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What film would you double-bill this with?

posted 12 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?

[–] diane-bernaerts 12 years ago

"Portrait of Jennie" (1948) with Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten.
"For all time" (2000, TV-movie) with Mark Harmon and Mary McDonnell.

[–] diane-bernaerts 12 years ago

And I forgot "The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan" (TV 1979) with Lyndsey Wagner and Mark Singer: also about a love that transcends age and time and about time-travelling by hypnotising yourself. And also with a bittersweet happy/sad ending.

[–] IrishRose5 11 years ago

I LOVE that movie, "The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan". I am glad they finally released it on DVD.

[–] jknuttel-2 12 years ago

Ah! I should have added Portrait of Jennie. I love that film. Also, seek out Enchantment (1948), with David Niven and Teresa Wright (32 years before SIT).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enchantment_(1948_film)

Some more choices:

Smilin' Through (1932) Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Leslie Howard

Smilin' Through (1941) Jeanette MacDonald, Gene Raymond, Brian Aherne

A Matter of Life and Death (1946) David Niven, Kim Hunter, Raymond Massey

[–] rs114-1 10 years ago

Portrait in Jennie was the first movie that jumped into my mind.

[–] TVholic 12 years ago

Back at my college, this was run as a double feature with Time After Time, because they were both time travel romances made in the same era.

I would choose The Time Traveler's Wife.

[–] marvelass 12 years ago

The Love Letter, a 1998 Hallmark Hall of Fame movie but still really good:

IMDb synopsis: Scotty Corrigan (Campbell Scott) buys an antique desk and finds a Civil War-era letter inside it, written by a woman (Jennifer Jason Leigh) who died over a hundred years ago. Fancifully, he writes and mails a reply...only to have it reach its destination in the past. As Elizabeth and Scotty continue their remarkable correspondence, they find themselves falling in love, and more than restless about their impending, respective, marriages.

[–] mstytz 11 years ago

Titanic

[–] darkshadowkein 11 years ago

Was going to say the same thing.
No time travel in Titanic, but similar themes and exact same ending.

[–] successor13326 11 years ago

Groundhog Day.

[–] nephihaha 11 years ago

Hot Tub Time Machine - Romance and time travel, perfect match.

Either that or Inseminoid (Horror Planet)

Serious choice? Picnic at Hanging Rock. Set in 1901, mystery, possible time travel and a lush score to boot.

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[–] box_398 11 years ago

The Final Countdown (1980) A modern aircraft carrier is thrown back in time to 1941 near Hawaii, just hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

[–] westal_sage 11 years ago

I love The Final Countdown! Finally got to see it in HD and it's awesome!

[–] Kane41 11 years ago

Hanover Street with Harrison Ford and Christopher Plummer

schmultzy but entertaining

and another great, romantic score from John Barry.

I didn't mean to call you a meat loaf, Jack !

[–] There_Is_No_Sayid 11 years ago

The Terminator which reimagines the central love story as an action adventure tale.

Unless Alpert's covered in bacon grease, I don't think Hugo can track anything.

[–] Times_Up 11 years ago

^Beat me to it.

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