The classic, the rare, the obscure…you movie junkies love this stuff. It’s always cool to discover the weird films made by familiar faces. Kudos Matt Holmes and Peter Willis of Obssessed With Film for assembling a Top 10 of little known classics.
You can watch 5 of them right now at Internet Archive. Whoa, is that Telly Savalas!? I’m going to watch Quicksand! now…it has Peter Lorre and Mickey Rooney together.
Check them out:
Horror Express http://www.archive.org/details/horror_express_ipod
Suddenly http://www.archive.org/details/suddenly_avi
Impact http://www.archive.org/details/impact
Too Late For Tears http://www.archive.org/details/TooLateForTears
Quicksand! http://www.archive.org/details/Quicksand_clear
-Jeff Kaplan
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To add to this list, I’d also like to suggest “Detour,” apparently the first poverty-row film noir to be chosen by the Library of Congress for inclusion in the National Film Registry. Also very highly rated by the Internet Movie Database.
http://www.archive.org/details/Detour_movie
I agree, “Detour” is a great movie!!!
D.O.A.
http://www.archive.org/details/doa_ipod
Scarlet Street
http://www.archive.org/details/ScarletStreet
The Stranger
http://www.archive.org/details/TheStranger_0
The Lost World
http://www.archive.org/details/TheLostWorld_207
Salome
http://www.archive.org/details/Salomfebruary151923
Vampyr
http://www.archive.org/details/Vampyr1932
weird and wonderful and even orson welles!
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In “Suddenly,” the role of Benny Conklin was played by legendary voice actor Paul Frees (Boris Badenov, Ludwig von Drake, Bergermeister Meisterberger, etc.)
great info!
It’s too bad he only had about 3 speaking lines in the whole movie though.
I recommend that “The Hitch-hiker” is added to this list. A great small-budget movie that is thoroughly worth watching. The acting and direction are flawless.
I’d add that I agree with “The Hitch-hiker” being added to this list. The Hitch-hiker was directed by Ida Lupino. Ida Lupino was ground breaking in that she was a woman who made great films in an industry dominated by male directors. Another example you’ll find here is “The Bigamist”… also a great film.
Great thoughts. I’ve enjoyed reading these comments. Perhaps one of the visitors here can help me identify a film where I remember bits of dialogue. I think it was Mickey Rooney (though I admit my memory is shaky on this) who asks, “Whose army should I join?” The person he’s talking to asks him if he’s ready to fight and Rooney replies that he is. I don’t recall much else from the film as I was a young boy when I saw it. Why this one scene sticks out in memory I haven’t a clue. If someone can help point me in the right direction I’d be most appreciative. Rooney always struck me as an actor willing to take chances and find the truth in the roles he played. Well, thanks!!
Could be thinking of the Bob Hope film “Off Limits”?
your archive blogs are most informative and therefore educational.
thanks very much for uploading this very interesting information,
cheers and keep up the good work !
Yours cordially,
Laura M. Daitch/ Qbc, CDN, currently residing in Munich, Germany
I love watching movies esp. d classic Hollywood Golden era mainly after d coming of sound. I came to know about this site from About.com-Movies in a Laurie Boeder’s blog. It sure is a swell site that u r operating out here. Thanks.
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Nice movie this “Quicksand” title. Really enjoyed it, I was effortlessly drawn to the story.
I am so interested in finding out what the Archive is Public Domain an what is not, what can be reuploaded and what cannot, some films say “public Domain” then some places say they are not, it’s all so confusing, is there any simple, easy to follow site on copyright? that anyone can tell me about, I thought everything on here was PD?
Another good one was Whistlestop starring Ava Gardner. She was young and drop dead georgeous. Many of those women from the Golden Age had great looks, but also a riveting presence on screen. Julia Roberts, Anjelica Jolie, etc. are not even close to the beauty and brilliance of the movie stars of the Golden Age.
Wow, I was just told about this site, amazing. Maybe I am just getting old, but the older movies just seem to have so much more class then anything produced now a days.
Sam, I think that you are, indeed, getting old, because if you see ” A Separation” and Iranian movie of 2012 then you’ll see that there are still young people doing master jobs out there overpowering by far all the domestic biggies nominated for the Oscars this year.
i would not feel alone, everybody must see ‘the wet parade’….’30s about prohibition.
NEED to watch this one..
What a wonderful site! This is what the www is all about! Information readily available for everyone to enjoy! Kudos to archive.org.
Heather
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Hi Sam,
I don’t know how old are you but I am 24 years old and I also think that there are more class in old movies than the ones which we see know at tv.
Just wanted to say a big thank you to the people who work so hard on this archive. I’ve been using it for years to browse films, text and webpages and I don’t think I’ve ever visited without finding something of interest. A real treasure of knowledge which I hope will forever be available. Thank you.
I have a question that is related – but hopefully not too distant from those who visit here: Does anyone recall a movie about a boy orphaned during WW2 whose despair was noticed by an American soldier who eventually cared for him as his own son when he couldn’t find anyone else? That’s all I can remember. I don’t even know who the actors in it were. Any information would be appreciated!
You are probably thinking of THE SEARCH with Montgomery Clift.
Could the film be “Dondi?” It starred David Janssen. The film took its inspiration from , I believe, the long-running comic strip which started in the mid-’50s.
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