To Kill a Mockingbird.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by Princess Doreen

You must be a mind reader because I can't remember mentioning 4 Horsemen on this forum Even though it got panned mercilessly, I still like that movie. And the music from it (Andre Previn) is my favorite movie sound track. Deja vu, right?!~

12 Angry Men is another classic movie. I don't think I saw Gideon's Trumpet. Will have to watch for it. Sounds good. I love movies with a legal theme. I cried when they stopped running Paper Chase on tv.

When i played your youtube clip the name 4 horseman came up and i checked it out on netflix...they also have Gideon's trumpet, yes see if you can find it somewhere...José Ferrer's presentation was stirring....

[Princess Doreen]

Originally Posted by bigrun

When i played your youtube clip the name 4 horseman came up and i checked it out on netflix...they also have Gideon's trumpet, yes see if you can find it somewhere...José Ferrer's presentation was stirring....

Ah, I see. I posted the wrong youtube clip.

Here's the one for Capote if you haven't checked into it yourself yet.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379725/

I will look into Gideon's Trumpet. Thanks.

Top 25 legal theme movies

http://www.abajournal.com/gallery/top25movies/

and To Kill a Mockingbird is #1.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by Princess Doreen

Ah, I see. I posted the wrong youtube clip.

Here's the one for Capote if you haven't checked into it yourself yet.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379725/

I will look into Gideon's Trumpet. Thanks.

Top 25 legal theme movies

http://www.abajournal.com/gallery/top25movies/

and To Kill a Mockingbird is #1.

Got lots to comment on later...gotta get ready for dinner....

While we're on the subject of classic movies of yesteryear, I give you this one with a backstory:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYbZktWNP_w

My father was a professional saxophone/clarinet player in the Stork Club rhumba band during the 50's, and was a close friend of Manny Balestrero, the subject of this film. He would have been the sax player in the clip (:38-:53), except that Warner Bros. decided not to use the real Stork Club band when filming due to union issues.

My dad had to sign a release from Warner Bros., and I think he received a small payment for it, probably because during the film he is peripherally referred to, although not by name. When the detectives are questioning Manny in the stationhouse trying to find a motive for the robbery, they ask him about his gambling on the horses, and Fonda has a line something to the effect that he plays a dollar apiece with his friend on a horse once in a while. That friend would have been my father.

The film is a very underrated Hitchcock classic, and it supposedly had a great impact on many directors of the "film noir" genre.


Ocala Mike

[Princess Doreen]

Great story, Mike. I did see this movie. I'll have to see it again after your telling us about your Dad.

I left out the fact that I met Manny and one of his sons myself once when my dad and I went to a Giants baseball game at the Polo Grounds probably in 1951 or 1952 with them. I would have been around 9 or 10, and I remember Monte Irvin hit a tremendous homer over the right field roof. My dad and Manny were inveterate Giants fans, while my brother and I were Dodgers fans; lots of arguments around the dinner table, I can assure you. The only thing I remember about Manny was that he was very unassuming and quiet; definitely not the armed robber type.


Ocala Mike