I'm surprised you don't have smoke for Walt who gave Leni Riefenstahl a tour of his studio within days of Kristallnacht and who had scenes like this in the original cut of Fantasia;

It is goated but I was getting some weird vibes even after they cut this s***

yeah this stuff is sus, I really can't blame Disney for eventually cutting it out. all things considered tho its a lot less racist than other disney films of the era (Saludos Amigos, SotS, etc.)

What about Grapes Of Wrath? Surprised it didn't land Ford in a HUAC trial after the war probably would've if he didn't do all that OSS work

Joan Manderly

these new backdrops on LB

For 1940 my top 5 looks like

The Grapes of Wrath
Shop around The Corner
Rebecca
The Letter
Pinnochio

Actually came ITT thread cause i was looking at your recent diary entries and wanted to ask where you watching the Vidor and Borzage stuff you logged haha.

Do you still find high quality rips online or what? Cause i adore Vidor and f*** with Borzage a lot, but havent seen the ones you've logged yet

Yeah I think it might be easier/less risky in Canada but they're on piratebay. @sace might be able to help you out. It did take me years to find Mortal Storm.

The Mortal Storm is on blu iirc. Sure I can upload em. Some of the Vidor and Borzage stuff I watched was on TCM even recorded them lol

I'm still waiting on your deep cuts not seeing much for foreigners films this year (reasons obv but still)

S*** hitting the fan for the rest of the world really allowed Hollywood to begin the domination that continues to this day smh

wish there was a gif for this cause its still the best moment in Great Dictator

ending speech good but otherwise the social critique and gags are so half baked compared to god level Modern Times

Pinocchio was suckin down that stogie like their was no tomorrow.

Fantasia and Pinocchio in the same year is insane

cant decide if its an even bigger achievement than Hitchcock's Rebecca/Foreign Correspondent

Rebecca and The Thief of Bagdad for me