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If I don’t blog ‘em, I won’t watch ‘em. My wife, who knows my love of old mystery movies, B&W film and 40ws noir, gave me this collection for my birthday. I considered skipping the first few – well, the first 20, to be honest – and watching the ones that seemed worth the time. But that defeats the entire purpose of having a compilation of 100 movies, doesn’t it? Isn’t the point to watch them all?
In sequence?
Against your will?
For the foreseeable future I’ll chew through the collection, one picture per week, posted here on Fridays. dThis is not meant as film criticism; some entries will be short, others will be stupidly long, and I have no intention of editing any of this stuff. Life’s too short to care whether this is an A-1 quality product.
In other words, this site reflects the spirit of the original material.
-- Lileks Sept. 08
| #1: Bulldog Drummond's Revenge |
| #2: Bulldog Drummond Escapes |
| #3: Bulldog Drummond Farts Around in "Africa" |
| #4: Bulldog Drummond Get Wet in the Basement |
| #5: Bulldog Drummond Confronts the Fact that it is Not a Hat |
| #6: Bulldog Drummond Is Acting All Swiss 'n Stuff |
| #7: Dick Tracy vs. Woundbrute |
| #8: Dick Tracy vs. Frankenstein |
| #9: Dick Tracy vs. Shavepate |
#10: The Shadow Barely Does Anything Shadow-related |
| #11: The Shadow Takes a Job in Journalism |
| #12: Peter Lorre Swims in his Best Suit |
| #13: Dracula vs. the Classified Ad Receptionist |
| #14: Boris Karloff vs. The Plot |
| #15: Sherlock Holmes Draws Sweping Conclusions |
| #16: Sherlock Holmes Disappears for Most of the Picture |
| #17: Sherlock Holmes Is a Tedious Bore |
| #18: Sherlock Holmes Suspects Moriarity |
| #19: Sherlock Holmes Can't Even Afford a Soundtrack |
| #20: Sherlock Holmes Likes to Dress Up as a Sailor |
| #21: Sherlock Holmes is Scornful of a Hot Dame |
| #22: Sherlock Holmes Winds It Up |
| #23: Nancy Drew Lies to Pretty Much Everyone |
| #24: Philo Vance Takes Forever To Tell How It Was Done |
| #25: Dracula Doesn't Have Much To Do |
| #26: Frankie Says Get in the Basement |
| #27: Impact! Literally |
| #28: They, or rather He, Walked by Night |
| #29: Mickey Rooney's Trying to Get Lucky |
| #30: Friday the Dog Foils a Nazi Plot |
| #31: Worst Movie Ever |
| #32: Yes, Boss |
| #33: The Green Glove, or the Case of the Exploding Groin Kick |
| #34: Marcus Welby Might Be Insane |
| #35: She Liked Bread, and Opals |
| #36: Claude Raines is Not Convincing |
| #37: This Movie Actually Needs More Nazis |
| #38: Com viss me |
| #39: Murder with Wirepictos |
| #40: Heil Hit - uh, I mean Good for Truman |
| #41:This Whole Thing is Very Fishy To Me |
| #42: Kansas City Confidential is Very Good |
| #43: Well, heck: Detour is Very Good as well. What's going on? |
| #44: Slap-Happy |
| #45: Control-Tube and Col. Picklestash |
| #46: Slap-Happy, Continued |
| #47: Leo Gorcey is Aging Poorly |
| #48: If you've Survived Wirepictos, Try This |
| #49: It Was a Dark and Stormy Night |
| #50: These Scales Are Off, You Dirty Rat |
| #51: Like Watching a Movie During a Solar Flare |
| #52: What's in the Red House? Besides a metaphor |
| #53: The New Miracle Plastic |
| #54: It's HEDY |
| #55: Female Noir! Right? Right? |
| #56: I'll Get You, and Your Little - Oh, Guess Not; I'm Written Out |
| #57: Worst. Print. Ever |
| #58: He's Dead, Jim. Or Dreaming |
| #59: Bobble-head Robber |
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