeze generated by their passage makes the lightweight fake snow move around in their slipstream.

That was just one of those, "Hey, that's neat" moments.

[rwsmith]

When the police cars leave it's daylight. When they pull up to the cemetery not only is it dark, the police cars are different model years.

The officer kicks a tombstone and it wobbles. So does Paula, and she keeps running past the same tombstone.

Cops scratching their heads, pointing at people with their pistols AND with their fingers on the trigger.

Patrol car's bubble gum lights come and go in different shots of the same scene.

The airplane 'cockpit' is a couple of chairs in front of a shower curtain.

The stock footage of artillery comes from various sources, Korea, WWII and one launcher is Russian.

Shooting at flying saucers with MORTARS????

When Tor Johnson drops the woman, she falls on pillows.

Nobody really looks surprised at the flying saucers, they just point in different directions.

Need I mention that the chiropractor that replace Bela Lugosi after he died is about a foot taller than he is, and keeps the cloak over his face because he looked nothing like Lugosi.

I have to mention "Robot Monster" - The deadly device that the alien wearing the gorilla suit and diving helmet is constantly adjusting is a pair of TV rabbit ears.

I was really surprised to learn that you could see people walking through the back scenery when Dorothy and her companions are going down the yellow brick road. There is a bogus rumor that one scene shows one of the midgets hanging themselves.

[A-37]

In "White Heat", watch when Cody Jarrett (Cagney) jumps off the bridge onto the locomotive tender. You can see the corners of the padded mat fold up as he lands.

In "Shane", Ladd closes his eyes as he shoots Wilson.

[Zipdog]

Ever see the pick up truck in " How The West Was Won " ?

[CajunBass]

Back when "Star Wars" was new, we went to see it I don't know how many times. There is a scene as the group is leaving the cantena and walking toward the Falcon. A large set of "bird legs" walks across the screen. Just two skinny bird legs. Nothing else. I don't know how many times I saw the movie before I noticed them.

[Donn]

High Noon. Great movie, big favorite of mine. During the big finish when the Miller gang is chasing Kane thru town. In one scene, there's an air conditioner in a second story window. It's only there for a second. I just noticed it recently, but it sticks out like a sore thumb now.

[MOONDAWG]

In "The Untouchables" there is a scene where Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) is in Officer Jim Malone's (Sean Connery) house trying to recruit him into the untouchables unit.

The scene has a series of "close ups" of Sean Connery. In them the top button of his shirt magically buttons and unbuttons it's self at least 5 times.

[Aticus]

My favorite is in the movie "The Commancheros". The good guys are all Texas Rangers in the Republic of Texas and are all carrying and shooting Colt Mod. 1873 and Winchester Mod. 1892 carbines.

[the ringo kid]

Originally Posted by Zipdog

Ever see the pick up truck in " How The West Was Won " ?

No but--ive heard that you could see a yellow school bus in the background during one of the big battle scenes during Dukes: The Alamo.Ive yet to see that bus and have watched that movie at least a hundred times.

[shouldazagged]

"Plan 9 From Outer Space" is often called the worst movie ever made, though I could suggest a few others. But if you want a strange, funny take on how it was made, watch "Ed Wood".

Wood was a fantastic character, an alcoholic cross-dresser who was crazy enough to think he was making a great movie. If you don't get anything else from "Ed Wood", Martin Landau's portrayal of the dying Lugosi is memorable.

[the ringo kid]

One thing I cant stand to see in movies--are the shadows of cameras and camera booms and microphones--in movies and old TV shows. I notice those shadows a lot watching eps of: Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, Maverick, Rawhide, Tales of Wells Fargo, Cheyenne and others.

Oh and another from:The Alamo.Ever notice that when the Mexican soldiers breach one of the walls and come in running under a burning roof--that some of the shattered "brick" blows away in the wind. I have to laugh at that everytime I see it.

[Chuck24]

Guns of Navarone near the begining after they scale the cliff the Germans arive, in a Dodge truck.

Undefeated near end after John Waynes last close up, a green pick up is driving down the far river bank

[the ringo kid]

Originally Posted by Chuck24

Guns of Navarone near the begining after they scale the cliff the Germans arive, in a Dodge truck.

