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What film would you double-bill this with?

posted 11 years ago by jknuttel-2
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Like so many of you out there I'm a big fan of Somewhere in Time. Here's a few suggestions that would make a nice second feature to accompany it on a double-bill:

Maytime (1937) - The third of eight films that teamed Jeanette MacDonald with Nelson Eddy, this one is loosely adapted from Sigmund Romberg's 1917 operatta. Not a time-travel story but most of it is presented as a flashback with Jeanette as a famous opera singer. John Barrymore plays her rather brusque martinet/autocrat manager. She agrees to marry him out of gratitude rather than love. Then she meets handsome but penniless Nelson. A truly lavish and large-scale MGM musical with sumptuous sets and costumes. Reputedly this was MacDonald's favorite of all her films.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) - Mark Twain's story of an American who time travels back to Ye Olden Days of Camelot is transformed into a lush Tecnicolor vehicle for Bing Crosby. This is a bit lighter fare than SIT and Maytime but it's a lot of fun. Der Bingle's leading lady is the incredibly beautiful red-haired Rhonda Fleming. Also on hand or William Bendix, Sir Cedric Hardwicke (as a rascally King Arthur), and Murvyn Vye (as a very slimy Merlin). I love the song "Busy Doing Nothing".

I'll Never Forget You (1951) - Very simular to SIT. Tyrone Power plays an American in England who feels it's his destiny to travel back in time to the 1700s and exchange places with one of his ancestors and marry his cousin. He does indeed make the trip, only to find himself in a dingy world in which he doesn't belong. Plus he didn't count on his betrothed to have a beautiful and winsome young sister (Ann Blyth). A nice touch: The modern scenes are in black and white while the period scenes are in Technicolor.

These are my choices. What are yours?

[–] joystar5879 8 years ago

I'd double-bill SIT with BERKELEY SQUARE, the original version of I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU. The first version was from 1933, and starred Leslie Howard and Heather Angel.

Another good film is OUTWARD BOUND, also starring Leslie Howard, this time with Helen Chandler, made in 1930.

A group of ordinary human beings are travelling on a Luxury Liner. The ship is going at a snail's pace because of heavy fog.

The 'meat' of the story comes as the travelers discover where they're going, and WHY....

You'll have to go "gray market" for both of them, but it's worth it. The old style fragility actually enhances the stories.

I do hope he won't upset Henry...

[–] kaiserblade 8 years ago

Awakenings.. so you can cry your eyes out for 4 hours!

[–] wendycscott9 8 years ago

Really? That was one movie I was sorry I watched. It was incredibly depressing!

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"How was the war, sir?"
"As any war, ma'am, a waste of good men." (Poldark)

[–] PoliticallyIncorrectone 8 years ago

"Random Harvest" with Ronald Colman and Greer Garson:

A veteran of World War I marries and settles happily into a tidy, humble life until an accident brings back memories of a former life of wealth and privilege while blocking all recollection of his existence since the war. Thus one man disappears, and another man long missing turns up and claims his vast inheritance. What does his devoted wife, whom he no longer recognizes, do? She becomes his secretary, and he still has no memory of his former life nor does he recognize that his secretary was his wife in his previous life! Have plenty of hankies nearby if you watch this one.

[–] lindaz 8 years ago

I love these kinds of movies and I really appreciate you providing other titles.

[–] newsfop 7 years ago

Love Story (1970)

[–] MissMargoChanning 7 years ago

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.

Most recently, Stephen King's 11/22/63.

"Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night"

[–] FrederickofHollywood 7 years ago

I was on a road trip just last week with my family. We brought a collection of movies with us.

At a truck stop in Arizona, I found a copy of Somewhere in Time and bought it.
Someone else had brought "The Age of Adaline", so that night we watched both:) Not exactly similar stories, but they both are romantic stories centered around time. They went together quite well as a double bill:)

[–] wendycscott9 7 years ago

Thanks for the recommendation. I hadn't heard of The Age of Adaline. It sounds interesting!

—
"How was the war, sir?"
"As any war—a waste of good men." (Poldark)

[–] davebuffalo (3059) 4 years ago

Time Traveler's Wife.