La horse [Horse] (Pierre Granier-Deferre, 1970)
Aug
28
1923
Francis Grutti's (Armando Francioli) ID, handled by someone wielding a large stamp. His birthday is August 28, 1923. DP: Walter Wottitz.
“He won't listen to anybody. He's been very crazy all summer. Since June he's been trying to kill me.”
Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975)
Aug
22
1972
Sal (John Cazale) and Sonny (Al Pacino) in the bank, holding out with their increasingly impatient hostages. DP: Victor J. Kemper.
– Leon
“Marge, my love, my angel.”
Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960)
Aug
20
1959
A contract for Marge, a sailboat, dated August 20, 1959. DP: Henri Decaë.
“And oh, are the Giants mad!”
Experiment in Terror (Blake Edwards, 1962)
Aug
18
1961
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A ticket to a baseball game at Candlestick Park on August 18, 1961, a Friday. Playing are the San Francisco Giants vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Giants won. DP: Philip H. Lathrop.
And July 26, Joey's birthday. He's six now.
– announcer on PA
Cagliostro – Liebe und Leben eines großen Abenteurers [Cagliostro] (Richard Oswald, 1929)
Aug
15
1785
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A title card: LE 15 AOÛT 1785. DPs: Maurice Desfassiaux & Jules Kruger.
簪 [Kanzashi / Ornamental Hairpin] (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941)
Aug
10
1941
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A formal paper with the date stamp for August 10, Showa 16 (1941). DP: Suketarō Inokai.
“You need more than luck in Shanghai.”
The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947)
Aug
9
Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth) and husband Arthur Bannister (Everett Sloane) in the dizzying modernist finale. DP: Charles Lawton Jr..
– Elsa Bannister
黒蜥蜴 [Kurotokage / Kuro tokage / Black Lizard] (Kinji Fukasaku, 1968)
Aug
4
The Black Lizard (Akihiro Miwa) in embrace with Detective Akechi (Isao Kimura). DP: Hiroshi Dōwaki.
“I'd become a sort of a reverse zombie. I was living in a world already dead, and I alone knowing it.”
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (John Farrow, 1948)
Aug
3
Mentalist John Triton (Edward G. Robinson, middle) and two of his conspirators. DP: John F. Seitz.
A continuity error later on in the movie makes it August 4.
– John Triton
“I don't talk to guys wearing aprons.”
The Outfit (John Flynn, 1973)
Jul
31
bread
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A white man in a dark coat in an undefined room. A concrete wall, a metal pipe, a loaf of white bread on a walnut counter. DP: Bruce Surtees.
– Earl Macklin