Undefeated near end after John Waynes last close up, a green pick up is driving down the far river bank

The Germans did use a lot of captured American and other countries stuff. Ive seen loads of photos with them using our stuff. I forget which Field Marshal used an Amerian car for his own. They captured loads of Fords and Dodges, from the Russians.

[Donn]

Not a movie, a TV show. The new Hawaii Five-0. In two separate episodes I've seen, a revolver is fired followed by the sound of an ejected, spent cartridge case hitting the floor. It's probably only something we gun people would notice and it's just a TV show, but come on. They can do better than that.

[rwsmith]

Originally Posted by MOONDAWG

In "The Untouchables" there is a scene where Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) is in Officer Jim Malone's (Sean Connery) house trying to recruit him into the untouchables unit.

The scene has a series of "close ups" of Sean Connery. In them the top button of his shirt magically buttons and unbuttons it's self at least 5 times.

And Playtex used to advertise a 'living bra'?

[rwsmith]

Originally Posted by shouldazagged

"Plan 9 From Outer Space" is often called the worst movie ever made, though I could suggest a few others. But if you want a strange, funny take on how it was made, watch "Ed Wood".

Wood was a fantastic character, an alcoholic cross-dresser who was crazy enough to think he was making a great movie. If you don't get anything else from "Ed Wood", Martin Landau's portrayal of the dying Lugosi is memorable.

I think Landau's performance was jaw dropping. It's great to see 'real' acting where a person has to become somebody else instead of just saying lines somebody wrote for them. I think today we have some really fine actors. Just not enough good movies and scripts.

PS Even if you think Ed Wood's movies are worthless trash the biopic shouldzagged mentioned tells a cockamamy (and true) tale of some really weird attempts at making movies.

[Deuce Caboose]

The movie: The Friends of Eddy Coyle.
The scene: Eddy and 2 others are at the Boston Garden for a Bruins game. Near the end of the movie, Eddy goes for a drink run, in a sport coat, and returns, in a sweater, with the beer at least, but without the sport coat.
Spent many hours in the "old barn" on causeway street, and never knew there was a men's shop in the balcony. See, it's the things you learn after viewing anything, over and over.

[Aticus]

Speaking of "Tales of Wells Fargo" does anyone remember the scene with the camera looking up from between the coach horses and seeing two contrails over the drivers and guards heads?

[the ringo kid]

Originally Posted by Pecos Bill

Speaking of "Tales of Wells Fargo" does anyone remember the scene with the camera looking up from between the coach horses and seeing two contrails over the drivers and guards heads?

Is that a first or second season episode? if so?I have them on DvD and had planned watching them again soon. Ive noticed in several old TV series--someone appear onscreen who isnt supposed to because you see them look at the camera-then quickly duck out of sight.

[Jessie]

Don't remember which ones, but at least a couple of the "Duke's" westerns have contrails in the sky.
And there's always the high capacity 6 shooters.

[gtk]

I think it was from the move "dances with wolves".. There is a huge herd of buffalo running.. If you look closely, you notice that several of the buffalo are actually domesticated cows with buffalo hides strapped to them.. i noticed because one of them was falling off the cow & you could see white

[GreyOwl]

Another John Wayne war movie, don't remember which one, he is seen in a parachute landing with the chute drop tower shadow in the background.
Lots of old movies, the holder of a cigarette would have longer cigarettes as the scene continues.

[PatAz]

Also how many times cars are driving right along with the gearshift lever in park

[the ringo kid]

Originally Posted by GreyOwl

Another John Wayne war movie, don't remember which one, he is seen in a parachute landing with the chute drop tower shadow in the background.
Lots of old movies, the holder of a cigarette would have longer cigarettes as the scene continues.

If it was a Black and White movie? Probably in: The Flying Tigers. I cant remember seeing him in any other war movie--wearing a parachute cept The Green Berets--but thats in color..

[PALADIN85020]

"The Battle of the Bulge" - there's a scene where this monster German tank tops a hillock, seen from underneath - and the fake inflated plastic barrel of its main gun folds in the middle as it hits the ground below.

John