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Movie Quote of the Day – Beyond The Forest, 1949 (dir. King Vidor)

Rosa Moline: What a dump!

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Movie Quote of the Day – The Petrified Forest, 1936 (dir. Archie Mayo)

Alan Squier: The trouble with me, Gabrielle, is I, I belong to a vanishing race. I’m one of the intellectuals. Gabrielle Maple: That, that means you’ve got brains! Alan Squier: Hmmm. Yes. Brains...

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Movie Quote of the Day – The Letter, 1940 (dir. William Wyler)

Leslie Crosbie: With all my heart, I still love the man I killed!

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2011 in Films: A Year-Long Cinematic Odyssey Through 1,117 New-To-Me Films

Last year I watched 517 new-to-me films and I thought that number was ridiculously large. Well, this year not only did I reach that number, I surpassed it with an additional 600 new-to-me films,...

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Movie Quote of the Day – The Cabin In The Cotton, 1932 (dir. Michael Curtiz)

Madge: I’d like to kiss you, but I just washed my hair.

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Movie Quote of the Day – The Little Foxes, 1941 (dir. William Wyler)

Regina Giddens: I hope you die. I hope you die soon. I’ll be waiting for you to die.

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Oscar Vault Monday – Jezebel, 1938 (dir. William Wyler)

I really love this film. I have watched it many times. It’s one that gets richer each time you watch it. Often, you hear it dismissed, or at least introduced, as Bette Davis’s Gone With The Wind, but...

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Movie Quote of the Day – Jezebel, 1938 (dir. William Wyler)

Preston Dillard: Naturally, we claim the right to the customs we were born to. Even some of us who question the value of those customs. Buck Cantrell: I like my convictions undiluted, same as I do my...

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Movie Quote of the Day – Dark Victory, 1939 (dir. Edmund Goulding)

Judith: I’ve never taken orders from anyone. As long as I live, I’ll never take orders from anyone. I’ll tell you something else. I’m well, absolutely well. I’m young and strong and nothing can touch...

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From The Warner Archive: Forbidden Hollywood, Vol. 7

At this point y’all should be pretty well-versed in Pre-Code Hollywood and all its glory. The Warner Archive is at it again, releasing Vol. 7 of the ever-popular Forbidden Hollywood series. This set...

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Movie Quote of the Day – Dead Ringer, 1964 (dir. Paul Henreid)

Edith Phillips: I have a cocktail lounge on Figueroa called Edie’s. Margaret DeLorca: A cocktail lounge? Why didn’t you ask me– Edith Phillips: For the fare out of town? That last time I left Los...

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Movie Quote of the Day – The Old Maid, 1939 (dir. Edmund Goulding)

Tina: I’ll go, but before I go, you’ve got to know that I’m sick your spying and fault-finding and meddling– Delia Lovell: No, Tina! Tina: You can say what you want to me Mummy, because you understand...

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Movie Quote of the Day – Hush. . .Hush, Sweet Charlotte, 1964 (dir. Robert...

Miriam: Yes, I told Jewel. And I told your father too. Why wouldn’t I? After all, I wasn’t much more than a child then. And all I ever got in this house was people telling me how lucky I was and your...

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