Movies I Watched in November

She who must be obeyed.

Started off Noirvember with Laura (1944), then read Gene Tierney's autobiography Self Portrait that I picked it up at an antique store a couple months ago. Ended Noirvember with Nightfall. I also read the book of the same name by David Goodis that the film was based on. Continued watching more Robert Redford movies. Looks like TCM is showing a couple Dennis Morgan movies early every Saturday morning right now. I revisited Tear Gas Squad with my favorite Dennis Morgan song (here):

Cute little Karolyn Grimes in Albuquerque.

This month ended up being Randolph Scott Westerns month. I've never purposefully explored his films. The ones I have seen I was usually watching for someone else: Errol Flynn, John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Cary Grant, Fred and Ginger, etc. A couple months ago I watched Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend because of James Garner and The Walking Hills for Ella Raines. Then right at the end of last month I finished Canadian Pacific, which I had started several months before on tubi, and then decided to watch the two other Scott movies that were on Watch TCM. There's quite a few of his films on tubi so I kept going!

*indicates a rewatch

1. Beau Geste (1926) - Ronald Colman, Neil Hamilton, Ralph Forbes, Noah Beery, William Powell, Victor McLaglen
2. She (1935) - Randolph Scott, Helen Gahagan, Helen Mack, Nigel Bruce
3. The Last of the Mohicans (1936) - Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes, Bruce Cabot, Heather Angel
4. The Texans (1938) - Randolph Scott & Joan Bennett, Robert Cummings, May Robson, Walter Brennan
5. *Bachelor Mother (1939) - Ginger Rogers & David Niven, Charles Coburn
6. *Tear Gas Squad (1940) - Dennis Morgan, John Payne, Gloria Dickson
7. Tennessee Johnson (1942) - Van Heflin & Ruth Hussey, Lionel Barrymore, Marjorie Main
8. *Laura (1944) - Gene Tierney & Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson
9. Belle of the Yukon (1944) - Randolph Scott, Gypsy Rose Lee, Dinah Shore, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
10. *One More Tomorrow (1946) - Dennis Morgan & Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Jane Wyman, Reginald Gardiner
11. Abilene Town (1946) - Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak
12. *Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Hara & John Payne, Natalie Wood
13. Albuquerque (1948) - Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Lon Chaney Jr., Karolyn Grimes
14. The Cariboo Trail (1950) - Randolph Scott, Bill Williams, George 'Gabby' Hayes
15. Circle of Danger (1951) - Ray Milland & Patricia Roc
16. Carson City (1952) - Randolph Scott, Raymond Massey
17. *All That Heaven Allows (1955) - Jane Wyman & Rock Hudson, Agnes Morehead, Virginia Grey, Gloria Talbott
18. Tight Spot (1955) - Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson, Brian Keith
19. *Nightfall (1956) - Aldo Ray & Anne Bancroft, Brian Keith
20. The Tall T (1957) - Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Sullivan
21. The Way We Were (1973) - Barbra Streisand & Robert Redford
22. *The Sting (1973) - Robert Redford & Paul Newman
23. *Moonstruck (1987) - Cher & Nicholas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia
24. *Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987) - Steve Martin & John Candy
25. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025) - Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern, Laura Carmichael, et. all

A&E Biography Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait (1999)

Least Favorite Film: The Cariboo Trail. I rolled my eyes a lot. It had a lot of the Western cliches.

I loved this costume though!

Favorite Movie: The Tall T was really good. Somehow no one in my family had heard of it before! Also low key obsessed with She. The thumbnail showed snow so I hit play. Really enjoyed Circle of Danger. Ray Milland travels to England to look up the men of the commando unit his brother fought with during the war to try and clear up the mysterious circumstances of his death. No one seems to be able to answer his questions. All three films are on Tubi.

Favorite Quote: (All from One More Tomorrow)

Smith: "Stop being bitter and get me a drink."

Morgan: "Haven't we met before?"

Gardiner: "No, I don't think so. I might have forgotten you, but you'd never have forgotten me."

Morgan: "Strange, I could have sworn that.."

Gardiner: "No, no. We've never met. But you may have seen my picture somewhere. I used to be an advertising model."

(This exchange was funny because they were both in Christmas in Connecticut the previous year.)

Wyman: "What are you doing on this couch, I thought the blue one was your favorite."

Gardiner: "It developed a bump in the middle. It and I are through."

She (1935)